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Save Your Game

Save Your Game Podcast

A podcast about narrative video games hosted by internet bon vivant PushingUpRoses and special boy Matt Aukamp.

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Episode 52 - Dare to Dream and Neil Cicierega

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2025/04/02

A very sleepy Matt and a very inspired PushingUpRoses welcome an incredible guest onto the show to talk about one of the weirder games we've ever played. Musician, video producer and hella talented dude Neil Cicierega is on the show to talk about playing adventure games as 90's kid -- your dad bringing home shareware adventure games to install on your Windows 3.1 PC and the entire family puzzling over it over weeks, months, and years -- and how to pass that experience on to your kids.We also do a

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Episode 51 - Freddy Pharkas and Meredith Gran

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2025/03/26

This week, Matt and Roses are joined by the first developer we ever talked about on this show, MEREDITH GRAN, the creative force behind Perfect Tides and the upcoming Perfect Tides: Station to Station. We take some time to discuss our feet before discussing art, nostalgia, and the creative decisions by – let’s face it – one of our favorite frickin’ games.Then, we spend a LOT of time talking about a game that is FAR from our favorite: Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist. And we’re sorry*.*we

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79:55

Episode 50 - Q & A: Tea Edition

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2025/03/19

It’s been a wild (sic) since we’ve done a Q & A, so we address topics like our favorite references in games, games that we liked as kids but disliked as adults, Roses’ favorite Carmen Sandiego, and what franchises we’d like to see as adventure games!But first, we talk about our thoughts on Wanderstop, which is an incredibly unique and interesting game.And Matt drinks a lot of tea.Email us! mattandroses@gmail.comGames Mentioned: Fields of Mistria Wanderstop Hugo’s House of Horrors Conker’s

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100:18

Episode 49 - Next Fest 2025

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2025/03/12

R. Floppy K., Jr. can’t keep Matt and PushingUpRoses down. These two are gonna push through all the colds, the tiny guacabowli bowls, the loneliness, and the fork-and-knife taco crowd to play some Next Fest Demos!We warmed you up last week, but this week we dive FULLY IN to some cool demos. But first, we have a long talk about player choice in games and the merits of seeing “everything” in a game, all because Matt misses his ancient robot.Plus, Matt is sick and WILL HE SURVIVE TIL THE END OF THE

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91:58

Episode 48 - Gaming As We Age and Dave Gilbert

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2025/03/05

You know him, you love him; The one and only Dave Gilbert is on the show this week to talk about our relationships to gaming as we all get older. Is nostalgia inherently good or bad? Is ET for Atari as artistic a feat as Perfect Tides? We get really really deep into it.Also, Roses and Matt each played a few Next Fext demos (maybe more to come next week?) and Dave Gilbert played Obsidian’s answer to Unavowed, Avowed!Email us! mattandroses@gmail.comGames Mentioned: Old Skies Avowed Unavowed

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90:12

Episode 47 - Sanitarium

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2025/02/26

Look, you all knew this was coming eventually. Matt put it off as long as he possibly could, but the time has finally arrived. Despite it having practically every element that PushingUpRoses hates in adventure games, we play one of her favorites of all time: Sanitarium!Roses is still playing Cabernet, trying to get the good ending. Matt is Playing Heaven's Vault and it's incredible.And the less said about the intro, the better.Email us! mattandroses@gmail.comGames Mentioned: Cabernet The Crimson

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98:05

Episode 46 – Cabernet and Adventure RPGS

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2025/02/20

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

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93:16

Episode 45 - Loco Motive

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2025/02/12

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

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68:30

Episode 44 - Games We're Excited for in 2025

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2025/01/22

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!Email us! mattandroses@gmail.comGames Mentioned: The Roottrees are Dead Obsession The Last Door Mythargia Cabernet Disco Elysium Mermaid Mask Foolish Mortals Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward

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117:55

Episode 43 - Best Games of 2024

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2025/01/15

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,

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185:58

Episode 42 - CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

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2024/12/24

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

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112:56

Episode 41 – Wrath of the Gods and Pearlmania500

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2024/12/11

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/pearlmania500Wrath of the Gods:https://www.wrathgame.com/Email us

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Episode 40 – Virgin River and Crow Country

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2024/12/04

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

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119:05

Episode 39 - Case and Rise of the Golden Idol

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2024/11/27

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

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Episode 38 - Ranking Every Adventure Game Ever

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2024/11/20

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)Email us

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115:46

Episode 37 – Q & A: Josh Cleveland Edition

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2024/11/13

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.comEmail us! mattandroses@gmail.comGames Mentioned: Death of the Reprobate Eyeland Blackwell series Where in the World is Carmen

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Episode 36 - Scary Games and PRIM

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2024/10/30

IT'S THE LAST EPISODE OF SPOOKY MONTH!We hope you all have a great Halloween.To help you one last time with your spooky mood, we talk about the SCARIEST GAMES WE'VE EVER PLAYED. WOOOOOO. And we talk about the new gothic point-and-click adventure game Prim. We love Deep Plots(TM).Email us! mattandroses@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @SaveYourGamePodcastGames mentioned (some of them for only like a second, though): Case of the Golden Idol Rise of the Golden Idol AI: The Somnium Files Huniepop

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Episode 35 - Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of...

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2024/10/23

TEETH UPDATE! For the teeth enthusiasts and teeth curious, we unveil a brand new chapter in the PushingUpRoses Teeth Saga ™. Roses discovered a detective game that Matt’s been telling her about since day one and Matt played some demos!Then, we dig deep into a world of horror, mystery, intrigue, and Japanese folklore in the Japanese ADV game Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. We have A LOT to say about this one, folks. So much in fact, that we skip our ranking segment this ep. Sorry

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Episode 34 - Hugo's House of Horrors trilogy

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2024/10/16

The first episode of the brand-new medical/dental advice podcast: Save Your Teeth! Call your Endodontist. Eat your allergy medicine. And don’t tell anyone we exist!The spookiest thing about this installment of spooky month is that we played these games at all. Matt and Roses review the Hugo’s House of Horror trilogy and a 1990’s 3D shoot ‘em up??? Also we talk about Phantom Fellows, some random 1990’s platform games, have a quick PlayDate with Matt, and some cool games pop up on our REVIEW EVERY

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Episode 33 - Fran Bow

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2024/10/09

Spooky Month takes a turn for the sad as we tackle a game about trauma, growing up, mental illness, and murder. Matt and Roses do a deep dive into Fran Bow. We also talk about some upcoming episodes and... a BOOK?! What are we, frickin nerds?Email us! mattandroses@gmail.comGames Mentioned: Phantom Fellows Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo The Ghost Stories of M.R. James (A BOOK, NOT A GAME) Fran Bow Banjo Kazooey Moons of Madness Dreamfall Chapters The Art of Murder: Cards of

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