I wonder why he assumed Knuckles' "reset" was Sega-mandated? I've heard nothing to that effect.
And I just thought Locke heard what Finitevus said about the hex because he was concealed in the shadows of the Emerald Shrine the whole time. If he took a warp ring to Shrine Island, he could easily have beaten Archy and Julie-Su there.
As for Dan's admittedly frequent inaccuracies and misinterpretations of events in STH ... I'm inclined to forgive them, mostly because he makes me laugh. (I put a high premium on humor.) Even in this review, which surprised me, given how much the original issue, and even some of the specific things he made fun of here, originally distressed me.
I think a lot of Dan's problem is that he kind of "doesn't get out much," WRT the fan community. It sounds as if he's never been to Ian's Forum, and he very rarely posts here; I can't recall him ever engaging in an actual discussion with other fans, as he used to do at Penders' forum.*
My point is that he's become largely self-contained, if he wasn't already. A lot of these plot points that we take for granted because we've discussed them so thoroughly (like Alexis as step-daughter or Zone of Exile vs. Zone of Silence; they do kind of look alike) are just blips on the radar for Dan. They were mentioned once or twice in the comic, and I guess he missed that and has consequently been mistaken ever since.
That said, I can see how this might be kind of harmful to the perceptions of fans who only read his reviews in addition to the comics, which is unfortunately a rather large portion of the fanbase, last I heard anything about it. (That may have changed since though, if most of the comic's current readership was attracted to STH through the games, as I've also heard.)
Such fans would be much better served to get their Sonic info from a wider variety of sources online. I myself maintain ties to both Ian's forum and this one, in addition to reading Dan's reviews and the Power Rings serials, and occasionally lurking about PR's forums too, when I get bored. Of course, I do this mostly for my own entertainment, but I'd also like to think it ultimately helps me come to more informed opinions too. Even so, I could probably afford to do more.
* I think. Don't quote me on that though, as I never got over to Penders' forum very often. I hated the navigation scheme, and that fugly forum background, too much to stick around.
And I just thought Locke heard what Finitevus said about the hex because he was concealed in the shadows of the Emerald Shrine the whole time. If he took a warp ring to Shrine Island, he could easily have beaten Archy and Julie-Su there.
As for Dan's admittedly frequent inaccuracies and misinterpretations of events in STH ... I'm inclined to forgive them, mostly because he makes me laugh. (I put a high premium on humor.) Even in this review, which surprised me, given how much the original issue, and even some of the specific things he made fun of here, originally distressed me.
I think a lot of Dan's problem is that he kind of "doesn't get out much," WRT the fan community. It sounds as if he's never been to Ian's Forum, and he very rarely posts here; I can't recall him ever engaging in an actual discussion with other fans, as he used to do at Penders' forum.*
My point is that he's become largely self-contained, if he wasn't already. A lot of these plot points that we take for granted because we've discussed them so thoroughly (like Alexis as step-daughter or Zone of Exile vs. Zone of Silence; they do kind of look alike) are just blips on the radar for Dan. They were mentioned once or twice in the comic, and I guess he missed that and has consequently been mistaken ever since.
That said, I can see how this might be kind of harmful to the perceptions of fans who only read his reviews in addition to the comics, which is unfortunately a rather large portion of the fanbase, last I heard anything about it. (That may have changed since though, if most of the comic's current readership was attracted to STH through the games, as I've also heard.)
Such fans would be much better served to get their Sonic info from a wider variety of sources online. I myself maintain ties to both Ian's forum and this one, in addition to reading Dan's reviews and the Power Rings serials, and occasionally lurking about PR's forums too, when I get bored. Of course, I do this mostly for my own entertainment, but I'd also like to think it ultimately helps me come to more informed opinions too. Even so, I could probably afford to do more.
* I think. Don't quote me on that though, as I never got over to Penders' forum very often. I hated the navigation scheme, and that fugly forum background, too much to stick around.
