2001 has been quite literally the kick up the rear that the Sonic Stadium needed to land up there with the best! Who knows what crazy and wacky things I’ll come up with that makes this site even more appealing to go to? Monthly logs will soon reveal all on what’s going on in my sneaky mind… Continue reading Dreadknux’s Diaries: Dreadknux is Cool! Possibly…
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Artemis Prower – also known as Artie – is the webmaster of one of the biggest and longest standing furry/Sonic fan sites online today, teamARTAIL. Continue reading Community Interview: TeamARTAIL’s Artemis Prower
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Yes, it’s finally come to an end. After six whole months of site submissions, category entries, polling mania and celebration hype, the Sonic Site Awards 2001 is now officially over. Hence it being 2002 at this precise time now. I can’t really judge how the Phase 3 celebrations went (I don’t like commenting on my own events), but I think everyone enjoyed themselves, and I hope you all did.
Continue reading TSS UPDATE: Sonic Site Awards 2001 Post-Ceremony Celebration! Winners Round-Up!
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Yeah, my first Christmas update this month – the last for a while, as I found from many people that my Navigation menus were confusing, and the pages were linked incorrectly in very small cases. I was unhappy at that point with my site’s look, so (‘sigh’, you all go) again, I decide to change the cosmetics of the website. That’s why the Christmas update was the last one of the year and for the next few months. Continue reading Dreadknux’s Diaries: The Sonic Site Award Winners, and a Christmas Update!
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If you’re ever in need to know anything about the latest cartoon, Sonic Underground, then Shayne Thames is your gal. Webmaster of fansite SonicUnderground.net, Thames has a large database of information on characters, episodes and more. She’s also famous for having a rather amazing run-in with Sonic Team leader, Yuji Naka. Read on for the story on that… Continue reading Community Interview: Shayne Thames
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Known as the ‘Mad Dog of Sprite Comics’ (well… to us, anyway), PsyGuy is the creator of the Fireball20XL website, a fan comic workshop that contains a number of strips including Dirty Power and That’s My Sonic. As one of the leading voices in the Sprite Comic arena, we had a chat with Psy to learn more about the cool things he’s doing. Continue reading Community Interview: Fireball20XL Comic Author PsyGuy
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If you’re itching for a fresh Sonic gaming experience, made by fans, then keep an eye on this upcoming project – a group called Maim Entertainment are reportedly hard at work on an MMORPG (Mass Multiplayer Online RPG) that focuses entirely on the blue blur’s world. Continue reading ‘Legends of Mobius’ Promises Authentic Sonic MMORPG Experience
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What’s Up everyone? Yes, it’s that time of year again, you go and buy presents for others *groan*, but then you get some really cool ones in return! Yippee! Unless your granny misread the Sonic Advance you asked for and she gets you ‘Carvello’s Putting Challenge’ instead. ^_^ Continue reading TSS UPDATE: Merry Christmas!
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Generation8 has become a highly prominent and familiar face in the fan art community, and so we caught up with the promising artist to get her thoughts on the Sonic franchise as well as get pointers on how to be great at drawing. Fan fiction writer Nicholas D Wolfwood stars as guest interviewer for TSS; let’s go! Continue reading Community Interview: GeNeratioN8
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Dawn Best works on the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, but before that was a prominent artist in the Sonic fan community. She was the mysterious fan artist that ‘levelled up’ to Archie in our news article here. Dawn’s skills quickly helped her get formally recognised by Archie, and since making introductions she has been working alongside Ken Penders and co since Issue #101. It’s a real community success story, and we’re happy to chat with her today about her story. Find her personal website here. Continue reading Community Interview: Archie Comics Artist Dawn Best
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Tristan O. Bresnen is webmaster of TSSZ (The Super Sonic Zone), a great news source for SEGASonic, Sonic Team, and other gaming news. One of the best fan newscasters of the time, TSSZ also incorporated a radio station with news bulletins. TSSZ closed in late 2005, but re-opened in 2007 and continues to this day. Continue reading Community Interview: TSSZ News’ Tristan Bresnen
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OK, you’ve all been sitting on the edge of your seats for it. I can tell what question you are going to ask. “WHEN WILL THE WINNERS BE ANNOUNCED DREADKNUX, YOU SCURVY TEASER YOU!?” Ah, the magic begins. For now, it is time to let you in on the little secret…
Continue reading TSS UPDATE: The Sonic Site Awards PHASE 3: The Ceremony!!!
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Not much happened other than myself trying to revive the Message Board (yet again – this was the fourth time, and was really getting me down). However, I changed the name (from firstly, the ‘Sonic Stadium MB’, to ‘Dreadknux’s Forum’, to ‘Dead Sonic Forum’ [when I lost it for a bit]) to the ‘Sega Sonic Message Board’. I used a cool looking background which I came across by accident by colouring in Sonic and Shadow on Paint. ^_^ Continue reading Dreadknux’s Diaries: The Message Board Revived – Again!
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Famous for Sonic News. Growing to be the biggest Sonic News sites online… until it hit problems. After a chat with Dread, the two became best of buddies, and the two worked alongside each other heading up SSNG. Now though, Sonic News is back and kicking, as an active and integral section of The Sonic Stadium. You love it. ^_^ Continue reading Community Interview: Sonic News Webmaster Sonic_Hedgehogs
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Here’s another update for the Sonic Site Awards, the biggest Sonic event this year it seems! Which is nice. I’m updating this page merely to report that the PHASE of polling for your favourite Sonic site closes NOVEMBER 30TH!!!
Continue reading TSS UPDATE: Final Week of Polling for Sonic Site Awards 2001
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Hey everyone, and welcome to the Sonic Stadium’s month-late Birthday party! The Music Zone’s up and fully online, all the new MIDIs are present, so have a whale of a time! Deeply sorry for keeping you waiting this long for them, but Topcities are dump, so, there. More hoaxes from Ultimo and Ace Fox, more links, and the Surgeon you love to hate, Dr. Dre(ad) is back and answering your questions! Continue reading TSS UPDATE: Happy (late) Birthday to The Sonic Stadium!
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For today’s Community Interview, we’ve put the spotlight on a fellow Sonic website administrator! Dennis Spielman, aka Neon Chaos, is the webmaster of a great fansite called Shadow of a Hedgehog, and has made a big name for himself in the Sonic community with an impressive downloads section. Warning: Sonic Adventure 2 Spoilers inside. Continue reading Community Interview: SoaH Webmaster Neon Chaos
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John Weeks is well-known in the Sonic community for his outstanding MIDI compositions, which show his growing talent with every project while remaining very faithful to the original music. Andrew previously interviewed John, which you can read here, and now Dreadknux has come back to ask him a few more questions about his awesome work. Read on… Continue reading Community Interview: The Return of John Weeks
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WB is one of the best fan artists in the Sonic Internet Community today, and has a long history contributing artwork too. These days, WB even has a hand in Archie’s official Sonic the Hedgehog comic series – living the dream! Buckle up though, this is probably one of the craziest interviews we’ve done yet. Continue reading Community Interview: Fan Artist WB
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Dan Drazen is a seasoned figure in the Sonic community, having reviewed the Archie Sonic comic since Issue #29 and forming experienced opinions on the series and its future. He’s basically the Roger Ebert of Sonic comic reviews among the internet community, and having met Ken Penders he’s also well connected to the roots of the Archie team. Read on for our exclusive chat with him. Continue reading Community Interview: Archie Reviewer Dan Drazen
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Hello all and welcome to my little shack of questions, the virtual building of troubled queries, the big sea of… erm… damn, need another word for questions. Forgotten. Never mind. Anyway, I had to take a little leave for a while, as blatantly Dreadknux is promising big things for my clinic, but he hasn’t even done a bit, so I left for a while, and NOW it’s all done. Just bides his time. Continue reading Ask Dr. Dre(ad): October 2001 Mailbag
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Time for another Community Interview, this time from amazing fan MIDI composer John Weeks! John is famous in the Sonic community for his sequencing of various tracks in the Sonic, NiGHTS and ChuChu Rocket games. We speak to him about his hobbies, what made him start making music and his thoughts on the NiGHTS Gamecube rumours. Continue reading Community Interview: MIDI Composer John Weeks
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Many a good thing has happened this month – first off, Sega Sonic Radio has officially become a member of the ‘Zone Rado Network, from Emulation Zone no less. Everyone seems to be enjoying voting for their fave Sonic site in the Sonic Site Awards, and as Christmas approaches, so does the final verdict, and the special awards ceremony. Continue reading Dreadknux’s Diaries: The New Look (Again) – Only the Fans Choose…
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Welcome to a new series of features on The Sonic Stadium called Community Interviews. Here, we pick some of the most active and talented people in the Sonic internet community and chat with them about what they do and their interest in the blue blur. First up is Nicholas D. Wolfwood, who is the creator of the long-running fan fiction series, Sotsu. It’s also the name of Dreadknux’s favourite character in Trigun.
Continue reading Community Interview: ‘Sotsu’ Fan Fiction Writer Nicholas D. Wolfwood
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Added Ace Fox to the Sonic Hoaxers Club, and updated Welsh Sonic’s Page. Myself and Neon Chaos, the webmaster of none other than Shadow of a Hedgehog are in talks of a SOAH and Sonic Stadium hybrid site, expect a trial week of the hybrid site to begin in the New Year, as a celebration.
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Sonic Fan Club NewsDesk has news of online comics and a fan game, The Games section has had a complete overhaul, The Mega Drive Sonic Games pages have been changed at the moment, go see them, they look awesome!
Cyber Sonic and Welsh Sonic has been added to the Sonic Hoaxers Club, and more links added to the Sonic Directory. Also, Sega Sonic Radio is now a member of The ‘Zone Radio Network!
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EXCLUSIVE: Super Sonic Fan #1 has truly taken a shine to games developing, as his first and most ambitious Fan Game proves. Here’s the info from the e-mail straight from SSF#1… Continue reading SFC News: Super Sonic Fan #1’s Game – New Details
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EXCLUSIVE: After announcing a text adventure of the Moogle Caverns’ top online story – The Battle Of Cowkey – Dreadknux has canned the project entirely. BUT, don’t worry, the text adventure idea has instead been replaced with an online comic. Continue reading SFC News: Moogle Cavern Text Adventure to take Different Approach
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EXCLUSIVE: Friendly online guy, and Dreadknux’s best online buddy H Hog, has made a winner. Online comics don’t come close to this – enter Mayneeyah, an online comic with a difference. Continue reading SFC News: H Hog’s Gone Mayneeyah! Wibble Wabble Quack Quack!
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EXCLUSIVE: BIG fan of the Sonic Stadium, SuperSonicFan #1 has released details of his new Sonic Fan Game. He has explained that it will be in 3D, much like Sonic Robo Blast 2, in development also (and for a very long time). Continue reading SFC News: Super Sonic Fan #1’s Fan Game
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Gah! No sooner had I announced the opening of The Sonic Site Awards: PHASE II, than I get attacked by literally hundreds of emails! Still, nice to see you all taking an interest at least. To say the SSA is fast becoming a success is a bit of an understatement. Continue reading TSS UPDATE: Sonic Site Awards, Sega Sonic Radio and Sonic Fan Club Goodness!
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Yes, welcome again to my surgery. I am of course, the infamous Doctor Dre(ad), and no, I am not a rap star!!! *Gasp* Sorry, it’s time for my sanity pills. Now, let the doctor check up on your Sonic problem. Remember, this can be ANY Sonic question at all, it can be from the cartoons, the comics, the games (although the games are the most popular around here) or even about Sonic and his pal’s background or whatever. WHATEVER you want to ask about Sonic, I am here for you. Continue reading Ask Dr. Dre(ad): September 2001 Mailbag
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I decided to open a new Topcities account, because if I put the new midis in my current one, there won’t be any room left for those quality pages I keep coming up with ;P So that’s what I did. I updated with the news, and soon after Topcities deleted my new account, along with some other innocents. Why? Only God knows, it seems. Next month, I will sort this thing out, this is getting out of hand. Continue reading TSS UPDATE: Topcities Catches Music Account Bother
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Moogle Cavern regular (and webmaster of affiliate website SharkAttack Chaos) Roareye has let slip a few of his plans for his very own Fan Game. No actual details have been spilled yet about the game, but it is said that it is based around the characters that he has created: including himself; dragons called Karldes and Robtres; and other fictional characters. Continue reading SFC News: Roareye treats us to Secret Fan Game
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H Hog has recently (well, a while ago, gimme a break here ^_^) stated that he may be considering canning the Final Fantasy NES Hack that he was planning, starring Moogle Caverners the like of Tenniru, Kulock, and Dreadknux to name a few. Continue reading SFC News: FF NES Hack Only a Fantasy?
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The Sonic Amateur Games Expo has opened once again for a 2001 showing. This is the place where all kinds of Sonic the Hedgehog fan games come together and show the community what they’re made of. This is the third SAGE to ever take place; the first happened last year, which we missed, but we were able to report on SAGE 2 back in March – you can read that here. Check out the new show by going to the SAGE website.
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