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Episode 46 – Cabernet and Adventure RPGS Feb 20, 2025

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Roses and Matt roll up their characters and embark on an adventure, avoiding Killer Tomatoes and sadistic oral surgeons, leveling up their scratching skills with Itch Simulator VR 4000, and making their way to becoming full-fledged blood-drinking vampires!

This week, we discuss the new vampire game Cabernet, an adventure/RPG hybrid in which you live two months as a vampire in a small eastern European town in the 1800’s. We review the game and talk about the differences in our playthroughs. Then, we discuss the intersection between RPGs and Adventure Games, and what makes a game lean more heavily to either side.

Also, we rank some adventure games we’ve never heard of and wonder what the word “Cabernet” means.

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Games Mentioned:

Cabernet
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Final Fantasies 1-8
Flat Stanley RPG
RPG Maker VX 8
Stardew Valley
Heaven’s Vault
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
Disco Elysium
The Thaumaturge
Planescape: Torment
Grim Fandango
Itch Simulator VR 4000
Skyrim
Morrowind
Fallout: New Vegas
Through Abandoned: The Underground City
Super Jazz Man
Apprentice
Enola

Episode 45 - Loco Motive Feb 12, 2025

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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.

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Games 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

Episode 44 - Games We're Excited for in 2025 Jan 22, 2025

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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!

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Games 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

Episode 43 - Best Games of 2024 Jan 15, 2025

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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

Episode 42 - CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA!!! Dec 24, 2024

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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! mattandroses@gmail.com

Julia: 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

Episode 41 – Wrath of the Gods and Pearlmania500 Dec 11, 2024

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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/pearlmania500

Wrath of the Gods:

https://www.wrathgame.com/

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Games 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

Episode 40 – Virgin River and Crow Country Dec 04, 2024

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We’ve got a high-energy, Smirnoff Ice-fueled shorter episode here for you to kick off the month of December. There is some good news and bad news about the December schedule you won’t want to miss. Roses played a terrible mobile game out of spite. Matt played a rad PS1 throwback game.

Then, we get some really good rolls on the Ranking segment.

Games Mentioned:
Virgin River the Mobile Game
Crow Country
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Curse of Monkey Island
Prim
Escape from Monkey Island
The Dark Crystal
The Cat Lady
Erica

Episode 39 - Case and Rise of the Golden Idol Nov 27, 2024

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Happy American Thanksgiving, everyone! This is absolutely our yuckiest, most disturbing intro ever. And in the last episode, we talked about piss-proof toilet decals! And we are thankful you let us into your lives with this filth.

This week Matt and Roses talk about two of the best Storiented™ mystery-puzzle games ever made, Case of the Golden Idol and Rise of the Golden Idol, by Color Gray Games. We use our ancient, magical artifacts (microphones) to find all the words and put them in the exact right order and make this podcast for your ears to listen to.

Then we continue ranking every adventure game ever and try very hard to forget that we ever came up with a movie called Yucky Princess Swap.

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Games Mentioned (*BRIEFLY):

Case of the Golden Idol
Rise of the Golden Idol
Crypt Custodian*
Tactical Breach Wizard*
Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus*
Chicken Police: Into the Hive*
Crow Country*
Arco*
Nine Sols*
Loco Motive*
The Journey Down
Grim Fandango
The Sexy Brutale
Myst
Return of the Obra Dinn
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
The Slaughter: Act One
SSTR
Dallas Quest
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
Long Count
Missing Since January
Chants of Sennaar

Episode 38 - Ranking Every Adventure Game Ever Nov 20, 2024

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So. We had already decided we were going to spend the entire episode ranking Adventure Games – many of which, we've never played – but then, we decided to start out by talking about piss for 15 minutes.

Matt and Roses bring a bizarre, chaotic energy and a true EXPERTISE on Adventure Games to this ALL-RANKING episode! Plus, we talk about some games we've been playing and some newly released games!

Please don't give this one The Flush ™

TOILET DECALS COMING SOON (or not. idfk)

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Games Mentioned:

Death of the Reprobate
Chicken Police: Into the Hive
Rise of the Golden Idol
Mythargia
The Abandoned Planet
Another World
Myst
Blasphemous 2: Mea Culpa DLC
Case of the Golden Idol
Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening
We Were Here Forever
Cosmonavtes: Escape Reality
Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne
The Crystal Key
Embracelet
To The Moon
Baker Street Breakout: A Sherlockian Escape Adventure
Ankh: Heart of Osiris
The Slaughter
Mission: Critical
The Pawn
Five Magical Amulets
James Peris: The Fountain of Eternal Drunkenness
Lily Looking Through
Limbo of the Lost
Doctor DuMont's Wild P.A.R.T.I.
Portal 2

Episode 37 – Q & A: Josh Cleveland Edition Nov 13, 2024

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This episode was recorded on November 5th… Yeah.

There’s a manic, ignoring-the-news energy to this episode where we take your listener questions! We also talk about Joe Richardson’s new game Death of the Reprobate and talk to our guest expert Joshua Cleveland of Adventure Game Hotspot about the requirements for “adventure game” status.

Visit www.adventuregamehotspot.com

Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com

Games Mentioned:

Death of the Reprobate
Eyeland
Blackwell series
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Eagle Eye Mysteries
Eagle Eye Mysteries in London
Math Blaster
Grim Fandango
Dagger of Amon Ra
Return of the Obra Dinn
The Room VR
Mechanica Museum
The Adventures of Fatman
The Excavation of Hobb’s Barrow
The Plague Doctor of Wippra
Mystery House
Kings Quest I
Doom
Duke Nukem
Wolfenstein 3D
Uncharted series
Legend of Zelda
Portal
L.A. Noire
Deponia series
Root Bear
Stardew Valley
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo
The Darkside Detective
Lydia
Isles of Sea and Sky
Box Boy
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
Tactical Breach Wizards
Silent Hill 2 remake
Cat Café Manager
Koala Lumpur: Journey to the Edge
The Demon’s Forge
Normality
Muppet Treasure Island
Discworld Noir
The Hex
Inscryption
Pony Island
Heroine's Quest
Quest for Infamy
A Tale of Two Kingdoms
Murders on the Yangtze River
Ripper
Panic in the Park
Blasphemous
Toejam & Earl - Back in the Groove
Gobliiins
The Prophecy (aka Ween: The Prophecy)
Capsule Silence XXIV
Bad Day on the Midway
Ghost Trick
The Dark Eye - Chains of Satinav
The Dark Eye - Memoria

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