Wil Overton
@wiloverton.bsky.social
Sometimes drawer of silly pictures. Ex of various game devs and of games mags like Super Play and N64 in ye olden days.
https://linktr.ee/wiloverton
https://linktr.ee/wiloverton
Pinned
Wil Overton
@wiloverton.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Some pictures I'm pinning to my profile just incase someone wants to get an idea of my nonsense before they run away.
#art #cartoons #videogames #comics
#art #cartoons #videogames #comics
I did chuckle. Then immensely sad at the thought that there probably won't be boxes after Switch 2.
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I did chuckle. Then immensely sad at the thought that there probably won't be boxes after Switch 2.
Actually did some grown-up stuff today and checked over my pensions. If I can wait it out until the state one kicks in, in another 6 years then we should be not too bad off. Or I could just take out my tax-free 25% and buy loads of Super Famicom games.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Actually did some grown-up stuff today and checked over my pensions. If I can wait it out until the state one kicks in, in another 6 years then we should be not too bad off. Or I could just take out my tax-free 25% and buy loads of Super Famicom games.
I asked my better half and she didn't even grace me with a reply.
Samsung 98-Inch Neo QLED QN990F is $5,000 off right now: bit.ly/43Nv7Wr #ad FREE delivery and installation
only $29,999.99
OR
$1,250.10 per month for 24 months
only $29,999.99
OR
$1,250.10 per month for 24 months
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I asked my better half and she didn't even grace me with a reply.
I used to have a morbid curiosity about how terrible Musk, Trump, Facebot bloke et al are but now I just can't be arsed. Just feel sick at the mention of any of 'em.
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I used to have a morbid curiosity about how terrible Musk, Trump, Facebot bloke et al are but now I just can't be arsed. Just feel sick at the mention of any of 'em.
I didn't get it but in 1979 I was really hoping for a Star Chess for Crimbo.
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I didn't get it but in 1979 I was really hoping for a Star Chess for Crimbo.
Watched the Chris Sievey/Frank Sidebottom Being Frank doc on YT (it’s up for free) and really, it runs you through all the emotions.
youtu.be/FPQahZX6xAg?...
youtu.be/FPQahZX6xAg?...
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Watched the Chris Sievey/Frank Sidebottom Being Frank doc on YT (it’s up for free) and really, it runs you through all the emotions.
youtu.be/FPQahZX6xAg?...
youtu.be/FPQahZX6xAg?...
Did 'art' at local college then got a job as a graphic artist. Found Japanese anime in the late '80s, helped start a UK anime mag. Did design and illos in it then got asked to do illos for games mags. Worked on games mags then jumped to game dev. In and out of that and illustration ever since.
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Did 'art' at local college then got a job as a graphic artist. Found Japanese anime in the late '80s, helped start a UK anime mag. Did design and illos in it then got asked to do illos for games mags. Worked on games mags then jumped to game dev. In and out of that and illustration ever since.
They say I might as well face the truth
That I'm just too long in the tooth
Oh I'm an O.A.P. and weak-kneed
But I have not yet quite gone to seed
That I'm just too long in the tooth
Oh I'm an O.A.P. and weak-kneed
But I have not yet quite gone to seed
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
They say I might as well face the truth
That I'm just too long in the tooth
Oh I'm an O.A.P. and weak-kneed
But I have not yet quite gone to seed
That I'm just too long in the tooth
Oh I'm an O.A.P. and weak-kneed
But I have not yet quite gone to seed
Really wish I had room to have an old micro or two permanently set up. Having the Speccy, C64, BBC or the Amiga to noodle about with would be nice and yes, I really have reached the age where those days seem like a golden age.
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Really wish I had room to have an old micro or two permanently set up. Having the Speccy, C64, BBC or the Amiga to noodle about with would be nice and yes, I really have reached the age where those days seem like a golden age.
Another anniversary! 20 years of the Xbox360. I've still got my launch team machine with a little Joanna scribble on the faceplate. We won't mention the often tortuous 5 years it took to get to that point, though. Great machine, RRoD not withstanding, and yes, this one is still dead.
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Another anniversary! 20 years of the Xbox360. I've still got my launch team machine with a little Joanna scribble on the faceplate. We won't mention the often tortuous 5 years it took to get to that point, though. Great machine, RRoD not withstanding, and yes, this one is still dead.
Had to be a Super Famicom game for #randomgamesaturday but I did close my eyes to choose.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Had to be a Super Famicom game for #randomgamesaturday but I did close my eyes to choose.
Reposted by Wil Overton
The final piece of the Retro Game Zine 2025 ANNUAL came in…
Check out the wonderful artwork by @wiloverton.bsky.social!
We’ve got our mascots, Pixel and Polygon, in the center, but surrounding them is a representation of every game covered this year collected in the book.
I love it!
Check out the wonderful artwork by @wiloverton.bsky.social!
We’ve got our mascots, Pixel and Polygon, in the center, but surrounding them is a representation of every game covered this year collected in the book.
I love it!
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The final piece of the Retro Game Zine 2025 ANNUAL came in…
Check out the wonderful artwork by @wiloverton.bsky.social!
We’ve got our mascots, Pixel and Polygon, in the center, but surrounding them is a representation of every game covered this year collected in the book.
I love it!
Check out the wonderful artwork by @wiloverton.bsky.social!
We’ve got our mascots, Pixel and Polygon, in the center, but surrounding them is a representation of every game covered this year collected in the book.
I love it!
35 years?! Say it ain't so! Banger of a launch duo, though. Time machine please.
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
35 years?! Say it ain't so! Banger of a launch duo, though. Time machine please.
Reposted by Wil Overton
We're chuffed to reveal the official artwork for "Return to Blacktooth", lovingly crafted by the talented @wiloverton.bsky.social
More updates soon...
#headoverheels #isometric #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #retrogame #amiga #atariST #NoAI #NoToAIArt #HumanArt #ArtByHumans
More updates soon...
#headoverheels #isometric #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #retrogame #amiga #atariST #NoAI #NoToAIArt #HumanArt #ArtByHumans
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We're chuffed to reveal the official artwork for "Return to Blacktooth", lovingly crafted by the talented @wiloverton.bsky.social
More updates soon...
#headoverheels #isometric #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #retrogame #amiga #atariST #NoAI #NoToAIArt #HumanArt #ArtByHumans
More updates soon...
#headoverheels #isometric #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #retrogame #amiga #atariST #NoAI #NoToAIArt #HumanArt #ArtByHumans
I've saved so many of those Frieren under the chin art exercises to my art ref folder on Pinterest that should I be foolish enough ever to be in a situation where that angle is called for I should be sorted as how to tackle it.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I've saved so many of those Frieren under the chin art exercises to my art ref folder on Pinterest that should I be foolish enough ever to be in a situation where that angle is called for I should be sorted as how to tackle it.
Trying to pump myself up for Beyond with this rather epic trawl through all that's gone before - www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_l... - It linked the games for me in ways I never thought about and now I might have to start some replays.
The Only Metroid Video You Need
YouTube video by TheMentok
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trying to pump myself up for Beyond with this rather epic trawl through all that's gone before - www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_l... - It linked the games for me in ways I never thought about and now I might have to start some replays.
Not even cutting out 'that's a no, that's a no, that's a no' out of the Asda Christmas Grinch ad is enough to stop it vying with the Sainsbury's BFG for my most hated Crimbo advert top spot. Although John Lewis's dad record is coming up fast on the outside.
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Not even cutting out 'that's a no, that's a no, that's a no' out of the Asda Christmas Grinch ad is enough to stop it vying with the Sainsbury's BFG for my most hated Crimbo advert top spot. Although John Lewis's dad record is coming up fast on the outside.
Another banger. Japanese game TV ads just went for it back in the day.
This Japanese commercial for Super Metroid is the closest thing we'll get to a live-action movie.
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Another banger. Japanese game TV ads just went for it back in the day.
@scarredforlife.bsky.social - Loved this week's episode with Mark Morris. I'm about the same age so it's understandable that we'd cross over but the heads in the kiln from Thriller's Won't Write Home Mom, I'm Dead is 100% one of my top scars. It stayed with me for years!
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@scarredforlife.bsky.social - Loved this week's episode with Mark Morris. I'm about the same age so it's understandable that we'd cross over but the heads in the kiln from Thriller's Won't Write Home Mom, I'm Dead is 100% one of my top scars. It stayed with me for years!
I know it's what you'd expect an old fart like myself to say (especially when all we've seen is just a couple of teenagers out in a field somewhere) but I feel I'd genuinely be up for something like this more.
First footage of Link and Zelda in The Legend of Zelda live-action movie released
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I know it's what you'd expect an old fart like myself to say (especially when all we've seen is just a couple of teenagers out in a field somewhere) but I feel I'd genuinely be up for something like this more.
I got Echoes of Wisdom last year for Crimbo but have still not played more than an hour in. I’ve never bounced off a Zelda game so hard.
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I got Echoes of Wisdom last year for Crimbo but have still not played more than an hour in. I’ve never bounced off a Zelda game so hard.
Just realised that I'm coming up on 2 years since I ordered the GBA Goodboy Galaxy special edition from First Press Games with still absolutely no idea when it'll be shipped. I've asked for a refund (again) but I'm pretty sure I'll just get fobbed off again. I could get a nice SFC title with that.
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just realised that I'm coming up on 2 years since I ordered the GBA Goodboy Galaxy special edition from First Press Games with still absolutely no idea when it'll be shipped. I've asked for a refund (again) but I'm pretty sure I'll just get fobbed off again. I could get a nice SFC title with that.
I fear my forthcoming Christmas cheer may be ruined if I hear a Sainsbury's advert BFG say 'telly, telly bunkum box' one more bloody time.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I fear my forthcoming Christmas cheer may be ruined if I hear a Sainsbury's advert BFG say 'telly, telly bunkum box' one more bloody time.
Hello fellow Bskyers, I'm after a list of 16bit mascots. You know the kind of thing - Aero the Acro-Bat etc. Sometimes be hard to make the distinction between mascots and just a new main character but I'm thinking ones where you just new they were trying to come up with a new Mario or Sonic.
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hello fellow Bskyers, I'm after a list of 16bit mascots. You know the kind of thing - Aero the Acro-Bat etc. Sometimes be hard to make the distinction between mascots and just a new main character but I'm thinking ones where you just new they were trying to come up with a new Mario or Sonic.
Today's #randomgamesaturday is brought to you by too many logos.
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today's #randomgamesaturday is brought to you by too many logos.