Careercow Brandon "Bam" Margera - From Jackass to Lolcow

[Carlos Thin]

He was a reality tv star and had a crossover episode with Tony Hawk around that time where he built a half pipe on the back of a truck. That half pipe is in THUG 2 as a mission. I think they were trying to base the entire game around reality TV which was huge at the time.

The main problem with THPS is something which nobody talks about apart from a vague, "oh it used to be good but they just lost the plot, tried to compete with Skate and failed." is that they were literally required to pump out a brand new title every single year regardless of success or acclaim and were welding concepts from other games onto their outdated game engine. (which roughly didn't change since THPS3).

 

[dick brain]

Off topic but this thread sent me down a rabbit hole of "where are they now" style videos and the Epicly Later'd on Chad Muska genuinely feels like a Tim & Eric bit. Interviewing this chubby meek stammering guy in a Prius who looks like somebody's stepdad, and then flashing back to him as a world famous walking caricature of a wigger, is nothing short of surreal. Like, even in his hayday he was so clearly a stranger to the hiphop culture he desperately wanted to be a part of that seeing it now in retrospect feels like a badly improvised bit where the awkwardness is the joke, like if Nathan Fielder directed Malibu's Most Wanted.

Can't recommend it enough.

 

[brother_number_one]

The main problem with THPS is something which nobody talks about apart from a vague, "oh it used to be good but they just lost the plot, tried to compete with Skate and failed." is that they were literally required to pump out a brand new title every single year regardless of success or acclaim and were welding concepts from other games onto their outdated game engine. (which roughly didn't change since THPS3).

Didn’t they use RenderWare for pretty much all games from 3 onwards?

 

[Vibralldo]

Didn’t they use RenderWare for pretty much all games from 3 onwards?

From 3-American Wasteland.

Project 8 and Proving Ground (and the Neversoft Guitar Heroes) used an in-house engine that never felt right.

Every Tony Hawk after that used Unreal.

 

[So Far So Good So What?]

From 3-American Wasteland.

Project 8 and Proving Ground (and the Neversoft Guitar Heroes) used an in-house engine that never felt right.

Every Tony Hawk after that used Unreal.

Ah man I kinda get embarrassed to admit that my favorite title is Project 8. It's such a nostalgic game for me.

Kinda fitting that Bam's mission in THP8 is him flying 30 feet high straight down to a dumpster. He's already coke/beer bloated by 2005.

 

[Rukario]

From 3-American Wasteland.

Project 8 and Proving Ground (and the Neversoft Guitar Heroes) used an in-house engine that never felt right.

Every Tony Hawk after that used Unreal.

I know for THPS:HD, Tony Hawk Ride, Tony Hawk Shred and THPS5 they were developed by Robomodo instead of Neversoft (who were busy churning out Guitar Hero games) and were pretty much all awful. This was the era of plastic toy-like controllers, and alongside Guitar Hero's guitar you had Rock Band's drums, DJ Hero's turntable, uDraw's Graphics Tablet (which bankrupted its producer, THQ) and Tony Hawk Ride/Shred's skateboard deck that didn't even work like a skateboard (to ollie, you raised the upper lip of the board then turned slightly to the side) and required so much empty room around it didn't work in most people's bedrooms or front rooms.

Years later, with the toy-like controller market near dead, Vicarious Visions did an incredible job on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 though.

 

[dick brain]

Ah man I kinda get embarrassed to admit that my favorite title is Project 8. It's such a nostalgic game for me.

Kinda fitting that Bam's mission in THP8 is him flying 30 feet high straight down to a dumpster. He's already coke/beer bloated by 2005.

Project 8 isn't my favorite but it was the last time I had fun playing THPS with friends.

Also put me onto The Hold Steady, which is a bigger deal than it sounds like in the context of my life.

Tangentially, I'm pretty sure Bam is the reason THS is on the soundtrack, because he used instrumentals from Almost Killed Me in the Viva La Bam soundtrack in seasons that predate Project 8. Alongside all the Blast Tyrant and Beatsteaks.

It's weird to think how much Bam indirectly influenced my taste in music.

 

[Looney Troons]

He was infact a terrific skater

I’ve been seeing this sentiment a lot recently, and I’ve never felt he was anything but average at best. The antics are what made him. I think he is better now than we was in his youth.

Since this is kinda a Skateboarding general thread as well, I came across some of my ancient decks from sometime around the very early 2000s. Remarkably good shape, all things considered. Grip tape and wheels are a bit fucked, but easily replaced. It has prompted me to spend the weekend watching old parts and the CKY tapes.

I forgot how good Fulfill the Dream was, and it seems like eS reloaded this in really good quality sometime last year. I have fond memories of downloading the janky ass 320p version on KaZaa and obsessing over it.

Also, final note for me, 3+4’s soundtrack is very underwhelming to me so far. I really dislike the newer additions to the game. If they had to deviate from the original due to licensing concerns, they could have tried to keep it era appropriate. Seems as if Mr. Hawk, himself, had a lot of say on the soundtrack and it’s pretty meh. Hopefully you’re still able to stream whatever music you want while in-game.

 

[PointOfNoReturnPoint]

I’ve been seeing this sentiment a lot recently, and I’ve never felt he was anything but average at best. The antics are what made him. I think he is better now than we was in his youth.

That's what people have been telling me, tbh I don't care enough to argue but he did enough to get to where he was at the time so, that's what I am going to leave it at. He may not have been as good as I remember but he is better than I was at the time and still am.

 

[Rukario]

Also, final note for me, 3+4’s soundtrack is very underwhelming to me so far. I really dislike the newer additions to the game. If they had to deviate from the original due to licensing concerns, they could have tried to keep it era appropriate. Seems as if Mr. Hawk, himself, had a lot of say on the soundtrack and it’s pretty meh. Hopefully you’re still able to stream whatever music you want while in-game.

I agree the new songs are dreadful. Seems the entire online community is saying the same thing, as there's endless rumors of more songs to be added to the soundtrack. I think its likely i'll have the music muted when playing the game at this rate unless they put Public Enemy back in.

 

[Rogowski]

Fantastic thing about modern gaming is that you can listen to anything you want while you play.

 

[Dr. Butt]

Fantastic thing about modern gaming is that you can listen to anything you want while you play.

You can even just play games silent. Platformers, puzzles, popcap stuff, and silly action games like those free ones you used to get with new Mac OS releases don't need extra noise to make you even more dopamine-addicted. Honestly I never played anything with the sound on in my life. TBF I don't go near anything with a storyline that has cutscenes, and I'm not a faggot so I don't like Zelda.

 

[Cybertonia]

Maybe this isn't the place and I'm not advocating cancel culture but why on earth would any company worry about Jesse James in a game? Was he even a skater? I remember him for having a hot, movie wife that he cheated on with a Maryln Manson looking girlfriend covered in ugly tattoos, literally wearing SS uniforms, doing the heil Hitler, with at least one shot of him in the picture.

Jesse James was fuckin huge in the early 2000s when Monster Garage was still on the air. It crossed over with skating culture at the time since that was the absolute height of corpo big-label skateboarding and the golden age of reality cable TV. Him and also the Teutul family created this weird renaissance of 1970s chopper bike culture.

Speaking of which, the Teutul family truly deserves to have their own cow thread - they stupendously capsized their bike business over the last 20 years. They lost their gigantic headquarters they built in New York to bankruptcy court, and it's currently being used as a ghetto-ass self storage facility.

 

[Rogowski]

Not sure how official this has, but someone has released a cut of CKY5.

 

[JustStopDude]

Jesse James was fuckin huge in the early 2000s when Monster Garage was still on the air. It crossed over with skating culture at the time since that was the absolute height of corpo big-label skateboarding and the golden age of reality cable TV. Him and also the Teutul family created this weird renaissance of 1970s chopper bike culture.

Speaking of which, the Teutul family truly deserves to have their own cow thread - they stupendously capsized their bike business over the last 20 years. They lost their gigantic headquarters they built in New York to bankruptcy court, and it's currently being used as a ghetto-ass self storage facility.

Lol boomers. This all sounds really retarded

 

[Figantic Gaggot]

Not sure how official this has, but someone has released a cut of CKY5.

better archive this before joe frantz strikes it down

 

[dick brain]

Not sure how official this has, but someone has released a cut of CKY5.

Won't speak on the veracity of this but I will say a lot of the content is recycled, either from VLB or VLB DVD extras or Haggard or Clutch/CKY/HIM(?) music videos. Probably ~25% is stuff I've seen before, maybe more.

Weird feels, anyway. Very strange to see new footage of them young, and skating well.

 

[CowPox]

Off topic but this thread sent me down a rabbit hole of "where are they now" style videos and the Epicly Later'd on Chad Muska genuinely feels like a Tim & Eric bit. Interviewing this chubby meek stammering guy in a Prius who looks like somebody's stepdad, and then flashing back to him as a world famous walking caricature of a wigger, is nothing short of surreal. Like, even in his hayday he was so clearly a stranger to the hiphop culture he desperately wanted to be a part of that seeing it now in retrospect feels like a badly improvised bit where the awkwardness is the joke, like if Nathan Fielder directed Malibu's Most Wanted.

Can't recommend it enough.

I think he fucked Paris Hilton in her prime.

 

[Ultraman Orb Dark]

Me reading the last few posts in this thread while initially thinking people were talking about the outlaw, not the skater:

 

[California King]

Me reading the last few posts in this thread while initially thinking people were talking about the outlaw, not the skater:View attachment 7167839

He wasn't a skater either.