April 2014

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Hatsune Miku will open for Lady Gaga

So over the weekend I went to the amazing Penny Arcade Expo East (PAX East). During that time, video camera in tow, I grabbed any cosplayer I saw and asked them completely random quesions such as their preference between the songs, “Dragula,” and, “Tubthumpin,” or to state their favorite Sega…

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Sega PC Ports Petition Gathers Speed

An online campaign directed at Sega, for once not focussed on the Shenmue license, has crossed the half-way mark in its goal of 20,000 signatures. The petition is aimed at increasing the number of Sega’s Japanese-developed titles that make the transition to PC. Citing the successes of Vanquish and Metal Gear…

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Layoffs made at Sega Europe

Sega announced last week that a limited number of redundancies would be made in its London office. A statement was released, detailing the decision: “Sega is in the process of consolidating certain functions of the Sonic and Mobile departments within Sega of America, where the management and production for those…

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Local Writer Eulogizes Her Sega Genesis

Few things delight me more than seeing the youth discover and love games I grew up with. Be it Nintendo, Genesis, Saturn, or even the 32x (okay, probably not the 32x), when young people who are growing up in the age of internet connected, Netflix streaming consoles; dust off the…

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Sega Hardware Themed Anime on the Way

Sega’s transformation from platform holder to third party developer is in no way better encapsulated than by the ‘Sega Hard Girls’. Where once Sega used to make hardware, they now make anime about said hardware. With character designs clearly inspired by Hatsune Miku and Hyperdimension Neptunia, the ‘Sega Hard Girls’…