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who was sushi-x?
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I have so many good memories of EGM. I started with Nintendo Power and Gamepro, once I got into EGM I found out about Gamefan, Game Players and eventually Next Generation which at the time seemed so fancy. I started reading EGM around 10-11 so I did in fact feel like Sushi-X was the "cool" reviewer.
Andy Baran. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago from pancreatic cancer. There is an episode of the Player One Podcast where we talk about Andy and share stories of working with him. We also got stories from other EGM staff who worked with him. I am biased of course since I host that podcast but I would recommend taking a listen.
This'll take you right to the episode - www.playeronepodcast.com/andybaran
I used to cross the border ( legally of course ) every month to buy EGM.
Yea, didn't thought about sushi-x's true identity... thanks for this trip to the past OP
I got EGM 2 months after it came out in the US. It was a time before the internet though, so all the news I got seemed fresh.
Another one of those rare thread making posters forfeiting any context in their OP and leaving people guessing. Its not like ''sushi-x'' is a household name.
Its like asking:
''Do you know who the person behind PowerSpy was?''
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Its like asking:
''Do you know who the person behind PowerSpy was?''
I reckon not many will since i am referencing a Dutch mag here.
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Oh wow. I can tell you right now that these names arent on the levels of Yamauchi or even Fatal1ty/Vo0.
wow, how old am I? I thought everyone knew about Sushi-X. I haven't read the thread though, have we figured it out?
BTW he also ghost wrote many of Ed Semrad's reviews in EGM. One of the most...unique individuals I've ever worked with. Could be your best friend and also a huge jerk. But damnit I miss the guy.
Oh man that's no good. I think EGM is a really good mag to read to learn more about games.
First appearance of Sushi-X was in EGM #12, the July 1990 issue with Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos on the cover.
sushi-x profiles from EGM #13 (Strider cover) and #14 (Mega Man 3 cover), August & September, 1990.
sushi-x profiles from EGM #13 (Strider cover) and #14 (Mega Man 3 cover), August & September, 1990.
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Hey OP, maybe not everyone remembers some obscure anonymous reviewer from a 1990s magazine. How about explaining who you talking about before posting?
I swear this kind of thing and when people post pictures of games out of context without saying which is it are my two biggest pet peeves in Era.
There's an episode of the Giant Bombcast somewhere where Jeff relates that at one point he was approached to be Sushi-X, I believe.
Or, you know, maybe we haven't thought about it in 20 years, and a single sentence of context in the OP would have jogged our memory.
Sometimes I forget that babies are old enough to post on forums now.
I really regret throwing out all my old EGM's. I had every issue from like #60 to when they shut down (originally).
Memories, man. EGM's review style was a revelation, even though I've now learned that a lot of it was half-assed. Ah well.
I really regret throwing out all my old EGM's. I had every issue from like #60 to when they shut down (originally).
Memories, man. EGM's review style was a revelation, even though I've now learned that a lot of it was half-assed. Ah well.
me too...the excitement of getting freshly gaming previews, reviews, gossips, cheats every month!
now, it's just news overload and overreaction every waking moment!
*grumble grumble*
Now get off my lawn!!
First appearance of Sushi-X was in EGM #12, the July 1990 issue with Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos on the cover.
"a game playing veteran of nearly a dozen years!"
I like that because this was 1990 a dozen years was about as far as you could go back to call someone a veteran because passed '78 is where the division of calling something a video game starts to get mad fuzzy.
For comparison if you said that today that would mean you started playing video games when the 360/ps3 launched.
Different Sushi for wrestling news and hotlines, but he did get the name from EGM!
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1mer2g/iwc_flashback_does_anyone_remember_sushixs
Man, this thread really shows how time goes by doesn't it... :(
This is correct. It was a mantle passed around by the various writers who also wrote stuff under their real names.
You had several lines of context in the OP. You just didn't know, you weren't an EGM reader. It's cool. You don't need to be a poser :P
Wait, what? So you are telling me that CBOAT was more than one person?
CBOAT was a leaker account used by multiple GAF mods to leak news, so that sources are protected AFAIK.
