2026's Fantasy Masterpiece Took 8 Years, 4 Attempts, and 1 Disco Elysium

About this episode

This episode dissects the game Disco Elysium and explores the conversion of tabletop RPGs into video games.

Show Notes and Bonus Episodes Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.games Get weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5 INCOGNI Deal: To get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan, go to incogni.com/postgames This week on Post Games: Act 1: Dissecting Disco Elysium, Organ by Organ Act 2: Converting Tabletop RPGs into Video Game Nirvana Patreon Bonus: All You Have to Do Is Write a Million Words Act 3: The News of the Week Guests: Christoffer Bodegård: writer and developer, Esoteric Ebb Nathan Grayson: co-founder and reporter, Aftermath.site Closing Song: “Battle Beneath the Crust” by Marskye (Dosa Divas) Art & Music: Logo and show art by James Bareham Theme by Mark Sparling See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Chris Plante

Guests: Christoffer Bodegård, Nathan Grayson

Topics covered

• Disco Elysium
• Tabletop RPGs
• Video Games
• Game Development
• Gaming News

Keywords

• Disco Elysium
• RPG
• video games
• game development
• gaming news
• tabletop games
• interview

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Post Games, Aftermath.site

Books & works: Disco Elysium

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