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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: * Rosewater * Grand Theft Auto Online * Indika * Disco Elysium * Planescape: Torment * The Thaumaturge * Lamplight City

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: * Disco Elysium * Midnight Marvel Suns * Breath of the Wild * Majora's Mask * Siberia * A Space for the Unbound * The Last Door * The Legend of Skye * Contradiction * Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus * The Cat Lady * Burnhouse Lane * Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy * Softporn Adventure * Portal & Portal II * Sanitarium * The Monkey Island Games * The Dig * The Invincible * Chants of Sennaar * Strange Horticulture * Papers, Please * What Remains of Edith Finch * Kathy Rain * Mixed Up Fairy Tales * Journey Man Project 3 * The Laura Bow Games * Return of the Obra Dinn * Case of the Golden Idol * Paradise Killer * The Sexy Brutale * LA Noir * The D'avekki Studios Games (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!

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: * Grim Fandango * Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge * Nick Delios - Conspiracies * Phantasmagoria * Black Dhalia * Kings Quest 8 * Escape From Monkey Island * Quest for Glory * Curse of Monkey Island * Harold Halibut * Assemble With Care * Eastshade * Exit 8 * Shinkansen 0 * That Dragon, CancerGet * Five Nights at Freddy's * Dead by Daylight * At Dead of Night * As Dusk Falls * Please Touch the Artwork 2 * Cult of the Lamb * Jackbox Party Pack * King of the Castle * Five Dates * Clue * Nancy Drew

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: * Harold Halibut * Police Quest * The Thaumaturge * Disco Elysium * Quest For Glory * Return to Monkey Island * The Secret of Monkey Island * Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge * The Curse of Monkey Island * Escape from Monkey Island * Tales from Monkey Island

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: * Botany Manor * Strange Horticulture * The Legend of Skye * Monkey Island II * The Last Door

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: * My Brother Rabbit * The Legend of Skye * The Family Mysteries Trilogy * Poisonous Promises * Echoes of Tomorrow * Noir Chronicles: City of Crime * Path to Sin: Greed * Enigmatis (Series) * Hidden Folks * The Exit 8 * Murder, She Wrote (The Game) * House MD (The Game) * CSI (The Game) * Law and Order (The Game) * June's Journey * Unsolved THANK YOU ALL FOR RATING/REVIEWING/LISTENING/EMAILING/SHARING/BEING AWESOME.

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: * Stardew Valley (Update) * The Space Bar * Marvel Midnight Suns * The Last Door * Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis * Her Story * Silent Hill: Shattered Memories * Telling Lies * Immortality * Below the Root

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: * Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus * The Exit 8 * Sam and Max Hit the Road * The Secret of Monkey Island * Toe Jam and Earl * King's Quest * Sam and Max Save the World * Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space * Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse * Sam and Max: This Time it's Virtual

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: * Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator * Pentiment * Disco Elysium * Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective * Dagger of Amon RA * A Short Hike * A Night in the Woods * The Longest Journey * Discworld * The Adventures of the Black Hawk * The Secret of Monkey Island * Unforeseen Incidents * Grim Fandango * Deponia * Return to Monkey Island * Uncharted 4: Thief's End * Curse of Monkey Island * Fran Bow * Little Misfortune * Trilby's Notes * Homebody * Four Last Things * Procession to Cavalry * Portal * Psychonauts * Lair of the Clockwork God * Zork * Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy * Bureaucracy  Don't tweet at Matt about his embarrassing gaffe.

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 * Games Discussed: * Stardew Valley (SORRY!) * The Curse of Monkey Island * Animal Crossing * Callahan's Crosstime Saloon * Pokemon Sun/Moon * A Short Hike * Untitled Goose Game * Banjo Kazooey * Just Ignore Them * Red Bow * Kings Quest VI * Kings Quest V * Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge * Uncharted 4: A Thief's End * Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective * The Dagger of Amon Ra * BROK The Investigator * The Colonel's Bequest * Space Quest III * Clock Tower * Disco Elysium * Citizen Sleeper * I Expect You To Die * The Forgotten City * The Outer Wilds * Kings Quest III

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): * Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers * Just Ignore them * Red Bow * The Sexy Brutale * The Forgotten City * Zelda: Majora's Mask * Sanitarium * The Witness * Return of the Obra Dinn * Plague Doctor of Wippra * Chicken Police * Contradiction * The Case of the Golden Idol * Night in the Woods * Beacon Pines * What Remains of Edith Finch * The Vanishing of Ethan Carter * Firewatch * Jenny LeClue: Detetivu * Backbone (Tails) * Book of Unwritten Tales 2 * Thimbleweed Park * Randall's Monday * Stray * Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons * It Takes Two * Limbo * Inside * Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? * Murderous Muses * The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker * Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney * Danganronpa  * Crash Bandicoot * Leisure Suit Larry * Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective * Paradise Killer * Uncharted * Animal Crossing * Return to Monkey Island * 7th Guest * Myst * Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis * Below the Root * Her Story * The Last Door

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: * Just Ignore Them * Red Bow * Blood Nova * Islands of Insight * The Excavation of Hob's Barrow * Kings Quest

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): * Death of the Reprobate * Islands of Insight * Lies of P * Botany Manor * The M/S Cornelia II Incident * Please Touch the Artwork 2 * Chicken Police: Into the Hive * Indika * Duck Detective: The Secret Salami * Turlock Holmes * Prim * Queer Quest: All in a Gay's Work * Back to Hearth * Exit: A Biodelic Adventure * Mutants Ate My Carrots * Gloomy Juncture * An English Haunting * Death Trick: Double Blind * Daemon Masquerade * The Crimson Diamond * The Colonel's Bequest * Denarius Avaricius Sextus * Personal Nightmare * Rome: Pathway to Power * The 7th Guest * Armed and Delirious * Myst * Dagger of Amon Ra

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: * Stardew Valley * The Excavation of Hob's Barrow * Blood Nova * Kings Quest 1 * Secret of Monkey Island * Curse of Monkey Island * Return of the Obra Dinn * Firewatch * Unavowed * The Walking Dead * Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon * Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure * Colonel's Bequest * The Sexy Brutale * Botany Manor * Cabernet * Sky of Tides * Disco Elysium * Islands of Insight

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:  * Swanky Maximino * Kings Quest III: To Heir is Human * Callahan's Crosstime Saloon * Kings Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder * Secret of Monkey Island * Curse of Monkey Island * Dust: Tale of the Wired West * Toonstruck * Escape from Monkey Island * Sanitarium * Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire * Perfect Tides * Adventures of Willy Beamish

A new podcast from PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp about adventure games coming Wednesday 2/7. Watch this space!