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CRIMES? In my video games? No way. Roses and Matt are proponents of NO CRIME NOVEMBER. But we’re not talking about GTA, we’re going way back in time to Police Quest.Roses talks in length about Squirtle Squad, much to Matt’s bafflement.Games Discussed: Grand Theft Auto (YUCK!) Tenebris Somnia Final Fantasy Kingdom Hearts Gecko Gods A Short Hike Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel Police Quest (1-4 and S.W.A.T) Codename: Iceman Blade Runner Pirates: The Legend of Black Cat Earth and BeyondADVENTURE X 2026 TICKETS: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/adventurexconferencescic/2339289Email us! [email protected] our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVFollow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast

Another spooky month comes to a close, but we're not letting you go without talking about two of the most unique, interesting games of the damn year! First, a somber, disturbing small-town short story about a man who runs a doll shop. Second, a genre-bending otherworldly survival horror adventure that's a mix of pixel art and FMV cutscenes, full of suspense, horror, symbolism, personal drama, and lots of magic. Also, an AI rant, because it's us. Happy Halloween, everyone.GAMES MENTIONED: Fields of Mistria Welcome to Elderfield Echo Weaver Big Walk The Doll Shop Tenebris Somnia Florence Clock TowerTIMESTAMPS04:45 - What Have We Been Enjoying07:00 - Roses: Fields of Mistria20:30 - Matt: Echo Weaver24:44 - Matt: Big Walk32:15 - The Doll Shop (Spoiler Free)39:30 - The Doll Shop (Spoilers)1:06:00 - Tenebris Somnia (Spoiler Free)1:40:55 - Tenebris Somnia (Spoilers)2:18:40 - Goodbye!AI Warning Steam Script: https://github.com/seeeeew/aiwarningforsteamADVENTURE X 2026 TICKETS: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/adventurexconferencescic/2339289Email us! [email protected] our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVFollow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast

Are Matt and Roses here to talk about what a dork Shane Gillis is? Are they here to talk about how dumb the Tesla "Flying" Car is? Are they here to talk about the Play Date? Or The Shadows That Could Hear? Or a Zombified Angela Lansbury? NO! They're here to talk about Midnight Scenes. And they will. And it'll spook the pants off of you. Put your pants back on, please!GAMES MENTIONED: Root Bear The Whiteout Dig! Dig! Dino! Chance's Lucky Escape Gloom Gate HOUM Sound Mind Dimhaven - The Lost Source Myst Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place Midnight Scenes: Among Graves Rosewater Perfect Tides: Station to Station The Supper: New Blood Unwelcome The Librarian The Supper TetrisTIMESTAMPS09:39 - Play Date with Matt 13:11 - Gloom Gate 15:45 - HOUM19:38 - Roses: Fields of Mistria36:49 - Matt: Dimhaven - The Lost Source43:55 - A Really Really Old Song44:30 - Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place1:03:00 - A Safe Space - SPOILERS 1:10:20 - Midnight Scenes: Among Graves1:35:26 - GoodbyeADVENTURE X 2026 TICKETS: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/adventurexconferencescic/2339289Email us! [email protected] our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVFollow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast

Roses and Matt attempt to scare each other by turning mundane stories into SpooOOOooOOooky stories.After briefly discussing a few games they’ve been enjoying, Matt and Roses then deep dive into the next two installments of the Midnight Scenes, short episode games inspired by The Twilight Zone. Games Mentioned: Graveyard Keeper 2 Servant of the Lake Final Fantasy: Resonance The Dark Dome Studios Games Cube Escape Midnight Scenes: The Highway Midnight Scenes: The Goodbye Note Midnight Scenes: The Nanny Midnight: Among the WoodsEmail us! [email protected] our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVFollow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast

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 Home What Remains of Edith Finch Night in the Woods Still Wakes the Deep Midnight Scenes: The Highway Midnight Scenes: The Goodbye Note

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 8 Pages At Dead of Night Nightmare Frames Burnhouse Lane Phantasmagoria The Last Door The Quarry Death of the Reprobate The Procession to Calvary Thank Goodness, You're Here Untitled Goose Game The Stanley Parable There is No Game Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo Danganronpa Doki Doki Literature Club The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy The Wolf Among Us Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Overboard! Murder She Wrote My Brother Rabbit Family Mysteries Enigmatis Haunted Hotel Tower Full Of CatsEmail us! [email protected] our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVFollow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast

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 Mistria Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Banjo Kazooie Psychonauts Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Lair of the Clockwork God Final Fantasy VII Tunic Disco Elysium Esoteric Ebb The Quest for Glory Games Pokemon Citizen Sleeper 1 & 2 Myst Blue Prince Outer Wilds Call of the Sea The Room Little Nightmares Lorelei and the Laser Eyes The Witness Creaks Strange Jigsaws Limbo The Room VR I Expect you to Die Cube Escape Collection Is This Game Trying to Kill Me? Rusty Lake: RootsEmail us! [email protected] our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVFollow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast

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 different subgenres of "Adventure Game," we also reccomend our favorites of each.And Matt played Wavetale finally.Games Mentioned: WaveTale Curse of Monkey Island Nightmare Frames King's Quest (2015) Perfect Tides: Station to Station Dropsy Unavowed Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars The Crimson Diamond Colonel's Bequest Trilby's Notes The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker Enclosure The Seance of Blake Manor L.A. Noire Tangle Tower Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers The Forgotten City Chicken Police Paradise Killer Case of the Golden Idol The Return of the Obra Dinn Contradiction The Incident at Galley House Duck Detective: The Salami Boiz Chants of Senaarr Strange Horticulture Strange Antiquities Hatoful Boyfriend No I'm Not A Human Papers Please NUTSEmail us! [email protected] our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVFollow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast

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: Sins of the FathersGabriel Knight: The Beast WithinGabriel Knight: The Vampire One

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 Detective Grimoire Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Duck DetectiveEmail us! [email protected]  Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV  Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/saveyourgamepodcast