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Episode 95 - The End of The Ultimate Recommendations...

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2026/10/07

After what could be the most alluring intro ever recorded, Matt and Roses discuss what they’ve been enjoying, promptly followed by finishing up the ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATION ELEGANZA EXTRAVAGANZA list. Roses gets too heated about Gone Home.They then segue right in to spooky month with two lovely games from the Midnight Scenes series, horror games inspired by The Twilight Zone. Fields of Mistria Pilot Wings 64 Desktop Explorer Librarian: Tidy Up The Arcane Library Mouthwashing Firewatch Gone

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168:17

Episode 94 - The Ultimate Recommendations Eleganza...

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2026/10/01

Roses got a Switch 2! So she can play Banjo-Kazooie again! Matt played an adorable, wholesome Metroidvania called The Merlies!Then, we recommend a ton more games in a few more Adventure Game categories, and we WAYYYYYY overshoot for times and SPOILER: WE DON'T EVEN FINISH. But it's a hell of a fun time.Games Mentioned: Banjo-Kazooie The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Donkey Kong Bananza The Merlies Nighthawks Clock Tower Scratches Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Slender: The Last

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150:24

Episode 93 - The Ultimate Adventure Game...

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2026/09/23

Roses informs Matt about the strangest Mascot of all time before they both get into the next set of recommendations. Roses is confused about Banjo Kazooie and Matt isn't quite sure what a puzzle adventure game is.Games Mentioned:Fields of MistriaOcarina of TimeUncharted 4Breath of the WildMajora’s MaskBanjo KazooiePsychonautsPrince of Persia: Sands of TimeLair of the Clockwork GodFinal Fantasy 7TunicDisco ElysiumEsoteric EbbThe Quest for Glory GamesPokemonCitizen Sleep 1 and 2MystBlue PrinceOuter

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157:26

Episode 92 - Ultimate Recommendations Eleganza...

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2026/09/16

Not only are there so many adventure games out there, there are so many TYPES of adventure games out there! How do you know whether you're looking at a Deduction Game vs a Horror Game? A Puzzle Adventure Game vs an Escape Room Game? A Point and Click Game vs a Text Parser Game? Well, okay, you should probably be able to figure that last one out for yourself... but for everything ELSE, your old pals Matt Aukamp and PushingUpRoses are here!In the first of a 3-part series, we not only set straight the

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125:03

Episode 91 - Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

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2026/09/09

Roses is obsessed with Master Chef and Matt can't decide on whether he likes a new indie game or not.After some failed attempts at negging, Roses and Matt discuss Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father in honor of the beloved Tim Curry, who played the titular character. Rest in Power, Legend.Games Mentioned:Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the MonsterToonstruckDuckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private DickBeavis and Butthead in Virtual StupidityCelestial ReturnAerial Knight's McFreezyGabriel Knight:

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112:51

Episode 90 - The Mermaid Mask

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2026/08/26

Anything can happen, you guys. Even a new episode of Save Your Game! Matt and Roses go back into their detective kits, grab their sidekicks with the cool hair, and dive into an incredible mystery in the new Detective Grimoire game, The Mermaid Mask! Our SECOND amazing game with "mermaid" in the title this year! So we sit in our 2,000-mile-long room and record this incredible episode. Enjoy!Games Mentioned: Fields of Mistria Stardew Valley Pokopia Animal Crossing The Mermaid Mask Tangle Tower

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110:35

Episode 89.mp3

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2026/08/12

PushingUpRoses and Special Boy Matt Aukamp overcome clicking bugs and sadness to bring you this absolute grab-bag of an episode! We talk about games! We talk about movies! We talk about palette knives! We answer emails! We rank games!Come have fun with us in this mp3 file.Games Mentioned: The Mermaid Mask Pokémon Scarlet Fields of Mistria Rainbow Billy and the Curse of the Leviathan The Life and Suffering of Sir Bronte King's Quest/Space Quest Jazz & Faust Dark Coolman Dark Earth The

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135:58

Episode 88 - The Incident at Galley House and Letter...

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2026/07/29

Roses has the vapors over a man who left her life after being yelled at in a pottery studio. After she mourns this loss, she and Matt discuss the fun (but flawed) Letter Lost and the innovative mechanics of The Incident at Galley HouseGames Mentioned: Pokemon Scarlet/Violet Pokopia Pokemon Sun/Moon Buncha Other Pokemon Games Super Mario Odyssey Banjo Kazooie Letter Lost Forbidden Solitaire The Roottrees are Dead Type Help The Incident at Galley House The Colonel’s Bequest Life is

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106:00

Episode 87 - Letter Lost and Crushed in Time

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2026/07/01

We've got for you, dear listeners, a DOUBLE FEATURE! Matt and Roses played a bizarre game about being trapped in a spooky, mysterious post office. AND THEN they played a point and click (and stretch) game about a Sherlock Holmes and Watson actively destroying the game they're starring in.Also, the malls are closing :(Games Mentioned: Gilbert Goodmate Krabat and the Secret of the Sorbian King Mina the Hollower Shovel Knight Letter Lost Strange Horticulture/Antiquities Papers Please Scratches

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Episode 86 - Perfect Tides: Station to Station

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2026/06/24

Matt and Roses BOTH play games from their ranking list that they both dislike, though one is grumpier about it than the other. See if you can tell which one.After much rambling about classic point n clicks, Matt and Roses finally discuss (and gush over) the wonderfully written Perfect Tides: Station to Station.Games Mentioned: Order of the Sinking Star The Witness Braid Boxl Sokoban Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria Jazz and Faust Dark Earth The Tragedy at Deer Creek Perfect

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Episode 85 - Ranking Every Adventure Game Ever Yet...

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2026/06/17

Roses and Matt reflect on things they may or may not be experts on, then chit chat about a game and a new show they've been enjoying.While ranking every adventure game ever, Roses witnesses Matt, in real time, fall in love with two horrendous looking games.Games Mentioned: If On A Winters Night, Four Travelers Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Fungoria My Brother Rabbit Portrait of a Torn Victor: A Steampunk Adventure Samudra Greyhat: A Digital Detective Adventure Dark Earth Dark Fall:

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103:04

Episode 84 - The Dark Rites of Arkham

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2026/06/10

There are two Matts on this show! But only for a second, then one Matt turns back into PushingUpRoses. We talk about a ridiculous YouTuber-inspired creationist movie, Improvised Shakespeare, and trying to manifest a meet-cute.But, settle in folks, because the bulk of this episode is a break-down and basically gush-fest about the new(ish) adventure from Postmodern Games, The Dark Rites of Arkham. And now, we're both huge HP Lovecraft fans. Sorry...Games Discussed: Mina the Hollower Shovel Knight

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Episode 83 - Cult Vacui

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2026/06/03

Lots of talk about drinks and convenience stores up top but I promise we talk about video games eventually! But if you're not here for talk about coffee, Wawa, and Food Truck driving/cooking game pitches, then why are you here at all??Games Mentioned: Mina the Hollower The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time Tunic Hypnospace Outlaw Subversive Memories Cult Vacui Dreams in the Witch The Last Door Excavation of Hob's BarrowSPOILER SECTION: 1:14:30 - 1:21:24Email us

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Episode 82 - Esoteric Ebb

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2026/04/15

What part of your psyche makes you listen to podcasts? The Charisma of the hosts? Your unwavering Constitution to stand all the "ums" and corny jokes? The Intelligence that allows you to write corrective emails after evert episode? Whatever the case, we have a great podcast for you and it's all about a D&D/Disco Elysium-like called ESOTERIC EBB.Matt and Roses gush over this incredibly special game. We also talk about about a chunk pixel-graphic horror game and a musical RPG??Games Mentioned:

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142:07

Episode 81 - King's Quest VII

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2026/04/08

Roses is baffled as to how a weird demo got into her Steam library. Matt discusses a couple Play Date games and Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, followed by absolute gushing (on Roses’s part) about King’s Quest VII.Games mentioned: Sinner’s Landing Chance’s Lucky Escape Long Puppy Grim Fandango Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon The 100 Line: Last Defense Academy King’s Quest VIIEmail us! mattandroses@gmail.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVFollow us on Instagram:

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127:49

Episode 80 - Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse

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2026/03/04

Roses is BACK with a new favorite thing and its cuteness is highly debatable. A lost segment TRIUMPHANTLY RETURNS. And Matt catches us up on some games he's been playing since the last episode.Then, we grab our curse stones, throw on our diving shirts with our Seiman and Douman symbols, and leap into the water to face our Tomokazuki. It's time for another PARANORMASIGHT game, this one all about mermaids! And we fall in absolute love with it.Games Discussed: Dig! Dig! Dino! The Whiteout Enclosure

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85:07

Episode 79 - Astrologaster

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2026/02/11

After Matt and Roses dive into the lore of “Bawitiba”, they come in hot with some exciting gaming news, then have a charming little conversation about a game on their ranking list!Games Mentioned: Paranomasight: The Mermaid's Curse Perfect Tides: Station to Station Mio: Memories in Orbit TR-49 Danganronpa Strange Horticulture/Antiquities Astrologaster Orion Burger Pine Hearts WavetaleEmail us! mattandroses@gmail.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVFollow us on Instagram:

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111:22

Episode 78: King's Quest Trivia and Ranking Every...

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2026/01/28

Matt gets revenge on Roses for grilling him on Monkey Island by giving her a hard-AF King’s Quest Quiz! After she does mildly okay, they get back to ranking every adventure game ever.Games Mentioned: Hollow Knight: Silksong Kingdoms of the Dump Foolish Mortals Coven of the Chicken Foot Twenty Small Mazes Constance King’s Quest 1-7 Ranked: Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator Case 6 Am I? Whateverland Cosmology of Kyoto Nauticrawl Delores: A Thumbleweed Park mini adventure The Black

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Episode 77 - 2025 Games of the Year with Casey...

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2026/01/14

WOW! Can you believe it, folks? 2025 is over, and we’re on to a new year. But wait! We have some unfinished business! We can’t move on to 2026 until we RANK THE BEST GAMES OF 2025!To help us in this endeavor, we bring along content creator and game curator CASEY EXPLOSION! Casey brings all their expertise and charm along to help us figure out our TOP TENs (or TOP SIXes, for some of us).Come learn about all the best games of 2025 with your pals Matt, PushingUpRoses, and Casey Explosion!2025 Games

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Episode 76 - The Seance of Blake Manor

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2025/12/24

Merry Christmas everyone! And, as it's Christmas, we're here giving you the traditional holiday experience of a ghost-related detective mystery in a haunted mansion on Samhain! Ok... So... maybe we're a little late with this. BUT, as Roses and Matt are catching up on 2025 games, we both played the EXCELLENT Seance of Blake Manor and we want to talk to you about it!Plus, a lil' bit of Christmas, too!Games Mentioned: Strange Jigsaws Bye, Sweet Carole Foolish Mortals Who Pressed Mute on Uncle

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