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Apr 27, 2026 42 min

Skate Story

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This week we're talking Skate Story, a skateboarding game where you're a demon made of glass and pain on a mission to eat the moon. We open with skaterboi stories before kicking into the game's large arsenal of tricks, vaporwave soundtrack, and surprisingly difficult boss fights. Curse you, The Eternal Centipede! (00:00) - Skate Story (02:00) - Skater Bois and Girls (09:36) - Skating in Video Games (14:55) - Aesthetics (16:45) - In praise of Bizarre (19:33) - Mechanics (22:33) - Late Night Gaming (24:00) - It's tricky, tricky, tricky (25:34) - The Camera Angle (30:21) - Yes, This Game has Boss Fights (33:39) - The Skater's Dream (35:34) - Controls (38:52) - Shattering into a Million Shards (40:25) - Final Verdict (41:26) - Outro

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  1. 0:00 Skate Story
  2. 2:00 Skater Bois and Girls
  3. 9:36 Skating in Video Games
  4. 14:55 Aesthetics
  5. 16:45 In praise of Bizarre
  6. 19:33 Mechanics
  7. 22:33 Late Night Gaming
  8. 24:00 It's tricky, tricky, tricky
  9. 25:34 The Camera Angle
  10. 30:21 Yes, This Game has Boss Fights
  11. 33:39 The Skater's Dream
  12. 35:34 Controls
  13. 38:52 Shattering into a Million Shards
  14. 40:25 Final Verdict
  15. 41:26 Outro

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