The Classic Gamers Guild Podcast

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

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 Cotl. Or even Cotlb but really, longbow is one word LOOK, that's not important, what's important is that you, I don't know, I guess drink more water than you prolly are and then enjoy this episode because OneShortEye absolutely brings it, for real, it was a lot of fun. MANGIA!
OneShortEye's YouTube Channel & Twitter (X)
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Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network !
AGHN Content Creators Podcast - Episode 4: Communities and Comments Feat. Paul!
Space Quest Historian's RetroGameDays 2023: The History of Space Quest 
Adventure Game Geek's Episode 99 - Waxworks
OneShortEye's 5 More Colonel's Bequest Secrets
Conversations with Curtis' A Conversation with Steve Purcell (Sam & Max)
Adventure Game Hotspot's Indiana Jones vs Tomb Raider vs Uncharted Podcast
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Intro greeting by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes
 
And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
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*May not be complete, must be 18 years or older or get a parent to listen
 
 
 

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

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 when one is better than the other and asking the question: how much does the plot of the story even matter, in adventure games? After all, it is rarely the main topic of conversation surrounding an adventure game, so why is that? Also, this episode is available in a video version, on YouTube! So have a look or a listen and maybe even enjoy it. Mangia!
Video Version of this podcast!
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Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network !
AGHN Content Creators Podcast - Episode 4: Communities and Comments Feat. Paul!
Space Quest Historian's 4 new adventure games - are they worth our time? Feat. Anna!
Adventure Game Geek's Episode 99 - Waxworks
OneShortEye's 5 More Colonel's Bequest Secrets
Conversations with Curtis' A Conversation with Dan Avidan from @GameGrumps
Adventure Game Hotspot's Nostalgia Trip - The Best Adventure Games from A to Z
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And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
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Oh, The Horror! (with Adventure Game Geek)

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 was supposed to be a list of scary games turned into more "well, at some point it's dark and raining, so that counts" but it's a fun time regardless. Mangia!
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Space Quest Historian's The Space Quest Olympics 2023 - FEATS OF STRENGTH
Adventure Game Geek's Auryn Quest – Adventure Game Geek – Episode 98
OneShortEye's 5 More Colonel's Bequest Secrets
Conversations with Curtis' A Conversation with Jenn Sandercock (Thimbleweed Park / Return to Monkey Island / Edible Games)
Adventure Game Hotspot's The Scariest Moments from Gamings Scariest Games
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And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
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The Best King’s Quest

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 KQ3, say what you will- you know what- I’m gonna stop talking now before I ruin it. Go, press play and mangia!
Wishlist our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows 
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Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network !
Space Quest Historian's Why would someone make a "nude mod" for King's Quest IV?
Adventure Game Geek's Dragon Lore – Adventure Game Geek (with Rural Adventurer) – Episode 97
OneShortEye's 5 More Colonel's Bequest Secrets
Conversations with Curtis' A Conversation with Sierra Online developer Steve Conrad (Phantasmagoria / Gabriel Knight 2 / GK3)
Adventure Game Hotspot's Warning: Addictive Adventure Games that Will Satisfy Your Guilty Pleasures
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And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
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Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity

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. FINE, Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity. Okay I actually copied and pasted it, that wasn't so bad/sorry for yelling.
Basically they attempt to give you a solid second hand experience with the game, essentially playing it for you. I mean they didn't really hit that mark but that, that's what was attempted. But they did have fun and laugh a lot so maybe you will too, who knows. Mangia!
Wishlist our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows 
Vote for TPF to be released on GOG!
Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network !
Space Quest Historian's DET. BONDS IS BAD AT HIS JOB | Police Quest II (DOS) pt. 1
Adventure Game Geek's The Lost Treasures of Infocom
OneShortEye's How Speedrunners BROKE this Game in One Keypress
Conversations with Curtis' A Conversation with Larry Ahern (The Curse of Monkey Island / Full Throttle / Day of the Tentacle)
Adventure Game Hotspot's The Hidden Side of The Broken Sword Story: A Revealing Interview with George Stobbart
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And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
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Hidden (In Plain Sight) Gems

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 thing you wanted them to say, but the games mentioned span from 1984 to 2020 and for the first time, Paul mentions a non-adventure game! What is it you ask, well, it's definitely not James Pond 1. Mangia! 
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Space Quest Historian's DET. BONDS IS BAD AT HIS JOB | Police Quest II (DOS) pt. 1
Adventure Game Geek's Adventure Jam 2023 Top Ten
OneShortEye's How Speedrunners BROKE this Game in One Keypress
Conversations with Curtis' A Conversation with Hal Barwood (Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis / The Infernal Machine)
Adventure Game Hotspot's These Indiana Jones Games Belong in a Museum - All Indy Games RANKED
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And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
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Thimbleweed Park

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 classic. Mangia! 
Wishlist our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows 
Check out Octavi Navarro's brilliant adventure series, Midnight Scenes
Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network !
Space Quest Historian's Why would someone make a "nude mod" for King's Quest IV?
Adventure Game Geek's Adventure Jam 2023 Top Ten
OneShortEye's Monkey Island SPEEDRUNS? Ron Gilbert Opens Up
Conversations with Curtis' A Conversation with Ron Gilbert
Adventure Game Hotspot's The Adventure Game Puzzle: Which Game Suits Your Personality
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"CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote
Intro greeting by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes
 
And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
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*arguably. It’s arguably comprehensive.

Sacrificial Waffles: the Divine Comedy of Adventure Games

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, laughter or Nietzsche, you're going to want to listen to this one, it's even got some accidental profundity at the end.
Wanna know what's actually talked about in the episode? Fair enough. Defining adventure comedy, fourth wall breaking, red herrings, narration, in-jokes, visual gags, funny deaths, parody, straight-man characters and more! Actually and no more. Just those things I just said and nothing- not a single other thing, ever. Mangia!
Wishlist our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows 
Vote for TPF to be released on GOG!
Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network !
Space Quest Historian's Police Quest I - A Fair and Balanced Retrospective
Adventure Game Geek's Adventure Jam 2023 Top Ten
OneShortEye's Monkey Island SPEEDRUNS? Ron Gilbert Opens Up
Conversations with Curtis' Paul & Tori Play Her Story
Adventure Game Hotspot's Seinfeld Adventure: Gamings Biggest Missed Opportunity 
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"CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote
Intro greeting by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes
 
And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
ThePhantomFellows.com
The Phantom Fellows on Steam

Games for Your Inner or Actual Child

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 Adventures in We Haven't Played That One Yet, we've got em all folks. We even share helpful tips on how to indoctrinate your own kids, as adventure gamers!
Not helpful? Fine, we discuss the difference between edutainment and kids games and how adventure games teach kids how to think, not what to think. Mangia!
Wishlist our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows 
Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network !
Adventure Game Hotspot's Hey Microsoft - We Want These Sierra Online Adventure Games (Paul is a guest in this one) (so)
Space Quest Historian's Police Quest I - A Fair and Balanced Retrospective
Adventure Game Geek's Adventure Jam 2023 Top Ten
OneShortEye's Monkey Island SPEEDRUNS? Ron Gilbert Opens Up
Conversations with Curtis' a Conversation with Mark Ferrari
There's still time to back Soup's On: Music from the 7th Guest & 11th Hour
Say hi I guess!
Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast
Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows
ThePhantomFellows.com
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"CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote
Intro greeting by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes
 
And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
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The Phantom Fellows on Steam

Exploring Environments Made for Exploring Environments Made for

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 because it's like, that's both what we did aaand it's what these environments were made for. For exploring. So. We explored them.
Okay fine, we talk about realistic vs stylized worlds, how different graphical versions change the mood of a game, the ingredients for a proper atmosphere, Memphis design and like, 3-6 other things. It was an exceptionally good time, you're gonna maybe love it, MANGIA!
Wishlist our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows 
Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network !
Space Quest Historian's Police Quest I - A Fair and Balanced Retrospective
Adventure Game Geek's Adventure Jam 2023 Top Ten
OneShortEye's Monkey Island SPEEDRUNS? Ron Gilbert Opens Up
Conversations with Curtis' a Conversation with Mark Ferrari
Adventure Game Hotspot's 3 Adventure Games You Should Play and 2 You Should Skip
There's still time and need to back Soup's On: Music from the 7th Guest & 11th Hour
Say hi I guess!
Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast
Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows
ThePhantomFellows.com
Vote for TPF to be released on GOG!
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"CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote
Intro greeting by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes
 
And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH
ThePhantomFellows.com
The Phantom Fellows on Steam