Sonic Adventure 2
Play it on: Dreamcast, GameCube, PS3, Xbox 360, Windows
Buy it from: Humble Bundle
Current goal: Become Shadow the Hedgehog
I am riding the high of the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 trailer right now, y’all. Shadow the Hedgehog is one of my favorite characters in video games after growing up with his games, and seeing him in the live-action universe, voiced by Keanu Reeves, and bodying Sonic and the crew: I’m hedgehog-pilled once more.
I’m in-between apartments right now and can’t pull out my old GameCube to play Sonic Heroes or the rightfully divisive Shadow the Hedgehog, but I can redownload Sonic Adventure 2 on Steam. Parts of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 are drawing heavily from Shadow’s Dreamcast debut, so it feels both topical and nostalgic to go back and play this game. You, too, can brush up on your Shadow history for $9.99 on your personal computer. Join us. It’s the Year of Shadow, dammit.—Kenneth Shepard
