I like their 90s stuff a lot as well. There's a reason this album is certified triple platinum, and the Bush quote is from Bentonville, Arkansas on November 6, 2000, according to about.com.
I honestly like the first Sonic a lot and do in fact think the new 3D ones should focus on speed.That's what I liked about the Adventure games (not his damn friends).
None of this is nostalgia-based, really. I never owned any Sega consoles, and owned SA 2:Battle after it had been out for a while. I played the first Sonic online not two years ago for the first time as well as its sequels.
As for the new design, I like what I saw on Vice's Assistant's blog.
Funny that you and I did Sonic related things without even realizing there was an announcement. I just downloaded the Generations demo on Steam before reading VA's blog.
I'm too tired for all this right now, but there is a typo in the text you linked to. One instance of accept should be except. I forget where, but it's in parentheses. Your broader point is what matters, so I wouldn't worry about it, but when I'm writing papers myself, I notice these things. Not that I apply the same scrutiny to my blogs or comments, cause I don't. Honestly, it just stuck out to me cause I've been editing my own work.
I thought PS4 was not backwards compatible. I'll look into it before doing anything, but actually trying to use as little of my own money as possible is the point of the birthday thing, and people might be more likely to respond to a cheaper request. lol 
Of course, I would like a 3DS ... hmm ... but yeah, the more I think about it, games seem to be working fine on my laptop, so I think I may just count that as me having a last gen system.
Actually, I came in on Adventures as well, and while I own SA2 for GCN, I think letting characters besides Sonic and Shadow have their own levels was a gigantic misstep. It looks like this new Sonic has speed, which is what the series is actually good at and should stick to, in my opinion. I don't see much of a redesign on Sonic aside from the neck gear. Now Knuckles looks way different with those goofy Popeye forearms, though.
I also like Colors and while I think CD is just ok, I whip it out all the time on my phone, cause it's simple and takes little thought.
As for Generations, it looks like I'll enjoy it, and coincidentally, I just dl'd the demo. I'll let you know how it goes.
I take my coffee either black or as basically a dessert, it depends on the circumstance. And that is all the commentary I can offer on CoD.
We'll see.
Have these all been your cats?
Well, Plano, which is an affluent city inside the DFW metroplex, but I'd prefer working for Retro down in Austin. I love Dallas, I was born and raised there, but Austin has so much personality.
I get annoyed by the next episode thing too, mostly cause I try to watch one episode of House of Cards or whatever per day, and keep it at that.
The way Netflix figured out its category system is hilariously bad research. Why you'd think a bunch of genres spat out by Hollywood producers would be generalizable to the population at large, I don't know, but despite NPR's puff piece I and most people I know do not like their category system at all. Their recommendations are usually presumptious and bad because they focus on too-specific aspects of whatever you just watched or just don't make any sense at all.
I'd also like to be able to see descriptions without clicking a link. Of course, I've had this problem since Fall 2013, so do these updates come out in a staggered fashion like they do on Facebook?
