Come take a train ride with Matt and Roses and help us solve the murder of Lady Untervald. If only Matt still played adventure games, instead of SGG (Shoot-Gun Games). First, though, some orders of business: We have a surprising TEETH UPDATE. Roses got a new toy! Matt's new favorite game was finally release. And two cool games got release dates. And now, the main event: A retro-styled murder mystery adventure game set on a train that HONESTLY WE SWEAR WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING THIS BECAUSE IT GETS SAID ABOUT EVERY POINT-AND-CLICK GAME has major Lucasarts vibes.And, by popular demand, Ranking Every Adventure Game Ever makes its triumphant return.Email us! [email protected] Mentioned: Blake Stone Stardew Valley Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Kings Quest V Cabernet Rosewater Loco Motive Pine Hearts Orion Burger Valiant Hearts: The Great War Puzzles in Motion: Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys Save Christmas
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Episode 44 - Games We're Excited for in 2025
Matt and Roses are in a terrible struggle against the new villain of the podcast, but only a little bit. Mostly, we're talking about all the games we're looking forward to in 2025. There's a ton.Also, Roses started making salsa dishes and Matt played a deduction game about a very complicated family tree!Email us! [email protected] Mentioned: The Roottrees are Dead Obsession The Last Door Mythargia Cabernet Disco Elysium Mermaid Mask Foolish Mortals Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Perfect Tides: Station to Station Rosewater Old Skies The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2 The Shapeshifting Detective Strange Antiquities Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game Case of the Golden Idol The M/S Cornelia II Incident Pony Island 2: Panda Circus Inscryption Baby Steps Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy Duck Detective: Ghost of Glamping Broken Sword: Parzival's Stone The Drifter Subnautica 2 Atomfall Fields of Mistria
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Episode 43 - Best Games of 2024
It’s our 2024 Wrap-Up episode! We talk about our BEST GAMES OF 2024, including some runners-up and some older games that we played this year and fell in love with.Also, about this intro, all we can say is we’re sorry. The views and opinions of Elmo do not represent those of your hosts, Matt Aukamp and PushingUpRoses. We do not endorse Elmo and we’re sorry for platforming him in this way. You can read all three of our full Notes App apologies on Hanson Swansen’s Xanga page. Hanson Swansen wrote one, too, but we’re not sure why. He mostly just uses it to talk about S.E.O. and AI-driven engagement metrics.Games Mentioned: Nightmare Frames PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo Dave the Diver Strange Horticulture Disco Elysium The Last Door Hobb’s Barrow Dreams in the Witch House The Abandoned Planet Lorelei and the Laser Eyes Tactical Breach Wizards Is This Game Trying to Kill Me? INDIKA The Operator Lil Guardsman Death of the Reprobate Duck Detective: The Secret Salami Phantom Fellows Loco Motive Prim Crow Country English Haunting Thank Goodness You’re Here! Fields of Mistria Crimson Diamond Botany Manor Loco Motive The Rise of the Golden Idol 1000xResist ANIMAL WELL
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Episode 42 - CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA!!!
PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp welcome you into their trans-dimensional Christmas cabin to play a bunch of holiday-themed games with them and their amazing guests. We play a cat game with Crimson Diamond's Julia Minamata! We play an obnoxious boy game with Alasdair Beckett-King. We play a creepy depressing game with Francisco "Grundislav" Gonzalez. And wrap it all up by playing a demon game with Party of One's Jeff Stormer. There's also talk of nog, window-jumping, wassail, and much much more fun!Happy Holidays, everyone! We hope you had fun and enjoyed this extra-long episode and we'll be back early 2025!Email us! [email protected]: https://www.juliaminamata.com/Alasdair: https://www.abeckettking.com/Francisco: https://www.grundislav.games/Jeff: https://www.partyofonepodcast.com/Games Mentioned: Christmas Nightmare Lonely Christmas Crimson Diamond Milo and the Christmas Gift Milo and the Magpies Watch Over Christmas Scribblenauts Rosewater Last Christmas Still Life
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Episode 41 – Wrath of the Gods and Pearlmania500
This week, we’re playing a game that made us so angry, we had to yell about it. And to do this, we brought in the internet’s best angry yeller: Pearlmania500.Comedian Alex Pearlman hangs out to tell us a bit about politic and then the 1994 “edutainment” game Wrath of the Gods. Matt talks a bit about Loco Motive, Roses talks a bit about Kings Quest 8, and we rank a few adventure games.Pearlmania500 Linktree:https://linktr.ee/pearlmania500Wrath of the Gods:https://www.wrathgame.com/Email us! [email protected] Mentioned: · Stardew Valley · Minecraft · Skyrim · Outer Worlds · Vampire Survivors · Kings Quest VII · Hoyle Card Games · Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? · Oregon Trail · Loco Motive · Wrath of the Gods · Legend of Zelda · Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator – Case 1: In Search of the Skunk Ape · Tangle Tower · Madness of the Architect · Lifeless Moon · Secret Doctrine
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