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.

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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://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/06/developers-saddened-by-beloved-adventure-game-sites-pivot-into-world-of-online-gambling

https://aftermath.site/adventure-gamers-online-casino-gambling-website-sale-parasite-seo

Games Mentioned:

 * Beekeeper’s Picnic
 * Baldur’s Gate II
 * Dune Awakening
 * Sins of a Solar Empire II
 * Frostpunk
 * Ixion
 * Keeper
 * Shadow of Destiny
 * Peasants Quest
 * Universal Paperclips

Episode 60 - R.I.P. AdventureGamers

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.

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Games Mentioned:

 * Fall Guys
 * Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
 * The Abyssal Zone
 * The Abyssal Zone
 * Chop Suey
 * Magnus Imago
 * The Suicide of Rachel Foster
 * Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
 * Lunar Axe
 * Sleuthhounds: The Halloween Deception
 * Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower
 * Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
 * The Room VR: A Dark Matter

Episode 59 - Ranking Every Adventure Game Ever Again

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.

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Games Mentioned:

 * Blue Prince
 * Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
 * Chrono Trigger
 * Thank Goodness You’re Here
 * Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
 * Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
 * Rosewater
 * Expelled!
 * Neon Hearts City
 * Near-Mage
 * Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
 * Rue Valley
 * Strange Antiquities
 * The Mermaid Mask
 * Foolish Mortals
 * Perfect Tides: Station to Station
 * Greenhearth Necromancer

Episode 58 - Clair Obscur and Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

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.

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Games Mentioned:

 * Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
 * Chrono Trigger
 * X-Men: Legends
 * Old Skies
 * Wanderstop

Episode 57 - Old Skies

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?

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Games Mentioned

 * Old Skies
 * Rosewater
 * Blue Prince
 * Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 
 * Deck of Haunts
 * Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
 * Final Fantasy VIII
 * Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
 * Zelda: The Minish Cap
 * Zelda: Twilight Princess
 * Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
 * Zelda: Spirit Tracks
 * Zelda: Skyward Sword
 * Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
 * Zelda: Breath of the Wilds
 * Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Episode 56 - Zelda Pt. 2

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.

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Games Mentioned:

 * “Christ Fighter”
 * Bibleman
 * Promise Mascot Agency
 * Blue Prince
 * The Legend of Zelda
 * Zelda II: The Adventures of Link
 * A Link to the Past
 * Link’s Awakening
 * Ocarina of Time
 * Majora’s Mask
 * Oracle of Seasons*
 * Oracle of Ages*
 * Four Swords*
 * Wind Waker

Episode 55 - Zelda

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!

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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:

 * Myst
 * Blue Prince
 * Rosewater

Episode 54 - Ranking More Every Adventure Game Ever

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.

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Games Mentioned:

 * Myst
 * Blue Prince
 * Animal Well
 * Wanderstop
 * Stardew Valley

Episode 53 - Wanderstop

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.

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Games Mentioned:

 * King Quest VI
 * Icon Architect 1.0
 * Dare to Dream
 * Hugo’s House of Horrors
 * Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist
 * There Is No Game
 * Unforeseen Incidents
 * Day of the Tentacle
 * The Dig
 * Wanderstop
 * Blue Prince
 * Palace of Deceit
 * Jazz Jackrabbit
 * Curse of Monkey Island
 * Monster Breeder

Episode 52 - Dare to Dream and Neil Cicierega

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

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Games Mentioned:

 * Perfect Tides
 * Perfect Tides: Station to Station
 * The Dig
 * Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist

Episode 51 - Freddy Pharkas and Meredith Gran

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