Yesterday, Sega released a trailer for its upcoming compilation of Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack for the Wii. Exciting stuff if you’re a fan of shooters. However, we couldn’t help but notice an ad for a certain game being shown: Clearly, the power of Sonic and the Black Knight is enough to [...]

From July 1970.  Matsubara was not only the first route girl but the first female employed by Sega, as far as I know. Route workers during this time went around to the areas where Sega slot machines, electro-mechanical games and Rock-Ola jukeboxes were installed, collecting money from the machines and updating records in the jukeboxes [...]

Prima’s Secrets of the Game: Sega CD Official Game Secrets looks like a pretty class act, given that it was was written in 1994 and somehow dinosaurs from outer space were relevant to Sega CD games of the period. It even has the official Sega Seal of Quality on it, so you know it’s full [...]

It’s Chili Dog Time! Behind The Scenes of There Will Be Brawl from Greg De Stefano on Vimeo. I wish I had something to say to this other than “this is absolutely ridiculous.” The thumbs-up really seals the deal.

So, my April Fool’s rant made it on to The Escapist. I feel so ~internet famous~. PS: You should be a part of Sega Retro–that part’s not a joke.

Japanese video site NicoNico Douga is often known for its…really Japanese videos, and this clip of various Sonic characters, uploaded on YouTube, is no exception. I’ve caught a couple of Touhou references–and check the Sonic Rank Pyramid at 0:48–but beyond that it really doesn’t make sense. Watch and enjoy being equally intrigued and confused. [via]

I didn’t want to make this post, in all honesty. However, over the past 24 hours, there’s been a reaction from the larger Internet community who can’t seem to understand why we took the step of removing all Sonic 4 discussion on both our forums and IRC and there’s largely been a backlash. I’d like [...]