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The PRGE Tapes II is here! We're back from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2026 with a special episode packed with interviews, stories, and plenty of Sierra nostalgia! We caught up with Sierra legends, game developers, musicians, documentary filmmakers, and fellow adventure game fans to talk about their projects, memories, and experiences at PRGE. We also share some of our favourite moments from the weekend, including the Sierra Legends Museum, live game sessions, panels, and the unforgettable Boomer Jam. A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to chat with us and helped make this weekend so memorable! Check out all our guests and their projects below! Craig Harman (22:17) - Point and Click Studios | Sierra Quest Crob (22:17) - Reset Moves Al Lowe (26:23) - Official website Cade Peterson (32:57) - Legends of Adventure documentary | BackerKit Lori and Corey Cole (40:54) - Patreon | YouTube | Twitch Jim Vessella (54:44) - LinkedIn - Electronic Arts producer Chris Pope (57:33) - Guys From Andromeda Mark Crowe (57:33) - Guys From Andromeda | YouTube Troels Pleimert (Space Quest Historian) (1:03:11) - YouTube | Website | Error 47 music Jon Paul Sapsford (1:03:11) - Dork Brain Studios | Linktree and social media Mark Seibert (1:08:31) - Official website Debbie Seibert (1:08:31) - Mark Seibert's website Steven (Adventure Game Geek) (1:13:37) - YouTube | Email: [email protected] Marcus Mera (1:18:50) - Guillotine Games | Space Quest | Mystery House 3D Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week, comma, Anna and Paul rank adventure games from tough to cruel, with each pick making that hint book harder and harder to resist. Mangia!   Our episode on Codename: Iceman   Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

Welcome to a special edition of the Classic Gamers Guild Podcast: The PAX Tapes! Anna spent PAX West 2026 helping Roberta Vaughan’s Retro Adventures bring the FMV Zone museum to life and catching up with the people who make games and gaming history so memorable. From Sierra legends to today’s creators, here are the conversations she recorded along the way.  Interviews included Lorelei Shannon, Robert Holmes & Jane Jensen Lorelei Shannon https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorelei-shannon/ Robert Holmes Website: https://robertholmesmusic.com Bandcamp: https://robertholmessoundtracks.bandcamp.com Jane Jensen https://www.facebook.com/janejensenhomes/?locale=en_GB Amanda Farough Website: https://amandafarough.ca LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandafarough Causeway Studios: https://www.causewaystudios.com Robbie "Gwobs" Benson Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gwobs Super Soul Bros: https://www.supersoulbros.com Kyra Haddix (Father worked for Sierra!) Paul Morgan Stetler & Victoria Morsell Hemingson Paul Morgan Stetler YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsWithCurtis Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/convoscurtis.bsky.social Victoria Morsell Hemingson X: https://x.com/v_morsell Daniel Albu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@danielalbu Website: https://www.danielalbu.com David Hemingson https://www.bennington.edu/academics/faculty/david-hemingson That Tom Hall & Mrs. That Tom Hall Website: https://www.thattomhall.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thattomhall.bsky.social P. Edge-Salois https://me.sh/profile/p-edge-salois   Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul are joined by friend of the show AdventureGameGeek as they break down some of the strangest moments in adventure games. They also go on a side quest about bellybutton coitus—which only solidified the overall theme. Mangia!   Shek out AdventureGameGeek's YouTube  channel for some exquisite adventure game content!   Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul played Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back and spoiler, they both fell in love with it. So they brought on one of its developers, Frederik Olsen, to dig into the making of it—all while walking you through the game itself. It's a good time, MANGIA!   Download & Play Vohaul Strikes Back! (We recommend playing it in ScummVM)   Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul are discussing their adventure game pet peeves! From minor annoyances to irrational irritations to absolute deal breakers, it's a good time all the way through the chaotic ending. MANGIA!   Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul played Beneath a Steel Sky for the first time and they had a LOT to say. This one is pretty thorough. At some point the amount of data in human sperm comes up, and that's when it also becomes educational. MANGIA!   Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul talk about Relationships in adventure games. Which was the most toxic? Who could do better but probably won't? Who's the best flirt and who had the best sexual tension?! All this and more, MANGIA!   Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com !   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower     This week Anna and Paul talk about Relationships in adventure games. Which was the most toxic? Who could do better but probably won't? Who's the best flirt and who had the best sexual tension?! All this and more, MANGIA!   Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com !   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul played Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror and then they tell you like, allll about it.   Mangia!   Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com !   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul played Broken Sword: A Circle of Bloody Templars, or some variation of that, and they very exhaustively, very nerdily, walk you through it. Mangia! Play our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows ! GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower   Mac App Store   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    The Phantom Fellows Pin/Magnet by CanvasQuest!   The Phantom Fellows Players Companion (Guide to Must-See Moments!)   Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com !   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul are matching vibes to games. Ten vibes, to be precise: Cozy, Spooky, Lonely etc. They give their fav game for the mood and then a matching recommendation. It's a good time, Mangia!   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    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!)   Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com !   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul are discussing Adventure Game Houses! Well, twenty of them anyway, there's a crazy amount of houses in adventure games if you start looking into it. They also try to define what a house in an adventure game is and they learn a little about themselves along the way. Also Paul says BDM instead of BDSM, several times, because quote "acronyms are hard". Mangia! Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    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!)   Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com !   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul are discussing Adventure Game Series-is.  Which series' had the best first entry? Which had worst first game, but got dramatically better? Which series deserved one more game or should have stopped one sooner? All this and more, mangia! Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death  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!)   Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com !   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul are deep in Torin's Passage, a game by Al Lowe that is considered by many to be a hidden gem in the Sierra catalog. What did they think of it? Unclear! Press play to find out and mangia!   Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death    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!)   Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com !   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower

This week Anna and Paul are... I don't know how to word this. They're like, well first of all they're talking a lot. Seems to be kind of a theme with this show. But more specifically they've come with 7 music selections (each) and are going to play 30 second (ish) clips of their choices and talk a bit about what makes them exceptional examples of an adventure game soundtrack score. It's a good time, come shek it out and manga! Space Quest Historian's Bandcamp Aubrey Hodges Bandcamp Robert Holmes Bandcamp Thimbleweed Park Soundtrack on Bandcamp The Phantom Fellows Soundtrack on Bandcamp Terry Scott Taylor (The Neverhood) Bandcamp Fester Blatz Dot EXE Shek out OneShortEye's Phantom Fellows Documentary: The Ghost Game that Isn't About Death  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!)   Grab a Phantom Fellows shirt or mug at AdventureGameMerch.com !   Say hi I guess! Twitter (Anna) - @CGGpodcast Twitter (Paul) - @PhantomFellows Bluesky ThePhantomFellows.com Send us your words! E-mail:  [email protected] Become a Patreon to support the show? www.patreon.com/ClassicGamersGuild Join the group and talk about neat stuff! Facebook Page Facebook Group We're also on Instagram & YouTube  "CGG Theme" and "A Minor Concussion" by The Volume Remote Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes   The Phantom Fellows is available on: GOG  Steam  itch.io Fireflower