Archive for October, 2010:

NEW INTERNATIONAL DREAMCAST 2 LOGO COLOUR VARIATIONS

After three days of not-updating, here’s something that looks like the Dreamcast logo. Very, very sorry about this. Put it down to seasonal affective disorder.

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“Dreamcast’s coming back. Japanese logo, European logo and some new logos, too” – F.

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CRITICALLY REAPPRAISING THE USEFULNESS OF ‘TAILS’

Thinking about it now with the benefit of hindsight, we always liked Tails best. Particularly the cute little way he used to drop all the rings in the bonus round forcing you to replay the entire game from the beginning, thereby increasing Sonic 2’s replayabilityness rating.

Good on you, Tails.

COMICCON-SONIC-COSPLAY

“Please find attached the most disturbing/arousing Sonic and Tails outfits from the New York Comic Con. I’m almost certain they leave those costumes on during ‘the business’. At least I hope they do” – Ian.

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THE SONIC FAN REMIX DEMO IS OUT

Feels very wrong playing a 2D Sonic game on a PC, as PCs are usually associated with MISERY and SHOULDER/NECK PAIN and WORK. But it’s out and you can get it here.

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It’s a bit weird, but works. It’s nice watching Sonic standing there while the flowers and butterflies bounce around, if that’s not too gay a way for you to spend a Thursday.

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IN-STORE PLAYSTATION MOVE POSTER HOLDER

Sonic’s got himself a little job.

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“I visited the Lewisham branch of Gamestation today and it looks like Sony has a new mascot, or rather some form of cardboard sign holder” – Brendan.

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Well done, Sonic. Stand there like that for another 10,000 hours and you’ll have worked off the debt to society you built up with that awful 2006 game.

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SPACE CHANNEL 5 PART TWO

Good lord, in the year 2010 we are looking at screenshots of Ulala and it isn’t a cameo in some shite novelty motion controlled fitness game. It is a remake, but that’s OK. It’s not 4v4 online war and for that we are grateful.

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This might throw us back into the HELL of ironic plush toy purchasing. Amazing. Here’s the press release:

SEGA Announces the Return of Space Channel 5: Part 2 and SEGA Bass Fishing

DreamcastTM Favourites making their HD Debut on Consoles in early 2011

LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (20th October 2010) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. andSEGA® of America, Inc. today announced the return of Dreamcast™ titles Space Channel 5 Part 2™ and SEGA Bass Fishing™. Following in the footsteps of Sonic Adventure™ and Crazy Taxi™, these digitally re-mastered classics will be making their way to the PlayStation® Network and Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in early 2011.

“The release of these games marks SEGA’s ongoing effort to bring its best-sellers from the Dreamcast era to the latest consoles,” said Haruki Satomi, Vice President of Digital Business at SEGA. “We want to enable a new generation of players to experience some of the most celebrated titles our video game history has to offer, while at the same time appealing to our enthusiastic and much appreciated community of fans.”

Space Channel 5 Part 2 follows famed reporter and dancer Ulala as she battles the Rhythm Rogues—a group of villains led by the mysterious Purge and his right-hand man Shadowin. Players will need to help Ulala move and “chu chu chu” her way to victory before they succeed in taking over the universe with their ultimate dance-control weapon.

Meanwhile gamers will be hooked on SEGA Bass Fishing, reeling in sporting enthusiasts and hardcore gamers alike! This realistic 3-D bass fishing simulation shines with eight fishing environments and fourteen different lures.

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A REAL MAN’S GAME

Scrabble. For Kindle. Anyone want a review doing? We promise to use the phrase “a moment to learn and a lifetime to master” in the overall summary box.

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We’ll turn that EGAL into REGAL with TRAY landing on the double word score for 20 points. Your turn.

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PLAYSTATION ENABLES PAEDOPHILE

It is our sad duty to inform you of this. Be vigilant – the next time someone suggests a bit of “PlayStation link up” they may be referring to linking their genitals to the genitals of your child. Using an improvised adhesive made of saliva and flakes of skin.

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If you know of any PlayStation owners, best get out and burn their houses down to force them out of your local community. Just in case. Think of the kids.

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REMARKABLY INTRICATE SLOT WORK

Celebrate the minor 2D Sonic revival by looking at this. A Mega Drive painted up in Sonic colours, by a man who’s got the right kind of paint brush and more paint in his collection than a ten-year-old pot of magnolia Dulux emulsion.

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“I have a few spares in my collection and it got me thinking about painting up one of my Mega Drives. When I was staring at the Mega Drive shape [*SAD SMILEY FACE*] I noticed the ring around the cartridge slot and thought that I could use that to make the iconic Sonic 1 intro screen. I had loads of fun painting it up and thought you guys might like to see it? I put photos up on my Flickr page here” – Porl.

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DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF A MINECART LEVEL…

…we shall be moving HEAVEN AND EARTH (trying to find a VGA cable) and maybe actually playing Sonic The Hedgehog 4 today.

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But only maybe. It’s been a long time since we last held a video game controller, and it may trigger unsettling flashbacks.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO KIDS USING THEIR IMAGINATIONS?

You used to have to IMAGINE you were in a boat, or holding a gun, or were the owner of a nice tennis racquet.

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Now you buy the plastic. From here, and lots of other places.

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