Thanks to CJ Johnston's weblog for its discussion on the true identity of U. 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 [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removal, the often composite character was resurrected for the now defunct GameNow magazine in This discussion has been archived.
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Sushi's stuff was always fun to read, but it was fairly obvious it wasn't a 'real person'. I can't reference any specific clues, but you certainly got that feeling from reading the magazine. CJ's blog displays a guess no better than any of ours, so I'm not too sure this deserves a.
What bothered me from the blog is that he thinks EGM created this character of SushiX, and then had him hate on certain games just to develop it. Does that mean games were given bad reviews just for that purpose? That makes me question the integrity of my favorite gaming rag Share twitter facebook. Score: 4 , Insightful. Well, it makes sense to have a 'balancing' viewpoint on some games -- with a composite character like Sushi-X, you can still tell the publisher you wrote a good review, so they have to take you to dinner.
It's that pesky 'other guy' who mentions all the flaws. Rather a reasonable solution, compared to the current, "This was the best game ever made" reviews for almost everything.
Parent Share twitter facebook. Score: 2. I'd say that it's more than likely that they simply gave the role to whoever had a dissenting opinion. Rainrir Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account Banned. Sushi X never existed. He is made up. Nov 30, 2, Crayon Member. Oct 26, 13, He was a g. Oct 27, 11, I miss those days. Back when it was perfectly fine for Famitsu-style sentence reviews. Netherscourge Member. Oct 25, 14, Sushi X is 4K enhanced. Oct 27, 6, Fernando said:. Notable contributors to Electronic Gaming Monthly have included Ken Williams as Sushi-X.
Hobbesian Thudercat Banned. Nov 2, 3, I always thought it was an alternate penname for Shoe. SoH Member. Oct 25, 4, Oct 28, 23, A few people. Rainrir said:. Oct 25, 10, Vancouver BC. Wasn't it all of them? Vargas said:. Same deal? Young people are stupid for not knowing what I know. I thought he was so cool when I was a kid cuz he was a Ninja.
Arthands Banned. Oct 26, 8, This is the thread where you know who's the older guys who read EGM back in the days and who is too young to even know wtf is EGM. Oct 27, 7, I quite enjoyed the characters and pen names for 90s gaming mags. Egm and gamepro will always have a special place in my heart. That said, who knows?
Violence Jack Member. Oct 25, 23, I always thought it was either Dan Hsu or a few of the staff back in the days before the internet. Jonneh NintendoLife Verified. Oct 24, 4, UK. Arthands said:. Yeah that's what I always thought. Sushi-X was one man a fighting fanatic for a long run, but eventually the title was passed onto several different people. You could just tell when the break was I remember thinking how cool a gimmick Sushi-X was, and the name and everything.
Good times Sadly, times that will never be duplicated. Ah wellz. Gotta move on I suppose Has anyone read the EGM Chronicles? It's an interesting tale from a guy who once worked at EGM.
Check it out HERE. Sushi-X was cool since he never showed his actual face. It was a phenomenon that crossed testosterone-fueled entertainment. I always that the "Sushi-X" thing was kind of dumb Sushi X was one of my favourite reviewers.
Just because the games feature similar graphical presentations and even a few of the same enemies does not make the game a port! Ken Williams? That's an odd coincidence, seeing as how Ken Williams Husband of Roberta is such an important figure in PC Gaming for the contributions that he and his wife have brought to the industry through Sierra On-Line. Originally Posted by Damaramu. EGM was fine until they went SF2 crazy. I laugh when i thumb through the older issues and see readers calling them on the stuff they did
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