Fun game, as long as your kid understands that some of the "bad" behaviour is not to be copied. I personally found the falls hard to watch, but I'm squeamish. You can do some awesome tricks and it's fun to watch your kids' friends on-line. Know your kid.
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Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
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Common Sense says
Amazing skating game, amazingly bad behavior.
updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13–15
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What Parents Need to Know
About Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Parents need to know that this game has a strong anti-establishment attitude. Players steal signature items from places around L.A. to build the ultimate skate park, running from the cops and security in order to do so. Players make cash by spray painting graffiti on walls. In addition, players can hit each other with skateboards, and the game's outrageous moves lead to spectacular crashes, complete with blood. Players can deck themselves out with name-brand skate boarding clothes and equipment, such as Vans. Finally, the game is online enabled (except for GameCube version), which means players can run into unpredictable language and behavior.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about why many games put the player on the other side of the law. Does this increase the appeal? Do you think this glamorizes bad behavior? Do you think games like this increase real life pranks and vandalism?
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Lives inI rate this title on for age 11 and give itThe falls are a bit hard to take
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I love this game. It is very fun and has a awsome story mode. The worst thing in this game is breaking things in the city for the skate ranch
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This game is very good! It's not really bad, but there are a couple things people should look out for
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