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:

 * Eulogy for Nonno
 * Dad’s Monster House 2
 * Hollow Night: Silksong
 * Quest for Glory 1-3
 * Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness
 * Quest for Glory 5
 * King’s Quest
 * Dagger of Amon Ra
 * Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father



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Episode 68 - Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness

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:

 * Leisure Suit Larry
 * Hollow Knight: Silksong
 * Plumbers Don't Wear Ties
 * Cabernet
 * War of the Western Deep
 * Brok the InvestiGator
 * Date Everything
 * The Dark Queen of Mortholme
 * Dad's Monster House 2: Medal
 * Strange Horticulture
 * Strange Antiquities
 * Stardew Valley
 * Papers Please

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Episode 67 - Strange Antiquities

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:

 * Hollow Knight: Silksong
 * Little Problems
 * The Golden Idol games
 * Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
 * Rosewater

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Episode 66 - Rosewater

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:

 * Hollow Knight: Silksong
 * Blasphemous
 * Unbound: Worlds Apart
 * Lone Fungus
 * Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus
 * Nine Sols
 * Rosewater
 * Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
 * Jezzball
 * The Journeyman Project
 * The Naked Gun: I.C.U.P.

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Episode 65 - Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

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.

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GAMES MENTIONED:

 * The Naked Gun: I.C.U.P.
 * Rusty Lake Series
 * Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
 * Sword Game
 * Toonstruck
 * Grim Fandango
 * Torin’s Passage

Episode 64 - Toonstruck

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!

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Games Mentioned:

 * The Beekeeper’s Picnic
 * The Drifter
 * The Dagger of Amon Ra
 * The Mr. Rabbit Magic Show
 * Rusty Lake Series
 * Turlock Holmes
 * Toska
 * Rosewater
 * Reviver
 * Quantum Witch
 * Session
 * Neon Hearts City
 * Expelled
 * Canteloupe Chronicles
 * New Mage
 * Urban Myth Resolution Center
 * Slender Threads
 * Time Paradox
 * Helheim Hassle
 * Forgotten Hill Tales
 * Softporn Adventure
 * Saint Kotar
 * The Shine of a Star
 * Love: A Puzzle Box Filled With Stories
 * American Arcadia
 * Cleopatra: Riddle of the Tomb
 * The Labyrinth of Time

Episode 63 - Ranking Even More Every Adventure Game Ever Again!

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!

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Games Mentioned:

 * The Beekeeper's Picnic: A Sherlockian Adventure
 * Öoo
 * Bomberman
 * The Drifter
 * Sanitarium
 * Return of the Obra Dinn
 * Myst

Episode 62 - The Drifter

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??

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 * Games Mentioned:
 * Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
 * Isoland Pumpkin Town
 * Sunset Hills
 * Checkers
 * Space Quest IV
 * Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
 * Pine Hearts

Episode 61 - Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

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

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