The Hardcore Gaming 101 site (which doesn't have an RSS feed, as far as we can divine - otherwise we'd remember to check it more often) has just updated, with a special extended post on the history of Bubsy, the 16-bit post-Sonic/Mario bobcat and creation of Michael Berlyn.

The writer, then _really_ doesn't like the cut of Bubsy's jib: "There's a special place in hell for the people behind Bubsy the Bobcat. Not necessarily the graphics or sound guys, because they did their jobs. Not the programmers... No, the worst people involved are the people who marketed the hell out of the concept, without any regards to the final product. Bubsy is the very pinnacle of exploited soulless corporate drivel, which shouldn't be anything new...I just happen to take it personally."

Of course, Bubsy 3D is also discussed ("The Bubsy character model is one of the best looking things in the game, and this is only because it is so incredibly malformed that you can't even think something so bad looking was intentional"), but most interestingly, the pilot episode for a Bubsy cartoon is discussed and linked ("It featured Bubsy and his niece and nephew (I think), along with an armadillo, who all made guest appearances in Bubsy 2.") Scary.