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The Classic Gamers Guild Podcast — 237 episodes

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1

Best & Worst Adventure Game Series-is

2

Torin's Passage - Review

3

Adventure Game Music Selections Vol. 1

4

Top 10 Adventure Game ENDINGS

5

Top 10 Adventure Game Locations

6

Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire Review

7

LucasArts Top 10

8

The Sierra Top 10: Two Lists, One Winner

9

Quest For Glory IV: Shadows Of Darkness Review

10

Quest For Glory: Wages Of War Review

11

From Space Quest to SpaceVenture: Ken Allen Talks Music

12

Al Eufrasio - Sierra Animator (Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest, Torin's Passage)

13

Quest For Glory II: Trial By Fire - Review

14

The PRGE Tapes: Conversations from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo

15

Merch, Marketing, and Modern Adventures (with YakWaxLips)

16

The Dagger of Amon Ra (with OneShortEye)

17

EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus

18

PAUL ALMOST DIED + Blue Force

19

Bonus Episode: ERROR 47: Honoring Roberta Vaughan with Music, Mayhem, and a Live Kickstarter

20

Inside Shadows of the Afterland with Rubén López

21

Sean Parker and the Fogtown FMV Revival

22

Codename: Iceman (it's actually kinda good?!)

23

Adventurous Non-Adventure Games

24

Would You Rather...

25

Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist

26

Quest For Glory: So You Want To Be A Hero

27

The Adventure Game Yearbook

28

Character Battle Royale - SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!

29

Heroes, Shadows & Save Games

30

The Most Adventurous Adventure Games

31

Gross, it's Non-Adventure Games!

32

Patches, Mods, Debugs & Cheats!

33

Screensavers And The Screens They Saved

34

The Curse of Monkey Island

35

Monkey Island 2 LeChuck's Revenge

36

The Secret of Monkey Island

37

Questing For Glory (with Jason Mical)

38

Cozy Holiday Games

39

New Old Games!

40

Ranking Non-Sierra/LucasArts Adventure Games!

41

Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within

42

Ranking Sierra Point & Clicks THE SEQUEL

43

Ranking Sierra Point & Clicks

44

From Idea to Reality: The Making of The Phantom Fellows

45

Ranking LucasArts Adventure Games

46

Ranking Sierra SCI0 Games

47

Adventure Game Fan Fair (Recap)

48

Ranking Sierra AGI Games

49

Blade Runner

50

Sierra Remake Comparison IV: King's Quest

51

The Enduring Appeal of Pixel Art (feat. Tom Hardwidge)

52

The Dialectical Tension Between Point-and-Click Interfaces and Text-Parser Mechanisms in Digital Ludology. (feat. Slatts)

53

Quest for Style: Character Design and Fashion in Adventure Games

54

Adventure Game Sitcoms

55

Sequel Police: We Gave 15 Classic Adventures a Sequel

56

Loom: THAT'S What They Were Weaving?!

57

King's Quest VI - Also the Best King's Quest (feat. Erik Elsom)

58

Sierra Remake Comparison III: Space Quest

59

The Dig (Feat. Daniel Albu)

60

Sierra Remake Comparison II: Leisure Suit Larry

61

Point, Click, Listen: Dave Gilbert (Wadjet Eye Games)

62

This Was SO Last Year (RIP 2023)

63

Adventure Game Interfaces

64

Sierra Remake Comparison I: Police Quest

65

Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood (Feat. OneShortEye)

66

Quest For Story: The Role of an Adventure Game’s Plot

67

Oh, The Horror! (with Adventure Game Geek)

68

The Best King’s Quest

69

Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity

70

Hidden (In Plain Sight) Gems

71

Thimbleweed Park

72

Sacrificial Waffles: the Divine Comedy of Adventure Games

73

Games for Your Inner or Actual Child

74

Exploring Environments Made for Exploring Environments Made for

75

How to (re)Make an Adventure Game Soundtrack (with Error 47)

76

FMV Adventure Games

77

Consequence, Comfort & Modern Adventure Games

78

Enclosure 3D

79

Technobabylon

80

Dreamcasting with (not you Sega) Adventure Game Hotspot

81

The Best [stuff] in Adventure Games

82

Crooks, Bamboozlers & Baddies (Antagonists)

83

Toonstruck

84

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade THE GRAPHIC ADVENTURE

85

GAMES HAVE CHARACTERS (or ”Protagonists”)

86

Sidekicks

87

Big Sexy Boxes

88

Sarah & Anna’s Musical Picks

89

Mystery Games

90

Girls in Gaming

91

Adventure Game Puzzles

92

Interview with Eugene Sandulenko (ScummVM, Project Leader)

93

David Homb Returns! (Actor, Phantasmagoria)

94

Back In... 1984-86 - The Years In Gaming

95

Gabriel Knight - Sins of the Fathers

96

What Have You Been Playing?

97

Back In... 1987 - The Year In Gaming

98

Sanitarium - Psychological Point-and-Click Horror

99

Sam and Max Hit the Road

100

Back in 1992 - the year in gaming

101

The Adventures of Willy Beamish - not for the kids

102

Back In... 1988 (The year in gaming)

103

The Dagger of Amon Ra - A Laura Bow Mystery

104

Back in 1990 - The year in gaming

105

Interview with Richard Aronson, programmer, writer, actor (Conquests of the Longbow, etc.)

106

Interview with Tom Hardwidge, game developer (Lucy Dreaming)

107

Games We've Changed Our Opinions On

108

Back in 1991 - The year in gaming (Bonus - Stephen King Adventure Game Adaptations)

109

Interview with Kaiju, writer, game dev, queer rights activist

110

Voice Acting In Games - the good, the bad, and the unnecessary

111

References vs Easter Eggs - where is the line drawn?

112

Listener Mailbag - May 2021

113

Interview with Aviv Salinas & Dave Seaman (The Corruption Within)

114

PART 2: Interview with Francisco Gonzalez, game developer (Lamplight City, Rosewater)

115

Interview with Francisco Gonzalez, game developer (Ben Jordan, A Golden Wake, Rosewater) - Part 1

116

Interview with Anne Bras (Big Box Guinness World Record holder, game developer)

117

Sexy Games - The games that turn us on

118

Interview with Michael McEntee, Youtuber (Yakwaxlips)

119

Polarization - The topics that divide us

120

Back in 1993... - The Year In Gaming

121

Interview - Jonas Fisch (Founder Common Colors, Developer Prim)

122

Back in 1989... - The Year In Gaming

123

Video Game Death Match - Who Would Win?

124

Second Interview with Lori and Corey Cole, game developers (Hero-U, Quest For Glory), with special guest Josh "Orion" Koss

125

Games with Exceptional Stories

126

Hardware and Emulation - Quest For Compatibility

127

Game Graphics We Adore

128

Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, and 3 - also, Paul doesn't know Star Wars

129

Our Most Replayed Games (and a huge tangent)

130

2020 Mailbag

131

Interview with Noah Falstein, game designer (LucasArts, The Inspiracy)

132

Sim City - goodbye, sleep!

133

Les Manley in: Search For The King - the dollar store Leisure Suit Larry

134

On The Spot Challenge: Lemmings vs The Incredible Machine

135

The Fate of Atlantis - Indy gaming at its finest

136

The Blackstone Chronicles - you'd be crazy not to play it

137

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream - feel good game of the year

138

The Long Reach - an above-mediocre horror adventure

139

Interview with David Homb, actor (Phantasmagoria)

140

Learning In Games (with special guest Dr. Leslie Markley)

141

Video Game Music (with special guest Lucas Mercer)

142

Interview with Ken Williams and SURPRISE GUEST Roberta Williams (Sierra On-Line)

143

Fun Games Despite Reasons To Suck

144

Great Games That Forgot To Be Fun

145

Games That Only Need ONE Change

146

Our Video Game Crushes

147

On The Spot Challenge: Poor Game Descriptions

148

Recommended Games That Aren't Sierra or LucasArts

149

On The Spot Challenge: Live Action Casting

150

Interview with Al Lowe, video game developer (Leisure Suit Larry, Torin's Passage)

151

On The Spot Challenge: Sequels (Re-upload)

152

Interview with Liana Ruppert, video game journalist (Prima Games, Don't Feed The Gamers)

153

Interview with Cidney Hamilton, programmer (Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption, Summer Daze)

154

Walkthroughs and hintbooks - the whens and hows of help

155

Replay Value in Classic Games

156

Games We Suck At

157

Carmen Sandiego (with special guest Mark Fillon)

158

Interview with Mark Fillon, game developer (Terroir, Chinatown Detective Agency)

159

Gold Rush! - The Sierra On-Line Trail

160

Interview with Chad Armstrong (King's Quest I - Redux)

161

Interview with Ivy Dupler, voice actor (Whispers of a Machine, Unavowed)

162

Video Game Role Models (and not)

163

Undiscovered Gems

164

Our Kinda Unpopular Opinions

165

Interview with Steven Alexander, game developer (Infamous Quests)

166

Games That Should Have Been (But Never Were)

167

The Ancient Arts of Wars - underappreciated RTS pioneers

168

American McGee's Alice (with special guest Mike Albertin)

169

King's Quest 4 (with special guests Sarah Kelley and Anna Vigue)

170

Nerd Representation In Film and TV

171

Interview with Bruce Brenneise, artist (Slay The Spire)

172

The Most Ridiculous Games Ever Made

173

The Best Sequels (that were never made)

174

Ep. 60 - Which Was The Best Year For Adventure Games?

175

Ep. 59 - Alignment Charts: a useful tool

176

Ep. 58 - Police Quest 2 (and a bit of 3)

177

Water Cooler 4: The Rocketeer (with special guest Joshua Blum)

178

Ep. 57 - Simulation Theory - what if WE are in a video game?

179

Ep. 56 - Ultima 7: how awesome is/was it?

180

Ep. 55 - Mailbag

181

Interview with Richard Garriott (Ultima, Shroud of the Avatar)

182

Ep. 53 - EcoQuest: because why not?

183

Ep. 52 - The Red Strings Club: a science fiction highlight

184

Ep. 51 - Neofeud: beautifully flawed

185

Ep. 50 - Blade Runner (the adventure game)

186

Ep. 49 - Space Quest series

187

Ep. 48 - Horror games

188

Water Cooler 3: Hope Kodman

189

Ep. 47 - Brandon Blume (video game musician) interview

190

Ep. 46 - Quest For Glory series (feat. QFG super fans!)

191

Ep. 45 - Mike Albertin (Games My Mom Found) interview

192

Ep. 44 - Julia Minamata (Crimson Diamond) interview

193

Ep. 43 - Shawn Mills (The Sierra Adventure) interview

194

Ep. 42 - Kathy Rain

195

Ep. 41 - Why Weren't These Games More Popular?

196

Ep. 40 - Paul's Magical Technicolored Dream Cast

197

Ep. 39 - Which Game Endings Would We Change?

198

Ep. 38 - Leisure Suit Larry (w/ Anna Vigue)

199

Ep. 37 - Literature, Video Games, and the Written Word (w/ Sean McCauley)

200

Ep. 36 - Which Game World Would We Live In?

201

Water Cooler 2: Battle Royale

202

Ep. 35 - Which Classic Game Character Should Have Joined the Avengers In Endgame?

203

Ep. 34 - Convince Me To Play: Kathy Rain

204

Episode 33: Fourth Wall and Immersion; Mostly Thimbleweed Park

205

Water Cooler 1: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

206

Episode 32: The Neverhood

207

Episode 31: Mortal Kombat (the movie)

208

Episode 30: Another World

209

Episode 29: Enclosure

210

Episode 28: Grand Theft Auto 1

211

Episode 27: Alone in the Dark

212

Episode 26: Fallout 1

213

Episode 25: Planet's Edge: The Point of No Return

214

Episode 24: The St. Christopher's School Lockdown

215

Episode 23: Interview with Lori and Corey Cole, game developers (Hero-U, Quest for Glory)

216

Sneak Preview - Lori and Corey Cole interview

217

Episode 22: Maniac Mansion

218

Episode 21: Jones in the Fast Lane

219

Episode 20: The Colonel's Bequest

220

Episode 19: Police Quest 1 (AGI)

221

Episode 18: Adaptations Into Things (part 2)

222

Episode 17: Adaptations Into Things (part 1)

223

Episode 16: Al Eufrasio (artist, animator - Hero-U) interview

224

Episode 15: Bruce Brenneise (visual artist) interview

225

Episode 14: Mobilization

226

Episode 13: Pamela (Cannot Be Tamed) interview

227

Episode 12: Sequels

228

Episode 11: Remakes, Reboots, and Remasters

229

Episode 9: Chris Kennedy (Displaced Gamers) interview

230

Episode 8: Unique Games (w/ Paul Korman)

231

Episode 7: Joel McCoy (Big Box PC Game Collectors)

232

Episode 6: Q&A (with Paul Korman)

233

Episode 5: Dave Wishnowski (Pro Wrestling X)

234

Episode 4: Paul Korman (The Volume Remote)

235

Episode 3: Jim Ferguson (Making a Scene)

236

Episode 2: Stig Johansen (Dungeons and Dragons writer)

237

Episode 1: Julia Minamata (The Crimson Diamond)