<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;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!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next episode: 868-HACK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; (it's also recommended that you start playing Vesper.5 now to prepare for later)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"&gt;(Tentative) Episode/play order:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;868-HACK&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Vertex Dispenser&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Zaga-33&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Vesper.5&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Corrypt&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Kompendium (plus digital archiving of O)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Helix (plus SMESPORT)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Imbroglio&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Cinco Paus&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;P1 Select (plus Quinzena maybe?) &amp; Broughlike Game Jam Games&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;868-BACK (caveat: still in development)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Audio edited by Dylan Shumway&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discussed in this episode:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Michael Brough's Website&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.smestorp.com/"&gt;https://www.smestorp.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Michael O'Blivion's Youtube Channel&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@michael_oblivion"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/@michael_oblivion&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Flock&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://annapurnainteractive.com/en/games/flock"&gt;https://annapurnainteractive.com/en/games/flock&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Wilmot's Warehouse Boardgame&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.cmyk.games/products/wilmot"&gt;https://www.cmyk.games/products/wilmot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Q-UP&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/QUP/"&gt;https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/QUP/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Donkeyspace (Frank's Substack)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://franklantz.substack.com/"&gt;https://franklantz.substack.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;The Beauty of Games&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552950/the-beauty-of-games/"&gt;https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552950/the-beauty-of-games/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Metanet Software&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.metanetsoftware.com/about-us"&gt;https://www.metanetsoftware.com/about-us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;N++&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://nplusplus.org/"&gt;https://nplusplus.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;PRACTICE 2015: Mare Sheppard&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBCDeMl4VwY"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBCDeMl4VwY&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;FTL&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://subsetgames.com/ftl.html"&gt;https://subsetgames.com/ftl.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Sylvie's Games&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sylvie.website/"&gt;https://sylvie.website/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;A wild start, 41 points with no artifacts! (Cinco Paus LP ep 1) by vivafringe&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-8xXBwAdG4"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-8xXBwAdG4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Droqen's website&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.droqen.com/"&gt;https://www.droqen.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Raigan's bluesky (will give away free copies of Cinco Paus on Christmas!)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/raiganburns.bsky.social"&gt;https://bsky.app/profile/raiganburns.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Q-UP OST&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://kariomart.bandcamp.com/album/q-up-ost"&gt;https://kariomart.bandcamp.com/album/q-up-ost&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;868-HACK (Steam)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://store.steampowered.com/app/274700/868HACK/"&gt;https://store.steampowered.com/app/274700/868HACK/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Vesper.5 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/08/vesper5.html"&gt;https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/08/vesper5.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@thesecretlivesofgames"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/@thesecretlivesofgames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://discord.com/invite/tslog"&gt;https://discord.com/invite/tslog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/tslog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Secret Lives of Games

The Secret Lives of Games

All Systems Brough - Introduction

NOV 21, 2025121 MIN
The Secret Lives of Games

All Systems Brough - Introduction

NOV 21, 2025121 MIN

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 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:

  1. 868-HACK

  2. Vertex Dispenser

  3. Zaga-33

  4. Vesper.5

  5. Corrypt

  6. Kompendium (plus digital archiving of O)

  7. BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS

  8. Helix (plus SMESPORT)

  9. Imbroglio

  10. Cinco Paus

  11. P1 Select (plus Quinzena maybe?) & Broughlike Game Jam Games

  12. 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.bsky.social

Q-UP OST

https://kariomart.bandcamp.com/album/q-up-ost

868-HACK (Steam)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/274700/868HACK/

Vesper.5

https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/08/vesper5.html

https://www.youtube.com/@thesecretlivesofgames

https://discord.com/invite/tslog

https://www.patreon.com/tslog