Roguelike Radio

Andrew Doull, Darren Grey, Ido Yehieli etc.

Roguelike Radio is a podcast dedicated to roguelikes. We'll be discussing old favourites like NetHack, Angband, Dungeon Crawl and Adom as well as newer releases and less well known gems.

  • Episode 170: Critical Play
    Darren Grey, Andrew Doull and Rob Parker discuss design analysis of games during play.
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    25 January 2026, 9:27 pm
  • Roguelike Radio episode 169: Innovation
    Darren Grey and Mark Johnson discuss design of innovative mechanics in roguelikes.
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    28 December 2025, 8:08 am
  • Roguelike Radio episode 168: Jank
    Darren Grey, Andrew Doull and Rob Parker discuss the role of "jank" in games.
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    5 December 2025, 10:41 pm
  • Roguelike Radio ep 167: Designing for Mastery, with Josh Ge
    Darren with Josh Ge (aka Kyzrati) about Designing for Mastery and the latest in Cogmind development.
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    22 August 2025, 1:12 am
  • Roguelike Radio ep 166: Jupiter Hell Classic, with Kornel Kisielewicz
    Darren interviews Kornel Kisielewicz about his upcoming game Jupiter Hell Classic.
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    26 July 2025, 9:04 pm
  • Episode 165: Tabletop RPGs
    We discuss table top roleplaying games and how they have moved on from the inspiration for the original Rogue, with Marc Majcher, Sam Dunnewold and Andrew Doull.

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    11 June 2025, 4:44 pm
  • Episode 164: Roguelikes for classic home computers
    We discuss modern development for older home computers such as the Commodore-64, with Mark Johnson, Andrew Doull and Ricki Sickenger of Badgerpunch Games.

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    16 April 2025, 10:03 am
  • Episode 163: Interview with Tanya X Short
    Darren Grey interviews Tanya X Short, head of Kitfox Games.

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    26 March 2025, 11:06 pm
  • Episode 162: Balatro
    We discussed the kinda poker-themed and vaguely roguelike-ish game Balatro, with Darren Grey and Mark Johnson.

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    25 February 2025, 12:52 am
  • Episode 161: Caves of Qud 1.0
    Andrew Doull and Rob Parker interview Jason Grinblat and Brian Bucklew, creators of Caves of Qud, about the milestone 1.0 release of their game.

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    17 February 2025, 7:30 pm
  • Episode 160: Science Fiction
    We discuss the how science fiction intersects with the roguelike genre, with Darren Grey and Andrew Doull.

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    4 February 2025, 2:53 pm
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