You knew it was coming, someone was going to talk about Sonic 06, and who better than its biggest defender, Eoghan Watters.
He chronicles the chaotic development, troubled release and the game’s strange legacy.
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sonicmenu | Sonic Boom – Why It's Okay To Keep Watching This in 2025
The Sonic Boom games aren’t exactly classics of the franchise, however, the TV show released alongside this sub-series is not only excellent, but holds up in 2025.
Scott Nowbaveh sums up why he’s still watching.
sonicmenu | The Architecture Of Sonic Unleashed - And Why It Just Works
The Sonic franchise is home to some of the most famous level designs in games, but Joe Richards feels Sonic Unleashed might the series peak.
Why? It’s architecture.
sonicmenu | How Shadow The Hedgehog Got His Groove Back
Few video game characters have had as varied depictions as Shadow The Hedgehog.
Michael Beckwith puts forth where Shadow started, how things went wrong, and how Sega has righted the edgy ship.
sonicmenu | Why Sonic Robo Blast 2 Matters
Sonic is a franchise for sickos [positive], DOOM is a franchise for freaks [positive].
DOOM wads that are actually Sonic fan games, well Adam Wescott thinks those are quite special.
sonicmenu | Why Knuckles Rapping Is Important Or: Why Sonic Adventure 2 Is The Apex Of Sonic Games
Sonic Adventure 2 is the apex of Sonic games and Branford Hubbard doesn’t just think that because of Knuckles rapping.
sonicmenu | TOP 5 GENRES THAT SHOULD HAVE A SONIC GAME
The Sonic franchise has dipped into countless genres but there are still a few untapped wells.
Vivian Winn highlights the ones Sega need to give us.
sonicmenu | Open Zone Sonic Is Basically Tony Hawk
What if we told you that Sonic The Hedgehog was this close to becoming gaming’s next Tony Hawk?
Edward Lee says, “YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!”, it is!
sonicmenu | The Storytelling Trick In Sonic Adventure’s Reused Cutscenes
Is Sonic Rashomon?
Maybe… says David Cole.
sonicmenu | INTRODUCING SONICMENU'S EXTENSIVE DLC OFFERINGS
sonicmenu is here, and what better way to launch than by outlining all the ways you can give us money?
Sana writes up all our pre-order bonuses, DLC, and newsletter that our new outlet will make available.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - February 2025
From Warner Bros. turbulent few weeks to Sony’s State of Play and everything in between, Adam Wescott is here to round up the biggest news stories of February.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - December 2024
As 2024 came to a close there was no slowing down the news train.
Thankfully, Eoghan Watters rounded up all of December’s news each week to keep us all in the loop.
Update Patch | June 2024 - THE NOT-E3 SPECIAL EDITION
June has come and gone but the scent of Summer Game Fest lingers… It smells like gamers… AND NEWS!
Alex Green rounds up all of last month’s biggest events in this month’s Update Patch.
The Best Games Eoghan Watters Played This Year | Winter Spectacular 2023
2023 was a year so packed full of video games that it was hard to play even a fraction of them.
We welcome Eoghan Watters to the website to run down their favourite games from last year!
Update Patch | Summer Showcase Spectacular
It’s the summer so of course the video game announcements are coming quick and fast.
Alex Green tries to wrap up the highlights of the last two months in this latest Update Patch.
Best Of 2022: Maddie's Dance Beat | Winter Spectacular 2022
2022 was the year Madeline Blondeau rediscovered her love of writing about games.
These were the games that helped rekindle that flame.
Henry Stockdale's Top 5 Games Of 2022 | Winter Spectacular 2022
We tore Henry Stockdale out of virtual reality for just long enough for him to write about his favourite flat-games!
Update Patch | November 2022
The year is almost over but the video game news machine doesn’t stop no matter what. Alex Green is here with a rundown of everything that happened in the industry in November.
Update Patch | September 2022
This Update Patch is late?
A monthly news update is never late. It gets posted exactly when it means to!
Or a few days after Alex Green gets done writing it.
Preview | startmenu EGX 2022 Roundup
There was a lot of awesome stuff at EGX.
Mainly the incredible startmenu crew that could attend… I guess the games were pretty neat too. Some of the gang rounded up our favourite games at the show!