Here's a neat little story I discovered from Hardcore Gaming 101
http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2009/08/phanto m-of-akihabara-game-over.html
http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2009/09/phanto m-of-akihabara-chapter-7.html
Cyber Ninja concept art:
http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~kitahara/analog/ninja /miraininja.html
I personally miss the drawn on paper style of concept art, but there's a lot of great digital work too.
Kurt Kalata and John Szczepeniak on Digital Distribution:
http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2009/07/drm-an d-japan.html
http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2010/12/games-
being-removed-from-psn.html
I agree with these guys completely on digital distribution and online shopping.
Cartoon Concept Design - '80s cartoon backgrounds:
http://cartoonconceptdesign.blogspot.com/2013/03 /original-animation-production.html
Things in Animation history that happened on this day:
http://animationanomaly.com/2013/03/22/the-place -of-march-22nd-in-animation-history/
Random Animation Anecdotes:
http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animation-a necdotes-102/
It's been a while since I made one of these links based posts, and decided that it was sorely needed. For my 200th post, I'm going to write about reviewers I appreciate the most. Edit: Here's some playlists I made.
Ambient hybrids
http://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/4e348ec 060c99e1351520d95a7bd5961
Hardcore (Gabber, Rave, etc.)
http://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/d710184 35bbc1143e6589252ef55e961
Flash RPGs
http://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/fc9c490 1118404e98a40f0cefd0865ab
Goa Trance
http://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/289f544 11be6639ea3352dc49608478f
Drumstep
http://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/9513599 1442c7986cf1677352bdb4a93
And a Tech D&B song I found: