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Ryan Sheckler Visits fuse's "The Sauce"

What do you think of Tony Hawk's Proving Ground?

The new game is insane. It's way crazier than all of the other ones because you can create your own character and create your own area to skate and do all of that stuff. That's pretty awesome to me. And the fact that he's put me in another one of his games is awesome. I think this is the fourth one I've been in. It's great that he keeps including me in them. They're fun.

What's it like to play as yourself in these games?

It's crazy. I've only played as myself a couple of times but it's kind of weird playing as my own character on TV.

What are your thoughts about next generation consoles like Xbox 360?

It feels real. If you look at the game and watch the way the skateboarders do their crazy tricks, it's just like real skateboarding. You look at it and say, Wow, that character actually has style, that's crazy. They really put a lot of attention to detail to get real skateboarding and real skateboarding tricks into the game. It becomes more and more realistic with each new game.

My friends play videogames and whenever I go over to their houses they make me play Tony Hawk and have me jumping off of buildings and landing on my head in the game.

What role do the Tony Hawk games play amongst the pro skaters these days?

I play a lot of Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero. Most of my friends play videogames and whenever I go over to their houses they make me play Tony Hawk and have me jumping off of buildings and landing on my head in the game. It's pretty funny.

Are you good at Tony Hawk's Proving Ground?

I can play the game, definitely. I used to play a lot of games a couple of years back and used to play the early Tony Hawk games a lot. But over the past couple of years I've kind of put the controllers down a little bit more and picked up the skateboard more.

Have you ever given Tony or Activision any input into the games?

There are different skateboarding styles or stances that I've suggested to them in the past, but they do a good job on their own.

What do you like about Guitar Hero?

Guitar Hero II is just insane. We play it on Xbox 360 every day. We usually log more hours on Guitar Hero than any game I've ever played. It's so much fun it's crazy.

So you're good. Do you have favorite songs?

I like to play Sweet Child of Mine. Guitar Hero II is packed with insane songs and Guitar Hero III is coming out soon and that has even more songs.

I heard you got a chance to play Guitar Hero III, what's that game like?

Ryan with AJ and Aly Michalka at his and Paul Rodriguez' Birthday Party.

I tested it out at a Red Bull Party at the last Dew Tour stop and it's insane, dude. It's so crazy. When you play multiplayer, you have challenges that you have to do on each side. When you get a certain amount of notes or hit a certain key you mess with your opponent. When you do the whammy and all of a sudden their notes disappear or appear backwards, which makes it a lot more fun.

What level do you play in that game?

Hard.

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