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Mass Effect 3: Nerds celebrate surprise Victory over EA! Change in the wind for Game Production Philosophy?

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I have to be honest, I never wanted to link back to 4chan for fear that it might put me on some kind of FBI list. Aside from being the Internet’s hate machine, it’s a terrifying place rife with perversions, smothered brilliance, darkest humor and memes galore. Currently, it’s one of the few places on the internet not pacing back and forth like a father expecting a child with three heads with regard to EA and Bioware getting a vicious backlash from Mass Effect fans… Continue reading →

Sega has that SINKING feeling…

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And here I thought it was bad news that Americans got cut out of the Sonic Generations collector’s edition awhile back. That was just the beginning of what is now clearly a strategic withdrawal from North America and Europe. Who knew that actively ruining your own mascot semi-annually would eventually come back to harm your stock price? Well, that and clearly phoning in games for awhile in recent memory. Sega Sammy, the parent company, has announced significant “structural reform”, which boils down to cutting losses… Continue reading →

Sonic is selling out?! Say it ain’t so!

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Oooookay… Maybe Sega is worse off than I thought if Sonic is looking for Progressive insurance quotes. I’m dubious about this whole thing. Not sure if I should be more perturbed by the fact that Sega is whoring Sonic out to cash in on his lingering fame due to nostalgia for a character that they won’t make quality titles for anymore or that Progressive is so hard up to catch the gamer demographic that this ad, and regular Progressive ads, find themselves played regularly in… Continue reading →

I’m probably not buying Sonic Generations

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If they’d released that set with the statue and the ring and the swag stateside, I would never have stood a chance. However, my wallet thanks Sega for neglecting North America in this particular fashion because I apparently got off easy in this respect. Yahtzee’s crazed, frothy blathering mirrors precisely what people have been popping their tops over since just before the game was released. And now Sega’s looking to do a second episode of the much reviled Sonic 4? What the hell, Sega? Why… Continue reading →

XBLA: Sonic CD making its way to Microsoft’s Box

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Supposedly, the famed Sega CD juggernaut that is Sonic CD is coming to Xbox Live via a list for the PAX convention’s Microsoft featured booths provided by Xbox Live’s Major Nelson. No announcements have been made and jack shit has been confirmed as of this moment. But it all seems quite promising, so let’s put it out there anyway, right? I’m surprised it took so damn long. Seriously, look at all the Genesis shit sprouting up individually post-Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection and I’m still aghast… Continue reading →

Sega to hawk EA’s crap in Japan

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Sorry. That sounded a bit harsh. I admit, the subject line is me being a jerk and really for no other reason. I will be as professional in this as possible. Really. If I sound a wee bit jaded skeptical, that’s because EA already did an extensive test drive associating with Japanese Publishers because independently their games have such a difficult time penetrating the Asian market. Their partner? None other than Pre-Squenix (around 1998) Squaresoft and by their powers combined they helped each other distribute… Continue reading →

Sonic the Hedgehog: …I’m all out of blue stuff.

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Last September, Tokyo Game Show last year was scarring minds across the globe. Updates on other, better (many NON-japanese) games were sadly the primary draw to TGS and Dreamcast classic/eyesore Sonic Adventure was fortunate enough to hit PSN/XBLA around that same weird time. To crack a bottle of champagne to ring in the new year and celebrate mixed feelings over Japanese products… Let’s discuss Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie. (ADV’s totally sweet Sonic movie trailer that sadly makes this film out to be a little… Continue reading →