Matthew talks about a transformers toyline that has captured his attention (and money) by repeatedly exceeding expectations.

Everyone was talking about 'bullet time', the slow motion effect used in the 1999 film the Matrix. It soon made its way into video games via Max Payne in 2001, but only as a single player experience.

The idea of making a game while prioritizing the fun of you as the game's creator rather than the experience of the game's player.

How Matthew and his sister started a beginner programming course for young women in the 2010s.

Matthew talks about Gargoyles, the 1994 TV series, and some of the ways its creators pushed the limits of what was possible and got into trouble with their bosses.

Matthew taught a game development course in 2017.

Some stories are easier to expand than others.

Matthew resisted the urge to do a meta episode for eighteen weeks. What happened next will shock you.

Matthew raves about Bricklink, a website that lets Lego collectors search for parts across the inventories of thousands of different resellers all over the world in a unified way.

Matthew talks about 'Communications Theory', a high level approach to designing just about anything that is often talked about by Magic: The Gathering head designer Mark Rosewater.