Ben, Jess, and Grayson rank the top 30 verbs in all adventure games. The decisions on this list are final. Unless we do it again next year as at one point Ben says "First Annual"

Discussion starts around 38 minutes.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace
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The Top 30 Verbs w/Grayson

Ben and Jess try to solve esoteric French puzzles. 

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace
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Gobliiins

Ben & Jess revisit a recent favorite and talk on the throwback whodunit The Crimson Diamond!

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace    
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The Crimson Diamond

Ben & Jess memorialize the great Tim Curry by arguing about what the act break title cards are painted with.

Game discussion begins around 39 minutes.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace    
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Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak   [https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak]
Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi   [https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi]
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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Ben & Jess talk Return of a Phantom, a goofy game that doesn't know its a goofy game. Spoiler warning, we give away the ending immediately.

Game discussion begins around 29:30.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.  
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace   
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Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak   [https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak]
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Return of the Phantom

Or "Fables & Fiends: Hand of Fate". Whichever one marketing might have been feeling that day.

Game discussion begins around 35:40.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate

It's just a hoarse voiced Ben this week as he discusses the homegrown worlds of ZZT and Megazeux. 

Game discussion begins around 19:30.

Play Burger Joint: https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/burgerj/
Play Eggplant Adventure: https://www.digitalmzx.com/show.php?id=309
Play Bernard the Bard: https://www.digitalmzx.com/show.php?id=1

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace  
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ZZT Adventure Games

Sarah Shockey join Ben & Jess to talk Sam, Max, and which constellation she thought she would educate on how to shower.

Game chatter starts around 33 minutes.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
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Sam & Max Hit The Road w/Sarah Shockey

Ben & Jess discuss a little-known indie from up-and-comer designer Ron "Grumpy Gamer" Gilbert (RG3 as some call him)

SoMI chatter begins at 30:35

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
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The Secret of Monkey Island

Week 1 of the syllabus assigns Ron Gilbert's design manifesto from 1989, so Ben & Jess decide to read and discuss it.

Ron Gilbert's Why Adventure Games Suck: https://grumpygamer.com/why_adventure_games_suck/

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
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Reading "Why Adventure Games Suck"

Quest Quest (@bvigeant) · Zencastr

Quest Quest (@bvigeant)

Lifelong point and click adventure fans Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette take an extremely unserious deep dive on the adventure games of yesterday, today, and heck why not tomorrow too. 