All Systems Brough - Zaga-33

All Systems Brough - Zaga-33

Author: The Secret Lives of Games April 1, 2026 Duration: 1:35:06

We're joined by Chris Plante (Besties, Post Games), Hayden "Docky" Scott-Baron (Planet Coaster), and Rand Hall (voicemailer extraordinaire, Zaga-33 guide writer) for the fourth title in our year of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough: Zaga-33. 

This episode: Zaga-33

Next Month: Corrypt (and Lost Levels)

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.

Discussed in this episode:

Zaga-33
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/04/zaga-33.html 

868-BACK (Next Fest demo on February 23rd, 2026!)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/868BACK/ 

Michael Brough's Website
https://www.smestorp.com/ 

The Besties
https://www.themcelroy.family/podcasts/besties/ 

Post Games
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711 

Rand's Zaga-33 Guide
https://discord.com/channels/690388280767807518/1442555333091262566/1475568523018371295 

Drop7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop7 

Desert Golfing
https://store.steampowered.com/app/757040/Desert_Golfing/ 

7 Day Roguelike (7DRL) version of Zaga-33
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/03/7drl-zaga-33.html

Assorted comments on Zaga-33
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/05/zaga-33-assorted-comments.html

Blog about scoring in games
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/05/score-comment-threads-dominant.html

Brick101 Review of all 36 combo powers in Zaga-33
https://brick101.com/reviewing-all-36-combo-powers-in-zaga-33/

Blog about iOS sale numbers
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/06/ios-sale-numbers.html

Follow-up blog on iOS sales numbers
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/06/because-we-may-results.html

Blog on zaga, score, expressivity, and personality
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/08/zaga-score-expressivity-personality.html

Blog on creating advancement in roguelikes
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/03/7drl-day-2.html

7 Day Roguelike website
https://7drl.com/

PRACTICE 2013: Michael Brough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4iswqa8r-Q

 

https://secretlives.games/ 

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https://www.patreon.com/tslog

https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow 

 


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