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Episode 26 - Non-Adventure Games Aug 21, 2024

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Stay hydrated, everyone! No matter the cost.

Matt and Roses talk about their favorite non-adventure games, plus PlayDate with Matt!, ranking every adventure game ever, and other silliness. Matt also pitches a weird game idea he had about Machiavelli and he's sorry (but also don't steal it!)

Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com

Games Mentioned:

The Crimson Diamond
Lamplight City
ToeJam & Earl
Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short: On Reflection
Tetris
Banjo Kazooey
Dr. Mario
Wave Race
Jet Moto
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Warcraft 2
Stardew Valley
Civilization (V & II)
Lords of the Realm II
Final Fantasy (V, VI, VII & VIII)
Pokemon (entire series)
Clock Tower
Skyrim
Morrowind
Hollow Knight
Ori & the Will o' the Wisps and the Blind Forest, too
Yoku's Island Express
Lone Fungus
Unbound: Worlds Apart
Monster Sanctuary
Graveyard Keeper
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Terraria
Dreams in the Witch House
Quest for Glory (entire series)
Mortal Kombat
Fallout: New Vegas
Legend of Hand
Scratches
Blue Force
Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller
Elena: Displaced Reality

Episode 25 – New Segments! and the Adventure Game Fan Fair Aug 14, 2024

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Hey everyone, we're so sorry about the two-week break, but we're back with ENERGY! Matt has two new segments to present. One that's very normal, and one that's utterly bizarre. Roses went to England and played some arcade games. Matt went to the Adventure Game Fan Fair and we talk about a bunch of demos.

The rest, you're just gonna have to hear for yourself.

Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com

Games Mentioned:

Die Hard: The Arcade Game
“Dynamo Cops or something”
Mario Kart
House of the Dead
Typing of the Dead
Track and Field
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
Mortal Kombat II
Tapper
Baby Pac-Man
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Mario Party
Super Mario World
Lamplight City
Casual Birder
Resonant Tale
The Crimson Diamond
Heir of the Dog
Home: A Story of Light
Phantom Fellows
War of the Western Deep
President Rocket
Fogtown
Quest for Glory V
Liesure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Freddy Pharkus: Frontier Pharmacist
The Fan
Carol Reed: Amos Green’s Final Repose
Fran Bow
Weird: Truth is Stranger than Fiction
Krabat and the Sorbian King
Wild Wild West: The Steel Assassin
Dust: A Tale of the Wired West

Episode 24 - Dreams in the Witch House Jul 24, 2024

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IT'S BAKING TIME! Matt makes bad cookies and then Roses and Matt plan some really cool Stardew-themed Macarons. We briefly revisit the Detective Grimoire series and talk about Rise of the Golden Idol. Then we do a deep-dive into a game that captured the hell out of our imaginations: Dreams in the Witch House!

PLUS A RETURN OF A BELOVED SEGMENT!!!

Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com

Games Mentioned:

Tangle Tower
Detective Grimoire (THE ORIGINAL FLASH GAME)
Rise of the Golden Idol
Quest For Glory
Dreams in the Witch House
The Dunwich Horror (Upcoming Sequel)

Episode 23 - Tangle Tower Jul 17, 2024

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Lets talk about guinea pigs for a while then too many Lorelais before we DEEP DIVE into TANGLE TOWER - a fun mystery game! And we talk about its predecessor Detective Grimoire and the demo for the third game in the series, The Mermaid Mask. It's, honestly?, just a good episode.

Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com

Games Mentioned:

Lorelai
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Detective Grimoire
The Mermaid Mask
Tangle Tower
The Dagger of Amon Ra
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
The Duck Detective

Episode 22 - Q & A: New Teeth Edition Jul 10, 2024

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Roses has new teeth and can't eat no potatoes, but she DID learn about a lot of games with an overwhelming number of cats. We take your questions about achievements, non-adventure game mechanics, console gaming, genre distinctions, Andrew Plotkin's Cruelty Scale, and much more!

Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com

Games Mentioned:

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
A Castle Full of Cats (and the others in the series)
The Blue Cat
Tunic
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers/The Beast Within
Dropsy
Laura Bow: The Dagger of Amon Ra
Riven
Warcraft Adventure Game
Hive Swap
The Tex Murphy Series
Arcane: Online Mystery Serial
Disco Elysium
Monkey Island II
Harvester
A Space for the Unbound
Zelda (just a bunch of em)
Brok the Invesigator
Lair of the Clockwork God
Bulb Boy
Clock Tower
The Neverhood
Soma
Banjo Kazooie
Mario 64
Scooby Doo (Genesis)
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
Deja Vu
Cosmic Spacehead
A Boy and his Blob
ToeJam & Earl
Quest For Glory
Space Quest III

Episode 21 - The Dagger of Amon Ra Jul 03, 2024

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Healthcare! World Hunger! Capitalism! Unfinished Games! Get ready for some R-A-N-T-S!

"Aw, Man..." coming soon to NBC

Also, we talk about Laura Bow: The Dagger of Amon Ra for an hour.

Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com

Games Mentioned:

A Space for the Unbound
Stardew Valley
The Haunted Chocolatier
Lorelai
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Journeyman Project
The Sexy Brutale
Mystery House
The Colonel’s Bequest
The Dagger of Amon Ra

Episode 20 - Audience Recommendations Vol. 2 Jun 26, 2024

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After a week off, Matt and Roses are back fresh as... roses, I guess. After the contractually obligated Stardew Valley talk, we discuss four of YOUR AUDIENCE RECCOMENDATIONS! A Space for the Unbound, The Invincible, The Journeyman Project, and The Cat Lady! This leads to a deep discussion of the entire Harvester Games catalogue.

YOUR TAKEAWAYS: 1) If you recommend us a game, guess which one of us it will appeal to more! 2) Email us your opinions on Harvester Games games. 3) Games: They're not just Pac-Man anymore.

Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com

Games Mentioned:

Stardew Valley
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
A Space for the Unbound
Persona series
The Invincible
Firewatch
The Journeyman Project: Legacy of Time
The Journeyman Project: Project Pegasus
The Cat Lady
Downfall
Burnhouse Lane
Lorelai
The Dagger of Amon Ra
Pac-Man

Episode 19.5 - THERE IS NO EPISODE Jun 19, 2024

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Hey everyone, we're not doing an episode this week, so we just thought we'd throw you a quick episode to tell you how we're not doing an episode. So, sorry there is no episode, but here's an episode about that.

And, while we were here, we thought, to apologize for not having an episode, we'd answer a few listener questions.

In conclusion, there is no episode. So here is your episode about how there is, in fact, not an episode this week.

Episode.

Episode 19 - Nightmare Frames and An English Haunting Jun 12, 2024

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First, you should know: It's not Matt's fault. Second, you should know: PushingUpRoses is a chaotic force. Third, you should listen to us talk about video games. We talk a lot about games we WANT to play, but haven't, then we DEEP DIVE into both of the major releases from Postmodern Adventures.

Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com

Games Mentioned:

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Strange Horticulture
Strange Antiquities
Billy Masters was Right
Urban Witch Story
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Animal Well
The Witness
Nightmare Frames
An English Haunting
Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers
A Thousand Clowns (this is a movie, but Matt describes it for a solid 2 minutes, so it goes on the list)

Episode 18 - Duck Detective and Harvester Jun 05, 2024

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We all knew it was coming eventually. THE BIG TWO! Such a natural pairing of two pieces of media we probably don't even need to mention it. But we will. Matt and Roses play and talk about Duck Detective: The Secret Salami and Harvester. The 1996 FMV video game Harvester. The episode basically records itself.

We also say goodbye to a dear, dear, dear, dear friend.

Email us! mattandroses@gmail.com

Games Mentioned:

Kings Quest V (R.I.P.)
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
An English Haunting
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Nightmare Frames
The Last Door
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Case of the Golden Idol
Harvester
Night Trap

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