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The Sega Genesis Turned 25 Last Week
Happy birthday, Sega Genesis. You turned 25 today, but don’t worry, you look as new as a Wii. Fun Adam Fact: the Genesis was the second gaming console I ever owned. The SNES was my first, and I thoroughly enjoyed the inordinate amount of time I spent with it, but it was the Genesis that really got me into gaming. The console released on August 14, 1989 and in the years that followed it brought us some pretty fantastic games.
Its legacy largely rests on the bright blue quills of its mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. I enjoyed every game that starred that fast blue bastard as much as anyone, but there’s so much more to love about the Genesis’ library.
Remember Primal Rage? That game was fantastic. If I had a copy of it now, along with a working Genesis, and you were sitting here next to me, I would destroy you. Little Adam was unstoppable when playing as Vertigo.
If I had to come up with a list of my favorite Genesis games, it’d be tough. I know it’d include the above games, along with Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts, Mortal Kombat II, and Zombies Ate My Neighbors, but I’m sure I’m missing plenty of greats. It’s just been so long since I last thought about it. How about you? If you owned a Genesis/Mega Drive back in the day — or maybe you still own one; in that case, can I come over? — let me know what your favorite games were in the comments.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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