Sonic Unleashed
RECOMPILING THE PAST
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» XBOX 360 » 2008 » SONIC TEAM
When we weren’t working on the magazine, one of the things Nick and I used to like discussing was revisionist history. It’s a topic that often comes up, as we’re occasionally accused of it ourselves, but it seems particularly prevalent on YouTube where huge American influencers are able to shape the world of retro for them and their viewers to the one that they remember. And ultimately that’s what a lot of immediate gaming history is to us, the things we remember growing up with. We all know that the great American crash wasn’t even a ripple over here, but we’re still told it was this huge thing, because it was immensely important to those experiencing it overseas in one of the world’s biggest nations and they greatly outnumber us.