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 most villainy? What 2 characters would you freaky Friday? And a ton more, like, too much more. So join in …

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 right, and he lives with his mom who's like the Muppet Babies mom or wait no, she's like Howard Wolfowitz'…

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 solving will not be involved in the episode, what else? Oh so, we basically go through the games that had planne…

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 version to the VGA and FM Towns remake. Join us as we present to you our flimsy arguments as to which is the…

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 which typing that out, it's amazing anybody listens to this show. But you do! And this episode is a lot of fu…

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 Questests turn! It's the AGI EGA original vs the SCI VGA remake! And it's not really versus, it's more a co…

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 the deal, they talk about the game, which in this case is The Dig, you can already see they're joined by a g…

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 them as they take you through both versions of Larry's origin story, examining the differences in gameplay,…

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 lore. I mean more. No wait, I meant lore- look, let's not bogged down by trying to make sense- just press…

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 they say, which are again, inspired from them looking at past episodes and should potentially encapsulate…

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 User Interfaces. And by interfaces I mean Text Parser, 9 Verb, 2-Click, Sierra Point and Click, Verb Coin and…

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, for the first time. See, they’re both actually quite different and it’s not even- it’s not subtle. Oh yeah,…

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 y…

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,…

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 tha…

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 man…

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/…

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 m…

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 advent…

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…

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 t…

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…

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 music behind Sins of the Fathers, King's Quest and the 7th Guest. Are we good? Any ah, anymore things behind…

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, this is an episode on everything FMV and you, are gonna maybe love it. Mangia! Do a backing! Soup's On: mus…

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 tuned to the end for a special announcement and please listen to this responsibly. Mangia! Support the kicksta…

This week Anna & Paul talk about the mesmerizing 3D remaster of the 2004 AGI game, Enclosure! It's a spooky murder mystery which are all words we adore, especially in that order, and we love it. Orrrr do we... DUN DUN DUNNNN! Also stick around to the end for the first Developers Corner on The Phantom Fellows, which will always be at the end of an e…

This week Anna & Paul are talking about Technobabylon, a modern point and click adventure by Technocrat and Wadjet Eye Games. Did you play it? Did they like it? Wait, did they play it?! All this and more, tonight at now. Mangia! Also, you're gonna wanna play this so grab Technobabylon on GOG or Steam Also 2, Early on we say we will warn you of spoi…

This week Anna & Paul are joined by special guests, Jack and Joshua of Adventure Game Hotspot to do some "what if this game was a movie"-ing. We take classics like Broken Sword, Grim Fandango, Willy Beamish and more and cast them as major motion pictures. Or even minor motion pictures, it's really not about the motion so much as the actors. Also th…

This week Anna and Paul tackle too many of their favorite things in an adventure game. From the best house, in-game food and GUI, to the best driving, world building, and mini game, this episode has at least all of that. Prolly more but in like a, a, careful what you wish for way. Anyway, Mangia! Chad Armstrong's invaluable site, Edenwaith Wishlist…

This week Anna and Paul talk about the more unsavory adventure game characters. The ones who might but fun to party with but that make terrible roommates. From who was generic to who was the most malevolent, who did you love to hate and how did Sierra and LucasArts do villains differently. We talk about all this, when Anna isn't talking about Quest…

This week Anna and Paul talk about Toonstruck the 1996 financial disaster I mean point and click adventure game, that has the heart of a... a better selling game. Also, Paul maybe goes on too long- yelling about the European box art- but otherwise it’s actually pretty listenable. Mangia! Wishlist our adventure game maybe! ThePhantomFellows.com The …

This week Anna and Paul have a chat about the hardest game to google, no not the movie, not the action game- that's still an action- AH HA! Indy 3, the point and click adventure game by LucasFilm. From the perspectives of one who cherishes the series and another who had just watched and played the Last Crusade, we definitely learned at least one th…

So, you want to talk about heroes? Is what we shoulda called this. Anyway this week Anna & Paul talk about the variations of protagonist and then attempt to apply them correctly to each LucasArts and Sierra protagonist*. It was fun and oddly on topic, enjoy! Wishlist our adventure game maybe! ThePhantomFellows.com The Phantom Fellows on Steam Say h…

This week Anna and Paul have a chat about sidekicks and what makes a sidekick a sidekick- especially in an adventure game. It wasn't a competition but, Keith won. Enjoy! Wishlist our adventure game maybe! ThePhantomFellows.com The Phantom Fellows on Steam Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Join the group a…

Anna and Paul are back for a brand new year of banter, on brand new old games. Just old games. Maybe new games that seem old too, idk. Anyway, this week they talk about one of their favorite subjects, big, big 'ole boxes. Full of disks. Of adventures games*. This is a lovely, casual reunion, with big boxes spread out on the tables and a branching d…

This week Anna and Sarah talk about music from their favorite classic computer games. From overall soundtracks and scores, to ambient music, title theme songs and more- don't worry, they cover all of the... basses (sorry, Anna is making me say that). We hope you enjoy the show! Also a huge thank you to our listeners and Patreons for your patience a…

This week Anna is joined by guest host Sarah and they had a lot of fun talking about mysteries- with the real mystery being, what is a mystery game? What differentiates it from say, an Adventure game? Join us as we possibly find that out, talk about some of our favorite mystery games past and present and divulge the deets on Steam sales that may or…

This week Anna sits down with special guest Sarah Kelley to discuss girls in gaming! Anna and Sarah have a blast combing through some of the magnificent women in gaming- from the girls in the games, to the girls making the games! We hope you enjoy listening and Anna & Paul will be back soon! Also, please support some of these incredible women! Pame…

This week Anna & Paul take a look at the many different types of puzzles in adventure games. From inventory based to branching dialogs and the many in between, they go over all of them and cite which are crowd favorites and why, based on what Paul generously calls “research”. It was a real good time, come hear what they had to say about your most a…

This week Anna & Paul sit down with Eugene Sandulenko, the project leader for ScummVM! And we don't have to tell our listeners but ScummVM is a portable, one stop shop for all of your adventure game playing needs! In this utterly fascinating chat, Eugene walks us through what ScummVM does and with easy examples, he also does a magnificent job of ex…

This week our great mate David Homb returns for a chat! We were so excited to sit down with David again that we even put the band back together as Ric sits in on the conversation too! We talk about stories from filming Phantasmagoria, about a top-secret new project David is working on for the gaming community and we discuss David's new book "Awake,…

We are edging closer to the dawn of classic gaming! When faced with an ever-depleting list of games to cover and a fear of not having enough material for an entire episode, Anna & Paul decided to cover three years in-one, and that was more or less a mistake. However, they had fun digging through, discussing and compiling a little highlight reel of …

Episode 140: This week Anna & Paul discuss what may well be Sierra’s masterpiece, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. They identify why not loving this game makes you wrong and how playing it if you haven’t, can make you a better person. Also Paul’s cat gives actual birth live in the background for some reason. And if you listen closely later in t…

Episode 139: This week Anna and Paul have a casual convo about some of the games they've been playing. After talking about the game and giving some feedback on it, they relieve themselves of being on-topic, have another chat about different games and finally make their way back to subject. Several times. Look, they talk games and they laugh a lot s…

Episode 138: This week we really take our time with 1987. We light some candles, play it some jazz and slowly unwrap it. No but Anna and Paul do talk a lot this week because 1987 had some iconic titles. LucasFilm had just introduced to the world the point and click adventure game, Sierra had just introduced the world to Larry Laffer and Sonny Bonds…

This week we sit down to talk about Sanitarium because it's October and everything is spooky we all decided. This psychological thriller is a favorite to those who have played and worth playing to those who haven't. Or least worth being told about it, by us, for maybe a little too much time. Anyway we hope you enjoy listening! Also, apologies for s…

Episode: 136: This week Anna and Paul take look at the LucasArts classic Sam and Max Hit the Road! They discuss what makes this game such an iconic and legendary point and click adventure as well as the roots of the game (including its comic book and TV show) and why it not only holds up but is also a great introductory title in the genre. We hope …

Episode 135: 1992 is a year that can be argued as being one of the greatest years in classic PC gaming! Paul and Anna turn back the clock to revisit some of the games that came out that year. Come join the discussion and the community! Follow us on Facebook: www.Facebook.com/ClassicGamersGuild www.Facebook.com/groups/ClassicGamersGuild Twitter and …

Episode 134: This week Anna and Paul spend an episode talking about the game they can't stop talking about anyways! Finally, officially, the Willy Beamish episode! Come join the discussion and the community! Follow us on Facebook: www.Facebook.com/ClassicGamersGuild www.Facebook.com/groups/ClassicGamersGuild Twitter and Instagram: @CGGpodcast And e…

Episode 133: This week Anna and Paul sit down to discuss and just pick the bloody bones out of the year 1988 and the glorious games it produced. From King's Quest IV to Zak McKracken, Police Quest 2 to Leisure Suit Larry 2 (also several minutes were spent on non-adventure games) (at least 3 minutes) it was a year of quality above quantity. Come hav…