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PAX Aus Panel: Blast from the Past – How Yesterday’s Heroes Became Today’s Icons

October 31, 2017 By ausretrogamer

ausretrogamer.com Editor-in-Chief, Alex Boz, had the privilege of being a panelist on GameSpot’s ‘Blast From The Past: How Yesterday’s Heroes Became Today’s Icons’ panel at PAX Aus 2017.

The panel discussed the obvious gaming icons, Nintendo’s Mario and Sega’s Sonic and what exactly makes them and other well known characters so timeless and appealing to every generation of gamers.

There is some chat about Sonic Mania by Christian Whitehead which leads to a discussion in what (forgotten) gaming characters should make a return to our consoles – watch for Alex’s choice towards the end of the video!


source: GameSpot @ PAX Aus 2017

The Panelists await their questions!

Alex The Comeback Kidd!

 

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Filed Under: History, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Alex Kidd, Blast From The Past, Crash Bandicoot, GameSpot Theatre, PAX Aus, PAX Aus 2017, PAX Aus Panel, PAX Panel, PAXAus, PAXAus 2017, sonic, Sonic Mania, Sonic The Hedgehog, super mario, Video Game Characters

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