The Clockwork Game Design Podcast

The Clockwork Game Design Podcast
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A show about games and game design by Keith Burgun.

  1. 11/04/2025

    Gamefulness, and farewell to the Clockwork Game Design Podcast!

    It has been an amazing ten years! Thank you to everyone who listened! This is a short episode where I just talk a little bit about where I’m at, and why I’m deciding to end the Clockwork Game Design Podcast. Thank you to all of the amazing guests – DOZENS of them – over the […]

  2. 21/11/2024

    “Progressive” games and neoliberal ideology with Austin Anderson

    Hi all! Today I have a fascinating conversation with the brilliant Austin Anderson, who is I think the last of the guests that I’ll have on the show from the Alt-F4 conference (along with Dr. Rachel Kowert and Kathleen Morrissey). In this conversation we talk about a bunch of AAA games, such as Detroit Become […]

  3. 01/11/2024

    Final Fantasy, Consensual Play and more with Kathleen Morrissey

    Hi everyone! I come to you with another great conversation, with another super cool person that I met at the Alt-F4: Rebooting Community After Gamergate conference: Kathleen Morrissey. Kathleen is working on a PhD in computational media over at Worchester Polytechnic Institute, she’s done all kinds of awesome academic stuff on the subjects of games, […]

  4. 23/10/2024

    Final Fantasy, dark patterns and more with Dr. Rachel Kowert

    Hi all! today I have a wide ranging conversation with Dr. Rachel Kowert, a researcher who studies the effects of games and also discusses a wide range of other pop culture topics, through her youtube channel Psychgeist. She’s written and contributed to a lot of books (including a Psychgeist series, spoken at numerous events including […]

  5. 08/10/2024

    Interview with game marketing expert Ryan Rigney

    Hi all! The Clockwork Game Design Podcast has re-taken-over its own podcast space from the Bannet Bulletin for a week, to share with you this exciting conversation I just had with my old pal Ryan Rigney. His first published game, Fast Fast Laser Laser, is actually a game that I did all of the artwork […]

  6. 09/07/2024

    Bannet Bulletin Ep. 3 – Introducing the Impulse Combat System (and more)

    Above is an early screenshot of our combat system in the prototype for Through Broken Land, which is coming along smoothly. The incredible UI art was just freshly finished by our artist, Wizbane, and oh my god I love it! Anyway, today I’m talking about our Impulse System, which is the core of the FF13-inspired […]

  7. 30/03/2024

    Bannet Bulletin Ep. 2 – The Skill Grid, Characters, and a game update

    Hey all. Today I wanted to talk about the SKILL GRID for my upcoming RPG Through Broken Land, and talk about how it interacts with playable characters. I also give an update on some of the games I’m playing. Enjoy! Don’t forget: you can support my work by going to www.patreon.com/keithburgun and becoming a patron! […]

    33 min

  8. 12/03/2024

    Introducing: the Bannet Bulletin!

    Hello all and welcome to the first episode of the Bannet Bulletin! It’s still the Clockwork Game Design Podcast feed, but for awhile I’m going to do a series of shorter podcast episodes that talk about what is going on and what I’m thinking about with the RPG I’m making. This episode is an overview […]

    29 min
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