Matthew Gatland’s low effort podcast

Bullet Time

Matthew Gatland’s low effort podcast

Show Notes

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.

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