This is your point-and-click adventure game resource for all thing adventure gaming. Hosted by fans and industry vets of Adventure Game Hotspot website. If you like new adventure games and classic point and click adventures games like Monkey Island, King's Quest and Broken Sword and want to get our opinions on the new games, tune in every other week.
Running an Adventure Game Convention is INSANE - W/ Tom Hardwidge
In this episode of the Adventure Game Hotspot Podcast, Josh Cleveland and Jack Allin are joined by indie developer Tom Hardwidge to discuss the Adventure Game Hotspot YouTube channel updates, upcoming adventure game releases (including Tom's very own Heir of the Dog and share our favorite and most painful memories of hosting the Adventure Game fan Fair and Adventure X.
YouTube Channel Update: We address the removal of their primary YouTube channel due to automated impersonation claims. Despite providing proof of ownership, the channel, its content, and subscriber bases were lost. We outline their plans to pivot and move forward.
Upcoming Game Releases: A roundup of recently released and upcoming adventure titles, including Therapods, Endacopia, Order of the Sinking Star, Sleepytime Village, Tom the Postgirl, and The Wolf Among Us Remastered.
Developer Spotlight – Tom Hardwidge of Tall Story Games.
Convention Discussion & Top 5 Moments: The hosts and guest discuss the logistics and community impact of organizing niche conventions like AdventureX and the Adventure Game FanFair. They end the show by sharing their top five most memorable convention moments, highlighting personal interactions with industry legends like Jane Jensen, Rand Miller, Ken and Roberta Williams, and Charles Cecil.
Hair of the Dog: Releasing October 29th on Steam, GOG, and the Apple App Store, with console ports planned for Switch, Xbox, and PS5 in early 2027.
AdventureX 2026: Taking place on November 7th and 8th in London.
10 Aug 2026
Picking Apart Moby Games best Adventure Games of 2000 - 2009 Podcast
In this Adventure Game Hotspot Podcast Joshua Cleveland and Jack Allin of adventuregamehotspot.com critiques the best ranked adventure games of 2000 - 2009, according to Moby Games. They agree with some a disagree with man others but the main thing that we can all agree on is that the point and click adventure game genre was in a rut in this era. Stay to the end because the guys choose their favorite non adventure game videos games of the decade. 0:00 Reconnecting and Setting the Stage0:44 A Busy Summer for Adventure Gaming3:37 The Surprise Announcement of Thimbleweed Park 25:32 Debating the Scale of Thimbleweed Park8:32 Industry Shifts and Double Fine's Future10:26 The Golden Decade: 2000 to 200914:30 Ranking the Top Adventure Titles42:50 Behind the Scenes of Edna and Harvey58:38 The Ultimate Non-Adventure Top FiveFollow us at: Web: adventuregamehotspot.comDiscord: https://discord.gg/ZUwXg7qwseFB: adventure Game HotspotIG: adventure_game_hotspotTwitter: @aghotspotThreads: adventure_game_hotspotMastodon: @AGH@mastodon.gamedev.placeBlueSky: @aghotspot.bsky.social#adventuregame #indiegames #narrativegaming
11 Jul 2026
What an insane adventure game year this has been - Tex Murphy, Whirlight and more
In this Adventure Game Hotspot Podcast Joshua Cleveland and Jack Allin talk about how nuts this year has been in the adventure game industry. From good news like Under a Killing Moon having an amazing Kickstarter campaign to bad news like Double Fine having to fight for their careers under Microsoft. Oh and The Wolf Among Us 2 is probably back under an odd Telltale model. If that's not enough we talk with the breakout adventure game and Indie devs that made Whirlight. This is a long podcast but it's well worth it.Follow us at: Web: adventuregamehotspot.comDiscord: https://discord.gg/ZUwXg7qwseFB: adventure Game HotspotIG: adventure_game_hotspotTwitter: @aghotspotThreads: adventure_game_hotspotMastodon: @AGH@mastodon.gamedev.placeBlueSky: @aghotspot.bsky.social#indiegame #adventuregame #adventuregamehotspot
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