4. It Shipped And It Was Fast - a podcast by Allen Pike and Nigel Brooke

Guy English and Nigel tell tales of the hacks that make games work, from fast inverse square root to assembly shenanigans. Allen tries to keep things understandable for non-programmers, and fails spectacularly.

• Pac-Man for the Atari 2600


• Fast Inverse Square Root


• The End of the World of Minecraft


• The VanCocoa meetup

Further episodes of Up Up Down Down

Further podcasts by Allen Pike and Nigel Brooke

Website of Allen Pike and Nigel Brooke