A47: IBARA

Ibara Sorekara is a game I'm dying to play. I loved Ibara and Battle Garegga to death for the brief times I was able to play them. Good graphic, tough gameplay... and yeah, hot chicks piloting giant boss mechs. I was hoping to go to Japan this winter with a comic in tow, and although that's not going to happen till next year, if there is one doujinshi I'd like to have my name on, it's the Ibara series.

[Erased the 2nd page, as I still am pretty poor at katakana. It's "Deisendo" (Descend), not "Deihindo" (whut?)]

A21: DESTROY THE SWORD CORE

More Gradius! My frothing demand for a next-gen or retro Gradius VI cannot be sated.

About 50 frames of animation. Very happy with the juicy bits like the mini-explosions, the electricity -- always felt confident at animating electric arcs -- and the fade-in-fade-out debris. In hindsight, I could have spruced it up with a more interesting background, but the focus was getting the frames and timing together.