The Classic Gamers Guild Podcast
A Point & Click Adventure Game Podcast, Classic & Modern- New episodes every other Tuesday!
Episodes
This week Anna & Paul are joined by friend and special guest Matt aka OneShortEye, to bring you what we can confidently call complete* coverage, of the 1992 point and click adventure, Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood. Or just Cotl. Or even Cotlb but really, longbow is one word LOOK, that's not important, what's important is that you, I don't know, I guess drink more water than you prolly are and then enjoy thi...
This week Anna & Paul are doing words at you while under the direction of "talk about plots" and "make them good words". They are looking at adventure games with complex plots and adventure games with thin, straightforward plots and examining when one is better than the other and asking the question: how much does the plot of the story even matter, in adventure games? After all, it is rarely the main topic of conversation surro...
This week Paul is joined by special guest Adventure Game Geek and they are going through their favorite scary, spooky and suspenseful adventure games! Sure it kind of devolved into ranking games from 0 to "has a pumpkin in it" and sure, what was supposed to be a list of scary games turned into more "well, at some point it's dark and raining, so that counts" but it's a fun time regardless. Mangia!
This week Anna & Paul are talking about the best King’s Quest game. Right away you’re prolly like, well it’s between 2, maybe 3 of them. And not 2 like King’s Quest 2 because frankly, pee-youuu, that’s the worst one without a Conner in it. And KQ3, say what you will- you know what- I’m gonna stop talking now before I ruin it. Go, press play and mangia!
Wishlist our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows
This week Anna & Paul are taking you through a point and click adventure game that is often referred to as "surprisingly really good". What game is that? The one that's the title of the episode omg it's so long, don't make me type it out again. FINE, Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity. Okay I actually copied and pasted it, that wasn't so bad/sorry for yelling.
Basically they attempt to give you a solid second hand experie...
This week Anna & Paul are talking about great adventures that don't always get the attention they deserve. Kinda like you, maybe. Anyway without spoiling the games mentioned, because I mean ca'mon, half the fun is finding out if they said the thing you wanted them to say, but the games mentioned span from 1984 to 2020 and for the first time, Paul mentions a non-adventure game! What is it you ask, well, it's definitely not James...
This week Anna & Paul are talking about Thimbleweed Park and Paul says "to those listening" a lot, which is weird because that's everyone. But besides that it’s actually pretty listenable and it serves as a comprehensive* review of a modern classic. Mangia!
Wishlist our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows
Check out Octavi Navarro's brilliant adventure series, Midnight Scenes
Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot ...
This week Anna & Paul embark on a journey of self growth, where you might say they learn a few things a long the way. Or maybe along the way. That's, spelling that word is one of the things they learned. If you're a fan of adventure games, laughter or Nietzsche, you're going to want to listen to this one, it's even got some accidental profundity at the end.
Wanna know what's actually talked about in the episode? Fair enough. De...
This week Anna & Paul are talking about kids games that you could totally play too if you want, we won't tell anyone what a bloody weirdo you are. We're talkin' your Pajama Sam, your Freddy Fish, your Adam (the kid from EcoQuest), your Pepper's Adventures in We Haven't Played That One Yet, we've got em all folks. We even share helpful tips on how to indoctrinate your own kids, as adventure gamers!
Not helpful? Fine, we discuss ...
This week Anna & Paul get all whipped up over Adventurous Environments or Immersive Environments or whatever other versions of this show's title we didn't use, that also attempts to set an explorative mood. See like, Exploring Environments won because it's like, that's both what we did aaand it's what these environments were made for. For exploring. So. We explored them.
Okay fine, we talk about realistic vs stylized worlds, ho...
This week Anna & Paul sit down with none other than the Space Quest Historian, Troels Pleimert, and Jon Paul Sapsford, the musical masterminds behind Error 47, the band behind Synths of the Fathers, King's Chill and Soup's On, the reimagined music behind Sins of the Fathers, King's Quest and the 7th Guest. Are we good? Any ah, anymore things behind things or can we just start the episode? Ok good, and now for the episode behind the...
This week Anna and Paul are joined by their good friend, vocalist and FMV avocado I mean aficionado, Jackie Stewart! They talk everything Full Motion Video, they even talk about partial motion video. That’s actually not true but the point is, this is an episode on everything FMV and you, are gonna maybe love it. Mangia!
Do a backing! Soup's On: music from The 7th Guest & The 11th Hour on vinyl
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This week Anna & Paul look at how Sierra and LucasArts approached making their games, the role of an adventure game and how consequence fell out of favor, with modern adventure games largely adapting the comfort approach to game play. Stay tuned to the end for a special announcement and please listen to this responsibly. Mangia!
Support the kickstarter for Soup's On: Music from the 7th Guest & The 11th Hour
This week Anna & Paul talk about the mesmerizing 3D remaster of the 2004 AGI game, Enclosure! It's a spooky murder mystery which are all words we adore, especially in that order, and we love it. Orrrr do we... DUN DUN DUNNNN! Also stick around to the end for the first Developers Corner on The Phantom Fellows, which will always be at the end of an episode, as to not force it down your whatevers. Throats, I guess. Okay, go, MANGIA!
This week Anna & Paul are talking about Technobabylon, a modern point and click adventure by Technocrat and Wadjet Eye Games. Did you play it? Did they like it? Wait, did they play it?! All this and more, tonight at now. Mangia!
Also, you're gonna wanna play this so grab Technobabylon on GOG or Steam
Also 2, Early on we say we will warn you of spoilers and then we decided not to talk any spoilers at all. THE SPOILERS NEVER CAME!
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This week Anna & Paul are joined by special guests, Jack and Joshua of Adventure Game Hotspot to do some "what if this game was a movie"-ing.
We take classics like Broken Sword, Grim Fandango, Willy Beamish and more and cast them as major motion pictures. Or even minor motion pictures, it's really not about the motion so much as the actors. Also there's a fun bonus round at the end where, well, you'll see. You'll maybe see. Mangia!
...This week Anna and Paul tackle too many of their favorite things in an adventure game. From the best house, in-game food and GUI, to the best driving, world building, and mini game, this episode has at least all of that. Prolly more but in like a, a, careful what you wish for way. Anyway, Mangia!
Chad Armstrong's invaluable site, Edenwaith
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This week Anna and Paul talk about the more unsavory adventure game characters. The ones who might but fun to party with but that make terrible roommates. From who was generic to who was the most malevolent, who did you love to hate and how did Sierra and LucasArts do villains differently. We talk about all this, when Anna isn't talking about Quest For Glory. Mangia!
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This week Anna and Paul talk about Toonstruck the 1996 financial disaster I mean point and click adventure game, that has the heart of a... a better selling game. Also, Paul maybe goes on too long- yelling about the European box art- but otherwise it’s actually pretty listenable. Mangia!
Wishlist our adventure game maybe!
Say hi I guess!
Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast
This week Anna and Paul have a chat about the hardest game to google, no not the movie, not the action game- that's still an action- AH HA! Indy 3, the point and click adventure game by LucasFilm. From the perspectives of one who cherishes the series and another who had just watched and played the Last Crusade, we definitely learned at least one thing, at some point, probably.
Enjoy!
Wishlist our adventure game maybe!
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