The Classic Gamers Guild Podcast
A Point & Click Adventure Game Podcast, Classic & Modern- New episodes every other Tuesday!
Episodes
Welcome to a special edition of the Classic Gamers Guild Podcast: The PAX Tapes! Anna spent PAX West 2026 helping Roberta Vaughan’s Retro Adventures bring the FMV Zone museum to life and catching up with the people who make games and gaming history so memorable. From Sierra legends to today’s creators, here are the conversations she recorded along the way.
Interviews included
- Lorelei Shannon, Robert Holmes &...
This week Anna and Paul are joined by friend of the show AdventureGameGeek as they break down some of the strangest moments in adventure games. They also go on a side quest about bellybutton coitus—which only solidified the overall theme. Mangia!
Shek out AdventureGameGeek's YouTube channel for some exquisite adventure game content!
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This week Anna and Paul played Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back and spoiler, they both fell in love with it. So they brought on one of its developers, Frederik Olsen, to dig into the making of it—all while walking you through the game itself. It's a good time, MANGIA!
Download & Play Vohaul Strikes Back! (We recommend playing it in ScummVM)
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This week Anna and Paul are discussing their adventure game pet peeves! From minor annoyances to irrational irritations to absolute deal breakers, it's a good time all the way through the chaotic ending. MANGIA!
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Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death
This week Anna and Paul played Beneath a Steel Sky for the first time and they had a LOT to say. This one is pretty thorough. At some point the amount of data in human sperm comes up, and that's when it also becomes educational. MANGIA!
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This week Anna and Paul talk about Relationships in adventure games. Which was the most toxic? Who could do better but probably won't? Who's the best flirt and who had the best sexual tension?! All this and more, MANGIA!
Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows !
Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death
This week Anna and Paul played Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror and then they tell you like, allll about it.
Mangia!
Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows !
Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death
The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!
The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Mo...
This week Anna and Paul played Broken Sword: A Circle of Bloody Templars, or some variation of that, and they very exhaustively, very nerdily, walk you through it. Mangia!
Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows !
Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death
This week Anna and Paul are matching vibes to games. Ten vibes, to be precise: Cozy, Spooky, Lonely etc. They give their fav game for the mood and then a matching recommendation. It's a good time, Mangia!
Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death
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This week Anna and Paul are discussing Adventure Game Houses! Well, twenty of them anyway, there's a crazy amount of houses in adventure games if you start looking into it. They also try to define what a house in an adventure game is and they learn a little about themselves along the way. Also Paul says BDM instead of BDSM, several times, because quote "acronyms are hard". Mangia!
This week Anna and Paul are discussing Adventure Game Series-is. Which series' had the best first entry? Which had worst first game, but got dramatically better? Which series deserved one more game or should have stopped one sooner? All this and more, mangia!
Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death
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This week Anna and Paul are deep in Torin's Passage, a game by Al Lowe that is considered by many to be a hidden gem in the Sierra catalog. What did they think of it? Unclear! Press play to find out and mangia!
Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death
Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now!
This week Anna and Paul are... I don't know how to word this. They're like, well first of all they're talking a lot. Seems to be kind of a theme with this show. But more specifically they've come with 7 music selections (each) and are going to play 30 second (ish) clips of their choices and talk a bit about what makes them exceptional examples of an adventure game soundtrack score. It's a good time, come shek it out and manga!
This week Anna and Paul do a Top 10 ranking of the best adventure game endings EVER OF ALL THE TIME. It's fun and it's for you so please, mangia
Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death
Spoiler Free Time Codes! To skip...
Dagger of Amon Ra - Skip to 7:22
Gabriel Knight - Skip to 10:47
Thimbleweed Park - Skip to 13:50
Freddy Pharkas - Skip to 19:09
Blade Runner - Skip to 22:05
...Join our hosts Anna and Paul as they embark on a nostalgic journey through gaming history's most memorable and beloved locations! In this episode, they count down their top 10 in-game locations that have captured players' imaginations for decades. Whether you're a veteran adventurer who solved every Sierra puzzle or a newcomer curious about gaming's roots, this episode celebrates the artistry, creativity, and pure magic of adventur...
Well, here it is! The fifth and final game in the Quest for Glory series. and it's an amazing game! Anna says so. Anna tells Paul. Anna tells everyone!
Mangia!
Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now!
The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!
The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)
Anna and Paul each choose their personal favorite top 10 LucasArts game, and then declare a winner! Tune in to see what game reigns supreme!* Mangia!
As promised a link to this awesome article The Secrets of Monkey Island's Source Code by Frank Cifaldi
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...Paul and Anna each rank their personal top 10 Sierra games of all time, then combine the lists into a single shared ranking with a clear #1 winner. King’s Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory, Gabriel Knight, and more all enter the mix, and the way they stack up is not what most people would predict. ORRR IS IT?! DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN
PS at some point says FM Towns twice and he meant to say PC-98 MANGIA
Paul and Anna walk the listener through the fourth entry in the Quest For Glory Series. Is it their favorite in the series? Can a computer game make you cry? What the heck is up with that Leshy? And a name that tune segment that will leave you guessing! Mangia!
Sprite credit to Jack Povlitz!
Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now!
Paul and (mostly) Anna walk the listener through the full game auditorily, and Paul explains why this entry is his favorite in the series so far! Mangia!
Sprite credit to Jack Povlitz!
Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now!
The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!
The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)
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