Explore every episode of the podcast Save Your Game
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| Episode 34 - Hugo's House of Horrors trilogy | 16 Oct 2024 | 02:02:52 | |
The first episode of the brand-new medical/dental advice podcast: Save Your Teeth! Call your Endodontist. Eat your allergy medicine. And don’t tell anyone we exist! The spookiest thing about this installment of spooky month is that we played these games at all. Matt and Roses review the Hugo’s House of Horror trilogy and a 1990’s 3D shoot ‘em up??? Also we talk about Phantom Fellows, some random 1990’s platform games, have a quick PlayDate with Matt, and some cool games pop up on our REVIEW EVERY ADVENTURE GAME segment! Email Us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 33 - Fran Bow | 09 Oct 2024 | 02:08:11 | |
Spooky Month takes a turn for the sad as we tackle a game about trauma, growing up, mental illness, and murder. Matt and Roses do a deep dive into Fran Bow. We also talk about some upcoming episodes and... a BOOK?! What are we, frickin nerds? Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 24 - Dreams in the Witch House | 24 Jul 2024 | 01:51:35 | |
IT'S BAKING TIME! Matt makes bad cookies and then Roses and Matt plan some really cool Stardew-themed Macarons. We briefly revisit the Detective Grimoire series and talk about Rise of the Golden Idol. Then we do a deep-dive into a game that captured the hell out of our imaginations: Dreams in the Witch House! PLUS A RETURN OF A BELOVED SEGMENT!!! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 23 - Tangle Tower | 17 Jul 2024 | 01:34:58 | |
Lets talk about guinea pigs for a while then too many Lorelais before we DEEP DIVE into TANGLE TOWER - a fun mystery game! And we talk about its predecessor Detective Grimoire and the demo for the third game in the series, The Mermaid Mask. It's, honestly?, just a good episode. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 22 - Q & A: New Teeth Edition | 10 Jul 2024 | 01:33:09 | |
Roses has new teeth and can't eat no potatoes, but she DID learn about a lot of games with an overwhelming number of cats. We take your questions about achievements, non-adventure game mechanics, console gaming, genre distinctions, Andrew Plotkin's Cruelty Scale, and much more! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 21 - The Dagger of Amon Ra | 03 Jul 2024 | 01:56:01 | |
Healthcare! World Hunger! Capitalism! Unfinished Games! Get ready for some R-A-N-T-S! "Aw, Man..." coming soon to NBC Also, we talk about Laura Bow: The Dagger of Amon Ra for an hour. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 20 - Audience Recommendations Vol. 2 | 26 Jun 2024 | 01:43:20 | |
After a week off, Matt and Roses are back fresh as... roses, I guess. After the contractually obligated Stardew Valley talk, we discuss four of YOUR AUDIENCE RECCOMENDATIONS! A Space for the Unbound, The Invincible, The Journeyman Project, and The Cat Lady! This leads to a deep discussion of the entire Harvester Games catalogue. YOUR TAKEAWAYS: 1) If you recommend us a game, guess which one of us it will appeal to more! 2) Email us your opinions on Harvester Games games. 3) Games: They're not just Pac-Man anymore. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 19.5 - THERE IS NO EPISODE | 19 Jun 2024 | 00:25:42 | |
Hey everyone, we're not doing an episode this week, so we just thought we'd throw you a quick episode to tell you how we're not doing an episode. So, sorry there is no episode, but here's an episode about that. And, while we were here, we thought, to apologize for not having an episode, we'd answer a few listener questions. In conclusion, there is no episode. So here is your episode about how there is, in fact, not an episode this week. Episode. | |||
| Episode 19 - Nightmare Frames and An English Haunting | 12 Jun 2024 | 01:46:48 | |
First, you should know: It's not Matt's fault. Second, you should know: PushingUpRoses is a chaotic force. Third, you should listen to us talk about video games. We talk a lot about games we WANT to play, but haven't, then we DEEP DIVE into both of the major releases from Postmodern Adventures. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 18 - Duck Detective and Harvester | 05 Jun 2024 | 01:54:04 | |
We all knew it was coming eventually. THE BIG TWO! Such a natural pairing of two pieces of media we probably don't even need to mention it. But we will. Matt and Roses play and talk about Duck Detective: The Secret Salami and Harvester. The 1996 FMV video game Harvester. The episode basically records itself. We also say goodbye to a dear, dear, dear, dear friend. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 17 - Moon Logic and Ashens | 29 May 2024 | 01:16:54 | |
PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp talk to Stuart Ashen (Ashens, of YouTube fame,) about moon logic and weird, unfair, bizarre, beautiful adventure game puzzles. Also, Matt played Lil' Guardsman. Ashens' talk on moon logic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7nk_Apf35A Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 16 - Animal Well, The Quarry, Stardew Valley, etcetera | 22 May 2024 | 01:23:21 | |
We went into this one with NO PLAN, folks. It's free-style nerding today on the old podcast. Matt played some cool games and finally hit up that Stardew Valley update. Roses talks about Home of the Underdogs and some of retro games we really didn't enjoy. Plus, some ranting about game preservation. Flashpoint: Infinity: https://flashpointarchive.org/downloads/ ScummVM: https://www.scummvm.org/ Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Discussed:
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| Episode 32 - Kings Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella & Paul Korman | 02 Oct 2024 | 01:51:53 | |
Guess what folks? The season of spookiness is upon us, and your spooky queen PushingUpRoses reins it in with Matt Aukamp, the real-life inspiration for Jack Skellington and their terrifying guest, Paul Korman – The Phantom Fellow himself. Paul talks to us about his newly-released game The Phantom Fellows (available on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1581490/The_Phantom_Fellows/and GOG https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_phantom_fellows) and other various things about adventure games in general. Then, we dive into the spooky-adjacent classic Sierra adventure Kings Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella Plus, PlayDate with Matt and ranking every adventure game ever! Absconded. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 15 - Disco Elysium, The Thaumaturge, and Francisco González | 15 May 2024 | 02:01:48 | |
Special guest Francisco González stops by and tells us a wild story about his new role playing hobby. Matt thinks Indika is weird and incredible. We talk for over an hour about how great Disco Elysium is, and then like 15 minutes about The Thaumaturge. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 14 - Q&A: Pollen Count Edition | 08 May 2024 | 01:41:34 | |
Roses falls in love with Disco Elysium and Matt goes frickin' ham discussing Marvel Midnight Suns. We take a ton of audience questions and discuss a variety of topics. Text Adventures, games that we hated after we loved but thought we'd hate, "That doesn't work!", genre distinctions in games, "The Power of Cheese", and an EXHAUSTIVE dissection of Detective Games. Michael's amazing fan art: https://imgur.com/a/KnLj7Wg Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
(btw these are relatively in order, but it's unlikely we'll ever go through the exhaustive work of putting timestamps on our YouTube videos, so... sorry about that. BUT if ya'll wanna do it in the comments, we'll shout you out on the show) Thanks for listening! | |||
| Episode 13 - Streaming Narrative Games and Cressup | 01 May 2024 | 01:20:00 | |
The charming and insightful Cressup joins Matt and PushingUpRoses to talk about the ethics and complexities of streaming narrative games. We talk about the finger puzzle in Monkey Island 2 a lot, a weird Greek FMV game, the creeping date range of “retro games” and just have a blast. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 12 - Return to Monkey Island | 24 Apr 2024 | 01:37:54 | |
The album of the year is finally out, and let us be the first to tell you that T.S. did NOT disappoint with her newest release, 3D MARIO. Best Nintendo-themed, 3-D album yet. We did not play Harold Halibut yet, but Matt did play an Adventure/RPG set in 1905 Poland and Roses played with her cat. We talk about Return to Monkey Island so much that we get kind of emotional? We also forgot to mention that we are part of the Adventure Game Hotspot Network, which you can find here: https://adventuregamehotspot.com/ Email Us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 11 – The Last Door | 17 Apr 2024 | 02:00:00 | |
In our LONGEST EPISODE YET Roses and Matt take on the monumental task of summarizing all of The Last Door. All 2 seasons. All 8 chapters. We also talk about Roses' birthday, April's amazing adventure game releases, BREAKING GOLDEN BACHELOR NEWS, kneecap tattoos, and an annoying podcast Matt listened to. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 10 - Pizza! and Hidden Object Games | 10 Apr 2024 | 01:12:42 | |
IT'S OUR TENTH EPISODIVERSARY! Thank you all for sticking with us. To celebrate, Matt and Roses buy each other pizza and talk about their not-so-guilty pleasure: HIDDEN OBJECT GAMES! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com HoliznaCC0's Bandcamp: https://holiznacc0.bandcamp.com/ Pizza pix: https://imgur.com/a/VAbPgiN Games Mentioned:
THANK YOU ALL FOR RATING/REVIEWING/LISTENING/EMAILING/SHARING/BEING AWESOME. | |||
| Episode 9 - Audience Recommendations! | 03 Apr 2024 | 01:21:24 | |
Matt and Roses review some of the games YOU, THE PEOPLE recommended to us! Also, Matt can't stop playing Marvel: Midnight Suns, and the new Stardew Valley update is out! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Every Folk Song episode on The Two Sisters: http://everyfolksong.libsyn.com/8-the-twa-sisters Games Discussed:
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| Episode 8 - Sam and Max Hit the Road | 27 Mar 2024 | 01:22:27 | |
We clamped down another podcast, everyone! Matt and Roses go all out, discussing the LucasArts classic: Sam and Max Hit the Road. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Discussed:
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| Episode 7 - Comedy and Alasdair Beckett-King | 20 Mar 2024 | 01:42:44 | |
This episode contains the terribly charming, hilarious, and otherwise multi-talented Alasdair Beckett-King. We talk about comedy in adventure games and a million other things. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Discussed:
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| Episode 6 - Failure, Death, and Losing | 13 Mar 2024 | 01:40:49 | |
Rose and Matt talk about the most fun games they've ever played before they launch into a long, philosophical discussion about how various adventure games have handled failure, game overs, unwinnable states, and death over the years. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com
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| Episode 31 - Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars | 25 Sep 2024 | 01:46:56 | |
Paris in the fall holds many memories for Matt and Roses. Memories of pushing their “woke” propaganda. Memories of pickles and olives. Before we do our DEEP DIVE into the classic GRAND ADVENTURE from Revolution Software, Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars, we talk about our new Stardew-like obsession with Fields of Mistria. Who is your new romance? Marsh? Celine? Well don’t touch!! Because they’re ours. And then, go f*** your selfie, because Matt has some more to say about Life is Strange. Then, we add 5 games to the ranked list of every adventure game ever. (Also, we learn some important and not at all silly things about Dark Grim Mariupolis. If anyone has any info, btw, let us know. https://donate.khpg.org/en/ ) Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 5 - Q & A: Pillow Fort Edition | 06 Mar 2024 | 01:11:44 | |
Our first Q&A episode! Matt is recording in a pillow fort from the floor of a hotel room in New Orleans. PUR is ignoring medical advice. We talk about walkthroughs, games for different types of intelligence, console games, modern VS traditional, the perils of nostalgia, Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games DIscussed (or just mentioned):
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| Episode 4 - The Excavation of Hob's Barrow | 28 Feb 2024 | 01:38:18 | |
Roses and Matt talk in depth about the Excavation of Hob's Barrow by Cloak and Dagger Games and Wadjet Eye, invent a new and incredible type of escape room, and then go on and on about their terribly millennial musical tastes. Email Us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Discussed:
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| Episode 3 - Next Fest and Julia Minamata | 21 Feb 2024 | 01:50:33 | |
After we successfully avoid talking about Stardew Valley, Roses and Matt talk about a megaton of Steam Next Fest demos that they played. Then, we talk to Julia Minamata about her upcoming game, The Crimson Diamond, and 1990s software piracy rings. Find Julia here: https://twitter.com/JuliaMinamata and wishlist The Crimson Diamond now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/ Email Us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Discussed (THERE ARE A LOT):
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| Episode 2 - 10 Essential Adventure Games | 14 Feb 2024 | 01:32:09 | |
Roses is playing Stardew and put the shorts in the soup! Also, Excavation of Hob's Barrow rules. Matt played Blood Nova and too many Next Fext demos (see next week). We list our Top 10 Most Essential Adventure games! Email us: MattandRoses@gmail.com Games Discussed:
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| Episode 1 - Hello! and Perfect Tides | 07 Feb 2024 | 01:25:12 | |
PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp introduce you to their brand new podcast: Save Your Game! We talk about how we got into adventure games, some of our favorites, and Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire. Then, we dig in deep on 2022's Perfect Tides. Email us: MattandRoses@gmail.com Games Discussed:
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| Episode 0 - Coming Soon! | 04 Feb 2024 | 00:03:02 | |
A new podcast from PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp about adventure games coming Wednesday 2/7. Watch this space! | |||
| Episode 30 - Audience Recommendations Vol. 3 | 18 Sep 2024 | 01:36:14 | |
Welcome in! PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp take your recommendations seriously! And they prove it by playing four of them and reviewing them in this episode: There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension, The Journey Down, Voodoo Detective, and Life is Strange. We also bring back some SPECIAL GUESTS for our RANKING EVERY ADVENTURE GAME segment. Email Us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 29 - Nostalgia and Dani and Bill from Escape This Podcast | 11 Sep 2024 | 01:43:43 | |
We're not here to fuck spiders, we're here to talk about Adventure Games with our brilliant and charming friends Dani and Bill from Escape This Podcast and the upcoming Rise of the Golden Idol! We talk about nostalgia and the way it colors – or does not color – our views of games, and just goof the hell around. So, I guess we were here to fuck spiders, after all. Find Escape This Podcast and Solve This Murder at https://www.consumethismedia.com/ The episode with Roses and Matt is here: https://www.escapethispodcast.com/e/big-top-trouble-ft-save-your-game/ Wishlist Rise of the Golden Idol on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/2716400/The_Rise_of_the_Golden_Idol/ And finally, email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 28 - Strange Horticulture | 04 Sep 2024 | 01:34:33 | |
This week we talk about a spooky cozy casual mystery plant game called Strange Horticulture that rules. Also, Matt raves about Fallout: New Vegas, Roses has a stylish mystery game to talk about and we rank a bunch of adventure games, ridiculously. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 27 - Dialogue: What Makes it Good? | 28 Aug 2024 | 01:39:22 | |
PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp talk about dialogue trees in adventure games; What makes them good? What makes them bad? Do you skip them? Matt says some stuff that's likely to get him cancelled by Sierra-heads. Plus, PlayDate with Matt and RANKING EVERY ADVENTURE GAME EVER. We don't know. Whatever makes sense. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 26 - Non-Adventure Games | 21 Aug 2024 | 01:32:56 | |
Stay hydrated, everyone! No matter the cost. Matt and Roses talk about their favorite non-adventure games, plus PlayDate with Matt!, ranking every adventure game ever, and other silliness. Matt also pitches a weird game idea he had about Machiavelli and he's sorry (but also don't steal it!) Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 25 – New Segments! and the Adventure Game Fan Fair | 14 Aug 2024 | 01:40:59 | |
Hey everyone, we're so sorry about the two-week break, but we're back with ENERGY! Matt has two new segments to present. One that's very normal, and one that's utterly bizarre. Roses went to England and played some arcade games. Matt went to the Adventure Game Fan Fair and we talk about a bunch of demos. The rest, you're just gonna have to hear for yourself. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 36 - Scary Games and PRIM | 30 Oct 2024 | 01:44:54 | |
IT'S THE LAST EPISODE OF SPOOKY MONTH! We hope you all have a great Halloween. To help you one last time with your spooky mood, we talk about the SCARIEST GAMES WE'VE EVER PLAYED. WOOOOOO. And we talk about the new gothic point-and-click adventure game Prim. We love Deep Plots(TM). Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @SaveYourGamePodcast Games mentioned (some of them for only like a second, though):
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| Episode 35 - Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo | 23 Oct 2024 | 01:51:31 | |
TEETH UPDATE! For the teeth enthusiasts and teeth curious, we unveil a brand new chapter in the PushingUpRoses Teeth Saga ™. Roses discovered a detective game that Matt’s been telling her about since day one and Matt played some demos! Then, we dig deep into a world of horror, mystery, intrigue, and Japanese folklore in the Japanese ADV game Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. We have A LOT to say about this one, folks. So much in fact, that we skip our ranking segment this ep. Sorry everyone, but this game left us feeling inspired, frustrated, enamored, curious, and ready to pontificate like mad. Follow us on Instagram @SaveYourGamePodcast Email Us! mattandroses@gmail.com Bowl of Lentils - The Origins of Visual Novels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wOtv-J7tOI The Seven Wonders of Honjo: https://hyakumonogatari.com/2012/01/02/the-seven-wonders-of-honjo/ Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 37 – Q & A: Josh Cleveland Edition | 13 Nov 2024 | 01:55:46 | |
This episode was recorded on November 5th… Yeah. There’s a manic, ignoring-the-news energy to this episode where we take your listener questions! We also talk about Joe Richardson’s new game Death of the Reprobate and talk to our guest expert Joshua Cleveland of Adventure Game Hotspot about the requirements for “adventure game” status. Visit www.adventuregamehotspot.com Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 38 - Ranking Every Adventure Game Ever | 20 Nov 2024 | 01:56:43 | |
So. We had already decided we were going to spend the entire episode ranking Adventure Games – many of which, we've never played – but then, we decided to start out by talking about piss for 15 minutes. Matt and Roses bring a bizarre, chaotic energy and a true EXPERTISE on Adventure Games to this ALL-RANKING episode! Plus, we talk about some games we've been playing and some newly released games! Please don't give this one The Flush ™ TOILET DECALS COMING SOON (or not. idfk) Email us mattandroses@gmail.com PFLAG Resources: https://pflag.org/find-resources/ Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860 LGBT National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564 Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 42 - CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA!!! | 24 Dec 2024 | 03:05:58 | |
PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp welcome you into their trans-dimensional Christmas cabin to play a bunch of holiday-themed games with them and their amazing guests. We play a cat game with Crimson Diamond's Julia Minamata! We play an obnoxious boy game with Alasdair Beckett-King. We play a creepy depressing game with Francisco "Grundislav" Gonzalez. And wrap it all up by playing a demon game with Party of One's Jeff Stormer. There's also talk of nog, window-jumping, wassail, and much much more fun! Happy Holidays, everyone! We hope you had fun and enjoyed this extra-long episode and we'll be back early 2025! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Julia: https://www.juliaminamata.com/ Alasdair: https://www.abeckettking.com/ Francisco: https://www.grundislav.games/ Jeff: https://www.partyofonepodcast.com/ Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 41 – Wrath of the Gods and Pearlmania500 | 11 Dec 2024 | 01:52:56 | |
This week, we’re playing a game that made us so angry, we had to yell about it. And to do this, we brought in the internet’s best angry yeller: Pearlmania500. Comedian Alex Pearlman hangs out to tell us a bit about politic and then the 1994 “edutainment” game Wrath of the Gods. Matt talks a bit about Loco Motive, Roses talks a bit about Kings Quest 8, and we rank a few adventure games. Pearlmania500 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/pearlmania500 Wrath of the Gods: Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 40 – Virgin River and Crow Country | 04 Dec 2024 | 00:57:04 | |
We’ve got a high-energy, Smirnoff Ice-fueled shorter episode here for you to kick off the month of December. There is some good news and bad news about the December schedule you won’t want to miss. Roses played a terrible mobile game out of spite. Matt played a rad PS1 throwback game. Then, we get some really good rolls on the Ranking segment.
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| Episode 39 - Case and Rise of the Golden Idol | 27 Nov 2024 | 01:59:05 | |
Happy American Thanksgiving, everyone! This is absolutely our yuckiest, most disturbing intro ever. And in the last episode, we talked about piss-proof toilet decals! And we are thankful you let us into your lives with this filth. This week Matt and Roses talk about two of the best Storiented™ mystery-puzzle games ever made, Case of the Golden Idol and Rise of the Golden Idol, by Color Gray Games. We use our ancient, magical artifacts (microphones) to find all the words and put them in the exact right order and make this podcast for your ears to listen to. Then we continue ranking every adventure game ever and try very hard to forget that we ever came up with a movie called Yucky Princess Swap. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned (*BRIEFLY):
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| Episode 44 - Games We're Excited for in 2025 | 22 Jan 2025 | 01:08:30 | |
Matt and Roses are in a terrible struggle against the new villain of the podcast, but only a little bit. Mostly, we're talking about all the games we're looking forward to in 2025. There's a ton. Also, Roses started making salsa dishes and Matt played a deduction game about a very complicated family tree! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 43 - Best Games of 2024 | 15 Jan 2025 | 01:57:55 | |
It’s our 2024 Wrap-Up episode! We talk about our BEST GAMES OF 2024, including some runners-up and some older games that we played this year and fell in love with. Also, about this intro, all we can say is we’re sorry. The views and opinions of Elmo do not represent those of your hosts, Matt Aukamp and PushingUpRoses. We do not endorse Elmo and we’re sorry for platforming him in this way. You can read all three of our full Notes App apologies on Hanson Swansen’s Xanga page. Hanson Swansen wrote one, too, but we’re not sure why. He mostly just uses it to talk about S.E.O. and AI-driven engagement metrics. Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 45 - Loco Motive | 12 Feb 2025 | 01:33:16 | |
Come take a train ride with Matt and Roses and help us solve the murder of Lady Untervald. If only Matt still played adventure games, instead of SGG (Shoot-Gun Games). First, though, some orders of business: We have a surprising TEETH UPDATE. Roses got a new toy! Matt's new favorite game was finally release. And two cool games got release dates. And now, the main event: A retro-styled murder mystery adventure game set on a train that HONESTLY WE SWEAR WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING THIS BECAUSE IT GETS SAID ABOUT EVERY POINT-AND-CLICK GAME has major Lucasarts vibes. And, by popular demand, Ranking Every Adventure Game Ever makes its triumphant return. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 51 - Freddy Pharkas and Meredith Gran | 26 Mar 2025 | 01:22:35 | |
This week, Matt and Roses are joined by the first developer we ever talked about on this show, MEREDITH GRAN, the creative force behind Perfect Tides and the upcoming Perfect Tides: Station to Station. We take some time to discuss our feet before discussing art, nostalgia, and the creative decisions by – let’s face it – one of our favorite frickin’ games. Then, we spend a LOT of time talking about a game that is FAR from our favorite: Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist. And we’re sorry*. *we aren't Email Us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 50 - Q & A: Tea Edition | 19 Mar 2025 | 01:19:55 | |
It’s been a wild (sic) since we’ve done a Q & A, so we address topics like our favorite references in games, games that we liked as kids but disliked as adults, Roses’ favorite Carmen Sandiego, and what franchises we’d like to see as adventure games! But first, we talk about our thoughts on Wanderstop, which is an incredibly unique and interesting game. And Matt drinks a lot of tea. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 49 - Next Fest 2025 | 12 Mar 2025 | 01:40:18 | |
R. Floppy K., Jr. can’t keep Matt and PushingUpRoses down. These two are gonna push through all the colds, the tiny guacabowli bowls, the loneliness, and the fork-and-knife taco crowd to play some Next Fest Demos! We warmed you up last week, but this week we dive FULLY IN to some cool demos. But first, we have a long talk about player choice in games and the merits of seeing “everything” in a game, all because Matt misses his ancient robot. Plus, Matt is sick and WILL HE SURVIVE TIL THE END OF THE EPISODE?! Listen to find out! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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