Matthew Gatland’s low effort podcast

Matthew Gatland
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Taking about whatever’s on my mind which may be about toy collecting, game design or living in a world.

  1. 3d ago

    Designing with Communications Theory

    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.

    11 min

  2. May 29

    The Box Collection

    Every toy collection has an evil twin – the collection of boxes that the toys came in.

    9 min

  3. May 22

    The UFO

    In 2011 Matthew and a flatmate saw a light in the sky that they could not explain.

    11 min

  4. May 15

    Simulation vs story in tabletop roleplaying

    I've never played Dungeons and Dragons but I'm still going to tell you about it. And about how some tabletop roleplaying games focus on creating a simulated world while others are about creating a story that follows the logic of stories.

    15 min

  5. May 8

    Designing Reality Blocks

    Matthew talks about designing a game where you perform a task while watching yourself from outside your body.

    12 min

  6. May 1

    The Singularity (is fake)

    The 'Singularity' is a hypothetical future event where artifical intelligence starts to become smarter at an exponential rate, leading to superintelligent AIs that create advanced technologies that reshape human society.

    11 min

  7. Apr 24

    Cut features

    Matthew gives advice for those who work in the games industry on how to deal with the frustration of seeing features get cut during game development.

    9 min

  8. Apr 19

    Why Lego uses stickers

    Why do Lego sets have stickers? I wish they didn't. They always end up crooked and it makes me feel unhappy about my Lego building skills.

    11 min
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