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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 m...

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: No I’m Not a Human The Berlin Apartment Nighthawks Servant of the Lake Earth Must Die! S...

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:  Carimara: Beneath the forlorn limbs Inscryption No, I'm Not Human Mouthwashing Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com...

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 platform...

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...

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 Ho...

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...

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 Cro...

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 Stoneb...

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 Chr...

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 Menti...

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: The Beekeeper's Picnic: A Sherlockian Adventure Öoo Bomberman The Drif...

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 Games Mentioned: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Isoland Pumpkin Town Sunset Hills Checker...

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 i...

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 Instag...

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 Me...

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: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Chrono Trigger X-Men: Legends O...

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 G...

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...

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 l...

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 addi...

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...

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...

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!...

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...