Just_Matt_V4
@justmattv4.bsky.social
ITA / EN Translator • Writer & Graphic Designer for @data-sparrow.itch.io • PFP by @batsugeemu.bsky.social • Coined the term "Yassified Iron Lung"
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Just_Matt_V4
@justmattv4.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Hey everyone, I'm Matt.
I wrote some things you may have heard about, mostly games - which I was told are neat. I also recently picked up graphic design, which has been pretty satisfying.
If you wanna read or see any of my works, @datasparrow.bsky.social's the ticket.
Let's keep in touch!
I wrote some things you may have heard about, mostly games - which I was told are neat. I also recently picked up graphic design, which has been pretty satisfying.
If you wanna read or see any of my works, @datasparrow.bsky.social's the ticket.
Let's keep in touch!
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In Super Mario Galaxy, the stars on the letters of the logo spell "u r mr gay", while for the movie it says "he mr gay". This is because you are watching Mario, not playing him.
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In Super Mario Galaxy, the stars on the letters of the logo spell "u r mr gay", while for the movie it says "he mr gay". This is because you are watching Mario, not playing him.
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Ooh, some new Hibernaculum gameplay footage. And it looks - and I say this as the highest praise possible - like the kind of fake game that Plastiboo would make an art-book about.
Hibernaculum, Awakening (first dungeon "tutorial")
YouTube video by Mords
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Ooh, some new Hibernaculum gameplay footage. And it looks - and I say this as the highest praise possible - like the kind of fake game that Plastiboo would make an art-book about.
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rewatched tron cause xan had never seen it and yeah, that's the good shit
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
rewatched tron cause xan had never seen it and yeah, that's the good shit
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steam machine de la abuela
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
steam machine de la abuela
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"The mainstream understanding of AI is as an interefering piece of shit which doesn't work" pt II
www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...
www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"The mainstream understanding of AI is as an interefering piece of shit which doesn't work" pt II
www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...
www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...
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This is the beginning of my "Text Box" series, a series of videogame-inspired psychedelic horror peices.
December 24, 2023 at 10:21 PM
This is the beginning of my "Text Box" series, a series of videogame-inspired psychedelic horror peices.
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This is less a subtweet, and more of a thought I just want to get out there:
Bad people can make good art.
When a game that people liked turns out to have been made by someone shitty, it doesn't instantly become bad. You don't have to go full Sour Grapes on it. Two things can be true at once.
Bad people can make good art.
When a game that people liked turns out to have been made by someone shitty, it doesn't instantly become bad. You don't have to go full Sour Grapes on it. Two things can be true at once.
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is less a subtweet, and more of a thought I just want to get out there:
Bad people can make good art.
When a game that people liked turns out to have been made by someone shitty, it doesn't instantly become bad. You don't have to go full Sour Grapes on it. Two things can be true at once.
Bad people can make good art.
When a game that people liked turns out to have been made by someone shitty, it doesn't instantly become bad. You don't have to go full Sour Grapes on it. Two things can be true at once.
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since i'm evil and morally corrupt part 4, i'm gonna drop another mandatory watch for otakus ; this time with a more recent one from caribou-kun about pokémon but a super important one especially if your exposure to the show was solely the dubs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMNu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMNu...
Pokémon Used to Be Japanese
YouTube video by Caribou-kun
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
since i'm evil and morally corrupt part 4, i'm gonna drop another mandatory watch for otakus ; this time with a more recent one from caribou-kun about pokémon but a super important one especially if your exposure to the show was solely the dubs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMNu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMNu...
Finished my first, somewhat rushed playthrough of Artis Impact - in which i broke a lifelong RPG habit and actually went in fully blind, instead of planning out a route.
I missed about 50% of the sidequests and I am, in fact, alive, which is good for my mental health.
Also the game is very good.
I missed about 50% of the sidequests and I am, in fact, alive, which is good for my mental health.
Also the game is very good.
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Finished my first, somewhat rushed playthrough of Artis Impact - in which i broke a lifelong RPG habit and actually went in fully blind, instead of planning out a route.
I missed about 50% of the sidequests and I am, in fact, alive, which is good for my mental health.
Also the game is very good.
I missed about 50% of the sidequests and I am, in fact, alive, which is good for my mental health.
Also the game is very good.
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People are asking 'Just how bad are the Epstein Files!?' today.
Bad enough that the British royal family preemptively DE-PRINCED one of our princes, directly in the line of succession. Do you understand how massive and unprecedented this is? Because when this all comes out, it's going to hit HARD.
Bad enough that the British royal family preemptively DE-PRINCED one of our princes, directly in the line of succession. Do you understand how massive and unprecedented this is? Because when this all comes out, it's going to hit HARD.
What we know about Prince Andrew losing his titles and Royal Lodge
The language of Buckingham Palace's statement is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
People are asking 'Just how bad are the Epstein Files!?' today.
Bad enough that the British royal family preemptively DE-PRINCED one of our princes, directly in the line of succession. Do you understand how massive and unprecedented this is? Because when this all comes out, it's going to hit HARD.
Bad enough that the British royal family preemptively DE-PRINCED one of our princes, directly in the line of succession. Do you understand how massive and unprecedented this is? Because when this all comes out, it's going to hit HARD.
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Artdink To Rerelease Doshin The Giant Creator's "Anti-Mario" PS1 Adventure 'Tail Of The Sun'. (Repost)
Artdink To Rerelease Doshin The Giant Creator's "Anti-Mario" PS1 Adventure 'Tail Of The Sun'
Alongside the 1995 underwater sim 'Aquanaut’s Holiday'
www.timeextension.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Artdink To Rerelease Doshin The Giant Creator's "Anti-Mario" PS1 Adventure 'Tail Of The Sun'. (Repost)
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NULL_SPACE IS COMING
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
NULL_SPACE IS COMING
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
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Give us access to the big VMU!!!!!
An e-ink display can be used as the front panel on a Steam Machine (used for testing by Valve, will not be for sale) youtu.be/bWUxObt1efQ?...
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Give us access to the big VMU!!!!!
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Reavers of New Rome is 40% off this week on Steam!
When your ancestors were exiled from New Rome, they left as Senators. Now, 100 years later, you return as a barbarian at the gates in this low-poly 3D Action-Adventure game!
store.steampowered.com/app/1360160/...
When your ancestors were exiled from New Rome, they left as Senators. Now, 100 years later, you return as a barbarian at the gates in this low-poly 3D Action-Adventure game!
store.steampowered.com/app/1360160/...
November 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Reavers of New Rome is 40% off this week on Steam!
When your ancestors were exiled from New Rome, they left as Senators. Now, 100 years later, you return as a barbarian at the gates in this low-poly 3D Action-Adventure game!
store.steampowered.com/app/1360160/...
When your ancestors were exiled from New Rome, they left as Senators. Now, 100 years later, you return as a barbarian at the gates in this low-poly 3D Action-Adventure game!
store.steampowered.com/app/1360160/...
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cheers to the mozilla corporation for silently replacing my desktop firefox shortcut with a mysterious exe file. i appreciate your forward-looking and trustworthy willingness to give me a five minute panic attack in service of not marginally inconveniencing onedrive users
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
cheers to the mozilla corporation for silently replacing my desktop firefox shortcut with a mysterious exe file. i appreciate your forward-looking and trustworthy willingness to give me a five minute panic attack in service of not marginally inconveniencing onedrive users
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I've long been a proponent that there are now two game industries that should not be spoken of in the same terms (AAAA and Everything Else).
Steam Machine feels like it's the console for the Everything Else Game Industry, I'm very excited for this development.
Steam Machine feels like it's the console for the Everything Else Game Industry, I'm very excited for this development.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I've long been a proponent that there are now two game industries that should not be spoken of in the same terms (AAAA and Everything Else).
Steam Machine feels like it's the console for the Everything Else Game Industry, I'm very excited for this development.
Steam Machine feels like it's the console for the Everything Else Game Industry, I'm very excited for this development.
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Louder for the people in the back:
They don't think or reason, they interpret.
They don't decide, they select.
They don't prefer, they bias.
They don't say, they output.
They don't see, they ingest.
They don't care, they glaze.
They don't think or reason, they interpret.
They don't decide, they select.
They don't prefer, they bias.
They don't say, they output.
They don't see, they ingest.
They don't care, they glaze.
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Louder for the people in the back:
They don't think or reason, they interpret.
They don't decide, they select.
They don't prefer, they bias.
They don't say, they output.
They don't see, they ingest.
They don't care, they glaze.
They don't think or reason, they interpret.
They don't decide, they select.
They don't prefer, they bias.
They don't say, they output.
They don't see, they ingest.
They don't care, they glaze.
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I've gotten a couple of pitches that made me realize this post may have escaped the context of an Indiepocalypse release thread and is therefore missing a load-bearing "the".
To clarify, I am only looking for pitches on games and developers featured in Indiepocalypse. (still 700+ possibilities!)
To clarify, I am only looking for pitches on games and developers featured in Indiepocalypse. (still 700+ possibilities!)
Want to write about games and developers in Indiepocalypse? (and get paid $200 for it?)
You're in luck, I'm currently accepting pitches!
Send it via form or email [email protected]
indiepocalypse.com/pitch
You're in luck, I'm currently accepting pitches!
Send it via form or email [email protected]
indiepocalypse.com/pitch
Indiepocalypse Feature Pitch Form
This is the quick pitch form for those interested in pitching written features about games and developers featured in Indiepocalypse.
The goal is to better highlight the individual creators that have...
indiepocalypse.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I've gotten a couple of pitches that made me realize this post may have escaped the context of an Indiepocalypse release thread and is therefore missing a load-bearing "the".
To clarify, I am only looking for pitches on games and developers featured in Indiepocalypse. (still 700+ possibilities!)
To clarify, I am only looking for pitches on games and developers featured in Indiepocalypse. (still 700+ possibilities!)
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Deeply important video
The Post-Reality World
YouTube video by Fran Blanche
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Deeply important video
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November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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LET THE CARDS BE YOUR GUIDE:
A quick demo of a gatefold mini-scenario I designed for Mörk Borg. Available exclusively in my Kickstarter bundle which is live for about one more week and then closed forever. 💀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_1E...
A quick demo of a gatefold mini-scenario I designed for Mörk Borg. Available exclusively in my Kickstarter bundle which is live for about one more week and then closed forever. 💀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_1E...
Rå Power Demo
YouTube video by Sleepover Snackies
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
LET THE CARDS BE YOUR GUIDE:
A quick demo of a gatefold mini-scenario I designed for Mörk Borg. Available exclusively in my Kickstarter bundle which is live for about one more week and then closed forever. 💀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_1E...
A quick demo of a gatefold mini-scenario I designed for Mörk Borg. Available exclusively in my Kickstarter bundle which is live for about one more week and then closed forever. 💀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_1E...
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I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
You Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the Table
On the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor.
dateemups.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
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Received a package of TTRPG goodies from @ratti.bsky.social!
I was dumbfounded upon being informed I was both their 1st and 4000th customer!
The haul is Mörk Borg adjacent, with a few containing art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, who’s rapidly become a favourite of mine.
#ttrpgs #cy_borg #mörkbog
I was dumbfounded upon being informed I was both their 1st and 4000th customer!
The haul is Mörk Borg adjacent, with a few containing art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, who’s rapidly become a favourite of mine.
#ttrpgs #cy_borg #mörkbog
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Received a package of TTRPG goodies from @ratti.bsky.social!
I was dumbfounded upon being informed I was both their 1st and 4000th customer!
The haul is Mörk Borg adjacent, with a few containing art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, who’s rapidly become a favourite of mine.
#ttrpgs #cy_borg #mörkbog
I was dumbfounded upon being informed I was both their 1st and 4000th customer!
The haul is Mörk Borg adjacent, with a few containing art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, who’s rapidly become a favourite of mine.
#ttrpgs #cy_borg #mörkbog
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Brutal John 2 - Early Access: store.steampowered.com/app/1859620/
Gameplay trailer: youtu.be/mG4MGq6v2A4?...
#fps #boomershooter #games #gamedev #indiegames
Gameplay trailer: youtu.be/mG4MGq6v2A4?...
#fps #boomershooter #games #gamedev #indiegames
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Brutal John 2 - Early Access: store.steampowered.com/app/1859620/
Gameplay trailer: youtu.be/mG4MGq6v2A4?...
#fps #boomershooter #games #gamedev #indiegames
Gameplay trailer: youtu.be/mG4MGq6v2A4?...
#fps #boomershooter #games #gamedev #indiegames