Sonic the Hedgehog
…explore their identity. As Zolani Stewart states, “Sonic as a media object is fluid.” Or as I once put it, Sonic is an apparatus.
There have always been many different perceived Sonics. And because Sonic is not just a game series, but a front-line, long-lasting, mascot game series, the fervor for purity is constantly at the front of critical discussion. When Sonic is written about, it is either in clarifying retrospect of what came before, or it is infatuated with it.
The Sonic (Blue)print – The Original
Sonic was originally the product of Sega struggling to respond to…