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10 Games You Didn’t Know Were 10 in 2016

Flashback to 2006 and the world had officially entered the seventh generation of gaming, Sony had released the highly-anticipated PS3 and Nintendo had attempted to change the way we played games with the Wii. Alongside the advancement in hardware came the birth of a number of now established franchises, such as Gears of War, Dead …

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Sega’s 3D remastered series is adding a few new titles for Nintendo 3DS

Sega’s 3D remastered series takes classic games and adds stereoscopic 3D effect, widescreen, and new modes and features. Today Sega has confirmed that Streets of Rage 2, Gunstar Heroes and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 will be joining the steadily-growing ranks of Sega’s retro remasters, which already includes the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog, Fantasy Zone, …

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Throwback Thursday: Console wars begin and players take sides

From 1985 to 1990, Nintendo basked in the spotlight. Video games were thriving thanks to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Nintendo controlled 90% of the video game industry in the United States. Of course this could not last forever. Sega worked quietly behind the scenes to create a mascot that would knock Mario down …

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‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ #269: A Real Slobber-Knocker

Sonic the Hedgehog #269: Champions Part 2 Writer: Ian Flynn Penciller: Diana Skelly Inker: Terry Austin Colorist: Gabriel Cassata Archie Comics Licensed by SEGA   Time for the main event! In this exciting issue of Sonic the Hedgehog, we finally get to the long awaited fights of the “Sonic the Fighters” story arc. At the …

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‘Sonic’ # 268 gets the preliminaries out of the way

Sonic the Hedgehog #268: “Champions” Part 1 Writer: Ian Flynn Artists: Diana Skelly and Terry Austin Colorist: Gabriel Cassata Letterer: John Workman Licensed by SEGA   So, Mobius is in pieces due to the Dark Gaia incident and the hunt for the Chaos Emeralds is on. What better than for Sonic, Amy, and Tails to …

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Childhood Memories and The End of Saturday Morning Cartoons

2014 marked the end of many traditions that pop culture fans hold dear. One of the most surprising announcements was the official heralding of the death of Saturday morning cartoons. In September, the CW network’s parent company, Warner Bros., officially ended their run of morning long schedules of animated series, and reverted to cheaper educational …

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‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ #0 sets a fun, breezy bar for years to come

Sonic the Hedgehog #0 Written by Michael Gallagher Penciller: Scott Shaw! Inker: Jorge Pacheco Letterer: Dan Nakrosis Colorist: Barry Grossman Editor: Daryl Edelman Published by Archie Comics Imagine a time, 1993. Super heroes ran the comics with their magnificent, pumped up anatomy, the SEGA genesis battled the NES with its “blast processing”, and Michael Gallagher …

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‘Super Smash Bros’: Warning! A New Challenger is Approaching!

Masahiro Sakurai, best known as the creator of Super Smash Bros, took to Miiverse today to announce the reveal of the next new fighter in the Smash Bros roster. Scheduled for Monday, July 14, at 7 AM, the unveiling will be live-streamed on the game’s official website rather than in a Nintendo Direct video or by any other means. Who could this approaching challenger be? According to Sakurai, the development team is “nearing the bottom of the stash of new challenger videos that we’ve made…” so who else do we have to look forward to? In proper fanboy fashion, here are some of my best guesses, desired improbable possibilities, and wild wishes for the next Smash challenger.

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