{"podcast":{"title":"GROGPOD Roguelike Podcast","slug":"grogpod-roguelike-podcast-5811904","podcast_index_feed_id":5811904,"rss_url":"https://grogpod.zone/feed.xml","website_url":"http://grogpod.zone/","image_url":"http://grogpod.zone/assets/img/grog_itunes_square.png","author":"Scott V. Burger","episode_count":102,"summary":"The GROGPOD Roguelike Podcast is a bi-weekly show about four friends talking about a featured Roguelike game. We cover the full spectrum of titles, from the more modern, action-oriented games like Binding of Isaac and Hades to the traditonal roguelike designs of games like Cogmind and Caves of Qud. Join us each episode as we unpack what makes a roguelike game fun (or not) and then rank it against the compendium we've compiled thus far.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T10:17:53.012298+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grogpod-roguelike-podcast-5811904"},"episode":{"title":"Roboquest","slug":"roboquest","published_at":"2026-02-11T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grogpod-roguelike-podcast-5811904/roboquest","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grogpod-roguelike-podcast-5811904","url":"http://grogpod.zone/2026-02-11-roboquest/","audio_url":"https://grogpod.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/roboquest.mp3","summary":"Muscle up your game buddy! This week we dust off the 500 year old robot action FPS Roboquest: something like a “Doom Eternal for kids”, the electrobeats of synthwave send you hungering for more and more of those delicious green health orbs. Infiltrate a gigantic city of bad robots, rescuing good robots along the way, and unlock all sorts of wacky movement gadgets, character classes, and more hidden secrets than you can shake a pogo stick at. Always check behind those waterfalls! Custom RSS Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Music Transcript 1:42 - Game stats 4:04 - One sentence description 07:21 - Opening comic book sequence & story setup 12:08 - Movement mechanics & speed discussion 17:45 - Weapon variety & upgrade systems 24:32 - Biome diversity & level design quality 31:18 - Co-op gameplay & multiplayer features 38:05 - Enemy design & AI behavior patterns 44:52 - Difficulty scaling & progression balance 51:39 - Boss fights & challenge variety 58:26 - Audio design & soundtrack 1:08:30 - Rankings & final thoughts 1:16:57 - Similar games & show wind-down Next episode: Project Zomboid Contact us at grogpodzone@gmail.com! https://grogpod.zone Intro music: Lady Iris B. - Dexter Gordon Outro music: Final Metal Hero - Noisecream","meta_description":"Muscle up your game buddy! This week we dust off the 500 year old robot action FPS Roboquest: something like a “Doom Eternal for kids”, the electrobeats o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5136,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grogpod-roguelike-podcast-5811904/episodes/roboquest/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grogpod-roguelike-podcast-5811904/roboquest.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}