User blog comment:OriginalManofGod123/2013: The End of an Era/@comment-5487126-20140101043340

2013 definitely saw a few ups and downs in the Sonic franchise, mostly in the comic series; all of Ken Penders's characters were banned due to the legal war between him, Archie, and SEGA---which has also, for all intents and purposes, brought about the end of the world of Mobius as we once knew it. Sonic Lost World, the other major Sonic-related highlight of the year, could've been better, but it still looks like a great game overall.

2013 was even crazier in real-life; among other things, there were several major terrorist bombings, the U.S. government shutdown, the global surveillance disclosures, the deaths of several famous people, the first fatal aviation disaster involving the great Boeing Triple-7 aircraft, and the disastrous integration of Google+ onto YouTube.

For me, personally, 2013 was kind of a mixed bag, but overall the pros outnumbered the cons.