Even though I hate westerns, for some reason I really wanted to make one for my second online short. My theory was that westerns could be interesting, if only they would break from the formulaic approach of sweaty men on horses shooting each other. I wanted to introduce something new to westerns that would vastly improve them, but not anything that would be totally random or alien to the setting/genre. In short, whatever I included into my revolutionary western had to already naturally belong in a western, but also not be totally predictable. The answer to this, of course, was more sperm.

And so SpermRider was born. Many people, for some reason, thought this animation didn't have a plot. I blame lack of imagination. So I'll go ahead and explain it, even though I don't really see why an explanation is necessary: The western standoff scenes all appear to be just a daydream thought up by some guy in a park, resting on a rock. But that is no rock! He really does have a giant sperm! SpermRider was real all along! And so he goes and squishes everyone.
This city squishing rampage was cut down to just one loop because I was really lazy back then. However in 2009 when I got the opportunity to first design a flash game, I chose to include all the cut content and expand upon this squishy rampage. The result was SpermRider: Seed of Destruction, which you should go play if you haven't already, as the events of the game take place immediately after this animation.

Back then I was still roommates with Sulek's Patrick Hoctor, before Sulek began releasing their work. He had a few tracks he and his friends had recorded in high school on his iPod that was frequently played in our dorm room, and starting with this project, I asked if I could use his music in my shorts (as I had no want to continue to voice the entire soundtrack like I did in Eat This Child). He agreed, and so as of the release of this animation, the partnership between Sulek and BarfQuestion Films began.

I just realized how wrong "I asked him if I could use his music in my shorts" sounded. For some reason I decided to point this out instead of fixing my choice of words.



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