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I just watched this video on Joystiq and I gotta say that as a gamer this has been an issue that has always interested me. This is a great presentation from DICE. If you are interested in the scope of gaming and all aspects of the industry – this is highly recommended viewing.

After watching, I started to think about the games that I’ve played that featured characters of color aside from Japanese and Caucasian ones.

Now, in terms of ethnic heroes or playable characters off the top my head that I think that are actually cool in terms of narrative the game provides, the list is criminally short: Prince of Persia, Dom, Tommy (Prey), Sgt. Johnson,  and Turok. But there was one recent SEGA title that might surprise you: Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine yourself, a young child, a fan of Sonic but never quite got all of the Mega Drive releases of Sonic. After the sheer amount of entertainment you have derived from your console you decide that buying the next Sega console the ‘Sega Saturn’ would be a relatively intelligent idea. Alongside your amazing Sega Saturn you have a game entitled “Sonic Jam”.

From a previous visit at your friends house you have seen the astonishing 3 dimensional capabilities, and conclude that Sonic, being amazing would be included in a game being 3-D. You also conclude that it’s probably the Saturn game “Sonic Jam” that includes such a brilliant offer! You being young and only slightly adorable hype up the occasion to the extent that it is rather ridiculous.

You then turn the Sega Saturn on with the Sonic Jam disc inserted, you are ready for the time of your life! Read the rest of this entry »

[I am using the un-patched version of Sonic Robo Blast meaning that the version used in this is outdated and not as good as the patched version, Thanks for Sonict for pointing this out]

Welcome to my first edition of Sega Rummage in which I analyse some more obscure official/unofficial Sega content. Today I am going to be exploring a fan made Sonic game named Sonic Robo Blast. Is it one of those crappy pirated Sonic games you find on various other consoles? We’ll find out!

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I’ve been wanting to write this Tales from the Frontline for a while but I needed a second story to truly make it worth a post. If you are a regular reader or video review watcher, you know that I’ve been working as a SEGA Nintendo representative out there in the GTA.

Now, I’ve chatted to a ton of gaming fans from the casual spectrum to the ultra hardcore but nothing beats an unexpected SEGA fan – especially when they are old enough to be my parents.

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With the new year coming quickly there is a lot of interesting stuff going on in the SEGA fan universe…and we’ve collected everything we missed or couldn’t get too under one roof. Check out the following stories on the web:

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