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.
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Just saw this screenless audio player for younger kids called Yoto advertised on the telly. Umm, I wondered, what's the best-selling album on it, for, y'know, the little 'uns?
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just saw this screenless audio player for younger kids called Yoto advertised on the telly. Umm, I wondered, what's the best-selling album on it, for, y'know, the little 'uns?
Found this while digging around for a random game for Saturday. I don't have many signed things but some Tron light cycles signed by Syd Mead will do for starters.
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Found this while digging around for a random game for Saturday. I don't have many signed things but some Tron light cycles signed by Syd Mead will do for starters.
Extremely random (for me) #randomgamesaturday.
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Extremely random (for me) #randomgamesaturday.
Let my AT field down for today's #randomgamesaturday Raise your own Angel, Tamagotchi-style-ish and then send it into battle.
October 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Let my AT field down for today's #randomgamesaturday Raise your own Angel, Tamagotchi-style-ish and then send it into battle.
Well, this was a very nice surprise to get this morning.
October 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Well, this was a very nice surprise to get this morning.
One of my fave SFC sprites from Super Back To The Future - Part II. I've always thought how epic this could have been if it had gotten the golden-era Konami 16bit treatment with levels set across all three movies.
October 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
One of my fave SFC sprites from Super Back To The Future - Part II. I've always thought how epic this could have been if it had gotten the golden-era Konami 16bit treatment with levels set across all three movies.
I'm not all that sold on the cover for today's #randomgamesaturday but the game itself is a banger.
October 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm not all that sold on the cover for today's #randomgamesaturday but the game itself is a banger.
Still got my issue from all those years ago. What a run.
October 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Still got my issue from all those years ago. What a run.
Happy Space 1999 Breakaway Day. 50 years since it was, er... 1999, or 1975 and the moon was blasted out of earth's orbit. Only this Eagle survived.
September 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy Space 1999 Breakaway Day. 50 years since it was, er... 1999, or 1975 and the moon was blasted out of earth's orbit. Only this Eagle survived.
Only seemed right for a (reasonably) #randomgamesaturday
September 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Only seemed right for a (reasonably) #randomgamesaturday
Remastered Space Firebird in this afternoon's Direct. If it doesn't happen, you didn't see this.
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Remastered Space Firebird in this afternoon's Direct. If it doesn't happen, you didn't see this.
I can’t believe you’re dissing Heyy, It’s The King.
August 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I can’t believe you’re dissing Heyy, It’s The King.
Not sure where I found this, but it made me smile.
August 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Not sure where I found this, but it made me smile.
Absolutely, my era of X-Men. The anticipation for each issue was more than any TV show or movie at that time. The trouble was that not all issues appeared in my local newsagents, so I had to try and organise trips to London to grab US issues. The high watermark of my time as a Marvel fan.
August 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Absolutely, my era of X-Men. The anticipation for each issue was more than any TV show or movie at that time. The trouble was that not all issues appeared in my local newsagents, so I had to try and organise trips to London to grab US issues. The high watermark of my time as a Marvel fan.
Cool! It's a Next Gen Vertibird! There was a TOS Enterprise one in the '70s (along with other TV spaceships like the Space 1999 Eagle and a Battlestar Viper.
August 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Cool! It's a Next Gen Vertibird! There was a TOS Enterprise one in the '70s (along with other TV spaceships like the Space 1999 Eagle and a Battlestar Viper.
Not really feeling this box art, either. I'd love to see more stuff that's got design integrated with the art. Render + logo rarely does it for me, nowadays.
August 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Not really feeling this box art, either. I'd love to see more stuff that's got design integrated with the art. Render + logo rarely does it for me, nowadays.
Lots of chat around the lovely VB this week so today's not so random game is...
August 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Lots of chat around the lovely VB this week so today's not so random game is...
Agreed. I did go a bit mad over it when I got to go to Tokyo in '99.
August 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Agreed. I did go a bit mad over it when I got to go to Tokyo in '99.
Remembering playing Pilotwings in Japanese, not having a clue what the instructors were saying to me and having the shock of realising that it was all setting me up for a final military rescue mission. Was there ever a clue to that in the English-language version?
August 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Remembering playing Pilotwings in Japanese, not having a clue what the instructors were saying to me and having the shock of realising that it was all setting me up for a final military rescue mission. Was there ever a clue to that in the English-language version?
This afternoon's 'in the background' watch is ITV's 1976 children's drama The Feathered Serpent. Good luck getting a wordy kid's drama about Aztecs, human sacrifice and the like made in 2025. I can't imagine it was an easy pitch, even then. Also, Diane Keen 😍
August 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This afternoon's 'in the background' watch is ITV's 1976 children's drama The Feathered Serpent. Good luck getting a wordy kid's drama about Aztecs, human sacrifice and the like made in 2025. I can't imagine it was an easy pitch, even then. Also, Diane Keen 😍
This is a lovely little zine.
August 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This is a lovely little zine.
And, of course, in a shameless self-plug, it'd have to feature the 'new' Captain N. Prints available etc. etc.
August 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And, of course, in a shameless self-plug, it'd have to feature the 'new' Captain N. Prints available etc. etc.
I've been reading though a bunch of these lately and I'm assuming that the really amazing StarFox and Zelda strips only appeared in Nintendo Power? Just what would you put in a new Nintendo Comics System anthology title and what would get the prime cover spot? And why is it Metroid ;)
August 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I've been reading though a bunch of these lately and I'm assuming that the really amazing StarFox and Zelda strips only appeared in Nintendo Power? Just what would you put in a new Nintendo Comics System anthology title and what would get the prime cover spot? And why is it Metroid ;)
Show my your getaway vehicle.
August 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Show my your getaway vehicle.