All art is at once surface and symbol

omg guys guys. You know how Don Bluth talked about making a Dragon's Lair movie, but it got stuck in Development Hell?

This is your chance to make it happen.

Not only will this bring him back to the big screen, it'll give 2D animation another chance to shine. FUCK YEAH.

Pumpkin Online Aims to Include Everyone, Everywhere

Pumpkin Online is a farming sim MMORPG, currently being developed as the debut project of Pumpkin Interactive. It’s being developed using the Hero Engine, and the basic plot bears strong resemblance to other farming sims like Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing, both of which the developer cites as inspirations. You create a character, select a profession, build your farm (and customize it, both inside and out), craft items, complete quests, and develop friendships and romances with NPCs. The game takes the farming/romance sim and the sword and sorcery MMO, mixes them up, and creates something huge and exciting.

What’s different about Pumpkin Online is the extreme freedom it provides. Monique Blaize, the team leader at Pumpkin Interactive, explains that as an African-American woman, “I’m a double minority in the game industry and I’m hoping to get involved in it.” Being aware of and sensitive to the need for minority representation in media, she has made every effort to make Pumpkin Online as inclusive as it can be.

The cast of NPCs is exceptionally diverse, meaning that there are several minorities among the characters. When creating your character, gender options include non-binary possibilities, and the choice of gender will not restrict any body features or clothing choices. Same-sex relationships are as present as opposite-sex relationships. The bottom line is, Pumpkin Interactive wants everyone to have the chance to play a character that represents themselves – something that the game industry does not always make possible.

I don't usually play MMORPGs, but I'd totally play this one. :D

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Hullabaloo Steampunk animated film

James Lopez, a veteran Disney animator (The Lion King, Pocahontas, Paperman), is currently trying to raise money for his traditionally animated project Hullabaloo. Hullabaloo is a steampunk short film which Lopez is hoping will help save the cause of 2D animation, and possibly lead to a TV series or film. So, if you’re interested in badass steampunk ladies or traditional animation, may I recommend you give a dollar or two.

Saving 2D animation with steampunk and badass ladies? YES PLZ.

A History of Women in Animation: Mothers of a Medium + Part Two: Working Mothers of a Medium

We are badass, yes we are. 8) LET'S KEEP SHAKING THE ANIMATION INDUSTRY

But then again, I didn't expect it to be. Let's see what we've got here!

Who's sexier?
The fans pick: Holli Wood

Holli Wood: 67%
Jessica Rabbit: 33%

*feigns drinking and collapsing her head on the counter*

Good thing this one poll is the minority. Most people love Jessica and have never heard of Holli, and it should stay that way. :P

I think i know nowwhy so many people don´t like Titanic : The animated Movie.. I mean, not just because of the story and such... Since i´m doing a comparison between both versions ( cut and uncut) i noticed maaaaany animation errors... i might do a indepth article about it, to show how many things are just poorly done and how it would have been possible to make it a better movie ( yes, there wold be ways for that!)
But i´m really happy that the other titanic movies are now higher on your list then this one.

Yeah, it just occurred to me that the story is bad and the animation sucks (and traced), but the fact that it's BLATANTLY OFFENSIVE BY DISMISSING TITANIC AS A LEGEND INSTEAD OF A REAL LIFE TRAGEDY doesn't come to mind. Not at all.

My Top 20 Saddest Childhood Animated Movie Moments... and Nice Guyism!

( Way to shame Esmeralda for not returning a man's crush, asshole. )

If he thinks Disney!Esmeralda is bad, hoo boy. Book!Esmeralda will drive him up the Chrysler building.

From the same person who hates Esmeralda, I find his reasons of why WALL-E is on his 10 Worst Animated Films list to be... rather flawed.

( Haters Gonna Hate! :D )

At first, I thought this was written by a 13-year-old. Turns out he's 18. *feigns drinking and collapsing her head on the counter... again*

I've been getting a lot of "Rise of the Guardians" dreams lately, and go figure, all of them involve Jack Frost in some shape or form. One of them featured claymation, and another featured a RotG video game humongously different from the one IRL. You play as different guardians, and you go around town mastering the elements. Like light beats darkness, fire melts snow, etc. There was even a "glitter" element where you could polish rocks and such and make them sparkle. You could even play as Pitch. Speaking of him, did you know that he had a daughter in the books before he became the Boogeyman? In my dream, the daughter is still around and works for her daddy, and at the ripe age of 12! It makes me want to write a book that has a villain-daughter team where the villain doesn't give a shit about anyone else but his daughter. And yes, the daughter's as evil as he is, no Heel Face Turns.

Too bad RotG is Dreamworks, 'cause it would've been a perfect world to play in in "Kingdom Hearts." I even dreamed that one of my friends became a Jack Frost/Sora shipper. And damn, I can totally see it. And it'll be one of the most popular slash ships in the fandom too.

I also had a dream where a Sonadow fangirl ripped off a eyeball-burning awful "Naruto" fanfic called "For Your Eyes Only." (Google it, then weep for all of humanity) All she did was replace the names, but sometimes she'd accidentally leave in the original names, like Iruka and Kakashi. The weird thing is though, that one of the yaoi couples she replaced involved Griff from SatAM. The fanfic author then spewed in random author's notes how much she hated him, and I was writing a rebuttal to that for hated_character. Which is funny, 'cause sometimes I thought about doing a post about him IRL.

Poor Griff. I love you, you Power Stone-stealing bastard.

I bought Kirby's 20th Anniversary the other day, so I finally got a chance to play "Kirby's Dream Land 2", the one major Kirby game I hadn't played yet. And Dark Matter is hand's down the hardest final boss in a Kirby game, not counting the extra bosses in "Kirby Super Star Ultra." Just OUCH. I've spent hundreds of lives on this guy like quarters in a "Ghosts & Goblins" arcade machine. I want to beat him once and for all, but the Wii is working weird right now. Augh.

I miss my computer. I hope I get it back soon.

So, what did it take for Pixar to earn my trust again after "A Bug's Life"? Not much, actually. Nobody knew what to think when "Toy Story 2" was first announced. But when we got to the theaters, we were pleasantly surprised. It managed that rare, rare feat that only "The Godfather: Part II" accomplished... a sequel that was better than the original.

( When somebody loved me, everything was beautiful )

Next up, "Monsters, Inc."!

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Also, if you're wondering what I've written for Yuletide, it was a Twisted Princess fanfic. :3 You can check it out here.

Here's my favorite fics from Yuletide this year! :3

Fandoms: 50 Shades of Grey, Candle Cove, Classics by a 6-Year-Old, Earthbound, Ib (Video Game), Into the Woods, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Matilda, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Rise of the Guardians, Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart)

( I hope you've had a happy Yuletide~! )