or maybe the editor was a sega nerd in his youth, or maybe sega secretly funds the magazine, or the editor is boning sega's ceo's daughter. I dont know, but SOMETHING is going on.

I first read play magazine a year or so ago because I liked that it covered both games and anime, because as a fan of both it saved me money on another magazine. Over time though i noticed how many times sonic appeared on the cover. I just ignored the thought until play's review of sonic the hedgehog came out. the supposed "relaunch" of the sonic franchise, was of course, garbage. many reviewers gave it horrible reviews...EXCEPT play magazine, who gave it a 9.5 out of 10. When i read the review i was confused. It was as if two different games were reviewed. Later play magazine tried to back away from their review as they received press for its sheer oddity.

Since that review i noticed how golden axe beast rider was on the cover. That didnt bother me as i was quite excited, but then just this year sonic was on the cover again! Then it really began to bug me, but i still liked the magazine so i tried to ignore it as best i could..until.. they reviewed beast rider...

Golden Axe was one of my fav games EVER but beast rider was ridiculously bad. So while beast rider is being lambasted by everyone, play magazine not only praises the game, but then ATTACKS other reviewers who give it a bad review!

i thought the people in charge at play magazine had lost it. At this point i was convinced of a sega biase at play magazine. It was BANKABLE. So I decided to get to the bottom of it, so I went to the play magazine site and sure enough their feature story is about sonic unleashed... -_-

some more checkng showed that the man in question seems to be dave halverson. Upon checking him out i noticed that he reviewed the games in question, and he has had some issues in the past with his reviews and owns play magazine itself.

so is dave halverson just a small version of rupert murdoch? a serious sega fanboy that doesnt know the meaning of the word journalist? I will be sure to keep an eye out to make sure, but one thing is certain, play magazine has a serious crush on sega.