GadjetJax educated: 5 Things You Probably Did Not Know About Sonic the Hedgehog!

1. Michael Jackson actually helped compose some of the soundtrack for Sonic the Hedgehog 3. However, during development, Jackson quit, because he felt the audio processer for the Sega Genesis was inferior to what he was used to working with. Some songs also contain similarities to other Jackson songs, as evidenced here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE2pPjO5-zo Because of this, some of the songs had to be altered when Sonic 3 was re-released on Windows PC in order to avoid copyright issues. 

2. In order to protect copies of Sonic CD from being pirated, Sega installed a killscreen in the game that would appear if the game was being played with pirated software. The image can be seen below. The text reads: "Fun is infinite with Sega Enterprises -Majin". Majin means 'devil', suggesting this creepy screen was used to scare people illegally playing the game into thinking that a devil was possessing the game. However, this has been confirmed to be incorrect. According to Sega, 'Majin' was actually the nickname of one of the developers at Sega

(Broken Link)
 

3. Dr. Robotnik's design was based off of Theodore Roosevelt, and Robotnik was also planned to be the protagonist of the series, rather than being a villain.
4. Sonic the Hedgehog was the first video game character to appear as a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The second character to be included was Pikachu from the Pokemon franchise.

5. The Sonic The Hedgehog comic series written by Archie Comics is the longest running videogame-comic book adaptation ever. The series still stands today, and over 250 issues have been released, not including compilations, specials, and crossovers.

If you like this stuff, leave a comment and tell me what you would like to see more of! Also, support Sonic The Hedgehog by purchasing the recently released remakes of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2, now available for iOS and Android at a great price of $2.99!
This is GadgetJax, bidding farewell! *click*

Scavenger Hunt

The hunt is starting in 6 minutes...the only clues I have for you is that 

1.  There is not a real ladybug in the library (not that I know of anyway) and

2. The highlandteenblogspot.com stamp is NOT where it was originally intended to be.

I know these are lame clues........have fun!!!

Airman Book Review - You have to read this!!!

Yes, I know that I said this whole movie-review thing I was doing would go on for 5 posts, but to be honest, I really can't think of any animated movies that haven't been talked about for at least a decade already. Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Shrek, and all that jazz.

Besides, I promised a friend (Whose identification will remain anonymous for the duration of this upload) that I would review Airman as soon as I could. (Speaking of which, I should probably move on to some kind of other article series, like trivia (yeah)!

  Eoin Colfer.

You either know nothing about this humble man, or think that he is a fantastic author that should win a Nobel Peace prize just because he exists. I fill the latter. And so does pretty much everybody in the world who has read Colfer's works.
There's really nothing to say about Airman that can't just be experienced yourself. It tells a tale that adapts itself to suit the opinions and personality of anyone who reads it. Have you lost a friend or family member recently and mourn for them? Then this story will feel like is was written directly for you. Are you undergoing financial issues or trying to find a job? Then you'll be touched by the book's unique atmosphere.

That being said, though, a lot of characters and plot points are stereotypical. That doesn't detract from the experience, but it is something that wore down on my mind the farther and farther.
Airman is an untouched masterpiece, and it's quite disappointing that most readers haven't heard the story of Connor Broekhart and read this epic. (Though rumor has it Disney will be in charge of making a film adaptation of Airman in 2015. Hooray!) Airman is fantastic, and earns the congratulatory score of...

9.1 MESMERIZING
+ It's Eoin Colfer, you know it's good.
+ Anybody will enjoy it. from 9 to 99 ( p.s. If you're 100 or older, than you'll hate this book. ha ha.)
- Stereotypes

This is GadgetJax, until next time. *Click*

 

John Green interview

If you want to know more about your favorite authors, this is a great site from Voya Magazine.  
http://www.voyamagazine.com/topics/author-interviews/


Here is the interview from Voya Magazine with one of our favorites, John Green!  It's from 2012.
http://www.voyamagazine.com/2012/10/19/wouldnt-you-like-to-know-john-green/





Look for an upcoming interview with Mike Mullen!

Speaking of Eoin Colfer.......

  

Have you read Eion Colfer’s (of Airman and Artemis Fowl fame), new series??? W.A.R.P: The Reluctant Assassin

There’s plenty of action, chases and escapes through time, wormhole travel, murder and many secrets. 

There is a copy available at Highland, and many more throughout the system. I’d love to hear your thoughts about the book! If you check the book out because you read about it on this blog, let Mrs. Gempka know and you can select a book prize to keep!

Book 2 of the series, W.A.R.P. 2 The Hangman’s Revolution is due out June 24, 2014 in stores…should be in the library shortly after!