Aura et Labora: symbols and ecology

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