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.…

Keith Burgun Blog

12.11.2024

A new name for the RPG: “THROUGH BROKEN LAND” – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Hi all! I just wanted to let you know that my RPG I’ve been working on for the last couple of years, which I had been referring to as “Free Tiya Bannet”, now has an official name:…

Keith Burgun Blog

02.11.2024

Final Fantasy, Consensual Play and more with Kathleen Morrissey – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

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 …

Keith Burgun Blog

24.10.2024

Final Fantasy, dark patterns and more with Dr. Rachel Kowert – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

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 youtu…

Keith Burgun Blog

09.10.2024

Interview with game marketing expert Ryan Rigney – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

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 R…

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18.09.2024

My Final Fantasy 16 Review – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Over the last few years, I have went through a lot of the Final Fantasy series. I have recently beat 5, 9, 10, 13, 13-2, Remake and Rebirth (which I reviewed here), and I also played a lot of almos…

Keith Burgun Blog

09.07.2024

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

Above is an early screenshot of our combat system in the prototype for Free Tiya Bannet, which is coming along smoothly. The incredible UI art was just freshly finished by our artist, Wizbane, and …

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29.04.2024

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

I played Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Overall, I want to first say: it’s really cool! In general, I liked it. Here’s a list of pros and cons. Also, I’ve decided to make this article S…

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20.04.2024

The Spellstorm Kickstarter is LIVE! – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

I realized I haven’t actually posted about it since it went live, but the Kickstarter for SPELLSTORM is now live! Please spread the link around and show your support, here:

Keith Burgun Blog

20.04.2024

5 things that make Spellstorm really cool – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

The Kickstarter has LAUNCHED! Make sure to go check it out, and spread the word! You might be wondering, “hey wait a second… why should I care about Spellstorm?” Here’s five…

Keith Burgun Blog

15.04.2024

Spellstorm’s Breakthrough Rule – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

While it is occasionally possible to have a design come together right away, there are times when you need to toil over a design for some time before something changes, and only then will the syste…

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09.04.2024

Spellstorm Character Profiles: Croh Vosh – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Narratively speaking, Croh Vosh is probably the most important character in the game. At the end of Gem Wizards Tactics, the Omni-Gem was destroyed. This was a great thing for those battling the op…

Keith Burgun Blog

05.04.2024

Spellstorm Character Profiles: Bunny Wizard – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

With the Kickstarter right around the corner, today I’d love to introduce you to my favorite friend in the Spellstorm cast: Bunny Wizard! Bunny is a very positive and optimistic guy. B…

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31.03.2024

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

Hey all. Today I wanted to talk about the SKILL GRID for my upcoming RPG, and talk about how it interacts with playable characters. I also give an update on some of the games I’m playing. Enj…

Keith Burgun Blog

27.03.2024

Spellstorm hits Kickstarter on April 17! – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Big news: the Spellstorm Kickstarter campaign will be launching on April 17th, 2024. If you’re not already signed up to get notified, make sure to click the button over here at Kickstarter. L…

Keith Burgun Blog

20.03.2024

What is an RPG? – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

I decided to make a word cloud that lays out some of the associations between certain qualities of a game, and the term “RPG”. Check it out, and let me know what you think.

Keith Burgun Blog

14.03.2024

Outside, Dungeon, Town: integrating the Three Places in Videogames – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Videogames, at least the kind I’m talking about (RPGs, adventure kinds of somewhat narrative videogames, Zelda games, Elden Ring, etc), have essentially three “places”: Outside &#…

Keith Burgun Blog

13.03.2024

Introducing: the Bannet Bulletin! – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

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…

Keith Burgun Blog

31.12.2023

Strategy games should always be moving toward their conclusion – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

One of the principles that has been important to me over the years, which I have talked about a lot, is the idea that strategy games should always be moving toward their conclusion. In a way, this …

Keith Burgun Blog

26.11.2023

The RPG Report, and the worst things in RPGs – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Hey all! Today I have a new episode where I’m going to be talking about two things. First, I’m going to report on a bunch of RPGs that I’ve been playing or trying out, and give my…

Keith Burgun Blog

11.11.2023

Single Player Elo Systems – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

This isn’t a full article, just something that I wanted to make a note about and talk briefly about. A bunch of years ago, I wrote an article about Auro’s single player Elo system. The …

Keith Burgun Blog

08.11.2023

I’m making an RPG! – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

(Above: some WIP pixel art from Wizbane) You might have noticed I’ve been writing about and playing a lot of RPGs recently. Starting somewhere in 2020, I started this huge dive into the Final…

Keith Burgun Blog

20.09.2023

It should’ve been Donkey Kong Racing – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Feels like a “rare” few know about what an incredible game Diddy Kong Racing is. I mean, if you’re looking for a light, social party game, one where groups of players of vastly di…

Keith Burgun Blog

11.05.2023

RPG Questions, and Trails in the Sky FC – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Hi all! Today I have a nice podcast episode, all about RPGs and RPG design! I feel like I have a lot to say here, and I do dare say that I am slowly, slowly pursuing becoming some kind of crazy exp…

Keith Burgun Blog

27.04.2023

Spellstorm – Dev Diary #3 – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Hi everyone! It’s been a few months since I wrote about Spellstorm, my new deckbuilding card game. As I wrote about a few months ago, the game took a huge turn somewhere around December, and …

Keith Burgun Blog

11.04.2023

Secrets in Videogames – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

As I’ve gone through the Final Fantasy series recently, it’s notable that the games used to have secrets, and now, they pretty much don’t anymore. Somewhere in the late 90s, and c…

Keith Burgun Blog

28.01.2023

Why I’m bailing on Yakuza: Like a Dragon – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

I’m about 27-ish hours into Yakuza: Like a Dragon. I’ve only ever played a bit of Yakuza 0 before this. I thought the writing was good (great, for a videogame) but the actual combat I f…

Keith Burgun Blog

11.01.2023

Clockwork Game Design Podcast – Episode #94 – 2022 wrap-up – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Hey all! This is kind of a “bonus episode” of sorts, only 30 minutes long. Here’s some of the topics covered: A bit of navel gazing about my own theory and approach to games and h…

Keith Burgun Blog

04.01.2023

A dramatic design shift for Spellstorm – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Back in September, I introduced people to my upcoming card game, Spellstorm. The initial plan was to launch a Kickstarter in February of 2023, but back in early December I realized we were going to…

Keith Burgun Blog

08.12.2022

Marvel Snap is a testament to the power of ruleset design – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

About a month or so ago, Marvel Snap was launched. At first, I was very skeptical: not only was this a CCG, but also it’s a mobile gacha game, but ALSO it’s some Marvel IP thing? The od…

Keith Burgun Blog

30.11.2022

Giving up on the “1P Strategy Game” – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

I’ve long had this vision of the “1P (one player) digital strategy game”: a system that you can play over and over again, that has a match structure with a win/loss outcome, that …

Keith Burgun Blog

30.11.2022

Diablo: Immortal and Aesthetic Gacha-ism – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Above is a reddit post complaining about the moral and ethical problems with gacha games. This is very valid and I share these concerns. However, in the USA anyways, we can’t even pass…

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30.11.2022

Gem Wizards Tactics Post-Mortem – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

I can’t believe it’s been 16 months since I originally launched Gem Wizards Tactics already. I mean, part of why I can’t believe that is that for almost a full year after the laun…

Keith Burgun Blog

30.11.2022

The case for Hearthstone Battlegrounds ending after 4 eliminations – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Hey all! This is just a short little article where I will try to make the case for why I think Hearthstone: Battlegrounds (which I’ve gotten back into now that the Buddies system has been rem…

Keith Burgun Blog

30.11.2022

Clockwork Game Design Podcast – The Final Fantasy Episode – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Hi all! It’s been awhile since the last episode. This year I got married and went on my honeymoon, so things have been kind of crazy. But now, they’re sort of going back to normal. Over…

Keith Burgun Blog

30.11.2022

First look at SPELLSTORM! – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Hey y’all! I’ve been working extremely hard this year on Spellstorm (among other projects) – so much so that I sort of forgot to write something about it here on my blog, I’…

Keith Burgun Blog

30.11.2022

The three most important qualities in an RPG – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

I tend to think that “genres” in videogames are believed in, or thought to be real in a way that is massively over-stated. Games can manifest in a billion different ways that are still …

Keith Burgun Blog

30.11.2022

Strategy Can Be Fun on our own DRAGON BRIDGE – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Today Brett Lowey and I discuss DRAGON BRIDGE, my two player bumping card game. It’s a weird game for me, in a bunch of ways. For one thing, it was my first published tabletop game. But also,…

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30.11.2022

Strategy Can Be Fun – Soren Johnson on OLD WORLD – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Today I bring you one of the world’s more renowned strategy videogame designers – the designer of Civilization IV, one of the most beloved in the series (probably my favorite one still)…

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30.11.2022

Space Narratives: A Map Randomizer Denounces Map Randomization – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

I got my start in game design doing traditional Rogue-likes. My first game was 100 Rogues(now sadly rendered unplayable due to a combination of iOS updates and a long story involving legal rights),…

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“Progressive” games and neoliberal ideology with Austin Anderson – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

A new name for the RPG: “THROUGH BROKEN LAND” – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Final Fantasy, Consensual Play and more with Kathleen Morrissey – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Final Fantasy, dark patterns and more with Dr. Rachel Kowert – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Interview with game marketing expert Ryan Rigney – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

My Final Fantasy 16 Review – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

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

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

The Spellstorm Kickstarter is LIVE! – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

5 things that make Spellstorm really cool – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Spellstorm’s Breakthrough Rule – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Spellstorm Character Profiles: Croh Vosh – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Spellstorm Character Profiles: Bunny Wizard – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

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

Spellstorm hits Kickstarter on April 17! – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

What is an RPG? – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Outside, Dungeon, Town: integrating the Three Places in Videogames – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Introducing: the Bannet Bulletin! – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Strategy games should always be moving toward their conclusion – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

The RPG Report, and the worst things in RPGs – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Single Player Elo Systems – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

I’m making an RPG! – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

It should’ve been Donkey Kong Racing – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

RPG Questions, and Trails in the Sky FC – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Spellstorm – Dev Diary #3 – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Secrets in Videogames – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Why I’m bailing on Yakuza: Like a Dragon – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Clockwork Game Design Podcast – Episode #94 – 2022 wrap-up – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

A dramatic design shift for Spellstorm – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Marvel Snap is a testament to the power of ruleset design – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Giving up on the “1P Strategy Game” – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Diablo: Immortal and Aesthetic Gacha-ism – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Gem Wizards Tactics Post-Mortem – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

The case for Hearthstone Battlegrounds ending after 4 eliminations – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Clockwork Game Design Podcast – The Final Fantasy Episode – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

First look at SPELLSTORM! – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

The three most important qualities in an RPG – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Strategy Can Be Fun on our own DRAGON BRIDGE – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Strategy Can Be Fun – Soren Johnson on OLD WORLD – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

Space Narratives: A Map Randomizer Denounces Map Randomization – KEITH BURGUN GAMES

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