Sean Humphreys

Fast Fusion is euphoric flow state transcendental experiences on tap. My god, literally just making the vehicles move around is sublime.

'Sonic Adventure 2' was released on the SEGA Dreamcast 24 years ago today in the US.

SEGA HARDlight has won the Legend Award at the MCV Develop awards!

And so after an amazing two weeks, I say goodbye to Japan. Though this is not “sayonara”, it’s “mata ne” 😉

At an arcade in Takadanobaba, Shinjuku, this bin has a sticker featuring Tails, and it appears to be over 30 years old.

This is now a Sonic-spotting travel blog until next Friday apparently. Sonic X Shadow Generations poster in Labi Shinjuku’s game section

Super Potato apparently has a little Sonic corner selling some little bits of merch

I was hoping to find Sonic Adventure 2 for DC but this’ll do for now

I bought it (¥2,500 is about £13.25)

Various tunes from Sonic 1 can be heard from this crane game in Akihabara. You can win crisps (potato chips for USA readers)!

This is the worlds largest city btw

At GIGO in Shibuya, this change machine features Sonic artwork from the advance 2 era

At the #Lost bar in Shibuya :)

I have finally journeyed to Japan after years of saying I would visit one day! Photos do not do the size of Tokyo justice. Literally an urban sprawl to the horizon!

I have the original case (but only its back half), the disc and the manual. I wish I took better care of my DC cases :(

Our latest update for Sonic Dream Team is now out! As a big fan of SA1 I recreated the Jump Panel mechanic and we have used it throughout the new update ☺️ Also it’s my birthday today!

The first one :)

FIRST WIN

I too am an advocate for Last Revelation Good (except the Alexandria puzzle to get into Catacombs, that’s quite absurd unfortunately)

Hello new followers! Here’s some vintage #Sonic comics from both Archie and Fleetway that greet you as you enter Hardlight’s office:

Been thinking of replaying the Sonic series from the beginning, streaming it all on twitch, going over my thoughts and perspectives. Not sure if folk would watch but it would help me get my thoughts out I guess 😅

Advance screening!

Marvel Rivals crashes a lot. Like, A LOT a lot. It’s genuinely awful lmao

Thank you for the kind words! This project was a dream come true for me as a lifelong fan. I never thought I would work on it officially so I made a fan project back in 2020/2021...and it helped me land the role (obviously I was a professional by that point but still):
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Also the combat is more varied and offers more options than people realise because it’s quite systems driven. Like you don’t need to throw this guy into a fire, he just needs to make contact with it in any way, and you have like four ways to shove him into it

I’ve been playing Soul Reaver since a magazine had a demo of the game featuring a small part of an unfinished lighthouse area that was over in less than a minute. You climbed up a cliff and hit some dude, fade to black. Even just that demo had something compelling about it.

It's nice playing a hot new popular pvp game at launch, but over time the complexity and difficulty will necessarily increase as more content is added for monetisation purposes. Unfortunately, the likelihood of adding, say, an untintentionally overpowered hero or an awful meta will only increase.

This game is one of the best action games of all time. Chaining UTs is so addicting and the game hits “hard but fair” pretty much spot on. Also has great difficulty settings which change the game enough to justify multiple repeat playthroughs. Somewhat explorable nonlinear world too. Recommend!