So, this Nostalgia gift was a bit of a two parter.

I have to say the gifter who did this, "JF" went to amazing lengths!

First they made a real effort to understand what I'd seen & been into during the '80s, when I was a kid, with various questions and mentions of things that I hadn't even recalled in years. You forget about things like the Miner's strike and Chernobyl, and the fall of the Berlin Wall - they feel like a lifetime ago, and I'm not even 30!

So, part 1 turned up a few days ago, with a particularly well done note featuring sprites from the rather awesome MegaDrive game Golden Axe. This is one of my Santa's all time personal favourites - and Santa, you have damn good taste!

Well they did... but the second gift takes the biscuit. Earthworm Jim was one of my all-time favourites as a kid. The cartoons were great, and the games were just superb (and so hard if you try and replay them these days!). The humor still tickles me to this day :D So an actual painting of one of my favourite childhood video characters (and not only that, but it's REALLY, REALLY well done) is particularly, exceptionally brilliant. I can't lavish on the praise enough!

Thankyou so much JF! One of these days I'm going to have a mancave for 3d printers and laser cutters and stuff, and I know what will be adoring the walls :D