Mike wants to do a funky thing, but runs into problems. Can Matt help Mike solve his trip-ups? Only the ultimate dancers will prevail.

It's time for more game development chat! Last episode we brainstormed some ideas and a Balatro-like darts game came up, so this episode Matt and Mike talk about some prototyping they've been doing in that vein.

Matt and Mike are slowly but surely making their way back to the core of Season 2 of this podcast: making a game. Clarifications of what is needed for a game to their liking are made, and some roguelite ideas are thrown around. Will this re-kickstart their gamedev quest? Time will tell.

A spirited discussion ensues between Matt and Mike the merits and detractors of dimensionality as it pertains to video game graphics.

Matt and Mike are still out for various reasons, to surely return soon for more programming patter. However, there is a conflagration of quirky kinfolk descending upon the San Diego, CA area in order to celebrate all things nerdy and geeky, and perhaps you might be interested?

Matt and Mike are out this week traveling. Just wanted to say hello, anyway.

Mike brings an anecdote from his life that caused him to spiral a bit about the future of art, creation, ownership, and society, leaving him peering over the precipice of some dystopian future. Matt talks him off the proverbial ledge.

A continuation of discussion about the laws of nature, vis a vis software development, are bandied about by Matt and Mike in this episode. Some of them include Linus's Law, the Pareto Principle, and even the Ninety-Nine Rule.

* Famous Laws of Software Development

There are some truisms in the world of software development that have been codified into laws, adages, and principles. Matt and Mike discuss some of them in this episode, including ones named after people like Murphy, Hofstadter, and Conway.

Matt and Mike discuss the issues that arise when you try to be everything to everybody for every time, thanks to an insightful blog post about the ever-increasing size of programming language dependencies.

* The Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat