{"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 - Introduction","slug":"all-systems-brough-introduction","published_at":"2025-11-21T21:18:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-lives-of-games-439116/all-systems-brough-introduction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-lives-of-games-439116","url":"https://eggplant.show/all-systems-brough-introduction","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thespelunkyshowlike/Eggplant_Year_of_Brough_Episode_0__Overview.mp3?dest-id=790494","summary":"We're joined by Frank Lantz (Q-UP) and Mare Sheppard + Raigan Burns of Metanet (N++) for the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough. We share our thoughts on why Michael's oeuvre demands a deep dive, add some historical context, and share the plan for the year ahead. We also introduce a (final?) rebrand to the podcast! Next episode: 868-HACK (it's also recommended that you start playing Vesper.5 now to prepare for later) (Tentative) Episode/play order: 868-HACK Vertex Dispenser Zaga-33 Vesper.5 Corrypt Kompendium (plus digital archiving of O) BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS Helix (plus SMESPORT) Imbroglio Cinco Paus P1 Select (plus Quinzena maybe?) & Broughlike Game Jam Games 868-BACK (caveat: still in development) Audio edited by Dylan Shumway Discussed in this episode: Michael Brough's Website https://www.smestorp.com/ Michael O'Blivion's Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@michael_oblivion Flock https://annapurnainteractive.com/en/games/flock Wilmot's Warehouse Boardgame https://www.cmyk.games/products/wilmot Q-UP https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/QUP/ Donkeyspace (Frank's Substack) https://franklantz.substack.com/ The Beauty of Games https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552950/the-beauty-of-games/ Metanet Software https://www.metanetsoftware.com/about-us N++ https://nplusplus.org/ PRACTICE 2015: Mare Sheppard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBCDeMl4VwY FTL https://subsetgames.com/ftl.html Sylvie's Games https://sylvie.website/ A wild start, 41 points with no artifacts! (Cinco Paus LP ep 1) by vivafringe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-8xXBwAdG4 Droqen's website https://www.droqen.com/ Raigan's bluesky (will give away free copies of Cinco Paus on Christmas!) https://bsky.app/profile/raiganburns.…","meta_description":"We're joined by Frank Lantz (Q-UP) and Mare Sheppard + Raigan Burns of Metanet (N++) for the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7301,"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-introduction/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-introduction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}