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The Classic Gamers Guild Podcast

Anna & Paul

A Point & Click Adventure Game Podcast, Classic & Modern- New episodes every other Tuesday!

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78:50

From Space Quest to SpaceVenture: Ken Allen Talks Music

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2025/12/09

Composer Ken Allen shaped the soundscape of an entire Sierra era, from Space Quest to Kings Quest, and that unmistakable Sierra logo fanfare burned into every retro-gamer's brain. Now he’s back with a full new soundtrack for SpaceVenture, and we go deep into how it all came together.In this episode, Ken walks through the craft behind his new score, the evolution from MT-32 to modern orchestral libraries, the stories behind iconic Sierra tracks, the surprising inspirations for SpaceVenture’s music,

70:35

Al Eufrasio - Sierra Animator (Leisure Suit Larry,...

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2025/11/25

This week Anna and Paul sit down with legendary Sierra animator and artist, Al Eufrasio! They go behind the scenes at Sierra on what it was like to work there, how projects were conceptualized and executed, and they also chat a bit about animation, including where to find good, modern animation. It's an illuminating conversation so cozy up and Mangia!Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now! GOG Steam itch.io Fireflower Mac App Store The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by

78:06

Quest For Glory II: Trial By Fire - Review

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2025/11/12

This week Anna and Paul played Quest For Glory 2: Trial By Fire and as per the rules of podcasting, they're going to talk into microphones, at you, for quite some time—largely staying on topic while occasionally wandering into a narrative side quest, as to create a more layered listening experience for you, the listener. I have no idea what I'm even saying at this point, Mangia!Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now! GOG Steam itch.io Fireflower Mac App Store The Phantom

73:07

The PRGE Tapes: Conversations from the Portland Retro...

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2025/10/28

Anna hits the floor at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, or as she and her late friend Roberta always called it, the PGRE. It’s a weekend overflowing with nostalgia, laughter, and the kind of serendipity that only happens when you pack decades of gaming history under one roof.This episode brings you the voices and moments that defined the show: Al Lowe sharing stories from his Sierra days, Lori and Corey Cole reminiscing about Quest for Glory, George Sanger talking music and memory, and dozens of

59:29

Merch, Marketing, and Modern Adventures (with...

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2025/10/14

This week Anna and Paul are joined by Michael aka YakWaxLips! We're discussing the new Adventure Game Merch Store, the state of modern adventure games, how to market adventure games and support devs, the legacy of LucasArts in modern adventure games, and his opinion of Gabriel Knight, as a LucasArts mega fan. Mangia!Shek out YakWaxLips on Youtube Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com ! Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out

224:56

The Dagger of Amon Ra (with OneShortEye)

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2025/09/30

This week Anna and Paul are joined by OneShortEye and they go on the deepest of dives into The Dagger Of Amon Ra! OneShortEye has just concluded a proper digital archeological dig on the game for his upcoming documentary and he brought all of the weird and wonderful finds to share with us. Mangia!Shek out OneShortEye's Youtube Channel Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now! GOG Steam itch.io Fireflower Mac App Store The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest! The

84:24

EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus

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2025/09/16

This week Anna and Paul played say it with me, Echo Quest! Paul enjoyed it whereas Anna didn't appreciate the message citing "our flat earth is clean enough!". Okay fine she didn't. But she does say other things MANGIA!Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com ! Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now! GOG Steam itch.io Fireflower Mac App Store The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest! The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See

81:15

PAUL ALMOST DIED + Blue Force

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2025/09/02

This week Anna and Paul are reunited and they kick things off with some story time about where Paul has been, thennn they get into the 1991 Jim Wall's adventure "Blue Force". It's one of those games a lot of us flagged as "one day I'll play that" knowing very well that day will never come, so press play and let them walk you through it instead. Mangia!Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now! GOG Steam itch.io Fireflower Mac App Store The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by

02:17:08

Bonus Episode: ERROR 47: Honoring Roberta Vaughan...

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2025/08/23

This three-part BONUS episode honors our friend Roberta Vaughan and celebrates the upcoming live debut of Error 47—a tribute band performing all together for the first time this fall.Part One features Jackie, Sarah, Jon Paul, Erik, and Mick, some of the members of the band, as they reflect on Roberta’s legacy, how the project came together, and what it’s like preparing for a live show as a group of longtime friends, collaborators, and fans. This is the first time they’ll share a stage as one

50:39

Inside Shadows of the Afterland with Rubén López

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2025/08/19

This week on the Classic Gamers Guild Podcast, we step into the afterlife, but not the peaceful kind. Anna, one half of the CGG Podcast, sits down with Rubén López, one half of Aruma Studios, to talk about their upcoming point-and-click adventure Shadows of the Afterland. If their debut Intruder in Antiquonia was about memory and resisting modernity, this one’s about being dead before you’re even born, and trying to change your destiny. Rubén pulls back the curtain on designing a supernatural murder

54:24

Sean Parker and the Fogtown FMV Revival

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2025/08/05

This week, Anna runs a solo mission straight into the fog, Fogtown, that is. She’s joined by Sean Parker, the puppet-wrangling, genre-bending mastermind behind Fogtown, the only detective story brave enough to ask: what if a puppet version of Sherlock Holmes had imposter syndrome, a spatula sword, and a head that occasionally falls off?We talk about how the pandemic turned a scrappy puppet TV show idea into a fully modular FMV game with real performances, rotating virtual sets, and actors from

01:31:54

Codename: Iceman (it's actually kinda good?!)

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2025/07/22

This week Paul played Sierra's black sheep, what some call the rite, or maybe right, of passage for the clinically obsessed adventure gamer... it's Codename: Iceman. He's gonna walk you through it so you don't have to play it, while switching vehemently between 'you should play it' and 'you absolutely should not'- it's quite a rollercoster of confused emotions and misguided angst. Honestly, I think he... I think he actually had FUN?! Also Anna is sick, please bombard her with messages about

01:06:00

Adventurous Non-Adventure Games

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2025/07/08

This Week Anna talks about non-adventure games that feel adventurous, and Paul is a cynical bastard about each one them, the entire time. Mangia!Shek out Emil's awesome, new old-school FPS Reverend! Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now! GOG Steam itch.io Fireflower Mac App Store The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest! The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!) Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network: Space Quest

33:22

Would You Rather...

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2025/06/24

This Week Anna and Paul ask themselves "Would You Rather..." and of course it's based on Adventure Game whatevers. Tropes or characters or something idk, look the microwave just went off and I can smell my food so naturally I've lost interest in writing this. MANGIA!Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now! GOG Steam itch.io Fireflower Mac App Store The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest! The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!) Shek out

01:18:38

Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist

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2025/06/10

This Week Anna & Paul played Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist and when you listen to them talk about it, you're gonna be like wow, they sure did. MANGIA!Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out now! GOG Steam itch.io Fireflower Mac App Store The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest! The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!) Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network: Space Quest Historian's I played 4 more games that devs

01:42:50

Quest For Glory: So You Want To Be A Hero

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2025/05/27

This Week Anna & Paul played Quest For Glory! And honestly, I can't focus on writing this because I've got that song in my head that's all 🎶 I NEED A HERO Something something into the night 🎵 And he's gotta be fast and it would nice if he was strong and I'd really just like someone who would listen to me about my day 🎵 Anyway it's something like that. But also, we played this game and now we're gonna talk about it. MANGIA!Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out

51:23

The Adventure Game Yearbook

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2025/05/13

This Week Anna & Paul are combing through the Yearbook from Point 'n Click High, and deciding things like: Who had the best hair? Who's the class clown? Who has the most punchable face? Who had the best death animation? It kinda starts as more Yearbook trope kinda questions and then transforms into general award-show style questions but it's a good time, you'll see, you'll all see. Or I guess hear- whatever, MANGIA! The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!) Play our

01:37:14

Character Battle Royale - SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!

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2025/04/29

This Week Anna & Paul are like, here lemme just give you an example, this is the episode:Larry Laffer vs Roger Wilco - Who are you choosing to babysit your kid? Gabriel Knight vs. Indiana Jones - Who's the best smooth talker? Laura Bow vs Grace Nakamura - Who figures out a supernatural mystery faster? It's a lotta that. And it's a lotta fun, MANGIA! The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!) Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out

02:18:07

Heroes, Shadows & Save Games

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2025/04/15

This week Anna & Paul are talking—wait, is that a good name for the episode? I was kinda thinking "Pixels and Personas" but that sounded kinda vague, but maybe it's more mysterious which I think you want for catchy episode titles. Whatever. This week they're talking about Archetypes—first they lay out the different archetypes using pop-culture and words, then they assign the most iconic adventure game characters atheir fitting archetype. It's a little different but a lotta fun, mangia!Play

01:21:12

The Most Adventurous Adventure Games

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2025/04/01

This week Anna & Paul are talking about the most adventurous adventure games! The ones that aren't just an adventure by genre but that make you feel like you're on a grand adventure! They've broken it down into categories such as globe trotting/grab your passport adventures, adventures that take place over one crazy day, and more! So grab some gummy bears and rice cakes and mangia!The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest! Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows is out

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