This week Anna & Paul are talking character design and are answering some super fun questions such as: Who's the most cosplayable character? If you had to dress like an adv game character for a month, who would it be? Which villain dressed the

Adventure Game Sitcoms

22 days ago 1h 5m

This week Anna & Paul reimagine some classic adventures as period correct TV sitcoms. Imagine Laura Bow having her own weekly whodunit series, Gabriel Knight starring in his own X-Files or shek this out, how about Leisure Suit Larry has a show

Sequel Police: We Gave 15 Classic Adventures a Sequel

Apr 9th, 2024 1h 30m

This week Anna & Paul are the sequel police because they're talking about sequels and frankly, how, what else would we call it, this is an adventure game podcast. Okay, so we've established that policing or otherwise work regarding crime solvin

Loom: THAT'S What They Were Weaving?!

Mar 26th, 2024 1h 22m

This week Anna & Paul bring you the Sierra Remake Comparison IV: This One Isn't Even Sierra. Look, you all asked us about Loom and we finally answered. We also made sense of what exactly was being weaved, all while comparing the original EGA ve

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

Mar 12th, 2024 2h 15m

This week Anna & Paul are joined by the magician I mean musician, Erik Elsom, the talented man behind Magic Map Studio and they are discussing King's Quest VI: Having Hair is Human. They chat about the game as if to verbally play it for you whi

Sierra Remake Comparison III: Space Quest

Feb 27th, 2024 1h 52m

This week Anna & Paul Mangia! Whoops, that was a typo. See I, I didn't wanna erase last episode's mangia cos that's a whole word I'd have to type but the- doesn't matter, ok this week is part 3 of the Sierra Comparison Series™️ and it's Space Q

The Dig (Feat. Daniel Albu)

Feb 13th, 2024 1h 48m

This week Anna & Paul are joined by special guest Daniel Albu (Conversations with Curtis) to excavate deep into The Dig. It was actually more work to avoid saying dig deep than it was worth. Anyway, actually, that's kinda it. I mean you know th

Sierra Remake Comparison II: Leisure Suit Larry

Jan 30th, 2024 1h 17m

This week Anna & Paul bring you the next installment in the Sierra Remake Series, this week they are comparing both versions of Leisure Suit Larry In The Land of the Lounge Lizards! It's EGA vs VGA, AGI vs SCI, Parser vs Point and Click! Join t

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

Jan 16th, 2024 1h 49m

This week Anna & Paul sit down with the legendary Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye games! This was a fun and flowy conversation covering many topics from voice acting to adventure game interfaces, to raising stakes without death to world building and

This Was SO Last Year (RIP 2023)

Jan 2nd, 2024 1h 29m

This week Anna & Paul have a particularly casual conversation, looking back at all the CGG episodes from 2023, and then using their mouths to create sounds that are often- but not always- words, and then the goal here is that you like the words

Adventure Game Interfaces

Dec 19th, 2023 1h 31m

This week Anna & Paul discuss things, using words. Mangia!Okay fine. They talk about interfaces, gooey's and unique game mechanics! What do I mean? Unclear! Okay okay, for starters, gooey is neat for GUI's which is less nerdy for Graphical Use

Sierra Remake Comparison I: Police Quest

Dec 5th, 2023 1h 58m

This week Anna & Paul are looking at all the Police Quest 1’s. Both Police Quest 1’s. The, the two different 1’s. See cos there’s Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel and then there’s Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel, again, f

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

Nov 21st, 2023 4h 15m

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

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

Nov 7th, 2023 1h 26m

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 w

Oh, The Horror! (with Adventure Game Geek)

Oct 24th, 2023 1h 44m

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 wa

The Best King’s Quest

Oct 9th, 2023 59m 2s

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

Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity

Sep 26th, 2023 58m 9s

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.

Hidden (In Plain Sight) Gems

Sep 12th, 2023 1h 8m

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 t

Thimbleweed Park

Aug 29th, 2023 1h 21m

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 cla

Sacrificial Waffles: the Divine Comedy of Adventure Games

Aug 15th, 2023 1h 3m

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, laug

Games for Your Inner or Actual Child

Aug 1st, 2023 1h 6m

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

Exploring Environments Made for Exploring Environments Made for

Jul 18th, 2023 1h 16m

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

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

Jul 4th, 2023 1h 57m

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 mu

FMV Adventure Games

Jun 20th, 2023 1h 18m

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, t

Consequence, Comfort & Modern Adventure Games

Jun 6th, 2023 1h 16m

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 tune