Daily Archives: February 13, 2020

In 1991, in an effort to compete with Nintendo and their smash-hit Mario franchise, Japanese video game developer Sega released “Sonic the Hedgehog”. The original game was a fast-paced side-scrolling platformer starring the eponymous snarky blue anthropomorphic rodent tasked with protecting the natural world from Dr. Eggman (localized to Robotnik in America) and his army of machines. Sonic would go on to become the de facto mascot for Sega through their resignation from the console wars of the 1990s and early 21st century, and well into their later continuation as game publisher. In recent years, the franchise has fallen on […]Read more »