John's Journal

2024 is shaping up to be a big year for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Specifically the blue blur's iconic black rival, Shadow. In addition to being the antagonist of the upcoming "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" movie in December (voiced by Keanu Reeves no less!), Shadow is also set to take center stage in a port of "Sonic Generations" called "Sonic X Shadow Generations" in which the black hedgehog stars in a new campaign where he meets his old nemesis Black Doom who has mysteriously returned after his death in Shadow's game with a new plot to take over the world. Guys, "Generations" is one of my favorite Sonic games of all time, so seeing that it's gets a port with a brand new story and levels centered around one of the biggest breakout stars of the franchise has ignited a lot of excitement within me. I remember back when the original game was about to come out, I would always be on forums speculating which levels would make the cut for th

 One thing I always liked growing up is watching shows about characters in school. A lot of them were set in elementary school (ex: "The Fairly OddParents"), some were in middle school (ex:"Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide"), but a grand majority of them seemed to be set in high school. You name it, "That's So Raven", "Danny Phantom", and "Kim Possible" it seemed like the go to setting for a work of fiction was a high school. Heck, even movies loved that setting. Of course you have stuff like "High School Musical" and "West Side Story". Not to mention both cinematic Spider-Man reboots put Peter Parker back in high school. But as I began my college years I began to notice something, you really don't see that many works of fiction set in college as opposed to high school, where it seems that we get endless amounts. So that brings us to today's question, just why is college a less popular fiction