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Matt J. Wilson

@mattwilsoncss.bsky.social
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Animator, Director, Creator. Making Bonus Stage Remastered. I review indie games! (They/them) Youtube: youtube.com/@MattJ.Wilson Patreon: patreon.com/c/cartoondrivethru Kofi: ko-fi.com/mattwilsoncss Inquiries: couchslave@gmail.com

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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farewell to my favorite cat, the best cat anyone could ask for, Widget (2009-2026). She had a fierce eyebrow but a gentle and loving soul, a lover of laps, and a good game of fetch the mouse. And boy did she meow! 200 times a day!! I’ll miss her so much.
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The winner of 2026’s “well, you tried” award is Spirit Halloween
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
these were the original season 2 designs for Puzzle Hunters, which I drew 6+ years ago... to fit my HB agenda i will probably tweak them a bit, like harmony's head shape, and unifying proportions across the characters, but it's already close to what i'd need for my brave, new, less animated era
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
these are just some quick doodled rules that I think I will follow for future series to keep things economical and Hanna Barbera-like. less motion in general outside of reuse, but without being as motionless as roger ramjet or clutch cargo
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The platformer I was talking about last weekend was Marsupilami 2: Salsa Palombia. It's gorgeous, it's fun, it's varied, and it's clear the developers understand what made DKC Returns so good. This is Microids/Ocellus's equivalent of Tropical Freeze. It's currently my #3 game this year.
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
oh there's definitely a pro-AI mod/admin at resetera lol
User Banned (5 Days): Inflammatory generalizations

The post, in a thread about TCRF being DDoSed by a GenAI Weirdo: "Example 1 billion of why it's always safe to assume gen ai weirdos are terrible people. There's no reason for decorum or respectability here when you use a technology built on theft that's actively hurting people."
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
New commission rates: $25 for headshot, $50 for full body, $75 for turnaround, $125 for 3-4 second animation. couchslave at gmail for inquiries
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
i guess they know now...
Restart’s staff isn’t harboring any delusions that Walmart will provide unconditional support.

“We would be naïve to think Restart can last forever if it underperforms, but thus far, through the building of the site and our few months in soft-launch, Walmart has been nothing but a supportive partner,” Berthelson told Aftermath. “‘Why would Walmart continue to fund Restart if the site underperforms?’ is a bridge we would cross if and when we had to cross it, but it helps that we – the Restart team at Moonrock – have our own standards and metrics for success we hold ourselves to, rather than being beholden to a list of [key performance indicators] from Walmart. The editorial team isn’t even aware of how poor the numbers would have to be before Walmart would consider pulling its funding.”
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
here is: clip
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
june is cool now
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
was randomly sent an email from facebook marketplace, a site i've never been to, alerting me to this very important deal
old cool looking car but just the body of it, for $2000, the listing is titled "no"
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
a next fest 9 game spread for u
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
youtube trends tab is interesting. really audience? i thought i raised you better
"3d platformer" has 'Very low interest' from my viewers according to YouTube
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I’m going to be pondering over this for the next week
Dude Wipes “mint chill”
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is an actual cartoon and not a 13 year old’s fanfic
On a hot day, the chibis cool off at the Chibiverse pool. Anne Boonchuy is excited for her Calamity Trio synchronized swim routine with Sasha Waybright and Marcy Wu. However, Marcy isn't really good at synchronizing so Helen gives her a potion to make her the opposite of who she is. When Marcy accidentally drops the potion into the pool, it affects the other chibis instead. Fortunately, Helen has an antidote potion but Molly McGee steals it. Molly recruits Mabel Pines and Tilly Green on her evil plot to "en-saddify" the Chibiverse. Marcy and Helen come to Launchpad McQuack, Scott Denoga and Barry Buns (who are now smart) for help. The three come up with a plan to retrieve the antidote potion and it succeeds perfectly, turning the Chibiverse back to normal. Anne and Sasha accept Marcy's differences and still allow her to be part of the swim routine.
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
(This was a snippet from the pulled article)
Three animated series have received orders by Prime Video via the GenAI Creators' Fund, a new joint initiative of Amazon Web Services and Amazon MGM Studios.

The projects are Cupcake & Friends from BuzzFeed Studios; Love, Diana Music Hunters from creator Albie Hecht, a former Nickelodeon exec who is now Chief Content Officer at pocket.watch; and Punky Duck from creator Jorge R. Gutierrez. All three series will stream on Prime Video down the line.
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
are you fucking kidding me with this shit Phoenix Theater
event description: On the 250th anniversary of American independence, listen to the words of those who were there! ... This fully AI-illustrated show features a different collection of readings each night.
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Deadly Space Action episode 1. at this point DSA is over 15 years old, wow! that's kind of fucked up to think about isn't it?
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
today I made most of the assets for future videos on the gaming channel. it is styled like an old Mac UI (sort of a homogenization of various eras)
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Chris Onstad, creator of Achewood, three years ago:
Now, Onstad thinks he’s finally found a sustainable path forward — and it involves artificial intelligence. Sure, there’s the AI RayBot, which he’s put out into the world today with some help from longtime Achewood fans. But what Onstad has in mind is also more exploratory. For instance, using AI models of his characters as something he can interact with to warm up before he draws the strip.
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Leslie & Brianne in Bonus Stage
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
everything about the bond game makes him look like the toilet dunkiest bond yet. i want to give this bond a wedgie, shove him in a locker. kick sand in his face at the beach
news article: James Bond is known for utilising some swanky tech when chasing down his foes, but with 007 First Light, the character will don a pair of real-life smart glasses from tech firm Even Realities.

A recent announcement from the company confirms that it has entered into a strategic partnership with IO Interactive to bring its flagship Even G2 glasses to the game, marking the first instance a piece of real-life wearable tech has been implemented into a playable Bond experience.

The glasses will appear as an in-game gadget via a post-launch update, though how it will function is currently unknown. Chances are, however, is that it will boast a similar experience to its real-life counterpart, enabling instant on-screen prompts and environmental context.
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
triplicate good news! 1) friday is my birthday (age 42), 2) dr gave clean bill of health, 3) bonus stage remastered #4 is nearing completion will release next week on youtube!
Phil angrily pointing to a collapsed wall in the basement, as well as some Nasty Water accumulating
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I'm gonna move the Patreon release to sometime tomorrow night, just to give me a little more time on BGs. the youtube release should be next week.
Phil is mad at Elly. Why?? She's not even supposed to be in this episode!
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
am i shirking my responsibilities to play pokopia over finishing bonus stage remastered #4? well, a) "an artist's responsibilities to their fans" is capitalist dogma b) i am working on it here's the two goofballs right now. they just got a switch 2 but they won't be talking about it in the episode
phil looking at julie who is grabbing her arm nervously. there is a switch 2 in the background; i didn't lie about that, though i could have if I wanted to. phil needs to be scaled down a skooch. is that how you spell that? schooch? now that just sounds sexual. anyway he needs to be scaled down a schoontch.
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
whenever i sit down to do a character design i'm always like "okay i'll try a few different things" and then after the very first drawing i can't imagine designing them any differently. anyway working on 2026 matt for future vids
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
i'd been millimeters away for a while but finally crossed the threshold. not really worth a congrats over bc i only gained around 900 subs in the last 365 days, but who knows what the next year holds
screencap of current subscriber count on youtube, resting at exactly 15,000
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
addendum to the vid
Hiya folks, I'm awake again, a couple of minor corrections:
- Clair Obscur is still not on the list.
- Sorry for a couple of typos ("Clair Obsur" instead of "Clair Obscur", "Metroid Prime Beyon" instead of "Metroid Prime Impossible"), my laptop keyboard has been dropping inputs occasionally and it's really aggravating. Sometimes I have to press two keys down to get one of them to actually show up!!
- Strange Horticulture preceded Golden Idol, though I still would say it was inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn. It's a bit harder to point out the DIRECTLY influenced games from Obra Dinn though because very few adopted the "check three confirm three" style (I believe some of Owlskip's games do this), whereas Golden Idol has a formula a lot of developers have stuck pretty close to. I guess that's what stuck in my mind when I wrote that section.
- I am thinking about making a multi-hour video series called The Indie Game Compendium where I talk about hundreds of indie games both big and small that have come out over the past couple of decades. This is not a correction, but it's... well. I dunno. Shut up
- I do intend on updating the Steam Curator page with some of the additional games shown in today's video, but I'm too brain fried to do it today. They cancelled my dentist appointment because they asked me to confirm while I was asleep. I already got a call from them a month ago to reject an earlier time, I said tomorrow was fine! Why did they spring a new ultimatum on me? Now it's been moved to June. Thanks a lot!!! The Steam Curator page will get weaved into the end of videos after I adopt the New Look for the channel (which might just be a thing I do yearly? maybe?). Why did they cancel?! For not responding Y to a text? What is this, 1984? What is this, Citizen Kane? What is this, a butterfly? What is this, a crossover episode? What's this, what's this, what. is. this!
- I think I'm funnier when I haven't had any sleep
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
i can't ever let this one specific comic from my extra life die. we have to preserve it, it needs to be in the library of congress
a child-sized Wolverine stands on a small rock with a grin on his face, as a "HELP!" speech balloon wafts in from off-panel. the comic is titled "HERO TIME"
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
less pilots that look like disney, more pilots that look like catopolis
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
oh i didn't know this. haha ha. ha. great haha. ha
On July 13, 2023, Corus announced that it would sell Toon Boom to International Media Company (IMC), a portfolio of private equity firm TPG Inc., for US$111 million (CA$147.5 million). Corus stated that the sale would be used to cover debt and "advance our strategic plan and priorities".
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
11am my time, noon eastern!! www.youtube.com/channel/UCbG...
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
at the moment, monday's holiday cartoon lineup looks like this:
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Retro Dodo writer: "We earn ZERO dollars through our referral link."A disclosure on the exact same page stating that they earn commissions from affiliate links.
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
recent commissions!
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
couple of pics to tide you over
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
this part of the panty & stocking season 2 review from THEM jokered me a tiny bit
review text: "Among this series’ downsides (there are many) has always been its crude artwork. (Dallas noted the resemblance of the characters to those in the Powerpuff Girls.) In fact, according to Wiki, “Hiromi Wakabayshi, who provided the initial idea for the series, cited American adult animation, such as Drawn Together, as inspiration for its crudeness.” I DO wish that other countries would stop stealing our Bad Ideas. (But in the scenes where our two bad Angels are about to go into battle, we see them doing pole dances, and they’re drawn MUCH more realistically, just to show the audience that yes, we could make them pretty, but we don’t WANT to.) "
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I'm ready to point, and to click, across a gorgeous adventure game called KATHY RAIN 2: SOOTHSAYER. Join me won't you? Want some rye? Course 'ya do! twitch.tv/mattjwilson
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Finished uploading to Youtube just now!
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
a near-complete Bonus Stage Remastered #1 is now up on the Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/new-vi...
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Monday
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
this always confuses me because, like, what point & click adventures are you referring to?? most modern point & click adventures are heavily streamlined, with hotspot indicators, double-click warping, and sensible puzzling. in Darkside Detective the characters even stay put saving you the walk wait!
NPR review of The Drifter: "I’ve played point-and-click adventure games since I was a kid, but nowadays they often feel clunky and tedious. Not so with The Drifter. "
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
www.youtube.com/@AnimationWi...
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
i legit don't understand people who think this way. i have never looked at another person doing a normal thing and thought "that's for me, right? you're doing this AT me? i know i'm a big deal but you don't have to do that! it's okay, here, let me sign your forehead. sigh, life as the protagonist!"
Internet post: "You see a guy or girl sitting on a bench in the park playing on their Steam Deck or Switch 2. Do you think, 'Wow, that's cringe attention-seeking behavior,' or are you like, 'Huh, I wonder what they're playing?' Or maybe you just don't give a shit. What is it?"
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Oh yes, I also have a Steam Curator now for indie game recommendations, though I might have mentioned it before? I update it as I finish games, though I also will add older games I can still remember pretty well: store.steampowered.com/curator/4577...
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
This as well as HD versions of my 2010 cartoons will all be released on a new channel called Animation Wilson! I will also occasionally review anime/animated films there, and provide some behind the scenes/educational fun like how to make your own rig-based cartoons! www.youtube.com/@AnimationWi...
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
And now I can say it! Announcing: BONUS STAGE REMASTERED! A project that re-releases episodes in HD with minor art fixes and source audio, as well as early episode revamps with new audio, improved backgrounds, additional poses, and some new jokes as well! (note, last shot BG needs to be replaced)
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Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
tomorrow...
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