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En Rogue is a podcast about roguelikes. Join roguelike veterans Ally Brinken and Michelle Webb as they dive deep into well-known staples and seven-day darlings while bringing personal insight and commentary. Each episode features a critical analysis of games that spark Ally and Michelle’s interest from historical or gameplay merits.

Michelle Webb, Ally Brinken


    • May 10, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 1m AVG DURATION
    • 28 EPISODES


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    Episode 25: On Parasite & Peglin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 46:43


    Follow Blind at https://www.youtube.com/c/BLindiRL Find Parasite at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1920320/Parasite/ Find Peglin at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/ You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 24: On Heat Signature

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 80:16


    Find Heat Signature on Steam Here: Heat Signature on Steam (steampowered.com)You can find Ally and Michelle on Twitter @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can find the show on Twitter @EnRoguePod. You can e-mail the show at EnRogue@pm.me

    Episode 23: Where We're Going We Don't Need Rogues

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 70:03


    You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 22: On Dungeon of the Endless

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 57:56


    Find Dungeon of the Endless at https://store.steampowered.com/app/249050/Dungeon_of_the_ENDLESS/You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 21: On Cantrip & 868-HACK

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 68:57


    Find Cantrip here: https://bakkerjoeri.itch.io/cantrip Find 868 Hack at https://store.steampowered.com/app/274700/868HACK/ or on the app store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/868-hack/id635749911 Do you like this format for En Rogue? Send us some feedback! You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 20: On Pixel Dungeon with James D'Amato

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 81:56


    Y'all, James is an awesome and you should absolutely check out his work.Buy James' books!PRE ORDER The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide II: https://bit.ly/ultimatebackstory2Ultimate RPG Boxed Set: https://www.target.com/p/the-ultimate-rpg-guide-boxed-set-by-james-d-amato-paperback/-/A-84615624?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFIDThe Ultimate RPG Game Master's Worldbuilding Guide: https://bit.ly/rpgworldbuildingThe Ultimate Micro RPG Book: https://bit.ly/ultimatemicrorpgThe Ultimate RPG Gameplay Guide: http://bit.ly/ultimategameplayThe Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide : https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-RPG-Character-Backstory-Guide/dp/1507208375/Listen to James' podcasts!: http://oneshotpodcast.com/Follow James on Twitter @OneShotRPGListen to Evan Debenham's talk at Roguelike Celebration 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMWQIdfCgQgYou can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me (edited)

    Episode 19: Caelyn Sandel Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 107:33


    Support Caelyn's Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/inurashiiRead Caelyn's stories and play Caelyn's games at https://inurashii.itch.io/ Selected works:Glimpses From Elsewhere (Collected Microfiction) https://inurashii.itch.io/glimpses-from-elsewhereLight My Way Home (interactive fiction) https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=6yfiv4b8agk38rmbTraveler (interactive fiction): https://inurashii.itch.io/travelerThe Skeleton Key of Ambady (interactive fiction) https://inurashii.itch.io/skeleton-key Find Jason Grinblat's talk “Caves of Qud: A Decade of Worldbuilding” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRKeXe-BcbcLight Novelber 2021 can be found, belatedly, here: https://itch.io/jam/lightnovelber2021

    Episode 18: On Caves of Qud

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 93:21


    Find Caves of Qud here: https://www.cavesofqud.com/Find Jason's talk from the most recent Roguelike Celebration here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvCky6BbTuE

    Episode 17: Off Rogue - Convention, Inscryption, and ARGs, Oh My!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 42:25


    You can find Inscryption here: https://www.inscryption.com/If you missed us at roguelike celebration, check out our video here: https://youtu.be/6JjEXyfXt3U

    Episode 16: On BPM

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 51:28


    You can find BPM: Bullets Per Minute here: https://www.bulletsperminute.com/ You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 15: On Jupiter Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 60:02


    Find Jupiter Hell here: https://jupiterhell.com/Check out the Episode of Roguelike Radio we mentioned here: http://www.roguelikeradio.com/2016/11/episode-130-jupiter-hell-successor-to.htmlYou can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 14: Off Rogue - We're DOOMed

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 62:55


    Find details and buy tickets for Roguelike Celebration (October 16th and 17th, 2021) here: https://roguelike.club/Check our Boyfriend Dungeon at the official site here: https://www.boyfrienddungeon.com/And get Doom at...wait...are we- are we really telling people how to get Doom in 2021? Check it out on Steam here (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2280/Ultimate_Doom/) or look for it on GamePass.You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 13: On Into the Breach

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 50:30


    You can buy Into the Breach here: https://subsetgames.com/itb.htmlYou can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 12: On FTL: Faster Than Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 68:48


    You can buy FTL: Faster Than Light here: https://subsetgames.com/ftl.htmlYou can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Minisode: Under the Alpaca

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 13:22


    Hey listeners! Join us for a mini sized episode where we talk about moving and reveal the plan for the next two games we review!

    Episode 11: Off Rogue - A Very Special Offrogueisode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 60:08


    Luke Winkie's “People who argue about the definition of roguelikes are annoying, but what if they're right?”: https://www.pcgamer.com/people-who-argue-about-the-definition-of-roguelikes-are-annoying-but-what-if-theyre-right/Read Darren Grey's full interview responses to that article here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJozHbuaaPnE4Sg-blshNZ3GQZcUT63PKhRzgI5fSpg/editYou can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 10: On Angband and Variants

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 66:10


    You can find Angband at https://rephial.org/You can find Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories" at https://archive.org/details/on-fairy-stories

    Minisode - Life & E3 Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 9:35


    A quick message from Michelle and Ally along with reactions to some cool PC stuff from E3. Follow us on Twitter @EnRoguePod for life and show updates!

    Episode 9 - En ToME

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 68:53


    You can play Tales of Middle Earth, Angband, and a whole host of other games at https://angband.live/You can find Tales of Maj'Eyal at https://te4.org/DarkGod's patreon can be found at https://www.patreon.com/darkgodoneYou can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Minisode - We React to "The Best Roguelike Games"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 20:44


    The article, by Mitchell Saltzman, can be found here: https://www.ign.com/articles/top-10-roguelikes

    Episode 8 - Off Rogue - Returnal to the Game Discourse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 49:17


    Find Returnal at https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/returnal/Find Ana Valens's article ‘Itch.io is not the NSFW, LGBTQ safe haven you think it is' at https://www.dailydot.com/irl/itchio-nsfw-lgbtq-gamees/You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 7 - On The Binding of Isaac

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 85:31


    Find The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and all of its expansions at: https://store.steampowered.com/app/250900/The_Binding_of_Isaac_Rebirth/You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 6: On Loop Hero

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 59:37


    Find Loop Hero at https://www.loophero.com/You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 5: On Unreal World

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 75:49


    Find UnReal World at http://www.unrealworld.fi/You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 4: Off Rogue - Wibbly Squibbles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 67:25


    No notes!En Rogue is hosted by Ally Brinken and Michelle Webb.You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 3: On Spelunky

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 71:09


    Information for this episode was drawn from “Spelunky”, published by Boss Fight BooksYou can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. You can email us at enrogue@pm.me

    Episode 2: On ADOM

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 88:40


    This episode drew information from The Improved ADOM Guidebook.You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively. Email us at EnRogue@pm.me

    Episode 1: On Rogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 38:32


    This episode drew information from Glenn Wichman's "A Brief History of Rogue" and "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom" by Michael Toy and Kenneth Arnold.You can follow the En Rogue podcast on Twitter @EnRoguePod and you can find Ally and Michelle @AllyBrinken and @WebbWeaves respectively

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