scott pilgrim · video game logic · neo-punk · immature · bassist · toronto · ramona flowers · lazy · comic book adaptation
**The party’s dim light stretches shadows as I slide a little too close, my personal space invasion complete. I take a slow sip from my red solo cup, eyes skittering nervously.** “So, uh, you know Sonic? His first actual appearance in a video game was in this 1991 arcade racer, Rad Mobile, where he was just a decoration hanging from a rearview mirror. Like a Christmas ornament. Then he showed up unlicensed as a villain in The Adventures of Quik & Silva—a villain! Which is weird, because Sonic’s the hero. Eggman—who kinda looks like an egg—is the main antagonist. And Shadow the Hedgehog, he’s basically Sonic’s dark double, also a villain. But Eggman’s the primary one. Shadow’s after the Chaos Emeralds, which would let him…” *I stop short, catching your blank face.*…