A DISSERTATION RESEARCH BLOG WHICH IS LOOKING AT THE QUESTION ‘ARE THERE UNDERLYING THEMES OF CAPITALISM WITHIN THE SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SERIES?
Well, there sort of are, in that Sonic likes collecting “coin-like” gold items, which is a bit like capitalism. Good luck spinning that sole fact out over 10,000 words, Luke. You’d seriously be better off ditching “uni” and going straight into being unemployed and having a blog about games.
He’s being very brave about using semi-colons;
We pity the poor tutor that will have to read through this, pretending it was a worthwhile way to spend three years. Thanks to reader “Paul” for sending this in.
filed in OFF THE INTERNET, SEGA IN THE MODERN AGE on Jan.12, 2010
January 12th, 2010 on 12:00 pm
SEGA of Europe just released a trailer confirming that Ulala will be payable in Sonic Drift 3 or whatever it is called.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oeZ7-YSBg
January 12th, 2010 on 2:10 pm
wha?
Capitalism has absolutely nothing to do with Sonic the Hedgehog. Individuality yes, mainly because each animal is a different species but other then that this is a bunch of pseudo-intellectual rubbish.
Sonic has and always will be an environmentalist…..
Examples:
1. He saves animals
2. He destroys Doctor Robotniks polluting machines
3. He preserves the chaos emeralds so Doctor Robotnik can’t use them in a dastardly way!
you know what….nevermind….write your stupid dissertation on whatever you want. Your just going to be broke and homeless like the rest of the college kids getting out of school these days. Try not to get hooked on smack buddy…….dissertation on video games…..HOW FAR CAN HUMANITY FALL!?!?!
January 12th, 2010 on 2:53 pm
I partly agree, my good colleague “TheCoolinator”. If you’ll allow me to put my pseudo-intellectual hat on for a moment, Sonic could be viewed as anti-capitalist or a least a luddite, because the privately owned industrial machinery of Robotnik creates a dystopia in which the citizens of Mobius are not just metaphorically but physically enslaved. And as we all well know, industry became a significant engine of capitalism from the 19th century onwards. Thus, Sonic is in a way an enemy of capitalism. He probably redistributes the rings he’s collected to poor needy birds, seals etc like any good socialist after the credits roll.
You can quote me if you like, Luke. My credentials: Dr Marimo, Institute of Sega studies, department of utter bollocks, Internet University.
Also, as far as I can see, it appears to be fashionable in academic circles to throw semi-colons around like they’re going out of style. Or at least that’s what I can tell from reading some of the papers (essays, or whatever the call them) my Master’s degree owning friend has written.
January 12th, 2010 on 2:57 pm
You said coins. Mario collects coins, Sonic collects rings.
How could you make such a mistake? I am deeply saddened and disillusioned.
January 12th, 2010 on 3:58 pm
He’s listed We Love Katamari as a communist game. How is scooping up all the world’s resources and exploding them to make a star a communist game? It sounds like something BP would sponsor.
January 12th, 2010 on 4:27 pm
It’s still says “coins” ……… :(
Sonic must be spinning in his grave right now.
January 12th, 2010 on 11:08 pm
Hypotheses:
It is well known that the Communist Manifesto shares many similarities with the traditional fairy tale, and so, I imagine, will this dissertation. I’m impressed that he put his balls on the line like this(1), but frankly he’s fucked his degree up. How is his supervisor going to check his bibliography? Will they have a big fact-checking multiplayer session one night? He could say Sonic and his fellow oligarchs walked around the streets of Romania in pinstripe suits sucking Monte Carlo cigars and shooting serfs and his marker wouldn’t know any better.
Conclusion:
He’s doomed.
Bibliography:
(1) UK: Zorg, Commander: “A DISSERTATION RESEARCH BLOG WHICH IS LOOKING AT THE QUESTION ‘ARE THERE UNDERLYING THEMES OF CAPITALISM WITHIN THE SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SERIES?” p.2096, Internet Books, 2010.
January 13th, 2010 on 7:06 am
It’s rather amusing that not a single one of his semicolons is correct. Ok, maybe the one between “Hedgehog” and “We” could pass, but still, a comma would be better used there. In a few cases, there shouldn’t be any punctuation at all. This guy will be living in a cardboard box under a bridge this time next year.
I should write a dissertation on the correct use of the semicolon, with an appendix explaining the apostrophe. Y’know, just for fun, since I’m not at university any more.