Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. This is actually quite a shrewd setup, as it means that newer ...

As one of gaming's biggest mascots since the early 1990s, everybody, even people who don't consider themselves gamers, knows about Sonic the Hedgehog. With that being said, while the Blue Blur has ...

Few video game characters are as iconic as Sonic the Hedgehog. The speedy little blue blur has been around for over three decades, touching every corner of pop culture along the way, from games and ...