Half the team was on vacation for a while, so this week's show is a wee bit shorter than normal--but don't let that fool you into thinking it's any less awesome! 'Cause it ain't! The big feature this week is the latest offering meant to swell your collection of plastic peripherals: Tony Hawk: Ride. We've got some skaters in the Area 5 crew and they'll give you the skinny. Before that, though, is a look at the surprisingly well-done, PSP version of Assassin's Creed. Is it worth it to you PSP owners out there? Find out.
Skaters just have no respect for property (or their own persons) and apparently the Area 5 crew are no exception!
Ryan and Matt are both long-term Assassin's Creed fans and decided to give the PSP version a go. Low budget, yes, but a fair--if clipped--portable representation of the series original. The broadside conclusion is that it's worth while, provided you're a portable owner of the PlayStation kind.
Perhaps having felt the sting of competition, the skating franchise most synonymous with the idea of risking life and limb on a skinny board with wheels has jumped on the plastic-simulacrum gravy train. Does the peripheral meet the demands of our own, dynamic skater-duo Jason and Cesar? What about the indoor-bound Ryan? IRL on an actual board-with-wheels may be the best place to "experience" the life of a skater.
