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The best mobile skateboarding game now has a New York sequel

Kick, push.

The biggest change (aside from the location) is that levels all have multiple paths, so that if you time a jump or grind just right, you can make it to a new area with new possibilities. The original Skate City was appropriately global; after a series of updates, it now has levels in Tokyo, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Venice, Miami, and Oslo. It’s this last mode that has had me, for the past week, huddled over my phone, headphones in, approaching the same rails and staircases over and over trying to nail the exact line I’ve envisioned in my head.

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