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Matthew Williams

@mattheww1991.bsky.social

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Loves reading, writing, socialising, playing video games, and supporting Aston Villa. Big forehead.

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Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · Jan 4

Games wat I done beat in 2025:

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Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 1h

It was specifically a 'get to know your colleague' call so I appreciated the effort to be interested!

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Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2h

New Katamari two weeks today! 😎

a cartoon character with green arms and pink legs is standing in front of a planet

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Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 6d

Situation today, on a colleague seeing my Zelda mug on a call:

Colleague: 'Oh I know those games, my husband really likes them!'

Me: 'Oh really?'

Colleague: 'Yeah he really liked the 'Call of the Wild' game during lockdown. 😊'

Me, holding back the biggest 'Um Akshually' in history: 'Oh, cool!'

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 12h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 15h

Two Villa goals for England 🥹

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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 23h

Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov is clearly David Moyes in a terrible disguise

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Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 1d

There's a luggage rack on this train and a compartment for bike storage. Guess where this guy has put his fold up bike.

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 1d

Worcestershire.

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 1d

Mate.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 1d

Picked up this edition of The Great Gatsby. It's not *the* cover, but a very good alternative.

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure I've ever shared this here: www.goodreads.com/user/show/11...

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Matthew has 148 books on Goodreads, and is currently reading Butter by Asako Yuzuki

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Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

We had a geography teacher who had recorded a programme to show in a lesson, but had also recorded porn on the same tape. Amazingly he showed it in a lesson by accident, got a slap on the wrist, and then showed it *again* before he got the sack.

The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 2d

Fence #26 will be a special on all things print, and in tribute to the storied history of the UK gutter press, our letters page wants your GOSSIP & SCANDAL.

So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?

A photo of assembled paparazzi waiting to snap your shame for the scandal sheets.

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

Infantino is going to give a speech on the eve of the World Cup about it being for everyone and he's somehow going to keep a straight face while doing it.

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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 2d

Terrible puppet and you can see his lips moving. My daughter’s birthday party is ruined.

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Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

This is unfairly edited, it cuts off just before the Judge hurls Jenrick into supermarket freezer, had me cracking up.

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

Think I've cracked it.

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

'We created something for our fans who are, of course, young children.'

Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 2d

Nintendo released a new animation short called "Close to You" without any further information.

youtu.be/rsufGY5I8jA?...

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

They're increasing their film portfolio, I'm wondering if they're going to start having shorts ahead of them like Pixar.

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

I struggle with it a bit because I think they definitely went with the wrong project and person on this one, and the response is a mess. But from looking at the broader catalogue, it seems like they do a lot of good work too.

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that this is one of the best, and hardest working, accounts on here.

Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.bsky.social · 2d

Midgar's scale is all outta whack if you look at it from far away + up close. but i figure it doesn't matter much since the game itself is kinda scaled weirdly, just focusing on the landmark areas, but still wonky to reconcile

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

No worries!

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

This is the latest thing I can find?

Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

Working at a company where the specific arrangements of a contract are agreed with an author years ahead of publication, this is wild to read.

Bitmap Books @bitmapbooks.com · 3d

Monday 6th October 2025

Dear supporters of Bitmap Books,

Although I stand by the fact that Moses’ comments were ill-advised and insensitive, the whole thing blew up and was made much bigger than it needed to be. Moses has publicly apologised for any offence caused, as has the original poster of the comments who did not intend to cause this much trouble. I do not feel that this warrants an author losing his livelihood and ruining years of hard work to produce the book.

Despite multiple accusations to the contrary, Moses freely agreed to donate his royalties to charity. There was no coercion from me, however we both recognise that due to an increasingly stressful situation that decisions were rushed on both sides. I’m pleased to say that Moses and I have spoken again today, we stand together, and have agreed that he will receive 100% of his royalties.

Maybe I was hasty in my response, and I’m happy to admit to that. At the time I sincerely thought I was doing the right thing to diffuse an increasingly difficult situation. I will commit to donating all company profits from this first print run to the charity, Special Effect.

The bottom line is that is that Moses has apologised for his original comments, and will now be paid the royalties that are rightfully his.

Moses and myself have received a large amount of personal abuse and threats over the past few days. We hope that this statement will bring some closure to what has happened.

Sam Dyer, founder of Bitmap Books

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Matthew Williams @mattheww1991.bsky.social · 2d

Seems very clumsy of them in truth, you definitely don't rush into action for something like this, you consider the response. And do better background checks on signing someone up!