Save Your Game

Mar 05 2025 50 ep. 97 mins 463
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A podcast about narrative video games hosted by internet bon vivant PushingUpRoses and special boy Matt Aukamp.

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Episode 48 - Gaming As We Age and Dave Gilbert

Mar 05 2025 91 mins  
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 O

Episode 47 - Sanitarium

Feb 26 2025 90 mins  
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 incredib

Episode 46 – Cabernet and Adventure RPGS

Feb 20 2025 98 mins  
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 sm

Episode 45 - Loco Motive

Feb 12 2025 93 mins  
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-s

Episode 44 - Games We're Excited for in 2025

Jan 22 2025 68 mins  
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! [email protected] Games Mentioned: * The Roottrees are De

Episode 43 - Best Games of 2024

Jan 15 2025 117 mins  
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 t

Episode 42 - CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

Dec 24 2024 185 mins  
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 d

Episode 41 – Wrath of the Gods and Pearlmania500

Dec 11 2024 112 mins  
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 g

Episode 40 – Virgin River and Crow Country

Dec 04 2024 57 mins  
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

Episode 39 - Case and Rise of the Golden Idol

Nov 27 2024 119 mins  
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, b