What is VOLE.wtf and who runs it?

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VOLE.wtf is the current project of Matt Round, a UK-based developer who has been building online games and web projects since the 1980s. According to his site mattround.com, VOLE.wtf has been his main focus since 2019, described as an attempt to "make the internet a bit more fun with viral games and assorted nonsense."

Who runs VOLE.wtf?

Matt Round runs it. His own bio on mattround.com frames VOLE.wtf as the latest stage in a long career of building things for the web — from BASIC games on a ZX Spectrum in the 1980s, through agency work and freelancing, to senior roles at media and marketing companies.

Matt Round's background at a glance

Period What he was doing
2019 – Now VOLE.wtf — viral games and "assorted nonsense"
2015 – 2019 Creative Lead, devising and steering online marketing projects for Distilled clients
2013 – 2015 UsVsTh3m — games and quizzes for a media experiment that ran two years instead of three months
2006 – 2013 Freelance web development, online marketing and Flash games
2000 – 2006 Agency developer for UK consumer brands and government
1995 – 2000 Ran his own business, mostly car-related websites
1989 – 1995 Mainframe coding, then text-based bulletin board systems
1984 – 1989 Learned programming via BASIC and Z80 machine code games

The through-line is consistent: games, playful web experiments, and building things himself rather than only managing others.

What kind of site is VOLE.wtf?

Based on Matt Round's own description, it is a home for viral games and miscellaneous fun content. The stated goal is making the internet more enjoyable — which places it in the tradition of his earlier work at UsVsTh3m, a project known for shareable games and quizzes.

If you are trying to work out whether VOLE.wtf is worth your time, the useful signal is the track record: someone who has been shipping browser games and interactive web projects since the Flash era, now doing it under his own name.

How to follow or contact Matt Round

His mattround.com page lists three routes:

There is no contact form or support desk mentioned; those three channels are what the site offers.