Category: Series Retrospective
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Sonic Series Retrospective, Part 2: The Game with Two Sequels

In my previous article on the history of this series, I mentioned that Sonic the Hedgehog was a game at war with itself. I also said that it would receive two sequels in the future. Following their new mascot’s success, Sega was fully prepared to give him a bigger, better game to really establish the…
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Sonic Series Retrospective, Part 1: Sonic, Sega, and the 90s Environment

The Series Retrospective is a running series of articles I plan to write for this blog. Over time, we’ll be iterating on it by going over multiple series, examining the major entries and the development of a franchise. But to start us off, we’re going to take a deep dive into the history of the…