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Ally and Michelle spend today’s episode reviewing a few games found on Steam’s ‘Going Rogue’ sale - as well as reviewing the sale itself! Something popular and nontraditional paired with something traditional that we’ve never seen mentioned anywhere else, what could be a more perfect combo?

Hah! Ally gets to write one of these. Join us for defenestrating action as Michelle and I dive out a window and into the space heist action roguelike Heat Signature! This may well be one of the most fun games we've ever talked about.

It’s time for another Off Rogue! It’s been a while! Off Rogue is the segment of En Rogue where Ally and Michelle talk about topics bigger than a single game. Today, we talk about roguelike elements in non-roguelike games (in particular, Death Loop) and media properties that cross genres, or even mediums! Michelle talks a bit too much about Warhammer 40K in there.

Ally and Michelle take on one of the quirkiest and most interesting roguelikes released in the early 2010’s. Combining elements of tower defense, pausable real-time combat, and party mechanics, Dungeon of the Endless manages to be one of the few examples of whatever kind of roguelike it is! DotElikes? Let’s call it Dotelikes.

And we’re back! After an unexpectedly long break, En Rogue Studios is here to bring you Season 2, episode 1, or something like that. Ally and Michelle talk about TWO games, Joeri’s deck-building roguelike Cantrip and Michael Brough’s 868 Hack.

Ally and Michelle are joined by guest host James D’Amato to discuss our first mobile roguelike - Pixel Dungeon! Join us as we delve deep into the dungeons below on our quest to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor. Wait, haven’t we done this before?

Ally and Michelle interview Caelyn Sandel, indie author, game designer, and additional writer and designer for Caves of Qud. It went one hell of a lot longer than expected, and we are all enriched for the experience. Topics discussed include, but are not limited to: narrative design, writing plots in an interactive space, queer themes in Caves of Qud, and the death cult nature of fascism!

This is legitimately one of the best conversations we have ever taken part of. Give it a listen.

Michelle usually writes these and they're in the hospital this week (and are expected to make a full recovery). In the meantime, join us for our amazing Caves of Qud episode! This is genuinely one of the best roguelikes out there, folks, and we have a ton of fun talking about it.

Sorry for the delays on this one, it's been a very unexpected week.

Michelle usually writes these but she's asleep! Join us as we reflect on Roguelike Celebration and talk about Inscryption, ARGs, and where art intertwines with reality!

Find our Roguelike Celebration talk at: https://youtu.be/6JjEXyfXt3U

Ally and Michelle rock their way to Valhalla in BPM: Bullets Per Minute. BPM rounds off our set of episodes focusing on Doom and games that evoke it. BPM managed to elude much of our research efforts, but we can tell you one thing: it’s one Helheim of a good time.

Look, it’s at least a lot better than that pun.