Zippo's Nonsensical Ramblings and Other Stuff

Hey, everyone. Please indulge me for a few, I need to talk about what might be my favorite video game console of all time. Ah.  The GameCube. The day was November 23rd, 2001. Just a few days after launch. The hype for this thing was insane. I remember obsessively reading Nintendo Powers, EGMs, GamePros, and so on. My eyes would glaze over any mention of the word "Dolphin". I remember seeing it be revealed at Spaceworld 2000, and somehow, my hype for this thing bested when that of the Dreamcast. That was a crazy day. I was able to get this  bad boy a few days after launch, it was the first console I bought with my own money, and it was a moment I still remember fondly.  Needless to say, the GameCube had it rough during it's entire life. From the design, to the mediocre sales, to the games lineup being "too family friendly", the great reputation the purple lunchbox has now was something that was not a thing at all at the time. Right from the start, I was a GameCub...

As is obvious by now, it's been a long time since we've gotten word on Sonic Origins, and I've recently learned that things... haven't been so great. I stand by everything said in the Sonic 3 article, this is just additional information. To keep it short, development of this collection is behind schedule, is being made on a shoe-string budget, with a small ad hoc team of developers. The announcement of this thing was nothing short of an unmitigated disaster. No footage, no art, no platforms, heck, they didn't even have a freaking logo done. Nothing. To date, there's no official mention of the collection on any of their official social media or websites. It's like, it doesn't exist, or something. What's even crazier is that this collection was planned for over two fucking years. This was once again, going to be an Evening Star project, but of course, everything went FUBAR, so there went those original plans. Last I heard, they wanted to have this out ...

  https://www.gematsu.com/2021/11/sega-trademarks-sonic-frontiers-in-japan-square-enix-trademarks-the-diofield-chronicle-the-beasts-of-burden-more Ah, well, well, well. What do we have here? Sonic Frontiers is indeed the name of the new, open-world Sonic game, as was reported by Gemstsu. Here's how it goes, this name was known to a very small, select few people. It wasn't widespread public knowledge until I made it so, in an article that had very little to do with Sonic. Another person who I will not name, took an SEGA official survey, revealing the name of the game. Now comes time for the debunk. This nonsense? Fake. What actually happened was that this guy quickly looked through my article posted about Nintendo Switch rumors, and then ran to 4Chan quickly, hoping people wouldn't figure it out because of how fast he was.  He was so lazy that he didn't even get a new picture, he just used mine, like a dolt. Also. "I'll post pictures as proof tomorrow don't ...

Hi there! I hope everyone had a great Halloween. November is here and you know what that means. Sonic releases. 2011. What a year. How was that 10 years ago ? I'm old. If you're reading this, you're probably old too. Ha! All jokes aside. Sonic's 20th birthday bash was actually pretty solid. A great new entry in the main series, arguably the best game in the Mario & Sonic series, and a stellar remaster of Sonic CD. Not bad, not bad at all. Sonic Generations was a game that actually leaked well over a year before it or even Sonic Colors released, and I must say, the hype for it was unreal. I was still a big fan and an avid  defender of Sonic Team at the time. Neither Colors nor Sonic 4 were my thing, but I always had this idea in my head that SEGA would nail the 20th anniversary game. They just had to, right? It was my most anticipated game of 2011, no question, even more than Skyward Sword and Uncharted 3. Many believe that Sonic Team had finally gone and made a sol...

  Wow.  A few weeks ago, I reached a milestone, and it didn't even register until a few days ago, this humble, tiny little blog that I never thought would get more than one entry has reached well over half a million views, and it's already somehow inching to 600,000.  Absolutely insane. Thank you. Whether you've come for my scoops, my takes, or even just to talk shit. Your interest in just being here means the world to me.  Big thanks go to my friend and editor David, my dear friends HawK (Liam), Govnah (Matt), Jerome (Syn), and Chris (MyKonosfan). You guys have made this so much easier on me, you've got no idea how much I appreciate all of you. Except you, QQNosh. You're my new group's personal laughing stock. I'll have an article that'll be going up soon.  Thank you, again.