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Thanks to Atari who somehow brought themselves back from dormancy with great interests, Yars' Revenge quickly became my first favorite Atari 2600 game. Right next to Tempest 2000 on Jaguar, I happen to have a fascinating appeal for both aliens and bugs. And this Yar warrior is one of them.

If this adorable housefly turned big alien guy can make an appearance in any fighting game, hey! I'd fully support Atari and keep the fun rolling. :)

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Continuing from the reference post I made last time, here's a second. Here, it's a turnround on Stickybutter, so there's actually nothing on the back of his tank top. I sincerely apologize for those looking forward to extra features.

Alongside the turnaround is a line art drawing which can sometimes be used in art and animation, as well as pose samples.

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It's the fifth anniversary that my mascot was created! And successfully replaced my rejected one after I quit the yellow corporate rat's community. On the left is my prototype, while on the right is my new and improved yet prioritized design of my mascot. How times have changed...

Just a reminder; he's an alien. And he'll never be going anywhere. ;)

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Exciting (yet exhausting) news! After nine and a half months, my reimagined comedy skit in full colour is finally completed. It wasn't easy dodging all those distractions that were in the way, but it was worth getting it done.

And now for an important announcement. Said reimagined comedy skit will be uploaded on 14 February, which is on Valentine's Day and the same month a certain movie about some blue alien blew our minds. I'll need plenty of recoveries before my next video occurs, so it's best to patiently wait.

Speaking of, there's one project that's on my New Year's resolution radar. And I know what's coming first!

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While I was indeed almost at the final completion of my remastered comedy skit, I came across one of my followers Scott W's fan art of my mascot Stickybutter. His take is absolutely beautiful, with the background being a huge aesthetic and him striking a pose with a cute expression on his face despite the fact he's an actual alien.

Kudos to Scott for making this a smart reality! In case you've got a knack for Saturday morning cereal like I am, I recommend checking out his BlueSky profile.

cerealscott.bsky.social

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Some exciting progress to share: 12 shots of my reimagined comedy skit are completed! All that's left is to animate several scenes, and the release date announcement will take place on both here and BlueSky.

This will require me to listen to music CD's instead of YouTube, so there's no stopping the real super power of high quality animation!

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In light of recent events, A Day in the Life in Burbank, California has been disqualified and permanently scrapped. Which means Stickybutter is the default winner!

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Always wanted to wonder whether your favorite Kremling character from Donkey Kong Country is big animal guy worthy or not? Here's a TierMaker post for you to go "krazy" with! (No pun intended.)

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Ever wanted to relax and imagine yourself what it's like to roam around a city inhabited by anthropomorphic aliens of all shapes, colours and sizes? This playlist should keep you company!

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My 2025 new year resolutions (in a more serious way)

• Expand commissions with animated GIFs following Procreate Dreams' massive update • Make ButterScotchy Finger Pies, a Brazilian treat next to Drooler's Delight • Pay for small meals using gift cards I got for Christmas • Lose weight at a nearby gym (Namely Crunch Fitness) • Finish Crash Bandicoot 4: It's about time before selling my actual physical copy away since Activision got caught committing the thing • Visit Madonna Inn only for the bakery. Hey, I love pastel pink. It's my aesthetic, y'know? • Get my hair dyed to blonde from Good Dye Young • Go to Universal Orlando on my birthday • No actual plans for birthday / Christmas shopping; already learned my lesson. And perhaps the all time important thing for 2025 as a simple reminder...

DON'T.

WASTE.

MONEY.

And that's all I have to share. Despite the trouble we're about to face, I ain't givin' up just yet!

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Starting the new year right is a full scale portrait of the Muppet inspired stage background using Procreate while waiting for midnight to show up. I understand there's no one around considering Jim Henson's final masterpiece Muppet*Vision 3D is going away for good. But unless you've got some creativity, be my guest and add any character of your choice! It's free, y'know. ;)

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While Woody Woodpecker is enjoying every moment of regaining his comeback again, thanks to Comcast's successful approach to animation and theme parks, his competitors (save for Homer) went through a whole lot of troubling times throughout 2024. But believe it or not, next year will be even worse.

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• Learned to bake homemade chocolate chip biscuits with a little help from Binging with Babish • Watched the Wild Robot as the last DreamWorks Animation film to be made in-house within Glendale, CA • Watched Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for the fun and vibrant experience • Nintendo won nothing • Also saw Frosty the Snowman on NBC as well, which is another win for Universal! • Finally, I officially announced my retirement from Twitter after 12 years

Wow. Now that's the best!

Why 2024 has been the best year in my honest opinion

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Penny's Big Breakaway became monumental hits on Switch (the latter getting a physical treatment thanks to Limited Run) • A controversial figure named twomad died on the day before Valentine's • Ranno and Clairen got together again for Rivals of Aether II • David Zaslav from Warner Bros. Discovery made a huge tax write-off by shelving and deleting Coyote VS Acme for good • Slayer got reunited for live concerts after a five year hiatus • Toys for Bob went independent • An anthropomorphic potato named Archimedes Tracy-Yancy died at the immediate start of March, leading Glutko to abruptly end his campaign of being playable in a downgraded platform fighter • I livestreamed the NEW Woody Woodpecker Show and the Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat on Peacock • Did Chapagetti for the first time (best served with Monty's egg and Spam) • Out in the middle of nowhere, GAINAX went totally bankrupt after almost four decades of business • Made my extremely early Birthday / Christmas shopping successful for once • Universal Pictures reviving Woody Woodpecker back to the way he is • Illumination made fun of ay-eye and the majority of Marvel and DC films in their Megaverse spoof video (Huge respect for them!) • A sicko named Kyle got busted for being part of the Weinstein effect as of both 20 June and 13 July (Even if I've never seen Mighty MagiSwords on the telly) • Played Donkey Kong 64 on my newly downloaded Delta emulator via iPad for the first time ever • Capcom, Marvel and SNK revived their interest in both Marvel VS Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics and SVC CHAOS, now playable on Nintendo Switch, PS4 PRO, Steam and GOG • Quiet on Set destroyed Dan Schneider's relevance and reputation thanks to Investigation Discovery • Microsoft Studios immediately got exposed before they accepted their true fate • Davide Soliani left Ubisoft, because thank goodness he didn't have to make a new e****c banana game since he noticed what Adi just blabbed out in the middle of my livestream • Kai Bear's Popcorn is open for business, and I love it! • Went to Two Hands and did Potato Corn Dog with 100% mozzarella filling and it was the best thing imaginable • Barbie won nothing while Oppenheimer made Universal even more profitable at the movies over Warner Bros., all thanks to the Oscars • Black Myth Wukong quickly became a hit seller via the Steam store with no BS excuses or nonsensical stuff in sight • Pizza Tower surprise dropping on Switch motivated me to revive my Fangamer account • Celebrated 20 years of Mtn. Dew's Baja Blast... by drinking it while doing it • Nikocado Avocado... lost weight? No experience with him, but okay. • Atari bought the Intellivision brand, with Astrosmash now relaunched on Atari 50 as an Atari 2600 port • Linkin Park is back with a new singer Emliy Armstrong and it's actually... good? • Argonaut Games (formerly Argonaut Software) is revived with a little help from Croc: Legend of the Gobbos • Aaron Greenberg from Microsoft Studios said "nobody cares about Banjo-Kazooie", which in turn made Croc more playable than it is • I transformed an Oogie Boogie plush from my local Spirit Halloween into a Santa-fied hugger • Donkey Kong Country came to Nintendo World as my extremely early birthday present in time for the 10th anniversary of the Game Awards • Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer made a return to NBC after 50 years making daywalkers even more irrelevant than ever • Jackal Salami got busted by South Koreans and went to jail • Procreate and Pepsi said no to generative ay-eye in an awesome way • LL Cool J returned to Def Jam with the FORCE, this time with Virgin Records • Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore was released on all platforms with stellar gameplay and a fun homage to CD-i animation (and YouTube Poops) • Both Ufouria the Saga 2 (Hebereke 2) and Gimmick 2 are huge examples of Sunsoft's highly anticipated revival under the new name Sun Corp. • Astro Bot became PS5 Pro's best seller, with over 1.5 million copies sold worldwide • Both Astro Bot and Black Myth Wukong won the Game Awards

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Why 2024 has been the best year in my honest opinion

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Penny's Big Breakaway became monumental hits on Switch (the latter getting a physical treatment thanks to Limited Run) • A controversial figure named twomad died on the day before Valentine's • Ranno and Clairen got together again for Rivals of Aether II • David Zaslav from Warner Bros. Discovery made a huge tax write-off by shelving and deleting Coyote VS Acme for good • Slayer got reunited for live concerts after a five year hiatus • Toys for Bob went independent • An anthropomorphic potato named Archimedes Tracy-Yancy died at the immediate start of March, leading Glutko to abruptly end his campaign of being playable in a downgraded platform fighter • I livestreamed the NEW Woody Woodpecker Show and the Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat on Peacock • Did Chapagetti for the first time (best served with Monty's egg and Spam) • Out in the middle of nowhere, GAINAX went totally bankrupt after almost four decades of business • Made my extremely early Birthday / Christmas shopping successful for once • Universal Pictures reviving Woody Woodpecker back to the way he is • Illumination made fun of ay-eye and the majority of Marvel and DC films in their Megaverse spoof video (Huge respect for them!) • A sicko named Kyle got busted for being part of the Weinstein effect as of both 20 June and 13 July (Even if I've never seen Mighty MagiSwords on the telly) • Played Donkey Kong 64 on my newly downloaded Delta emulator via iPad for the first time ever • Capcom, Marvel and SNK revived their interest in both Marvel VS Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics and SVC CHAOS, now playable on Nintendo Switch, PS4 PRO, Steam and GOG • Quiet on Set destroyed Dan Schneider's relevance and reputation thanks to Investigation Discovery • Microsoft Studios immediately got exposed before they accepted their true fate • Davide Soliani left Ubisoft, because thank goodness he didn't have to make a new e****c banana game since he noticed what Adi just blabbed out in the middle of my livestream • Kai Bear's Popcorn is open for business, and I love it! • Went to Two Hands and did Potato Corn Dog with 100% mozzarella filling and it was the best thing imaginable • Barbie won nothing while Oppenheimer made Universal even more profitable at the movies over Warner Bros., all thanks to the Oscars • Black Myth Wukong quickly became a hit seller via the Steam store with no BS excuses or nonsensical stuff in sight • Pizza Tower surprise dropping on Switch motivated me to revive my Fangamer account • Celebrated 20 years of Mtn. Dew's Baja Blast... by drinking it while doing it • Nikocado Avocado... lost weight? No experience with him, but okay. • Atari bought the Intellivision brand, with Astrosmash now relaunched on Atari 50 as an Atari 2600 port • Linkin Park is back with a new singer Emliy Armstrong and it's actually... good? • Argonaut Games (formerly Argonaut Software) is revived with a little help from Croc: Legend of the Gobbos • Aaron Greenberg from Microsoft Studios said "nobody cares about Banjo-Kazooie", which in turn made Croc more playable than it is • I transformed an Oogie Boogie plush from my local Spirit Halloween into a Santa-fied hugger • Donkey Kong Country came to Nintendo World as my extremely early birthday present in time for the 10th anniversary of the Game Awards • Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer made a return to NBC after 50 years making daywalkers even more irrelevant than ever • Jackal Salami got busted by South Koreans and went to jail • Procreate and Pepsi said no to generative ay-eye in an awesome way • LL Cool J returned to Def Jam with the FORCE, this time with Virgin Records • Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore was released on all platforms with stellar gameplay and a fun homage to CD-i animation (and YouTube Poops) • Both Ufouria the Saga 2 (Hebereke 2) and Gimmick 2 are huge examples of Sunsoft's highly anticipated revival under the new name Sun Corp. • Astro Bot became PS5 Pro's best seller, with over 1.5 million copies sold worldwide • Both Astro Bot and Black Myth Wukong won the Game Awards

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An update of my ongoing money saving challenge

To come clean, 2024 has been a struggling year for my money saving challenge. I did however managed to get the presents for my relatives in time for the holidays, including my own birthday presents, and I really was delighted I've finally been accepted of giving them exactly what they want. However, in just a few days away from now, I won't be Christmas shopping nor will I be getting my next birthday presents.

In light of Epic Universe opening on 22 May 2025, I plan to expand and delay my money saving challenge before November. It was originally going to target this summer, but as I've said, my money saving challenge has hit the ground of wasting too much. So instead, I will be spending my entire birthday at Universal Orlando, meaning this will be the first time I'll be flying to Florida using the Phoenix Airport since my hometown has no access of getting there. Which means I'll be forced to rely on a car before I can actually fly to Florida. If you do happen to see me wear the following tees in each respective area, I'm dropping by with the following:

• Woody Woodpecker tee (Universal Studios Florida) • Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary tee (Universal Islands of Adventure) • King K. Rool tee (Universal Epic Universe)

I'll be limiting my meals to just smaller portions so I don't get bankrupted too much. Just like how I despise clout, hate, messes and trouble, I also despise bankruptcy. Oh, and by the time I do show up in Orlando on my birthday, don't expect me to be a D-word adult. I would honestly explain who it is and what the letter D means, but it's best not to.

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Now that Christmas is already over, I can finally put on my alien slippers I got for my birthday. I named them Cherry and Chocolate since they're nice and sweet.

And just to make sure where you can get a pair of your own, I recommend going here.

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Had the best Christmas afternoon experience by opening up all the gifts I gotten. From left to right, top to bottom in each column:

• Heat Holders Oversized Luxury Throw (Teal) • Radio from LL Cool J and *REIGN IN BLOOD from Slayer CDs • KFC and Freddy's gift cards for $20 • Peter Piper Pizza gift card for $30 • Stickybutter hanging portrait • XL Woody Woodpecker tee • There seems to be no sign of intelligent life XL tee from Steven Rhodes • The Nightmare Before Christmas mini kart toy (Oogie Boogie) • Atari 50 - Expanded Edition (Nintendo Switch)

*Want to note that despite the entire jewel case being broken, the CD was actually safe. May consider getting a new, expansive CD case for more room.

And that's the last I'll be getting for Christmas. Next year, I won't be shopping; gotta focus more on my money saving challenge before I publicly let it all out. Happy Christmas, by the way!