Session: Skate Sim on PS4

Yesterday I woke up to the realization that I have no skating game on my PS4. On Switch I can play the arcade'y Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, which I bought in Amsterdam. I decided to grab my digital copy of Session: Skate Sim on PlayStation Now for less than 10 euro, which is a decent price for that kind of game. The physical version would be way more expensive and I don't feel like getting it for that much. The game required a 17 GB download, which took a while to complete.

But these controls... man I could not be bothered to spend hours mastering them. I did a kickflip by accident and switched to good old Max Payne, where I instantly got killed by enemy fire. I could not figure out the shooting button, how lame of me. That's what happens when you play too many games at once. I should stick to just a few titles, but my game backlog is huge and I jump back and forth between them.

On a side note: I still go on basketball card hunting sessions on Ebay despite still coming back empty after hours of perusing various offers. I'd love to find something appealing to grow my collection. I'd like to find some good-looking cards of Terry Porter, Nikola Pekovic, Tony Parker and of course my beloved Pokusevski. I should really stop doing that though.




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