Here's an iceberg meme image for anyone who wants to scour for references! A few might not be listed on this though.

Translation thanks to @greengibbon.bsky.social

Anyway, Sonic 1 was not actually released on June 23rd. So when Sega says today is his birthday, they must mean that today is the day he hatched from an egg. (Did you know hedgehogs are one of the only mammals to lay eggs?)

Sorry to make this about me but reminds me of when I did this

Hair is a slow process

It took me a while to warm up to Psychonauts 2, but I feel it really hits it stride when you get to the PSI King's Sensorium, although it's still really good prior. Weakest point is the combat, really dislike mapping 8 actions to 4 buttons (more like 7 to 3). Other than that, a fantastic experience.

I was always curious about the Etrian Odyssey series but after playing them, they're just not for me. I do like the idea of mapping out the dungeons being a part of the game play, I just don't have the patience for that and worrying about the magnitude of every encounter anymore.

Phantasy Star 2 had a bunch of interesting ideas. Although I personally don't like it overall, I like the idea of it. Those dungeons are just too labyrinthine for me though, so I had to put it down after finishing a few of the dams

I got all the Mega Man Classic and X on a sale and it was a fun time going through all of them again. I personally don't ever expect to replay them for the rest of my life so it was a nice little final hurrah of sorts. Was surprised at the quality of X8 and IV and V of the Game Boy games!

Alis Landale model still progressing!

Also heard from someone I know who really likes the Lunar games that he greatly prefers the dungeons of Sega CD's Lunar 2 to the ones in the PlayStation version. Didn't realize some overall design decisions were that drastic

Would be interesting to play the Sega CD version if you haven't to see the differences if you're gonna play the Remastered version later anyway!

Alis Landale references for this model. Thank you Phantasy Star fans for putting these on the internet.

Commissioned @sakusculpts.bsky.social to sculpt Alis' base hair. Also started some texturing work.

The other GHZ account is run by the original creator of the site and is one of if not THE progenitor of Sonic the Hedgehog games and Sega research documentation on the internet. Swell guy.

Got her sword, shield modeled. Starting hair which I'm no good at, better start getting good.

Got a bunch more stuff modeled, and I think all that's left is her hair and her shield. I thought maybe the sword was kind of small but after referencing all the art of her with a sword, it seems to be the correct size. Guess she's more of a short sword user!