LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Good Morning Newgrounds! It is amazing to me how many people have been here on the site for five, ten, even twenty years! With Newgrounds turning 30 Years Old next year! Imagine that if you will. A website, a content website, that has been around for 30 years. Newgrounds has survived the Dot Com Bubble, the Adpocalypse that affected YouTube and spread throughout the rest of the Internet, and every bit of controversy that came before it. This site, the people here, it is truly a magical place. If you're a Newgrounds member with social media outside the site, you should be sharing anything and everything with people outside it. All the movies, the games, the music, and the artwork! Support Newgrounds in any way you can. I have two prints from artists here on the site hanging up in my house. I use music from the site for my Dungeons & Dragons campaign for my friends. I share some funny movies with people outside. I see the growth of game developers and can tell people that the creators of said indie game came from Newgrounds. Like I said, the site will be turning 30 Years Old next year. It is time now to begin the celebration for that upcoming event! With further ado, here are the hip happenings of Newgrounds!
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INTRO AND OUTRO
FEATURED COMPOSERS
@SnekkMusic @ItsBurner @Vista-Sound13 @Drakensson @logmor4
@Urielthepro @gabe-1333 @BusanBlack @PurrpleCat @Casper
@Bosa @Nexterrrr @WAILER @Lucasberry @Possibly
@LadyArsenic @RedCocoa @Razex @Irish-Soul @theweathermanYT
Treasure Hunt 2024
@SplatterDash and I are looking to fill vacancies for judges for this year's Treasure Hunt! If you don't know what the Treasure Hunt is, here's a primer. The goal is to find underrated gems on Newgrounds in all four Portals. Movies, Games, Audio, and Art. These cannot have been on the Frontpage or win won one of the Awards on the site for the previous calendar year, this being 2023. You have one week to look for treasure. There will be judges for each Portal, whose job it is to rate them. The best Treasure in each Portal is announced! A Prize Pool is collected during this time, which is divided between the four Portals. It is split between the person who found the Treasure and the person who created the Treasure. You have four chances to win with entries from each Portal.
Now, the Treasure Hunt has not begun yet, so don't go unearthing anything right now. As of right now, SplatterDash and I are looking for judges. DO NOT MESSAGE US. If you're interested in being a judge, simply leave a comment in the comments section below. If you have a suggestion for someone who might want to be a judge, share this news post with them so they may comment on it if it piques their interest.
Best of December 2023!
You voted Newgrounds! The Best of December, the closing of 2023 have been voted on! Best Movie goes to @Zeurel, @AnimatedAndrew, @Bailee1660, @Burdrehnar, @DavidToonsYT, @dBPony, @DokuChamp, @DynamoToon, @ExDweller, @Gooseworx, @Gregzilla, @Jackmunch, @JacobBarrens, @Jae, @jummbz, @LauraSparkles, @LiamFink, @mbsux, @niishyuu, @Ockeroid, @Piggybank12, @RandomHeri, @Satchan, @Tazawa, @Tokuku, @tyokio, @vezanmatics, @Zangeiti, and @ZitoisNeato for Monkey Wrench 3 - Us & Them. Best Game goes to @WilkinGames, @AETIC, @Eastly, and @toxic180 for Arsenal Online. Best Audio goes to @BedroomProjects for give the world. (newgrounds exclusive). Best Art goes to @SockDotClip for her comic reunion. Congratulations to all of the winners!
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BEST GAME
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VOTER OF THE MONTH
@Ragadraft
Each month Newgrounds selects one of its voters on submissions and awards them honorary Supporter status.
This week’s featured artist is @SunSmog. He’s been on the site since 2017. He’s been active in both the Art Portal and Movie Portal. He won a Daily 5th Place for The Egg and has done work with The Clock Crew. Check out his works below and give him a follow!
Enter Rigmy's Realm!
SunSmog
@Xinxinix and @sereneFalconer are hosting a slam poetry night here on Newgrounds! They will also be judges alongside @Droid, @VoicesByCorey, and @Aalasteir. You will be judged on writing, performance, and style. The contest will be on January 27th from 5PM EST to 8PM EST on the Art Talks Discord Server. If you want to participate then you can sign-up here! Only 20 applicants will be accepted and the deadline for sign-up is January 20th.
PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS
- Newgrounds Account
- Discord Account
- Microphone
- A poem
- Your performance must be less than 3 minutes and must be performed live in front of a Discord audience.
PARTICIPANT RESTRICTIONS
- Absolutely NO HATE SPEECH when performing
- No Excessive NSFW
- No targeting others unfairly (or bullying)
- You do NOT have to use the poem you submitted when signing up
- 3 minute time limit (you will be cut off at the 3 minute mark)
At 9PM EST the Worst Jokes Reading with @NickSenny will start at 9PM EST on the same night. Send your worst jokes to @Xinxinix on Discord. Only 20 of the best worst jokes will be decided.
i'm 5 years old now.
@HelliXScream celebrated his Newgrounds Birthday! His account turned 5 on January 12th, 2024. He came onto the site as a musician, even posting his first song on the site! Congratulations on 5 years HelliXScream!
Comic Schedule
@VolkswagenLoser has released the schedule for his comic series Time Warp. New comics will be uploaded every Friday-Saturday. He will also be adding his comic on Webtoons.
January 5th, 2008
@Kevin has celebrated 16 years on the site. He recounts his works with and getting to meet for the first time face to face with @TehSlapHappy. Stickam chats, getting out teenage angst, and making flash games. Congratulations Kevin.
How To Be A Critic In 2024
@BellmoTheGreat has written a hilarious piece on being a critic in 2024. He’s written quite a number of pieces on topics. The ONLY Time I've Gotten To Play A Real Gamecube is not only an insightful review of the Nintendo Gamecube, but on retro collectors. Check him out and give him a follow.
Show your cool pixel art
With Pixel Day approaching, @StrawPi is looking to see some cool pixel art. Whether something you’re working on now or made in the past. Share some of your pixel art creations in the thread!
Holy fucking shit
Today has been so boring
Saturday ho!
For this month, The Tank Tribune has been highlighting pixel movies and games that were around before Pixel Day. The pixel motif wasn’t as big on Newgrounds in the early days. Sprite movies were quite the rage with the popularity of Super Mario Bros. Z.. The one we’re going to look at today is I Dream In Retro by @OrinCreed. The inspiration came behind a dream he had of going through multiple levels of games after spending all night playing NES, SNES, and Genesis games.
♝ Newgrounds Reading Challenge 2024 ♝
@Jackho has started the Newgrounds Reading Challenge once again. For this year’s challenge, The Tank Tribune will be featuring book recommendations and reviews from the members of this challenge. This week’s review comes from @Asandir with the book Greed by Marc Elsberg.
“The economy is in shambles, world wide. Herbert Thompson, former winner of the economic Nobel prize, plans to attend a summit in Berlin, where he wants to hold a speech that proposes a solution for these economic voes - but his car gets hacked and run against a tree, killing him and heavily injuring the other passenger who also worked with him on the scientific paper.
Jan, caretaker and basically just a normal guy, sees that agents set the crashed car on fire and take documents with them - the slowly arriving police misses that key event and think that Jan is the main suspect in a possible murder.
As such Jan has no choice but to flee the scene and try to find the man whose name the dying car passenger managed to utter : Fitzroy.
Decent book. The economic theory stuff is very interesting but gets kinda lost in the action heavy, fast paced story.”
-Asandir
Demotivated by AI "art"
@Artcompany has been feeling demotivated by the AI artwork that has stormed the Internet. When looking up art videos she comes across videos on “How to make AI art”, “How to make money off of AI art”, "How to get your parents to talk to you again with AI art", etc. Artists are getting caught using AI art, even companies. Recently Wizards of the Coast admitted to using AI art for Magic: The Gathering and now even Dungeons & Dragons. Join in the conversation with your thoughts on AI art.
USERS OF THE WEEK
Here are the Users of the Week for January 7th, 2024 - January 13th, 2024.
Congratulations to all of you!
@Iviqrr
@MechanicalMantis
@Tyrinnis
@Duxt
@Arguswastaken
@Lobster-Monster
@CheddarExuberant
USERS OF THE DAY ON THIS DATE
2022: @ZabuJard
2021: @ColBreakz
2015: @jasonv3
2006: @deadpool15
Welcome back to the Sunday Matinee. Where we highlight the movies from the Newgrounds Portal that have captivated its users through generations. This week we’re taking a look at all of the movies that won Best of the Month for the year of 2023 as voted on by Newgrounds Members!
This year, @PringusMcDingus picked up the most Best of the Month Awards, winning four times! In February with queso, March with Resident Evil 4… I Think., June with wonder, and August with Calamity. The Monkey Wrench series picked up two Month Awards in April and December with Episode 2 and Episode 3. @JoelG also picked up two Month Awards for ENA: Dream BBQ - Official Trailer in January, and in November for ENA - Power of Potluck. @JamesLee NOX series picked up two Month Awards as well. In May for Chilling with your A.I. homie and in October for DOPAMINE DANCE MAN. Below is the movie that won Best of July, PUNCH PUNCH FOREVER! by @Speedo!
The Tank Tribune is back in almost full force. There have been updates to the Playlist features and a lot of cleaning up I have to do with said playlists with these new features. That is what I intend to work on for the rest of Sunday and possibly Monday, as long as the weather where I'm at doesn't knock the power or the Internet out. I've got my fingers crossed on that front. This coming Saturday and Sunday I'll be spending time with Rex. I'm looking forward to that. He is a handsome man, and I am grateful and blessed to have him in my life. Thank you all for your patience and understanding with the absence of issues during the holidays.
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Thetageist
Welcome back! These events are looking great!