Son Son II - in western magazines

[SGX Engine]

CVG - June 1989



The Games Machine - August 1989



Super Gaming - Summer 1991

[_joshuaTurbo]

CVG was like the Euro version of VG&CE right?  I wonder if I could find something about Son Son II in my Video Games & Computer Entertainment mags. 

Thanks!!

[SavagePencil]

I had never put the connection together between Son Son and Black Tiger.  That's an interesting thought.

[SGX Engine]

CVG was like the Euro version of VG&CE right?

Not exactly, no.

I wonder if I could find something about Son Son II in my Video Games & Computer Entertainment mags. 

Thanks!!

I'll look to see if Video Games & Computer Entertainment has any coverage.

EGM mentioned "Son Son 2" in their second full issue.



I'd like to check if the Fall 1991 issue of Super Gaming had a review, but can't find any scans of it.

[_joshuaTurbo]

CVG was like the Euro version of VG&CE right?

Not exactly, no.

Really? huh.  The fonts and the covers always looked so similar. The more you know!

[exodus]

why did two UK magazines review this game two years apart? and they sure like using the word "oriental" don't they

[Black Tiger]

why did two UK magazines review this game two years apart? and they sure like using the word "oriental" don't they

The people in various forums who go overboard to justify their use of the offense term banned here tend to identify as being from Europe, but usually the U.K. The line I see the most is "my buddy knows one who doesn't mind being called that, so it's okay". Often at other times, the same people take offense to generalizations made about people from their own country.

In the end, they make the opposite of their original argument, that it's not worth getting worked up over. It is a big deal... that they continue to type out three letters instead of five.

Basically asking "Please just don't be an a$$hole" is taken as an unreasonable request by some people.

[ccovell]

The U.K. in the '80s/'90s still was OK with saying "oriental" and "J*p".

And Super Gaming, good as it was, wasn't a preview of new games coming out in Japan, more like a "here's what we bought on our last Japan junket."  Hence the 1989 game featured in 1991.

P.S. Super Gaming was an offshoot by the writers of EGM, an American magazine.

[Necromancer]

Thanks for the Son Son scans.  Good reads.

Basically asking "Please just don't be an a$$hole" is taken as an unreasonable request by some people.

This is about me, isn't it. 

[turboswimbz]

The strange thing about the use of oriental there is that it came after the use of Japanese (although referring to the language)  I think it just may be a reflection of the time from that part of the world.

Still - awesome scans.

[Punch]

Hey, "oriental" is a bad word now? That's new to me.

[gilbert]

Hey, "oriental" is a bad word now? That's new to me.

I never know this either. Does this mean many brand names, such as certain hotel names, are offensive now?

[Necromancer]

I demand that Occidental College change its name.

[dshadoff]

Hey, "oriental" is a bad word now? That's new to me.

I never know this either. Does this mean many brand names, such as certain hotel names, are offensive now?

I had never heard this either.
I am aware that many people prefer the word "Asian" nowadays, but that term is inclusive of the peoples of the Indian subcontinent as well (so as a descriptive term, the word is far more vague).

[ParanoiaDragon]

Oriental has been considered semi-offensive here(Southern Cali) for maybe around 20 years I'd guess.  That is, unless you're talking about Oriental culture, or an Oriental rug.  There might be other instances where it's ok to use the word, but I can't think of them at the moment.  But calling someone specifically Oriental instead of Asian has been a general no-no in my area.