{"podcast":{"title":"Critical Moves - Strategy Gaming","slug":"critical-moves-strategy-gaming-7033275","podcast_index_feed_id":7033275,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/criticalmoves/feed.xml","website_url":"https://criticalmovespodcast.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/criticalmoves/20260217_020200_54dbaef4aa2087fb2339334d89df2211.png","author":"Critical Moves Podcast","episode_count":91,"summary":"Critical Moves is a strategy games podcast that takes RTS, 4X, and tactics seriously. Most gaming podcasts don’t even bother with strategy games. We do. Each week we cover real-time strategy, turn-based tactics, 4X empire builders and indie experiments, plus shining a new light on old classics. These aren't quick reviews or recycled talking points. It’s sharp criticism and honest discussion about strategy game design. If a game is shallow or broken, we’ll say so. If it does something clever, we’ll explain why it works. We talk to developers and key industry figures, getting into the mechanics and design choices that shape the games we love. We're an RTS podcast , a 4X podcast , a place for smarter conversations about tactics and strategy gaming. Critical Moves is made for players who think about systems, mechanics, and design. New episodes every Friday. https://criticalmovespodcast.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:21:49.647628+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-moves-strategy-gaming-7033275"},"episode":{"title":"Space Tales: The RTS You Didn't Know You Needed | Interview with Saigon Dragon Studios (Ep.83)","slug":"space-tales-the-rts-you-didn-t-know-you-needed-interview-with-saigon-dragon-studios-ep-83","published_at":"2026-05-29T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-moves-strategy-gaming-7033275/space-tales-the-rts-you-didn-t-know-you-needed-interview-with-saigon-dragon-studios-ep-83","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-moves-strategy-gaming-7033275","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/criticalmoves/2868578","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/324240/2868578/criticalmoves/2026_05_29_09_12_23_7c3cf8d1-feda-4f3f-9692-824151529f0e.mp3","summary":"This week Jack and Al sit down with Matt, Creative Director at Saigon Dragon Studios, to talk about Space Tales — an early access RTS inspired by StarCraft, built by a Vietnamese studio with 11 years of outsourcing experience and a whole lot of passion for the genre. They get into the game's retro-cartoonish art style versus its surprisingly dark Lovecraftian themes, the failed Kickstarter that became a learning curve, the decision to ditch publisher pitching and go it alone, and why the team hired a professional screenwriter to save their first mission from being five minutes of dialogue nobody was reading. Space Tales is available now in Early Access on Steam, with a full 1.0 release targeting end of July 2026. 🔗 Space Tales on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2457960/Space_Tales/ 🔗 Saigon Dragon Studios Discord: https://discord.gg/4be9rucj22 More from Critical Moves Podcast: Web: https://criticalmovespodcast.com Forum: https://criticalmovesforum.com Newsletter: https://criticalmoves.beehiiv.com Spotify: https://criticalmovespodcast.com/spotify Apple: https://criticalmovespodcast.com/apple Amazon: https://criticalmovespodcast.com/amazon Discord: https://criticalmovespodcast.com/discord Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/criticalmovespodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CriticalMoves_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/criticalmovespodcast Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CriticalMoves Critical Moves examines strategy games through weekly Friday episodes and Monday news updates. Six hosts across multiple continents analyze recent releases, forgotten classics, and industry developments without the typical podcast theatrics. We cover real-time strategy, 4X civilization builders, turn-based tactics, and hybrid games that blur genre boundaries.","meta_description":"This week Jack and Al sit down with Matt, Creative Director at Saigon Dragon Studios, to talk about Space Tales — an early access RTS inspired by StarCraf…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3885,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/critical-moves-strategy-gaming-7033275/episodes/space-tales-the-rts-you-didn-t-know-you-needed-interview-with-saigon-dragon-studios-ep-83/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-moves-strategy-gaming-7033275/space-tales-the-rts-you-didn-t-know-you-needed-interview-with-saigon-dragon-studios-ep-83.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}