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| Episode 92 - Ultimate Recommendations Eleganza Extravaganza 1 | 16 Sep 2026 | 02:37:26 | |
Not only are there so many adventure games out there, there are so many TYPES of adventure games out there! How do you know whether you're looking at a Deduction Game vs a Horror Game? A Puzzle Adventure Game vs an Escape Room Game? A Point and Click Game vs a Text Parser Game? Well, okay, you should probably be able to figure that last one out for yourself... but for everything ELSE, your old pals Matt Aukamp and PushingUpRoses are here! In the first of a 3-part series, we not only set straight the different subgenres of "Adventure Game," we also reccomend our favorites of each. And Matt played Wavetale finally. Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 91 - Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers | 09 Sep 2026 | 02:05:03 | |
Roses is obsessed with Master Chef and Matt can't decide on whether he likes a new indie game or not. After some failed attempts at negging, Roses and Matt discuss Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father in honor of the beloved Tim Curry, who played the titular character. Rest in Power, Legend. Games Mentioned: Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster Toonstruck Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity Celestial Return Aerial Knight's McFreezy Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within Gabriel Knight: The Vampire One | |||
| Episode 90 - The Mermaid Mask | 26 Aug 2026 | 01:52:51 | |
Anything can happen, you guys. Even a new episode of Save Your Game! Matt and Roses go back into their detective kits, grab their sidekicks with the cool hair, and dive into an incredible mystery in the new Detective Grimoire game, The Mermaid Mask! Our SECOND amazing game with "mermaid" in the title this year! So we sit in our 2,000-mile-long room and record this incredible episode. Enjoy! Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 89.mp3 | 12 Aug 2026 | 01:50:35 | |
PushingUpRoses and Special Boy Matt Aukamp overcome clicking bugs and sadness to bring you this absolute grab-bag of an episode! We talk about games! We talk about movies! We talk about palette knives! We answer emails! We rank games! Come have fun with us in this mp3 file. Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 88 - The Incident at Galley House and Letter Lost | 29 Jul 2026 | 02:15:58 | |
Roses has the vapors over a man who left her life after being yelled at in a pottery studio. After she mourns this loss, she and Matt discuss the fun (but flawed) Letter Lost and the innovative mechanics of The Incident at Galley House Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 87 - Letter Lost and Crushed in Time | 01 Jul 2026 | 01:46:00 | |
We've got for you, dear listeners, a DOUBLE FEATURE! Matt and Roses played a bizarre game about being trapped in a spooky, mysterious post office. AND THEN they played a point and click (and stretch) game about a Sherlock Holmes and Watson actively destroying the game they're starring in. Also, the malls are closing :( Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 86 - Perfect Tides: Station to Station | 24 Jun 2026 | 02:14:25 | |
Matt and Roses BOTH play games from their ranking list that they both dislike, though one is grumpier about it than the other. See if you can tell which one. After much rambling about classic point n clicks, Matt and Roses finally discuss (and gush over) the wonderfully written Perfect Tides: Station to Station. Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 85 - Ranking Every Adventure Game Ever Yet Again Even More | 17 Jun 2026 | 01:50:10 | |
Roses and Matt reflect on things they may or may not be experts on, then chit chat about a game and a new show they've been enjoying. While ranking every adventure game ever, Roses witnesses Matt, in real time, fall in love with two horrendous looking games. Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 84 - The Dark Rites of Arkham | 10 Jun 2026 | 01:43:04 | |
There are two Matts on this show! But only for a second, then one Matt turns back into PushingUpRoses. We talk about a ridiculous YouTuber-inspired creationist movie, Improvised Shakespeare, and trying to manifest a meet-cute. But, settle in folks, because the bulk of this episode is a break-down and basically gush-fest about the new(ish) adventure from Postmodern Games, The Dark Rites of Arkham. And now, we're both huge HP Lovecraft fans. Sorry... Games Discussed:
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| Episode 83 - Cult Vacui | 03 Jun 2026 | 01:25:38 | |
Lots of talk about drinks and convenience stores up top but I promise we talk about video games eventually! But if you're not here for talk about coffee, Wawa, and Food Truck driving/cooking game pitches, then why are you here at all?? Games Mentioned:
SPOILER SECTION: 1:14:30 - 1:21:24 Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast | |||
| Episode 82 - Esoteric Ebb | 15 Apr 2026 | 01:45:50 | |
What part of your psyche makes you listen to podcasts? The Charisma of the hosts? Your unwavering Constitution to stand all the "ums" and corny jokes? The Intelligence that allows you to write corrective emails after evert episode? Whatever the case, we have a great podcast for you and it's all about a D&D/Disco Elysium-like called ESOTERIC EBB. Matt and Roses gush over this incredibly special game. We also talk about about a chunk pixel-graphic horror game and a musical RPG?? Games Mentioned:
SPOILER SECTION: 1:33:00 - 1:40:00 Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast | |||
| Episode 81 - King's Quest VII | 08 Apr 2026 | 02:22:07 | |
Roses is baffled as to how a weird demo got into her Steam library. Matt discusses a couple Play Date games and Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, followed by absolute gushing (on Roses’s part) about King’s Quest VII. Games mentioned:
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| Episode 80 - Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse | 04 Mar 2026 | 02:07:49 | |
Roses is BACK with a new favorite thing and its cuteness is highly debatable. A lost segment TRIUMPHANTLY RETURNS. And Matt catches us up on some games he's been playing since the last episode. Then, we grab our curse stones, throw on our diving shirts with our Seiman and Douman symbols, and leap into the water to face our Tomokazuki. It's time for another PARANORMASIGHT game, this one all about mermaids! And we fall in absolute love with it. Games Discussed:
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| Episode 79 - Astrologaster | 11 Feb 2026 | 01:25:07 | |
After Matt and Roses dive into the lore of “Bawitiba”, they come in hot with some exciting gaming news, then have a charming little conversation about a game on their ranking list! Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 78: King's Quest Trivia and Ranking Every Adventure Game Ever | 28 Jan 2026 | 01:51:22 | |
Matt gets revenge on Roses for grilling him on Monkey Island by giving her a hard-AF King’s Quest Quiz! After she does mildly okay, they get back to ranking every adventure game ever. Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 77 - 2025 Games of the Year with Casey Explosion! | 14 Jan 2026 | 02:30:21 | |
WOW! Can you believe it, folks? 2025 is over, and we’re on to a new year. But wait! We have some unfinished business! We can’t move on to 2026 until we RANK THE BEST GAMES OF 2025! To help us in this endeavor, we bring along content creator and game curator CASEY EXPLOSION! Casey brings all their expertise and charm along to help us figure out our TOP TENs (or TOP SIXes, for some of us). Come learn about all the best games of 2025 with your pals Matt, PushingUpRoses, and Casey Explosion! 2025 Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 76 - The Seance of Blake Manor | 24 Dec 2025 | 01:40:22 | |
Merry Christmas everyone! And, as it's Christmas, we're here giving you the traditional holiday experience of a ghost-related detective mystery in a haunted mansion on Samhain! Ok... So... maybe we're a little late with this. BUT, as Roses and Matt are catching up on 2025 games, we both played the EXCELLENT Seance of Blake Manor and we want to talk to you about it! Plus, a lil' bit of Christmas, too! Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 75 - DuskPunk and Adventure Game Trivia | 17 Dec 2025 | 01:22:10 | |
Roses has been busy watching Amish Holiday Films, but Matt is able to tell us about a new game called DuskPunk (not to be confused with DustPunk). Then Roses "surprises" Matt with an array of adventure game trivia games, including our famed segment "How Much Do My Pants Weigh?" Games Mentioned: DuskPunk Pokemon Disco Elysium King's Quest 5 and 6 The Monkey Island Games Zak McKracken Myst Gabriel Knight Sam and Max Hit the Road Dagger of Amon Ra Animal Well Firewatch Police Quest 3 Grim Fandango Sanitarium Trivia Game Screen Caps: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTs0YCo7JlhFCNHwiAv71wmBzXPLmyMNZ4Cgw&s https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVlfOJ7i6SZUaC6tsoI6rjBtDs_fKYPdyHvA&s | |||
| Episode 74 - We're Back from Adventure X! | 12 Dec 2025 | 01:39:17 | |
We're back from London! And we haven't changed a bit. Nope, not us. We sound and act exactly the same as before we spent some time on the British Isles. So come join us for a spot of tea as we talk about ADVENTURE X, THE GREATEST GAMING CONVENTION ON EARTH. Matt and Roses discuss their trip, the con, the demos they played, and then take YOUR LISTENER QUESTIONS until they're sick to their frickin' stomachs! Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 73 - Another Ranking Even More Every Adventure Game Ever Again | 12 Nov 2025 | 01:34:51 | |
It's early in the morning and PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp have woken up specifically to do the duty that no one else is brave enough to do -- They rank every adventure game ever. BUT FIRST, believe it or not, they've BOTH played a ton of games! Matt's got some spooky new mystery games to tell you about and Roses has plunged face first into some cozy sims!! Then, of course, we do what we must. Games Mentioned:
Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com OFFICIAL RANKING SPREADSHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11bDfPsY0tpw6m3b3EZZiY3xWuCYz4CMlMaOHST44yTA/edit?usp=sharing Roses' video on Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence with YakWaxLips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK3zV8RY9NI Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast | |||
| Episode 72 - No I'm Not A Human & Clock Tower | 29 Oct 2025 | 01:41:35 | |
Velcome everyone. Earth is Purgatory! For our FINAL EPISODE OF SPOOKY MONTH, we start off with a spooky folk story, and then a TON of Next Fest demos! Then we talk about a disturbing horror game about answering your door in the apocalypse, and a game about a naughty boy who runs with scissors. Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 71 - CARIMARA & Mouthwashing | 22 Oct 2025 | 02:02:30 | |
SPOOKY MONTH CONTINUES! With Roses really wanting a coffee and Matt wanting to figure out how to make baths less hot. After a quick discussion about spookycute game CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs, they dive headfirst into the horrifying waters of Mouthwashing! Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 70 - Bye Sweet Carole & Nine Witches: Family Disruption | 15 Oct 2025 | 01:47:47 | |
We journey deeper into SPOOKY MONTH, past the thorny brambles, through the crumbling graveyard, over the alien’s house, into the haunted church where we find our two heroes, Matt Aukamp and PushingUpRoses, cowering in the corner, hiding from the goblins and playing video games. This week, Roses played a harrowing psychological horror game (MORE ON THIS NEXT WEEK), Matt played a cute retro platformer, and then we dive into two spooky games! First, NINE WITCHES: FAMILY DISRUPTION, a spooky/wacky point-and-click about witches and aliens and curses and Nazis. Then, BYE SWEET CAROLE, a masterfully animated mesh of adventure genres, that’s like a playable dark fantasy Disney movie. Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 69 - Lust from Beyond | 08 Oct 2025 | 01:45:25 | |
Take your pants off and run and hide, folks, because EPISODE SIXTY-NINE IS FALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF SPOOKY MONTH! It’s time to hump a dracula, french a skelerton, jack off with a swamp creature, and yell BOO at your partner when you climax. In this episode, we’re going to get really fucking gross because we’re talking about the erotic horror adventure game Lust From Beyond. And, spoilers folks: We’re not fans! So go grab your condom that you drew little ghost eyes on and lean back and enjoy Matt and Roses console themselves from playing this goddamn game. Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 68 - Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness | 01 Oct 2025 | 01:49:33 | |
It's time for SPOOKY MONTH once again! Mwahahaha!! Matt has been raptured but don't worry, he still has access to the internet and can play games when he's not being harassed by St. Peter. Matt and Roses then discuss the spooky nature of Quest for Glory 4, an adventure RPG hybrid with questionable choices, but amazing world building. Games mentioned:
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| Episode 67 - Strange Antiquities | 24 Sep 2025 | 01:44:45 | |
Very weird cold open this week (aren't they all?), and then Roses and Matt get some gripes about GAMING CULTURE™ off of their chests before talking about some really amazing games! Matt played a promising demo for War of the Western Deep and an amazing short indie game called The Dark Queen of Mortholme. Roses and Matt both get excited about games that are either discovered or released during the recording of the show. And then, after a brief recollection of Strange Horticulture, we go in deep to talk about all the things we loved (and it’s pretty much all the things) about Strange Antiquities! Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 66 - Rosewater | 17 Sep 2025 | 01:52:50 | |
This week, Roses's Google Home becomes possessed and Matt cannot stop talking about Little Problems. The game, not his PERSONAL little problems. Then, Matt and Roses discuss a much-anticipated title from Grundislav Games - Rosewater! And well I'll be, it sure was a fun romp in the American Frontier. Games mentioned:
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| Episode 65 - Callahan's Crosstime Saloon | 10 Sep 2025 | 01:19:45 | |
Ok, let's address the spider in the room: We could not find a way to play the Naked Gun game BUT we do come to you this week with stories of black jelly beans aand Roses dumping a scooter. Also, Matt is playing Hollow Knight: Silksong and has a lot to say about it. Then, Matt recently got to play a PushingUpRoses favorite, Callahan's Crosstime Saloon! Some come on a journey with us and Jake Stonebender through time and space and a cozy little bar while we SAVE THE UNIVERSE! Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 64 - Toonstruck | 03 Sep 2025 | 01:32:32 | |
WHY DON’T THEY HAVE WRESTLING MATCHES IN PUMPKIN PATCHES!? This isn’t the set-up to a street joke, this is a genuine question that Matt has. Roses watched a fake movie starring Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson. Matt played a “stealth team tactics game” with ghost pirates. BUT the real story here is that PushingUpRoses and Matt replayed a classic game from their youths that features a live-acted Christopher Lloyd in a fully cartoon world. It’s called Toonstruck and it rules and the only bad thing about it is that they never released a sequel. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com GAMES MENTIONED:
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| Episode 63 - Ranking Even More Every Adventure Game Ever Again! | 27 Aug 2025 | 01:28:14 | |
We begin by answering the BIG question: What happened to Sobe? And then we talk about video games, I guess. Because that’s what you demand of us. THIS WEEK we rank a bunch more adventure games – WHETHER WE’VE PLAYED THEM OR NOT. After Matt tells everyone about a free Rusty Lake game, we dive into the List ™ and throw 10 new games on our DEFINITIVE list! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 62 - The Drifter | 20 Aug 2025 | 01:29:16 | |
Deep down under, Roses and Matt cast off their possessions and hop a freight train car into a world of HIGH OCTANE EXCITEMENT and POINT AND CLICK PUZZLES. We're talking about the Drifter. And we played a couple of other very good games. Lot of hyped-up energy this episode! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 61 - Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer | 13 Aug 2025 | 01:56:11 | |
GOOD ARTIST. We're back again to give you a dive so deep on Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer that MAYBE one of us cries! Who's to tell? Matt played a straight-up action/arcade game and a weird little puzzle game. Roses went to the circus! And what's that? We get to move one of our rankings?? Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com
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| Episode 60 - R.I.P. AdventureGamers | 11 Jul 2025 | 02:32:57 | |
We have a bit of a different episode for you today. This is the story of Adventure Gamers: A decades-old website dedicated to Adventure Games and their fans that was recently bought out by a mysterious compaany and hollowed out for the promotion of online gambling and cryptocurrency. Matt and Roses chat with John Walker, Timothy Malmros, Jack Allin, and Emily Morganti to help to provide insights into what Adventure Gamers meant to them, what the hell happened to it, why it happened, and what the future is for Adventure Game fans looking for a home. Email us: mattandroses@gmail.com You can read John Walker’s article here: https://kotaku.com/adventure-gamers-forums-gambling-ads-jack-allin-1851784764 You can read Timothy Malmros’s coverage of Click Out Media here: https://recleudo.com/under-googles-blind-eye-a-growing-parasite-ecosystem-is-flourishing/ In case you haven’t heard of it, Jack Allin’s new website: https://adventuregamehotspot.com/ Game Boomers: https://www.gameboomers.com/ The infamous Old Man Murray article: https://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/77.html Emily Morganti’s website: http://emilymorganti.com/ And here is some other coverage we used to prepare for this episode: https://aftermath.site/adventure-gamers-online-casino-gambling-website-sale-parasite-seo Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 59 - Ranking Every Adventure Game Ever Again | 25 Jun 2025 | 01:21:17 | |
Uh oh, everyone. We’re BACK! And we have a pretty strange episode for you all. You’ll just have to hear what happened for yourself. Matt also finished Clair Obscur, and Roses finished her move and little clay worm, so… We talk about that. Regardless, wish Matt luck on his last week of college and wish Roses luck on her vacating the black mold from her lungs. Email Us! mattandroses@gmail.com Instagram: @saveyourgamepodcast Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 58 - Clair Obscur and Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping | 21 May 2025 | 01:33:16 | |
There’s an important moment in every podcast’s life where they finally have to broach that inevitable conversation… The chomping/champing at the bit conversation. And Matt and Roses finally get there as Matt discusses his favorite new French RPG, CLAIR OBSCUR. Then the gang discuss a hilarious, cozy new detective game DUCK DETECTIVE: THE GHOST OF GLAMPING. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 57 - Old Skies | 14 May 2025 | 01:47:50 | |
Matt’s been digging into some old RPGs on his Retroid Pocket, but this pales in comparison to PushingUpRoses’ excitement for a CHICAGO POPE! Also, we do a deep dive into Wadjet Eye’s new epic point-and-click adventure OLD SKIES, which somehow devolves into a long discussion of cake. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 56 - Zelda Pt. 2 | 07 May 2025 | 01:43:38 | |
Oh, what? They're talking about Zelda AGAIN!? Yes. And if you listened to the last episode, you'd know that. Stop playing dumb. We left you with half of the Zelda's to go and in this ep, we finish 'em off. Plus, Roses and Matt both played games by former guests of the show. Matt played some of the new* Indiana Jones. And a game that falls short of its demo? Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned
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| Episode 55 - Zelda | 30 Apr 2025 | 01:32:49 | |
Zelda is the story of a little blonde elf boy named Zelda who go on adventure and kill a big green pig man to save the princess who is named Princess. Join us as we, Zeldo expert, talk about the boy Zeldo and his big mighty sword and all the Princess he save with him boom-o-rang. Join us as we seek the Triforce and scour some dungeons with our main man Tingle I mean Zelbo I mean Zelda. PLUS: Roses is back from Mexico! Matt, your next Pope(??), played a weird game about pimping out mascots. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 54 - Ranking More Every Adventure Game Ever | 16 Apr 2025 | 01:41:10 | |
On this podcast, we're not afraid to venture the bravest, boldest opinions. The opinions THEY don't want you to hear. Opinions like: Myst should have a jump button. A LOT of Chicago talk in this one, because Roses had a birthday and Matt went out to celebrate. We talk about pizza, Malort, a weird collectibles store... you know, Chicago stuff! But the TRUE STAR of this episode is our now-infamous list of EVERY ADVENTURE GAME EVER where we pull games up at random and rank them whether we've played them or not! In this episode, we reach 100 games! Enjoy and feel free to email us to argue if we get something wrong! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned - Look, it's way too many to list, so this time? I'm just gonna list the three we talk about that don't have to do with our ranking list:
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| Episode 53 - Wanderstop | 09 Apr 2025 | 01:36:10 | |
Listen, the first 15 minutes of this podcast are about hair. We understand the inconvenience this may cause you. You expect a certain level of non-hair content from us, and we have failed to fulfill this responsibility. We will take accountability and reflect on our actions (and our hair) and, while we cannot promise that we won't do it again, we can promise that we had fun when we did it. In addition to this, Matt has more to say about Blue Prince, and both hosts have more to say about Wanderstop. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 52 - Dare to Dream and Neil Cicierega | 02 Apr 2025 | 01:46:36 | |
A very sleepy Matt and a very inspired PushingUpRoses welcome an incredible guest onto the show to talk about one of the weirder games we've ever played. Musician, video producer and hella talented dude Neil Cicierega is on the show to talk about playing adventure games as 90's kid -- your dad bringing home shareware adventure games to install on your Windows 3.1 PC and the entire family puzzling over it over weeks, months, and years -- and how to pass that experience on to your kids. We also do a surprisingly DEEP dive into a bizarre 1993 game Cliff Bleszinski designed in Visual Basic when he was 17, called Dare to Dream. It goes... places. Like literal Hell. 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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| Episode 48 - Gaming As We Age and Dave Gilbert | 05 Mar 2025 | 01:31:58 | |
You know him, you love him; The one and only Dave Gilbert is on the show this week to talk about our relationships to gaming as we all get older. Is nostalgia inherently good or bad? Is ET for Atari as artistic a feat as Perfect Tides? We get really really deep into it. Also, Roses and Matt each played a few Next Fext demos (maybe more to come next week?) and Dave Gilbert played Obsidian’s answer to Unavowed, Avowed! Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 47 - Sanitarium | 26 Feb 2025 | 01:30:12 | |
Look, you all knew this was coming eventually. Matt put it off as long as he possibly could, but the time has finally arrived. Despite it having practically every element that PushingUpRoses hates in adventure games, we play one of her favorites of all time: Sanitarium! Roses is still playing Cabernet, trying to get the good ending. Matt is Playing Heaven's Vault and it's incredible. And the less said about the intro, the better. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com Games Mentioned:
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| Episode 46 – Cabernet and Adventure RPGS | 20 Feb 2025 | 01:38:05 | |
Roses and Matt roll up their characters and embark on an adventure, avoiding Killer Tomatoes and sadistic oral surgeons, leveling up their scratching skills with Itch Simulator VR 4000, and making their way to becoming full-fledged blood-drinking vampires! This week, we discuss the new vampire game Cabernet, an adventure/RPG hybrid in which you live two months as a vampire in a small eastern European town in the 1800’s. We review the game and talk about the differences in our playthroughs. Then, we discuss the intersection between RPGs and Adventure Games, and what makes a game lean more heavily to either side. Also, we rank some adventure games we’ve never heard of and wonder what the word “Cabernet” means. Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com 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 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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