Included: The Reveal of the Sega Kitten
From the Department of Not Understanding this World comes an extension of the back and forth between website Destructoid and Sega over that poor mark given to the Wii version of Sonic Colors earlier this month.
First it was a rather unorthodox gift to the reviewer Jim Sterling. No one’s yet sure what will become of that huge banner. Now, for the latest hijinks, another Destructoid staffer, Jon Carnage, stops by Sega’s San Francisco office to “celebrate” the relationship between the two companies. Apparently, anybody can get in those doors these days.
Carnage is welcomed with a special “4.5″ cake, which includes jabs at some passionate fans, as the merits of using modern versus classic forks to eat the cake are debated. Community Manager Aaron Webber gets in on the action.
Carnage counters with the presentation of what believes will be Sega’s next big thing: the Kitten (not to be confused with some washed up jokes elsewhere around the community.) It’s essentially a Dreamcast and Playstation duct taped together, but hey–it worked for the Wii.
Much of the rest of the piece can’t be put into words. You’ll have to watch it for yourself below. To be clear, a negative review of Sonic has merited a giant banner gag gift and access to Sega’s offices for more debauchery.
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OMFG……..
HOW DO I GET THOSE SONIC AND SHADOW PILLOWS……
I’m seriously, extremely depressed now =[
Ok that is just crossing the line. but its funny.
This is the best video ever.
Everything seems pretty quiet in there.
Once again, I love SEGA.
That place is a ghost town, they have nothing to do but waste company resources on feeding and validating trolls and dishing out broken promises to fans.
Pure wahjah
I love how the small sonic at 3:00 looks at him like ” <____< "
That was epic & hilarious. ;p “Sega stole my kitten!” I also love the debate over modern VS classic forks to eat the 4.5 cake with.
Nice to see Sega & Destructoid both have a sense of humor with each other.
Someone explain what is “epic” about this (don’t bother I know you have no idea what that word really means), all I’m seeing is a downward spiral into office boredom.
I feel awful for actually thinking these guys were going to help improve Sonic 4.
Sonic Colors never deserved that 4.5 score, even though some desperate fanboys think it does because their stupid. Destructoid set them up by putting a person who said that Assassins Creed 2 and Heavy Rain were bad games on purpose, If people know the track record of Jim’s reviews everyone should know that every game he reviewed was given a bad score, how come he’s automatically right now just because it’s a Sonic game?
@Dr.Eggfang Dude Sonic Colors is a good game, how is it a broken promise to fans? Why don’t you just shut up because when there’s a rating of a Sonic game unless it’s bad it’s wrong. Plus that’s not Sonic Team headquarters if you didn’t notice.
SEGA are so awesome for allowing the time to do this. Gotta love how they practically make it empty in there just so the guy can coincidentally run into Ruby!
Shadow pillow and modern fork are want.
That John guy or whatever looked drunk from the get-go.
Well, at least to me he did.
Secretly, Ken Balough was in the Aiai costume.
Sssshhhhhhhh.
@RaggtimeSonic
I’m talking about just about everything they said about Sonic 4, Ken and Aaron really didn’t say much about Colors and SoA did a piss poor job of promoting Color (which is a damn shame,Colors is a great game) but spends time jerking off troll site like Destructoid.
…that was weird o.0
Couldn’t help laughing though, good to see people being civil.
“Epic” Boring…
The only thing interesting about this article is the “Kittens” i’d buy it if it was a more “cutefluffykitten”………… LOL <______<
Super Monkey Ball costumes
Hmm maybe that cake has poision. *smirks* >=)
@Dr.EggFang: Wow, you don’t have a sense of humor at all. This is funny cause Destrutoid gave Sonic Colors an 4.5 and we know it’s a good game and the guys at SEGA knows it’s a good game so SEGA and Destrutoid has been going at each other for a couple of weeks (all in good humor of course). How is that a broken promise to fans unless the game is bad then you will have something to say about it? Unless you’re talking about Sonic 4 saved that on an article related to Sonic 4.
The cake… IS NOT A LIE. Let Destructoid know that when the review Colors 2 or something along those lines.
@Dr.EggFang: Sorry didn’t read your other comment. >.>; I swear sometimes the comments doesn’t show up until much later on this site
Sega’s got an awesome sense of humor lately.
Thats right everyone, leave Sonic and its decitful ways and create a max exodus to the loving arms of Super Monkey Ball!!!!
Quoting some truth
“- The ridiculous “news story” of when the rest of the staff spent most of the day turning Ruby Eclipse’s cubicle into a papercraft GHZ, the photo of which shows all surrounding cubicles completely bare.
- A laughably organised ‘Community Day’ where half of the people turning up had no idea or intention to play PSP2 or Valkyria 2, a clear inability on their part to even steer conversation or organise time efficiently. (compare Sega USA ‘Community Days’ to SOS)
- The most noise you have heard out of Sega USA PR for the past month has universally been about the “hilarious” Destructoid goings on ranging from doodling Jim Sterling as a troll, specifically finding large merch to ‘promote the game’ with and instead send it to him “for the lulz”, and now invite yet another destructoid tool to an unfunny afternoon of skit bullshit. Oh whats this promoting again. Destructoid it seems. is Sonic Colours actually good? Who cares, these jokes are hilarious!!!!!
Meanwhile, the games they should actually be investing all their time and money into promoting to sell are bombing left, right and centre. Vanquish had a DLC pack released the other week. Know about it? Only if you’re in the NeoGAF official thread. Yakuza 4 had an amazing english voiced trailer advert released last week. Seen it? Nope didn’t think so unless you’re ass deep in specific messageboard threads.
As a PR department, their role is to advertise and enforce the SEGA brand efficiently and with excellent results. For a company on such shaky ground as Sega, and with such negative connotations about everything their name is attached to, do you either begin a fierce campaign of making Sega cool and relevant again”
Blog bait sites like Destructoid should NOT be rewarded by companies, this is exactly why most publishers have people on staff to prevent this immaturity from taking place.
It’s pretty damn sad publishers take Metacritic data so seriously when the site accepts bogus “troll” pieces as actual reviews.
You’re not SEGA. You disrespect it’s memory by wearing it’s logo, but you’re nothing like it. Turns out the Dreamcast was right about most everything. I just wish I could have told it that while it was still thinking.
“You’re not SEGA. You disrespect it’s memory by wearing it’s logo, but you’re nothing like it.”
What is that suppose to mean?
Sounds like an altered movie quote but I’m still trying to figure out which one
Curiousity got the better of me, gotta love Google:
(looks like a spoiler of some sort?)
http://mylostmoment.net/you-are-not-john-locke-you-disrespect-his-memory-by-wearing-his-face/
No wonder, I never watch these shows
Hey Sega, I still hate every Sonic game ever, where’s my cake at?
@Zuggaluuss163
Heavy Rain deserves to score badly. Heavy rain was an HD ‘choose your own adventure’ book, it was most def. NOT a game.