diff --git a/src/Audio.c b/src/Audio.c
index 4f9480047..6142f21fb 100644
--- a/src/Audio.c
+++ b/src/Audio.c
@@ -1711,8 +1711,7 @@ static void Music_Start(void) {
 	music_joining  = false;
 	music_stopping = false;
 
-	music_thread = Thread_Create(Music_RunLoop);
-	Thread_Start2(music_thread, Music_RunLoop);
+	Thread_Run(&music_thread, Music_RunLoop, 256 * 1024, "Music");
 }
 
 static void Music_Stop(void) {
diff --git a/src/Funcs.h b/src/Funcs.h
index 5d1222c50..1edd33549 100644
--- a/src/Funcs.h
+++ b/src/Funcs.h
@@ -39,4 +39,14 @@ if (!head) { head = item; } else { tail->next = item; }\
 tail       = item;\
 item->next = NULL;
 
+#define LinkedList_Remove(item, cur, head, tail)\
+cur = head; \
+if (head == item) head = item->next;\
+\
+while (cur) {\
+	if (cur->next == item) cur->next = item->next; \
+	\
+	tail = cur;\
+	cur  = cur->next;\
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Generator.c b/src/Generator.c
index df7fffb71..7ad9649a6 100644
--- a/src/Generator.c
+++ b/src/Generator.c
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ static void Gen_DoGen(void) {
 }
 
 static void Gen_Run(void) {
-	void* thread = Thread_Create(Gen_DoGen);
-	Thread_Start2(thread, Gen_DoGen);
+	void* thread;
+	Thread_Run(&thread, Gen_DoGen, 128 * 1024, "Map gen");
 	Thread_Detach(thread);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Http_Worker.c b/src/Http_Worker.c
index 347bbf4ef..93fad4935 100644
--- a/src/Http_Worker.c
+++ b/src/Http_Worker.c
@@ -1334,8 +1334,7 @@ static void Http_Init(void) {
 	pendingMutex    = Mutex_Create();
 	processedMutex  = Mutex_Create();
 	curRequestMutex = Mutex_Create();
-	workerThread    = Thread_Create(WorkerLoop);
-
-	Thread_Start2(workerThread, WorkerLoop);
+	
+	Thread_Run(&workerThread, WorkerLoop, 128 * 1024, "HTTP");
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Model.c b/src/Model.c
index 7b4ad8c72..1d0dd2678 100644
--- a/src/Model.c
+++ b/src/Model.c
@@ -479,24 +479,13 @@ void Model_Register(struct Model* model) {
 }
 
 void Model_Unregister(struct Model* model) {
+	struct Model* cur;
 	int i;
-	
-	/* remove the model from the list */
-	struct Model* item = models_head;
-	if (models_head == model) {
-		models_head = model->next;
-	}
-	while (item) {
-		if (item->next == model) {
-			item->next = model->next;
-		}
-
-		models_tail = item;
-		item = item->next;
-	}
+	LinkedList_Remove(model, cur, models_head, models_tail); 
 
 	/* unset this model from all entities, replacing with default fallback */
-	for (i = 0; i < ENTITIES_MAX_COUNT; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < ENTITIES_MAX_COUNT; i++) 
+	{
 		struct Entity* e = Entities.List[i];
 		if (e && e->Model == model) {
 			cc_string humanModelName = String_FromReadonly(Models.Human->name);
diff --git a/src/Platform.h b/src/Platform.h
index 412b59a72..3b1635847 100644
--- a/src/Platform.h
+++ b/src/Platform.h
@@ -208,12 +208,9 @@ cc_result File_Length(cc_file file, cc_uint32* len);
 typedef void (*Thread_StartFunc)(void);
 /* Blocks the current thread for the given number of milliseconds. */
 CC_API void Thread_Sleep(cc_uint32 milliseconds);
-/* Initialises a new thread that will run the given function. */
-/* Because of backend differences, func must also be provided in Thread_Start2 */
-CC_API void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func);
-/* Starts a new thread that runs the given function. */
+/* Initialises and starts a new thread that runs the given function. */
 /* NOTE: Threads must either be detached or joined, otherwise data leaks. */
-CC_API void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func);
+CC_API void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name);
 /* Frees the platform specific persistent data associated with the thread. */
 /* NOTE: Once a thread has been detached, Thread_Join can no longer be used. */
 CC_API void Thread_Detach(void* handle);
diff --git a/src/Platform_3DS.c b/src/Platform_3DS.c
index cb1c173b8..89fd1291d 100644
--- a/src/Platform_3DS.c
+++ b/src/Platform_3DS.c
@@ -223,13 +223,9 @@ static void Exec3DSThread(void* param) {
 	((Thread_StartFunc)param)(); 
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
 	//TODO: Not quite correct, but eh
-	return threadCreate(Exec3DSThread, (void*)func, 256 * 1024, 0x3f, -2, false);
-}
-
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	
+	*handle = threadCreate(Exec3DSThread, (void*)func, stackSize, 0x3f, -2, false);
 }
 
 void Thread_Detach(void* handle) {
diff --git a/src/Platform_Android.c b/src/Platform_Android.c
index 98d330f60..e09918dea 100644
--- a/src/Platform_Android.c
+++ b/src/Platform_Android.c
@@ -252,8 +252,7 @@ static void JNICALL java_runGameAsync(JNIEnv* env, jobject instance) {
 	Platform_LogConst("Running game async!");
 	/* The game must be run on a separate thread, as blocking the */
 	/* main UI thread will cause a 'App not responding..' messagebox */
-	thread = Thread_Create(android_main);
-	Thread_Start2(thread, android_main);
+	Thread_Run(&thread, android_main, 1024 * 1024, "Game"); // TODO check stack size needed
 	Thread_Detach(thread);
 }
 static const JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
diff --git a/src/Platform_Dreamcast.c b/src/Platform_Dreamcast.c
index b4e13bb70..b180ef2dd 100644
--- a/src/Platform_Dreamcast.c
+++ b/src/Platform_Dreamcast.c
@@ -256,14 +256,11 @@ static void* ExecThread(void* param) {
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
 	kthread_attr_t attrs = { 0 };
-	attrs.stack_size     = 96 * 1024;
-	attrs.label          = "CC thread";
-	return thd_create_ex(&attrs, ExecThread, func);
-}
-
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
+	attrs.stack_size     = stackSize;
+	attrs.label          = name;
+	*handle = thd_create_ex(&attrs, ExecThread, func);
 }
 
 void Thread_Detach(void* handle) {
diff --git a/src/Platform_GCWii.c b/src/Platform_GCWii.c
index 7a003697d..97acf81df 100644
--- a/src/Platform_GCWii.c
+++ b/src/Platform_GCWii.c
@@ -234,13 +234,11 @@ static void* ExecThread(void* param) {
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	return Mem_Alloc(1, sizeof(lwp_t), "thread");
-}
-
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	lwp_t* ptr = (lwp_t*)handle;
-	int res = LWP_CreateThread(ptr, ExecThread, (void*)func, NULL, 256 * 1024, 80);
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
+	lwp_t* thread = (lwp_t*)Mem_Alloc(1, sizeof(lwp_t), "thread");
+	*handle = thread;
+	
+	int res = LWP_CreateThread(thread, ExecThread, (void*)func, NULL, stackSize, 80);
 	if (res) Logger_Abort2(res, "Creating thread");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Platform_N64.c b/src/Platform_N64.c
index 7c57cedde..7b7428caa 100644
--- a/src/Platform_N64.c
+++ b/src/Platform_N64.c
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ void Thread_Sleep(cc_uint32 milliseconds) {
 	wait_ms(milliseconds); 
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	return NULL;
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
+	*handle = NULL;
 }
 
 void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
diff --git a/src/Platform_NDS.c b/src/Platform_NDS.c
index af95c81ef..678b33a0f 100644
--- a/src/Platform_NDS.c
+++ b/src/Platform_NDS.c
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ void Thread_Sleep(cc_uint32 milliseconds) {
 	swiDelay(8378 * milliseconds); // TODO probably wrong
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	return NULL;
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
+	*handle = NULL;
 }
 
 void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
diff --git a/src/Platform_PS2.c b/src/Platform_PS2.c
index 0bfe63c34..ada09b7c4 100644
--- a/src/Platform_PS2.c
+++ b/src/Platform_PS2.c
@@ -225,8 +225,6 @@ cc_result File_Length(cc_file file, cc_uint32* len) {
 /*########################################################################################################################*
 *--------------------------------------------------------Threading--------------------------------------------------------*
 *#########################################################################################################################*/
-#define STACK_SIZE (128 * 1024)
-
 void Thread_Sleep(cc_uint32 milliseconds) {
 	DelayThread(milliseconds * 1000);
 }
@@ -243,23 +241,19 @@ static int ExecThread(void* param) {
 	return 0; // TODO detach ?
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
 	ee_thread_t thread = { 0 };
 	thread.func        = ExecThread;
-	thread.stack       = Mem_Alloc(STACK_SIZE, 1, "Thread stack");
-	thread.stack_size  = STACK_SIZE;
+	thread.stack       = Mem_Alloc(stackSize, 1, "Thread stack");
+	thread.stack_size  = stackSize;
 	thread.gp_reg      = &_gp;
 	thread.initial_priority = 18;
 	
 	int thdID = CreateThread(&thread);
 	if (thdID < 0) Logger_Abort2(thdID, "Creating thread");
-	return (void*)thdID;
-}
-
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	int thdID = (int)handle;
-	int res   = StartThread(thdID, (void*)func);
+	*handle = thdID;
 	
+	int res = StartThread(thdID, (void*)func);
 	if (res < 0) Logger_Abort2(res, "Running thread");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Platform_PS3.c b/src/Platform_PS3.c
index 6fddd2265..a70279d0c 100644
--- a/src/Platform_PS3.c
+++ b/src/Platform_PS3.c
@@ -236,16 +236,13 @@ void Thread_Sleep(cc_uint32 milliseconds) {
 static void ExecThread(void* param) {
 	((Thread_StartFunc)param)(); 
 }
-#define STACK_SIZE (128 * 1024)
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	return Mem_Alloc(1, sizeof(sys_ppu_thread_t), "thread");
-}
-
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	sys_ppu_thread_t* thread = (sys_ppu_thread_t*)handle;
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
+	sys_ppu_thread_t* thread = (sys_ppu_thread_t*)Mem_Alloc(1, sizeof(sys_ppu_thread_t), "thread");
+	*handle = thread;
+	
 	int res = sysThreadCreate(thread, ExecThread, (void*)func,
-			0, STACK_SIZE, THREAD_JOINABLE, "CC thread");
+			0, stackSize, THREAD_JOINABLE, name);
 	if (res) Logger_Abort2(res, "Creating thread");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Platform_PSP.c b/src/Platform_PSP.c
index 4cd3fef71..b3dd1a8e1 100644
--- a/src/Platform_PSP.c
+++ b/src/Platform_PSP.c
@@ -218,18 +218,15 @@ static int ExecThread(unsigned int argc, void *argv) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
 	#define CC_THREAD_PRIORITY 17 // TODO: 18?
-	#define CC_THREAD_STACKSIZE 128 * 1024
 	#define CC_THREAD_ATTRS 0 // TODO PSP_THREAD_ATTR_VFPU?
 	
-	return (void*)sceKernelCreateThread("CC thread", ExecThread, CC_THREAD_PRIORITY, 
-						CC_THREAD_STACKSIZE, CC_THREAD_ATTRS, NULL);
-}
-
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	Thread_StartFunc func_ = func;
-	sceKernelStartThread((int)handle, sizeof(func_), (void*)&func_);
+	int threadID = sceKernelCreateThread(name, ExecThread, CC_THREAD_PRIORITY, 
+										stackSize, CC_THREAD_ATTRS, NULL);
+										
+	*handle = (int)threadID;
+	sceKernelStartThread(threadID, sizeof(func_), (void*)&func_);
 }
 
 void Thread_Detach(void* handle) {
diff --git a/src/Platform_PSVita.c b/src/Platform_PSVita.c
index 05d476689..525ebe237 100644
--- a/src/Platform_PSVita.c
+++ b/src/Platform_PSVita.c
@@ -202,13 +202,15 @@ static int ExecThread(unsigned int argc, void *argv) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
 	#define CC_THREAD_PRIORITY 0x10000100
-	#define CC_THREAD_STACKSIZE 128 * 1024
 	#define CC_THREAD_ATTRS 0 // TODO PSP_THREAD_ATTR_VFPU?
 	
-	return (void*)sceKernelCreateThread("CC thread", ExecThread, CC_THREAD_PRIORITY, 
-						CC_THREAD_STACKSIZE, CC_THREAD_ATTRS, 0, NULL);
+	int threadID = sceKernelCreateThread(name, ExecThread, CC_THREAD_PRIORITY, 
+										stackSize, CC_THREAD_ATTRS, 0, NULL);
+																				
+	*handle = (int)threadID;
+	sceKernelStartThread(threadID, sizeof(func_), (void*)&func_);
 }
 
 void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
diff --git a/src/Platform_Posix.c b/src/Platform_Posix.c
index 2e9db9259..763147851 100644
--- a/src/Platform_Posix.c
+++ b/src/Platform_Posix.c
@@ -332,13 +332,12 @@ static void* ExecThread(void* param) {
 }
 #endif
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	return Mem_Alloc(1, sizeof(pthread_t), "thread");
-}
-
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	pthread_t* ptr = (pthread_t*)handle;
-	int res = pthread_create(ptr, NULL, ExecThread, (void*)func);
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
+	pthread_t* ptr = (pthread_t*)Mem_Alloc(1, sizeof(pthread_t), "thread");
+	int res;
+	*handle = ptr;
+	
+	res = pthread_create(ptr, NULL, ExecThread, (void*)func);
 	if (res) Logger_Abort2(res, "Creating thread");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Platform_WiiU.c b/src/Platform_WiiU.c
index 5d11faa0f..ba3069e48 100644
--- a/src/Platform_WiiU.c
+++ b/src/Platform_WiiU.c
@@ -229,23 +229,19 @@ static int ExecThread(int argc, const char **argv) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define STACK_SIZE 128 * 1024
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
 	OSThread* thread = (OSThread*)Mem_Alloc(1, sizeof(OSThread), "thread");
-	void* stack = memalign(16, STACK_SIZE);
+	void* stack = memalign(16, stackSize);
 	
 	OSCreateThread(thread, ExecThread,
                        1, (Thread_StartFunc)func,
-                       stack + STACK_SIZE, STACK_SIZE,
+                       stack + stackSize, stackSize,
                        16, OS_THREAD_ATTRIB_AFFINITY_ANY);
 
+	*handle = thread;
 	// TODO revisit this
 	OSSetThreadRunQuantum(thread, 1000); // force yield after 1 millisecond
-	return thread;
-}
-
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	OSResumeThread((OSThread*)handle);
+	OSResumeThread(thread);
 }
 
 void Thread_Detach(void* handle) {
diff --git a/src/Platform_Windows.c b/src/Platform_Windows.c
index 9db4f92e8..52d128dab 100644
--- a/src/Platform_Windows.c
+++ b/src/Platform_Windows.c
@@ -296,17 +296,13 @@ static DWORD WINAPI ExecThread(void* param) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
 	DWORD threadID;
-	void* handle = CreateThread(NULL, 0, ExecThread, (void*)func, CREATE_SUSPENDED, &threadID);
-	if (!handle) {
-		Logger_Abort2(GetLastError(), "Creating thread");
-	}
-	return handle;
-}
-
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	ResumeThread((HANDLE)handle);
+	HANDLE thread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, ExecThread, (void*)func, CREATE_SUSPENDED, &threadID);
+	if (!thread) Logger_Abort2(GetLastError(), "Creating thread");
+	
+	*handle = thread;
+	ResumeThread(thread);
 }
 
 void Thread_Detach(void* handle) {
diff --git a/src/Platform_Xbox.c b/src/Platform_Xbox.c
index 3ffd446eb..5cb8c223e 100644
--- a/src/Platform_Xbox.c
+++ b/src/Platform_Xbox.c
@@ -232,17 +232,13 @@ static DWORD WINAPI ExecThread(void* param) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
 	DWORD threadID;
-	void* handle = CreateThread(NULL, 0, ExecThread, (void*)func, CREATE_SUSPENDED, &threadID);
-	if (!handle) {
-		Logger_Abort2(GetLastError(), "Creating thread");
-	}
-	return handle;
-}
+	HANDLE thread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, ExecThread, (void*)func, CREATE_SUSPENDED, &threadID);
+	if (!thread) Logger_Abort2(GetLastError(), "Creating thread");
 
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	NtResumeThread((HANDLE)handle, NULL);
+	*handle = thread;
+	NtResumeThread(thread, NULL);
 }
 
 void Thread_Detach(void* handle) {
diff --git a/src/Platform_Xbox360.c b/src/Platform_Xbox360.c
index ff60a1439..c230bc370 100644
--- a/src/Platform_Xbox360.c
+++ b/src/Platform_Xbox360.c
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ cc_result File_Length(cc_file file, cc_uint32* len) {
 *#############################################################################################################p############*/
 void Thread_Sleep(cc_uint32 milliseconds) { mdelay(milliseconds); }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	return NULL; // TODO
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
+	*handle = NULL; // TODO
 }
 
 void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {// TODO
diff --git a/src/interop_BeOS.cpp b/src/interop_BeOS.cpp
index 74e737cc4..42cf752bb 100644
--- a/src/interop_BeOS.cpp
+++ b/src/interop_BeOS.cpp
@@ -65,13 +65,10 @@ static int32 ExecThread(void* param) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void* Thread_Create(Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	thread_id thread = spawn_thread(ExecThread, "CC thread", B_NORMAL_PRIORITY, func);
-	return (void*)thread;
-}
-
-void Thread_Start2(void* handle, Thread_StartFunc func) {
-	thread_id thread = (thread_id)handle;
+void Thread_Run(void** handle, Thread_StartFunc func, int stackSize, const char* name) {
+	thread_id thread = spawn_thread(ExecThread, name, B_NORMAL_PRIORITY, func);
+	*handle = (void*)thread;
+	
 	resume_thread(thread);
 }
 
@@ -366,8 +363,8 @@ static void AppThread(void) {
 }
 
 static void RunApp(void) {
-	void* thread = Thread_Create(AppThread);
-	Thread_Start2(thread, AppThread);
+	void* thread;
+	Thread_Run(&thread, AppThread, 128 * 1024, "App thread");
 	Thread_Detach(thread);
 	
 	// wait for BApplication to be started in other thread