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...gene that was almost named warthog and razorback and can claim a popular SEGA Genesis game as its name-sake, the Sonic hedgehog gene plays a crucial role in the development of animals...
...Harvard research teams and one team from the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in Oxford, England, reported in the most recent issue of Cell that they have isolated Sonic hedgehog, a gene they believe is responsible for shaping the embryonic development of limbs and the central nervous system...
Scientists have long known that the posterior, or bottom, portion of the limb bud is important in signalling for developmental patterning. The group's work "demonstrated that the Sonic hedgehog gene encodes the key substance that makes the bottom of the limb bud so special," Tabin said...
Like children with a new box of crayons, video-game makers are taking up these tools and using them to transform the cartoonlike earlier hit games -- Super Mario Brothers, Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter II -- into something with lifelike action and plots. Meanwhile, the programmers have been joined by a new generation of Hollywood executives who, having tasted the power of computerized special effects, are eager to create a whole new form of entertainment that can be beamed over a cable line, bought in a cartridge or played from a compact disc. Both sides talk excitedly about making interactive movies...
...licensing game never died, however. Now Hollywood is making movies and TV shows out of video-game characters (witness this summer's Super Mario Brothers feature and the two Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon shows coming this fall), and kids assume that any film or series with any action in it will come out in a game cartridge within six months. Besides Aladdin, vidkids this Christmas will be able to choose from games based on Cliffhanger, Last Action Hero, Ren and Stimpy, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Home Improvement, Jurassic Park and a whole subgenre of Bart Simpson adventures, including The Simpsons...