{"podcast":{"title":"The Secret Lives of Games","slug":"the-secret-lives-of-games-439116","podcast_index_feed_id":439116,"rss_url":"https://thespelunkyshowlike.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://secretlives.games","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/a/a/3/0aa3620161cba7ac16c3140a3186d450/TSLOG_Hero.png","author":"Nick Suttner","episode_count":273,"summary":"Candid conversations with game creators that dive deep into the art, craft, and process of making games.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-lives-of-games-439116"},"episode":{"title":"All Systems Brough - 868-HACK","slug":"all-systems-brough-868-hack","published_at":"2025-12-19T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-lives-of-games-439116/all-systems-brough-868-hack","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-lives-of-games-439116","url":"https://eggplant.show/all-systems-brough-868-hack","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thespelunkyshowlike/SLOG_All_Systems_Brough_Episode_1__868-HACK.mp3?dest-id=790494","summary":"We're joined by Shawn Alexander Allen (Beatdown City Survivors), Cole Wehrle (Root), and Drew Wehrle (Pax Pamir) to discuss the first title in our year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough: 868-HACK. Next Month: Vertex Dispenser Audio edited by Dylan Shumway Discussed in this episode: 868-HACK https://868-hack.neocities.org/ Michael Brough's Website https://www.smestorp.com/ XPerience Studios https://xperiencestudios.org/ \"King Me\": A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UraJElx1ebg Leder Games https://ledergames.com/ Wehrlegig Games https://wehrlegig.com/ 7-Day Roguelike Jam blog post https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/03/7drl-day-2.html 868-HACK Release Trailer (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMH-yDR35lI PRACTICE 2013: Michael Brough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4iswqa8r-Q Michael Brough on balancing prog costs: https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2014/06/868-hack-prog-costs.html Michael Brough on streak scoring https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/05/score-conditions.html https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2017/09/streak-scoring-redux.html James Lantz on 868-HACK https://web.archive.org/web/20160531060339/https://www.decisionproblem.com/inmachinam/?p=175 Dewan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/439742/dewan Zaynation Complete UFO50 Alternate History Voicemails https://discord.com/channels/690388280767807518/1298414011368607796/1440018452050870385 Michael OBlivion tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R92zN2899s&t=586s Rock Paper Shotgun 868-HACK Review (2015) https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/868-hack-review-pc Michael Brough on passive vs active abilities https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/05/uniform-activations.html Vivafringe blog post on 868-HACK Secret Level and Good vs. Bad Secrets ht…","meta_description":"We're joined by Shawn Alexander Allen (Beatdown City Survivors), Cole Wehrle (Root), and Drew Wehrle (Pax Pamir) to discuss the first title in our year-lo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7630,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-secret-lives-of-games-439116/episodes/all-systems-brough-868-hack/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-lives-of-games-439116/all-systems-brough-868-hack.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}