The best part is that in the Youtube description, Ulillillia says that it took him a year to come up with the idea of using one platform sprite and changing the palette, instead of millions of platform sprites in different colors. Ass burgers indeed.
I also love the terms he comes up with for describing them. As far as I can tell, "active neutralization" and "passive neutralization" refer to wind resistance and/or friction.
I believe it's dorkier than that. I actually think they refer to him losing interest in programming, and playing final fantasy respectively. He makes up nonsense words to describe everyday things pretty often, if you look at his site.