Friday, February 28, 2025
Sorry for the Lack of an Interesting Article Name... So Here's a Review of Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie (1999)
It’s safe
to say that all of our usual readers know about the live action Sonic the
Hedgehog films*. However, a long time ago in the days of dinosaurs and watching
movies on those big black rectangles called video tapes, there was
another. Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie
was the name. An animated film made up of a two-part OVA series that came out
in Japan. Don’t ask me what years that they came out. I can’t be bothered looking
and this isn’t a bloody history video from someone reading only Wikipedia… 1996
in Japan. 1999 in English. Although I remember seeing this film available where I live
(Australia) around mid-to-late 2000.
Yes, I did get those years from Wikipedia. lol (Click on “Read More” to
read the full article).
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Friday, February 14, 2025
Green Phoenix - Building Better Backstories VIII
It's been a while since my last edition of Building Better Backstories. In the past, I've discussed literary and cinematic alterations but this edition is both a first for me and something that I'm actually quite excited to discuss.
This eighth edition of Building Better Backstories will be the first to discuss the narrative of a video game. In particular the fourth and final game in the legendary Sly Cooper franchise: Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time.
Released in 2013 by Sanzaru Games, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is visually and gameplay-wise, very similar to the previous entries of Sly 2: Band of Thieves and Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves. However, where the game is almost universally disliked by fans of the franchise is in the area of story, as the fourth game in this franchise famous for well-established character-driven story moments feels almost lifeless and seems to even revel in making character twists and revelations that either hinder the games' storytelling potential and, at worst, make previous entries in the series feel shallow or worse because of the revelations.
With that in mind, I realized, after speaking with my sister who is also a huge fan of the series, that my mind had actually already come up with several solutions to this issue. So that is what I will do. I will go over the narrative problems in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time and then lay out my solutions for fixing an average game and transforming it into what I would feel is a fantastic game.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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Friday, February 7, 2025
Next Green Phoenix Article Delayed until February 14th
Hey Everybody!
So I initially planned to release my next edition of Building Better Backstories VIII today. I was immensely excited for this article as it about a video game franchise that is quite near and dear to my nostalgia and childhood. However, my attempts to complete the article were delayed for a myriad of reasons, mostly involving work and my personal health.
As such, I have decided to delay the article's release for one week, in order to finish it properly and ensure that the article is at the level that I believe the subject matter truly deserves. I hope you will all return next week on February 14th, around 3PM for my next article when I will take a look at the story for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time and make the alterations to the story that I believe would've resulted in a better overall story.
See you all then!
Green Phoenix
