We're joined by droqen (The End of Gameplay, Starseed Pilgrim), Liz Ryerson (musician, writer, podcaster), and Harry Lee Shang Lun (Earthrise One) for the third title in our year of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough: Kompendium.

This episode: Kompendium

Next Month: Zaga-33

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.

Discussed in this episode:

Kompendium
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/06/kompendium.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/

Liz's talk at boshi's place (Brooklyn, NYC | February 19th, 2026)
https://boshis.place/events/26-02-20-boshi-s-lecture-series-presents-liz-ryerson
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2702430653

Harry's work
https://hellothisismy.website/work/

Kompendium IGF judge feedback
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/04/kompendium-igf-feedback.html

Mutual learning blog post
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/04/mutual-learning-aesthetic-for.html

Metagaming: Playing, Competing, Spectating, Cheating, Trading, Making, and Breaking Videogames by Stephanie Boluk and Patrick LeMieux
https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816687169/metagaming/

Multicolor Alien Olympic
https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2970

Glitch Tank
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2011/12/glitch-tank.html

Being good at Glitch Tank blog post
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2013/05/being-good-at-glitch-tank.html

At a Distance by Terry Cavanagh
https://distractionware.com/atadistance/

Brough on iOS sale numbers
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/06/ios-sale-numbers.html

Garbage In, Garbage Out
https://jonathanwhiting.com/games/garbagein/press.html

Exuberant Struggle
http://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2011/02/exuberant-struggle.html

Brough writing on zero sum nature of 1v1 games
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2011/10/two-player-lessons.html

TIGSource Versus Competition
https://www.tigsource.com/versus-competition/

TIGSource Versus Competition Rules
https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=17083.0

TIGSource Versus Competition 2011 Voting
https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=18424.0

TIGSource Versus Competition 2011 Winner (0space by Beau)
https://www.tigsource.com/2011/03/31/tigcompo-winner-0space/

0space itch download
https://teknopants.itch.io/0space

Jesus vs Dinosaurs
https://grapefrukt.itch.io/jesus-vs-dinosaurs

The Impossible Reversal by Peter McDonald
https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517916220/the-impossible-reversal/

Run and Jump: The Meaning of the 2D Platformer
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547390/run-and-jump/

A Is To B As B Is To C
https://bocpages.org/wiki/A_Is_To_B_As_B_Is_To_C

Chesh
https://www.damiansgames.com/chesh

Brough's blog post about O
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/10/o.html

Brough on the new year (circa 2012)
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-cleansing.html

Side By Side S1 E3: Kompendium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWScEl_DbpM

Earthrise One
https://www.earthrise.one/

Miscellaneous Two Player iPad Games
https://eriksvedang.wordpress.com/shoot/
https://rustymoyher.com/press/bloop/

https://secretlives.games/

https://discord.gg/tslog

https://www.patreon.com/tslog

https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow