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All Systems Brough - Imbroglio

Sep 15, 2026

We're joined by Nicole He (The Crush House, Kinlo Labs), Eddy Boxerman (Osmos, Karmaka, Broken Rules), and Noah Sasso (Sportsfriends, Iron Galaxy Studios) to discuss Imbroglio, a deck-building, grid-based, genre-defining brough-like. It’s the ninth installment in our yearlong special series exploring the work of...

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158: Moonlighting in the Dungeon with Mark Essen (Blood Dungeon)

Sep 4, 2026

We chat with Mark Essen (Nidhogg, Wheel World) about his "feverish bullet heaven platformer" Blood Dungeon. We discuss making a small game in the shadow of a bigger project, the constraints it takes to do it sanely, and building on the foundations of a nascent genre.

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