Archive for the 'Sega' Category

English 101: Sonic Unleashed teaches you “foreshadowing”

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

For those that fell asleep during the entirety of eighth grade English, didn’t pay attention during High School, and couldn’t possibly care any less about the humanities right now: here is one of the few situations where some knowledge of the English language can come in handy. Today’s lesson is on foreshadowing, a literary device […]

ZOMG 04/01/08: Bungie to begin Dreamcast project

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Oh wow, this story is really interesting. Hot off their recent break-up with Microsoft, the guys at Bungie have just posted a new, quite revealing job listing. There has been a lot of speculation about what Bungie would do since it’s no longer bound to Xbox hardware, but would anyone expect them to begin development […]

North American Virtual Console Update (03/31/08)

Monday, March 31st, 2008

While Japan didn’t see any releases on its Virutal Console last week, they did receive a boatload of new games for the new WiiWare. What are us dough-boys getting this week? Well, the launch of a new console for future game downloads and, um, well, something truly awful.
Wonder Boy (SMS; 500 points) - The […]

Master System games come to America

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

While the Sega Master System may not have set the world ablaze in the Eighties and early Nineties, Sega’s 8-bit machine will be getting a second chance to make things right. How do they make it right? By becoming the cheapest thing on Nintendo’s Virtual Console, that’s how. The games will cost 400 points a […]

Okay, sure, let’s talk Sonic Unleashed

Monday, March 24th, 2008

If you’re a Sega fan, or just simply have a passion for Sonic, you probably heard about a spiky blue hedgehog’s latest videogame while combing the internet over the weekend. Currently titled Sonic Unleashed, the game has gained a lot of attention for, ostensibly, being a throwback to classic Sonic games. The first, non-cinematic screenshots […]