Quest Quest

Ben & Jess take a visit to Lucky's.

Topic discussion starts around 30:15

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace
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We officially decree that all adventure games must be voiced by Sierra's office staff circa 1991.

Topic discussion starts around 30:20

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace
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Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak
Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi

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Ben & Jess are joined by Jake Rodkin, co-project leader (according to wikipedia) for Tales of Monkey Island. We talk about ToMI and Telltale.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace
Watch us on Twitch!   
Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak
Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi

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It's our hundreth episode! So we're talking about a well beloved classic with over 30 years of patching distance to keep us from being furious at it.

Game discussion starts around 41:30

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace
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Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak
Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi

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Ben & Jess get humongous... games that is. They visit the children's adventure classic "Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds", co-designed and produced by Ron Gilbert.

Game discussion starts around 31:30

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace
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Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi

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Ben, Jess, and Grayson rank the top 30 verbs in all adventure games. The decisions on this list are final. Unless we do it again next year as at one point Ben says "First Annual"

Discussion starts around 38 minutes.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace
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Ben and Jess try to solve esoteric French puzzles. 

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace
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Ben & Jess revisit a recent favorite and talk on the throwback whodunit The Crimson Diamond!

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace    
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Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak  
Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi

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Ben & Jess memorialize the great Tim Curry by arguing about what the act break title cards are painted with.

Game discussion begins around 39 minutes.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.   
Editing by Ben Vigeant  
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace    
Watch us on Twitch!   
Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak  
Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi  
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Ben & Jess talk Return of a Phantom, a goofy game that doesn't know its a goofy game. Spoiler warning, we give away the ending immediately.

Game discussion begins around 29:30.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.  
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace   
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Or "Fables & Fiends: Hand of Fate". Whichever one marketing might have been feeling that day.

Game discussion begins around 35:40.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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It's just a hoarse voiced Ben this week as he discusses the homegrown worlds of ZZT and Megazeux. 

Game discussion begins around 19:30.

Play Burger Joint: https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/burgerj/
Play Eggplant Adventure: https://www.digitalmzx.com/show.php?id=309
Play Bernard the Bard: https://www.digitalmzx.com/show.php?id=1

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace  
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Sarah Shockey join Ben & Jess to talk Sam, Max, and which constellation she thought she would educate on how to shower.

Game chatter starts around 33 minutes.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak
Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi
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Ben & Jess discuss a little-known indie from up-and-comer designer Ron "Grumpy Gamer" Gilbert (RG3 as some call him)

SoMI chatter begins at 30:35

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi
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Week 1 of the syllabus assigns Ron Gilbert's design manifesto from 1989, so Ben & Jess decide to read and discuss it.

Ron Gilbert's Why Adventure Games Suck: https://grumpygamer.com/why_adventure_games_suck/

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Class is in session and professor Jess is flying solo this week as he walks you through his syllabus for a class on Sierra On-Line. Be sure to show up to class on time, Dr. M will glance at you witheringly if you come in late!
Read his syllabus here:
https://tinyurl.com/sierrasyllabus

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Jess Morrissette.
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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After decades of avoiding it, Ben and Jess finally play the bestselling adventure game and make a terrible discovery.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi
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Ben and Jess talk collecting games, why Jess quit playing Zork, and a very special apology from Ben

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi
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Jess is on assignment with his family (but makes occasional appearances) so Grayson returns to talk Return to Zork.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

Read Grayson's joke explainer blog:
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Ben & Jess talk about Ben... Ben Throttle that is, ha ha ha ha ha. 

ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha

pretty good- had you fooled there.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben and Jess travel back in time to the year 2000 to talk fan fiction, forums, and first loves as they revisit the excellent adventure game Perfect Tides.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Before Hypnospace Outlaw there was Dropsy, a point and click adventure game about a despised clown that just wants to help people and make them smile. 

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak
Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi
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Ben & Jess are joined by author and comedian Sara Benincasa to talk about King's Quest 4, secret religious messages, and the hidden tensions within the fisherman and his wife. Bonus discussion about Sara's time writing for MST3K!

Sara's website: https://sarabenincasa.com/
Sara's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarajbenincasa/

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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As we enter the summer, Ben & Jess decide to get a jump on hiking season, via doing so from the coziness of home in Firewatch.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak
Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi
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Ben & Jess finally get back to the long delayed Space Quest series discussion, picking up at the next game.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben & Jess are joined by Harrison Pink a designer who worked at Telltale Games, Blizzard, and Cyan. And yes: we ask some real Myst Q's!

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

Special guest Myst Q's from our friend BogusMeatFactory: https://www.twitch.tv/bogusmeatfactory

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Ben & Jess talk about the various ways retro games of all stripes are being reproduced these days, and what adventure games they think should get that treatment.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben & Jess are joined by Julia Minamata (The Crimson Diamond) to talk about why EGA era games still look so darn good. We also talk a bunch about her game The Crimson Diamond.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben & Jess discuss the late period AGI edutainment game Gold Rush! It's kind of weird! It's kind of fun! In a world of arbitrary adventure game deaths, its the king! We also spend a little time talking about its strange sequel made decades later.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Wait a minute that sky wasn't that steel at all. What the heck???

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben & Jess attempt a gruff voice like the titular Drifter and end up sounding like guys doing a batman impression.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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In the early 90s after a series of bad film choices, Chevy's career was stalling out. With Carson retiring, Fox saw this as a golden opportunity to poach Chevy - who had long been envisioned as a late night host - and rocket to the top of the late night ratings. Chevy was less interested in creating the show Fox wanted and wanted to make a surreal variety show. The final product was a massive bomb that only served to worsen his career. 

This Chevy Chasers is for the first week of April.

Chevy Chasers i...

In 2006, Dave Gilbert's game The Shivah went on sale, and now 20 years later he's still working at it, designing and producing adventure games. We spoke with him about it all, from the early days when he was making small freeware products to what's coming up next for Wadjet.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben & Jess talk about the pretty good and sadly unavailable Telltale game, but mostly talk about their history with Homestar Runner in general.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben: https://www.twitch.tv/ps_garak
Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi
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Ben & Jess talk about a wildly popular game that they're mid on. 

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Solo Jess discusses the character Passionate Patti from Leisure Suit Larry. It's episode 69, so Al Lowe: stop sending us emails asking if we'll cover Larry on episode 69. Nice.

You can read Jess' piece on Passionate Patti here: https://www.firstpersonscholar.com/the-politics-of-passionate-patti/

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Jess Morrissette
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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In an epic longest ever podcast, Ben & Jess are joined by food critic Dominic Armato to discuss regional food, living in an apartment with some mobster history, and some other stuff not really about food that frankly, should have been cut out (this is oops all food, not oops all food and some extraneous topics!!!!!)

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben and Jess discuss Sierra's 90s magazine, and how it functioned as not only a promotion for the games, but for the image of Sierra as a whole.

You can read the two issues that we discuss here:
https://archive.org/details/Sierra-Dynamix_News_Magazine_Volume_4_Number_2_Summer_1991_1991_Sierra_On-Line_US
https://archive.org/details/InterAction_Magazine_Vol._V_Number_2_Summer_1992_1992_Sierra_On-Line_US

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Ben & Jess discuss Conquests of Camelot and ask: are vibes enough to carry a game, despite numerous design flaws?

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

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Jess: https://www.twitch.tv/decafjedi
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Ben & Jess are joined by game designer Meredith Gran to discuss her new game, Perfect Tides: Station to Station.

Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette.
Editing by Ben Vigeant
Show art by Kevin "WilcoWeb" Wallace

You can visit Meredith Gran's website here: https://meredithgran.com/
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is available here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/Perfect_Tides_Station_to_Station/

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