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Writer for Hardcore Gaming 101 (as Apollo Chungus) and Cartoon Milk. Occasional animation enthusiast, music composer and numpty. 29 | he/him/whatevs

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fan art of Sonic the Hedgehog. he's in green hill zone, bouncing off a spring to excitedly grab some rings, while a spike snail stands nearby. the fan art is accompanied by a caption that says

"WHAT A STUNNER

One of the best drawings yet received by us lot at MEAN MACHINES was sent in by the very talented Matt Lyon of Basingstoke, Hants. His stunning picture of Sonic the Hedgehog is a real eye-catcher. I'm sure we'll be seeing lots more stuff from this guy in the future - keep your eyes peeled."

fan art of Sonic the Hedgehog. he's in green hill zone, bouncing off a spring to excitedly grab some rings, while a spike snail stands nearby. the fan art is accompanied by a caption that says "WHAT A STUNNER One of the best drawings yet received by us lot at MEAN MACHINES was sent in by the very talented Matt Lyon of Basingstoke, Hants. His stunning picture of Sonic the Hedgehog is a real eye-catcher. I'm sure we'll be seeing lots more stuff from this guy in the future - keep your eyes peeled."

shout out to this fucking rad bit of Sonic fan-art by Matt Lyon, adorning the pages of Mean Machines issue 10 (July of 1991, making this one of the earliest known pieces of Sonic fan-art)

06.10.2025 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A bunch of pictures I took from the 1947 stop-motion adaptation of the Tintin book Crab with the Golden Claws (by Claude Misonne)

22.09.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Howdy everyone, hope you're all doing well! I've got a new article up on @hg101.bsky.social talking about the cute puzzle platformer Rolo To The Rescue, made for the Mega Drive by British dev Vectordean (of James Pond fame)!

20.09.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
seeing games in all the Wrong places
YouTube video by smudgebap seeing games in all the Wrong places

good morning! watch my new video if you havent yet

20.09.2025 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Ducksters (1950) Released on September 2, 1950.

365 Days of Tunes - 263/365:
In Chuck Jonesโ€™ THE DUCKSTERS (โ€™50), Porky is the luckless contestant on a radio quiz show run by Daffy Duck. Daffyโ€™s zaniness as a game show host ventures into cruel territory as he punishes Porky throughout the short.

20.09.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Hardcore Gaming 101: Rolling Thunder (and Pokemon Puzzle League!) LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that paved the way for Shinobi to exist. Then stick around for Pokรฉmon Puzzle League, the puzzler th...

Check out our discussion of Rolling Thunder! Also on this episode, my fellow #HG101 hosts talk about Pokรฉmon Puzzle League!

#podcast #RollingThunder #Pokemon

sites.libsyn.com/240854/rolli...

16.09.2025 10:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Clever Case Placement in the Ace Attorney anime - cartoon milk Finally watching a show that never interested me, and finding something to appreciate about it.

Hullo howdy, I posted a blog today talking about the Ace Attorney anime. It mainly digs into how the show took a very game-specific thing and made it work in the context of a TV programme. I hope it'll be interesting to read: cartoonmilk.com/ace-attorney...

15.09.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, I only just realized this is my 90th published review for the site. That's crazy, and considering how busy I've been working on other articles for them, it won't be a long road to 100...

06.09.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Howdy folks, it's been a while! One of my @hg101.bsky.social articles got posted on the site today, looking at the solid point-and-click adventure revival Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse by @revolutionsoftware.bsky.social! It's pretty good! www.hardcoregaming101.net/broken-sword...

06.09.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Three Mini-Reviews of Cartoon Films - cartoon milk Sometime in the last few weeks, I decided to create a Letterboxd list of all the feature-length films Iโ€™ve seen so far in the year of arlord 2025, and even rank them for the hell of it. Although I hav...

oh my giddy aunt i've done it. i've written a blog about animation for the first time in months, and put it on the internet!!!

i talk about a trio of cool animated films that i've seen this year in a casual manner, i hope this is a fun chill article to read! : ) cartoonmilk.com/three-mini-r...

21.08.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@fabraz.bsky.social hullo, just wanted to ask a daft question about Bubsy 4D. Will there be an option to manually change the colours for his shirt and tie? (Not counting the options for different shirt patterns in the costume menu)

I really dig the new design & I'm looking forward to playing it : )

21.08.2025 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kinda thinking I might step back from blusky, unless I got something of mine I wanna promote.

Lot of stuff be going on, and even as I mute loads of words, I still catch glimpses of stuff I can't do anything about and only serves to unsettle me.

So I think distance might be good for me.

16.08.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We never get around to posting any western RPGs, well this snow saturday we finally did it. Here we have the western RPG Wild Arms which features falling snow in the outside areas of Mount Zenom. Wild Arms (Playstation, 1996)

16.08.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#dearmeiwas
#Dearme_iwas

16.08.2025 04:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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finally finished this!
#fanart, #ryuhayabusa, #ninjagaiden, #spinesart

16.08.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 701    ๐Ÿ” 273    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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watching a bit of Jem and the Holograms, and this rando poster in the corner reminded me of the Ys 1 title screen lol

15.08.2025 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
from left to right

-Tom & Jerry: Trap Happy (1946, Dir. William Hanna & Joseph Barbera)
-FIXED (2025, Dir. Genndy Tartakovsky)
-Technological Threat (1988, Dir. Bill Kroyer)
-Tom & Jerry: The Mansion Cat (2001, Dir. Karl Toerge)

from left to right -Tom & Jerry: Trap Happy (1946, Dir. William Hanna & Joseph Barbera) -FIXED (2025, Dir. Genndy Tartakovsky) -Technological Threat (1988, Dir. Bill Kroyer) -Tom & Jerry: The Mansion Cat (2001, Dir. Karl Toerge)

#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched

oh cock i'm a bit late with this. lotta animal comedy cartoons this week, with the excellent T&J Trap Happy and the very rubbish Mansion Cat. glad that FIXED got to come out, even if i didn't jive with it all that much, and Technological Threat's a good time.

15.08.2025 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Started Lufia II last night and, man, what a good game. I really love the combo of Zelda-esque puzzle dungeons and more typical console RPG combat and world exploration. On-map enemies that move when you move and don't appear too frequently is great for keeping encounter fatigue at bay, too.

14.08.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Business.....

14.08.2025 00:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cats defeated my wall.

Cats defeated my wall.

Had to cut stream early due to cats pulling down the barrier I had put up to keep them out of the 240p setup :(

14.08.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Boosting this in hopes that somebody can help my boy @shoogles.bsky.social!

13.08.2025 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ใƒˆใƒ ใจใ‚ธใ‚งใƒชใƒผใ‚’ใƒกใ‚ฟใƒซใ‚นใƒฉใƒƒใ‚ฐใฎๅŠนๆžœ้Ÿณใซๅทฎใ—ๆ›ฟใˆใฆใฟใŸ
YouTube video by Rai Niko ใƒˆใƒ ใจใ‚ธใ‚งใƒชใƒผใ‚’ใƒกใ‚ฟใƒซใ‚นใƒฉใƒƒใ‚ฐใฎๅŠนๆžœ้Ÿณใซๅทฎใ—ๆ›ฟใˆใฆใฟใŸ

thank you internet for reminding me of this, the tom and jerry short "trap happy" completely rescored with metal slug music and sound effects www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQBa...

13.08.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I DID IT!
I FINISHED THE SCRIPT FOR MY NEXT VIDEO
god damn yall, its a big one!

im gonna take a few days to rest, n then ill do VO, and then edit n stuff, n then hopefully video done b4 the end of the month

also here
look at this guy.
mr labubu skibidi dubai chocolate matcha acai himself

12.08.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 455    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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my favourite 80s clint eastwood film, dirty harry and the hendersons

12.08.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โš ๏ธIMPORTANT PSAโš ๏ธ
Opa-Opa is the one WITHOUT arms
TwinBee is the one WITH arms

11.08.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why does this short cut-away joke in King of the Hill have such a beautiful little song under it?

The episode was scored by Chuck Mangione, who was (RIP) quite famously a trumpet player. Did he also compose this sweet little electric piano tune?

12.08.2025 05:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 140    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Revenge of Shinobi's endscreen on my JVC D series CRT television

The Revenge of Shinobi's endscreen on my JVC D series CRT television

I just beat Revenge of Shinobi for the first time on MiSTer and got the good ending on my first try. This game really pushed my action game skills to the limit. Thank you to @x-pert74.bsky.social for introducing me to this lovely game!

12.08.2025 04:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UFO 50: My 14 favorite games within my favorite game of 2024 Fifty of my favorite games of 2024 just got ported to Switch all at once. What were the odds? If you're out of the loop, let me get you up to speed first. UFO 50 is a collection of 50 new 8-bit games,...

New on the Ponett Gazette: To coincide with its recent Switch port, I've finally finished my ginormous piece on UFO 50, my favorite game of 2024! Come learn about my 14 favorite games in the anthology and how some of them have forever changed how I engage with retro games

ponett.dog/blog/my-14-f...

11.08.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 288    ๐Ÿ” 107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Otacon happily asks Snake via codec call "Hey Snake, are you planning on getting an Xbox 360?"

Otacon happily asks Snake via codec call "Hey Snake, are you planning on getting an Xbox 360?"

A confused Snake replies "An Xbox 360? What's that?"

A confused Snake replies "An Xbox 360? What's that?"

Otacon's smile drops as he mutters "...You don't know?"

Otacon's smile drops as he mutters "...You don't know?"

The realization dawns on Otacon, who screams in anguish "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT AN XBOX 360 IS?!?!"

The realization dawns on Otacon, who screams in anguish "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT AN XBOX 360 IS?!?!"

Metal Gear Solid if it really took place in 2005

11.08.2025 23:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just realized that Quake is the Wario Land of first-person shooters. All the games "generally" play the same, but they have such different tonal and structural priorities that each one scratches a super specific itch.

11.08.2025 23:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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