Hey guys! I'm working hard on the DVD, the new animations are coming along REALLY nicely! I'll have to give you guys a sneak peek at some of them when development is further along. You won't be disappointed!

In the meantime, since video embeds have magically appeared thanks to Mr. Man Rob Man, I'd like to share with you some of my favorite "awesome" Youtube poops. Yes, I know I'm all GET AWESOME OFF OF YOUTUBE, but the poops are just hilarious and deserve to be seen. Some are weaker than others of course but it's all in good fun.

This is one is by PivotMasterDX

The above one seemed to use a lot of mixes from the following one, made by TRMario.

This next one by supermegageniusdude was actually a message to me about deleting the awesome videos on Youtube. He was basically saying "fuck you" to me, because I guess he hosted some, or his friend did or something. Anyway, he mixed this together, and I'm sure all of you who say I swear too much will appreciate this, haha. It's funny, but it kinda makes me glad my new stuff will be rated PG.

This next one is by TheDarkRises. Turn your speakers down, there are some sudden loud parts, but godamn it has some seriously hilarious moments.

This one's also by TheDarkRises, and once again, it has VERY loud parts, so turn those speakers down.

God I love this kind of stuff.

It seems everyone hates Youtube here, and with good reason. It's easy for people to take content off of Newgrounds and slap it right on there to rack up pageviews for their own "channels." There was a point where I didn't even want to bother to count how many Metal Gear Awesomes were uploaded on Youtube. It pissed me off because I saw that it was getting millions of views there, but not here on Newgrounds where it was intended to be. Not only that, but most of these submitters were getting the credit for making it. What a joke.

I discovered, however, a very very nice feature Youtube has called the Content Verification Program. Essentially you fax them some information, and bam, you have the power to report and within minutes delete work that has been made by you and wrongfully uploaded by others. Metal Gear Awesome doesn't exist on Youtube anymore unless one has been uploaded in the past hour, and I'm still weeding out the individual Awesome shorts.

However, I came to think about the people who search Youtube and know nothing else. They don't even know what Newgrounds is, or even GOOGLE for that matter, and now that it's gone from Youtube... they have no other source to look to for it. That's why I made this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77_4n7C eiHA

A short, simple little message that people find when they search "Metal Gear Awesome" on Youtube. I provide links to the originals and basic information, and a cute little animation to go with it. I don't know how well this will go over as far as serving its purpose, but I'm trying to do what I can to stop this Youtube stealing bullshit.

Did any of you know about this program? What else have you done to stop your videos from being stolen by users on Youtube? This is an issue I know a lot of animators here are concerned about, and I'd like to hear your opinions and ideas on this matter.

Thanks guys!

Hey guys!

Mega Con was great, I got to hang out with Tomamoto and The Swain who are both insanely swell guys. Tomamoto and I had plenty of con adventures, and it was fun since this was his first convention. I think the highlight of the con was acting like we were two asshole Brooklyn guys ripping on every game in the gaming area, especially Naruto. This girl even flipped the fuck out about how we were (purposely) pronouncing the names wrong.

Swain also gave me a Blockhead shirt which is MEGA awesome, it's totally one of my favorite shirts now. Also, the guy is a monster, what is he like 8 ' 12"? Jesus.

We also stopped at a free Foreigner concert which was soooo badass, holy shit. They rocked so hard the power went out during Cold as Ice, godamn.

Anyway, I wanted to pose you guys a question. I've been looking back on the awesome compilations and really not admiring the rushedness of them having been made with severe time restraints because of MTV. It really made me want to reanimate them, and maybe throw in a couple more jokes. I've been getting a couple more ideas for other "Awesome" videos even though I said MGA2 is the last one.

So, I ask you guys: would you like an Awesome DVD? This is a serious question, I'm already planning the whole thing out, and I'm about to start developing it. Before you answer, here's what I plan to have on it:

- Metal Gear Awesome 1 and 2, possibly with commentary (I want to try to work commentary in SOMEHOW).
- Every Awesome Compilation completely redone; some (if not all) being longer with new jokes.
- At LEAST 4 ALL NEW Awesome shorts, of which will have no time restrictions.
- An Awesome Halloween
- Original and (possibly) redone versions of Awesome's Creed (Thanks to Hans van Harken)
- Egocaptured (Thanks to ImpendingRiot, Tomamoto, and lefthandedsock)
- A "Behind the Scenes" of the creation of the Awesome movies.
- ANIMATED Easter Eggs (Not the storyboard esque stuff in the compilations)
- Any other content I deem cool.

I'm a fan of the DVDs of other Newgrounds animators like Jazza's Paladin DVD and the College University DVD and I like how there's some random funny content just for the DVD thrown in, and I'd like to do stuff like that, too. I basically want this DVD to kick ass and not be like halfassed thrown together shit of stuff you can already see online. I want it to be exciting to see the "awesome" shorts again, all big and on your TV with better pacing and funnier visuals worthy of a 1080P 69" PLASMA HDMI HOLYSHIT.

I've gotten a lot of e-mails and PMs about making a DVD and I've always contemplated it since the first one I'd gotten since I'm a huge DVD collector. It will take a while to fully produce... but I'll do it without question. What do you guys think, would you like something like this? What else would you like to see on a DVD for the Awesome series?

Oh and before anyone asks, yes I am still working on my super top secret project, so don't worry. lol

Also I wanted to add in something I forgot to add in the original post... I'm going to try to animate all the easter eggs, too. The storyboard-style easter eggs leave much to be desired and I know a lot of people liked the eggs even more than the actual movies, so I'm going to have those in there, too.

Hey guys!

This weekend, starting on Friday, is MegaCon, Florida's biggest nerd convention. I'll be going the whole weekend, and I've been talking to my buddy The Swain and he's going to be visiting sporadically along with Mr. Tomamoto who's gunna be there the whole time, what a badass.. Mostly I'm probably going to be hanging out in the gaming center (Smash) but I'll be about the show floor and possibly attending some panels, too. What's going to a con without experiencing all the weird panels people signed up to host half a year ago that they completely forgot about and are unprepared to host?

Anyway I really hope they have that weird Ultra TV Mega Mix Dream World Fighters Super Game that's like Smash but it's not. It's a lot of fun and it has Megatron and Optimus in it, and those ring shooting heads from Gradius.

The website for MegaCon is http://www.megaconvention.com

Hope to see some Newgrundsers there!

By the way, the attached photo is the kind of chaos that ensues when I go to Megacon.

Let's cut to the chase!

Metal Gear Awesome 2 is out!!

You've all waited very patiently, you've all been very supportive. The wait is over, and now it's out. Are you still reading this? Go watch! Go go!

I'm gunna go sleep (haven't slept for the past 24 hours) and then play some Smash to celebrate. Woo. *passes out*

Hope you guys like it! And don't forget to check out the Metal Gear Awesome T-Shirts right up there in the Newgrounds Store!

(by the way, in keeping with the tradition of the Awesome Compilations, there's a surprise easter egg) WHERE IS IT?!

Hey I added in a great view of the MGA shirt design since a lot of you said it's hard to see. Yes up in the top right that's Ocelot shooting his blood beam straight at Colonel's head! Yes that's also the balloon animal dog.

Hi everyone! Ego's dad here. I"m on the phone with Ego at the moment and he has asked me to let you all know that he is currently without Internet access (no he's not at home) and isn't sure when it will be back. He has also had big problems with syncing everything up and getting it to look the way he wants it. The digital gods appear to be working against him in getting this out to you today.

Due to this, he has asked me to relay to you that he is officially postponing the release of Metal Gear Awesome 2 until February 23. That date is significant as it is exactly 2 years after the release of the original MGA.

Once again, sorry for the delay, but he does want it to be the best Awesome you've seen. Sorry for keeping everyone up so late and for missing the date. Hopefully, you'll find it worth the wait.

Now I can finally go to bed.

So, it's true the finale to the Awesome Series is going to be released on the 19th of this month. What is still a mystery though is what the Awesome Finale is, exactly.

This post will change all that.

Do you want to know what it is? What is being released exactly one week from today? The big SHEBANG?!

Alright then.

It's....

IT'S.........

.........

.........

METAL GEAR AWESOME 2

A lot of you guessed it right, and I thought it was kind of obvious, but the one thing people thought it was the most was "Super Smash Awesome." I guess because Brawl and the Awesome Finale were delayed around the same time... haha.

Development of MGA2 has been really arduous, but I really hope you guys enjoy it! I put a lot into it... hopefully it shows! It's twice as long as the original Metal Gear Awesome, and twice as funny (in my opinion)!

Now as I said, a lot of people guessed the Awesome Finale was Metal Gear Awesome 2, but also guessed it'll be a parody of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Metal Gear Awesome 2 will be a continuation of where Metal Gear Awesome left off. If you're asking "how, then, is the player still alive? Didn't his friend shoot him?" Well, if you've seen Animal Fat in Awesome Compilation 6 you'll realize I'm not too fond of permanently killing off characters... hahaha.

I really hope to make this a kickass closing to the Awesome Series.

In addition to the release of Metal Gear Awesome 2, Newgrounds and I have JOINED FORCES in order to give you a quality, no bullshit Metal Gear Awesome T-Shirt. Since the release of MGA I've wanted a really cool, nice fitting T-shirt to sport around conventions and what not. Originally I went through Zazzle but soon realized their shirts are less than what I had hoped for and I had never really been satisfied with their quality. After getting some of the really rad T-Shirts from Newgrounds, I realized these are exactly the kind of shirts I want, so I contacted Tom and to my surprise, he was more than happy to work with me on a MGA T-Shirt! Hopefully the shirt will be available on the release of Metal Gear Awesome 2, so keep checking back to the Newgrounds store to see if it's available (and check out their other shirts. I can personally vouch for their supreme dominance).

Phew, I'm exhausted. Well guys, see you next week!

Woooahahowh!

Yeah I'm gunna have to delay the Awesome Finale.

It's taking way longer than I thought it would, but it's not without purpose... it's not like any "Awesome" movie you've seen, and it's just about the funniest any of the installments are going to get. I'm proud of it already, and it's not even finished!

So, instead of February 1st, the release date for the Awesome Finale will be February 19th!

I'm sorry for the wait, but I really want this final installment to kick ass and live up to being the wrap-up for the entire Awesome series.

Now, you might be asking yourself, "what IS the Awesome Finale?" Well, I won't tell you WHAT exactly it is, until the week before February 19th. I can tell you though, all you "Awesome" fans will definitely appreciate it!

Well I'm off to continue animating. Anybody going to Megacon in Orlando?

Awesome Compilation Volume 6 is in the HOOOUSE! (Click here to view!)

Hey I couldn't help myself! I'm so excited about this one, I had to release it as soon as I could!

This is the final installment in the Awesome Compilation series, and in my opinion, the very best. In this edition I've got two never-before-seen animations! The first is Awesome Center: Under the Awesome, because I'm one of the biggest Trauma Center fans you'll ever meet. The other never-before-seen short is my favorite animation ever, done just recently this month. "Awesome Man!" It's a script I never submitted to MTV, and ended up tweaking because I didn't have any guidelines to follow. It's definitely my favorite, and it's certainly a lot higher quality than all the other "Awesomes". Also in Awesome Compilation 6 is Dead or Awesome: EXTREEEEME! My dad's favorite movie. ;D

Also, as a word of caution, "Awesome Man" features a cock joke, with accompanying visuals. In other words, you will see the penis. If this is something you're not okay with, I suggest you avoid it.

Well, there you have it, folks. The Awesome Compilation is now complete. Thanks goodness! I enjoyed making these shorts, but now I can start working on some of my own personal projects. Hopefully you guys will enjoy what I have in store for the future!

... BUT! This isn't the end. I have one more "Awesome" feature to release on February 1st. It's the surprise finale to the "Awesome" series. What is it? Well, as I've said before, I like very much to end things in the same manner as they began, and well, the "Awesome" series is no exception!

Thanks once again for your support, guys, it means the world to me, and I hope you enjoy Awesome Compilation Volume 6!

I found this to be more important than the actual promotion of Awesome Compilation 5, so I saved my front page news post this week for this particular entry.

First of all, if you're reading this, you've obviously in some way seen some of the "Awesome" movies I've put out. Whether or not you like them, I'd like to thank you. It is you guys, both fans and non-fans alike that keep me animating, because it is you who give me motivation to continue.

Let me tell you a little bit about this Awesome Compilation series first. This is a series of shorts I was asked to create for MTV's G-Hole, and online video game show. I was given no distribution rights, and while I had no problem with this at first, I soon realized I really wanted fans of Metal Gear Awesome to be able to easily check out these shorts I was making. Eventually after plenty of begging, pleading, and loopholing, I worked out a deal where I could submit these shorts three at a time around the internet. Thus came the Awesome Compilation.

For the record, every movie has already been made. Since the first Awesome Compilation was released, all of the movies up to Compilation 6 (the final installment) were finished. I appreciate all of the suggestions for new movies, I really do, but they don't affect what's coming out, it's all been decided.

After Awesome Compilation 6, I was contemplating whether or not I was going to continue the series to 7 and beyond, meaning I would have to make new shorts every month. This was hard for me to decide on because I was working a full time job among other obligations, and while I would have liked to do this, I simply had absolutely no time, which is why some of the compilations were late in coming out.

After thinking about it long and hard, reading through reviews, reading and answering fans' PMs, and talking to fans, I've decided that this series has got to end.

I feel that my interest in flash and my dedication to the field of animation has grown far beyond making a couple dumb shorts for some quick laughs. The entire concept of the series is based off of laziness and mediocrity, and while I do put a lot of work into trying to make these shorts as funny as possible, everything else is just an after thought. I'm not going to lie. Now that I've had time to go through and revisit my animations, the further into the series I get the more disgusted I become.

That's not to say I don't enjoy the series, I still get laughs out of some of the bits, but I know that I can do and achieve way more than this.

Basically, I feel that this series is holding me back from exploring my ideas for new and exciting movies and shorts that use my own characters and my own stories. While I am always keen on pleasing the fans, there's a point where you have to draw the line and realize what's truly important to you and your creative advancement.

So, after Awesome Compilation Volume 6 and the finale to the Awesome series, I am laying the series to rest. I have tons of ideas for further parody video games, which I am working into my own little pet project right now. Why not just up the quality of the Awesome series? Well, I'm a huge purist, and I believe how something ends should not be too far of a cry from how it began. I want fans to be able to say that they are a fan of the whole Awesome series, not just the point where it started getting good, or whatever.

But don't be afraid, Awesome fans, while the series will end, one of my series ideas will harken to the style of humor as well as parody video games. I assure you it will be something that will not disappoint. Some might like it, and some might not, and that's really the beauty of entertainment. We learn and grow from each other's tastes, opinions, and advice. I love getting a variety of feedback. You have no idea how elated I am to simply not have a unanimously voted "best" Awesome Compilation. I've had people say Volume 4 is the best, and some say that 4 is actually the weakest, and there really is no gaping consistency in opinion, and that's what I love to see. I love seeing fan movies and I love seeing movies that totally mock me, like the hilarious movie How 2 Succeed on Newgrounds. On either end of the spectrum it's doing the same thing, inspiring people to get up and actually make these productions and put them out there. Whatever it is you're making, making it is always better than not making it.

You can't really please everyone, and I don't strive to do so, because I know that I never will, but I know that I can please myself, and I know that some of you are going to enjoy what it is I create in order to do that. And if not? Then oh well, I'm still going to do what I love doing, and there ain't a godamn thing anybody can do about it.

Thanks for being fans, guys, I will always try to keep entertaining you in some way.