Sonic’s Inauspicious Debut: Small Beginnings
While Sonic the Hedgehog is the character most easily identified with Sega, he got off to a pretty inauspicious start… his original gaming debut wasn’t as the speedster with his […]
Running the Loop: Sonic’s Secret to Defying Gravity
One of the most iconic parts of any Sonic game is when Sonic speeds through those giant loops that populate his game levels, defying gravity with each step he takes. […]
Sonic’s Cross-Platform Strategy: Becoming All Things to Save Some
Years ago, the idea that Sonic the Hedgehog would appear in games on a Nintendo platform seemed ridiculous to consider. But when Sega made the decision to end hardware development […]
Sonic Generations: Feet in the Present, Eyes on the Future
The Sonic gaming franchise has existed in two distinctly different gameplay styles over the years… his classic 2D side-scrolling adventures that made him Sega’s most popular mascot, and his more […]
Sonic and the Chao Garden: Slowing Down to Rest
This might sound like sacrilege but hear me out… while I loved both Sonic Adventure games, I never really understood the point of the Chao Garden. Sure, they are cute […]
Sonic and Joining to Support Someone Else’s Battle
While Sonic has certainly kept himself busy over the years in his own titles, that doesn’t mean he hasn’t taken the time out of his busy schedule to support other […]
The Death of Dreamcast, the Beginning of the Dream
When Sega made the decision to stop creating new hardware after the failure of the Sega Dreamcast console, it left fans of their first-party games such as the Sonic series […]
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine on the Outside, Puyo Puyo on the Inside
It’s not every day that a villain gets a game of their very own, but in Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine we found Sonic’s chief nemesis in a spin-off that […]
Sonic Unleashed: Denying The Darkness Within
While most Sonic games have stuck to the tried-and-true formula of racing through each level at lightning speed, the creative team behind Sonic Unleashed made the decision to not only […]
Finding God in Video Games 