Polygon.com / 29.04.25

See how Tony Hawk took over the game industry 25 years ago

Ralph DAmato joined Neversoft in 1998 and worked as a producer on the first eight Tony Hawk games. Then, 20 years later, he made a documentary about it. Pretending Im a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story is the story of how Neversoft, Activision, and Tony Hawk built a juggernaut in the late 90s and early 2000s, and between DAmatos access and Ludvig Gürs direction, the film gives one of the best looks to date at how the series came about and you can watch it for free on Tubi. As part of an effort to spotlight game-related books and documentaries, Polygon is running an email interview series with the people behind them. Check out the full list to read up on a photography book documenting classic arcades in Japan, a Street Fighter 2 documentary, and others. Below, DAmato discusses how Pretending Im a Superman came about, the pros and cons of having someone who worked on the games involved, and his new skateboarding game Cheapskate. Polygon: Were about five years past the release at...
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