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EGM's Sushi-X - Unmasked At Last?

Posted by simoniker on from the not-that-taco dept.

Thanks to CJ Johnston's weblog for its discussion on the true identity of U.S. videogame magazine EGM's secretive early/mid-'90s writer, Sushi-X. Johnston, a former EGM staffer, muses on the origins of the character: "The way I figure it (and I'm guessing here, since he appeared in EGM before my [1994-era] time), the Sushi-X persona was inspired by [Japanese videogame magazine] Famitsu's Taco-X, a reviewer often dressed as a ninja", and goes on to claim that the Lloyd Mangram-esque Sushi-X, "often the 'swing reviewer' who would pan something the other guys 'liked'", was originally writer Ken Williams. However, "soon everyone else on staff was taking turns playing Sushi-X", and, even post-EGM removal, the often composite character was resurrected for the now defunct GameNow magazine in 2003.

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  1. Holy flashback by MachDelta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damn, I remember being like 7 years old and drooling over the latest EGM with my buddies, and we ALL wanted to know who Sushi-X was. Hell, we all wanted to be Sushi-X too:
    "I call Spiderman!"
    "I call Wolverine!"
    "I call Sushi-X!"
    "Hey! I wanted to be the ninja! Sushi was mine!"
    "No he wasn't!"
    "Yes he was!"
    "I want Sushi! You can be Wonder Woman!"
    *Laughter*

    Ah, to be 7 years old again!
    ...excuse me while I go dig around in the basement for my NES.

  2. That great but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Who was the real Shen-Long? I could never get the code to work in Street Fighter!