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Space Quest Historian
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Adventure game aficionado with a foul mouth.

YouTube: youtube.com/spacequesthistorian
PeerTube: spectra.video/c/spacequesthistorian
Twitch: twitch.tv/spacequesthistorian
Mastodon: dosgame.club/@sqhistorian
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Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I was on a podcast! I had a great time talking to Ron and being absolutely incapable of staying on topic for any length of time... as all good conversations go!

Dude does great interviews. Check out his back catalogue. Some great stuff in there.
If you're a fan of classic adventure games, you've no doubt watched a @spacequesthistorian.com fair and balanced review of a vintage Sierra On-Line title. Join Ron and The Space Quest Historian for an interview that should prove to be interesting and little #NSFW!

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Let's Chat with adventure gaming expert The Space Quest Historian! (NSFW)
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
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November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My first impressions of Greta Sees Ghosts, a cutesy little cartoon game about capturing ghosts while carrying a very loud clanking lantern. youtu.be/rTTPzvOUQGw

#adventuregames
Greta Sees Ghosts - First impressions
YouTube video by SQH's Dumping Ground
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November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Rednex's publisher has decided that me playing their game, which included 10 seconds of their music in-game, was not "fair use." Even though it quite clearly is. Another case of YouTube's copyright system being absolutely broken as fuck. I have no choice but to relinquish monetization of that video.
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Hey, Monkey Island hivemind!

One more crowdsourcing request for anyone inclined to help. I’m trying to remember as many instances as I can of specific times — game and scene — when Guybrush identified himself in conversation as somebody he was not.

(e.g. I’m Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?)
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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As part of my site's 30th anniversary celebration, I've revamped the Space Quest 7 section. The page now offers a detailed look at Sierra's cancelled Space Quest VII project (1997-1999) and Escape Factory's unfinished 2002 reboot.

Concept art! Leaked footage! Never-before-revealed plot details!
The True Story Behind Space Quest 7 - The Virtual Broomcloset
Discover the full story behind Sierra’s cancelled Space Quest 7 and Escape Factory’s unreleased Space Quest platformer, including timelines, concept art, creator interviews, and why both were shelved.
wiw.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Come watch me spend an hour trying to figure out if I've been suckered into playing an AI slop adventure game. youtu.be/aIH8xOophvc
The Shadow of the Cherry Trees - First impressions
YouTube video by SQH's Dumping Ground
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November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Happy 30th birthday, Windows Task Manager! You've saved my butt on countless occasions. Here are some tips and tricks and little easter eggs from the guy who actually wrote the damn thing: youtu.be/yQykvrAR_po
I Wrote Task Manager — 30 Years Later, the Secrets You Never Knew
YouTube video by Dave's Garage
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November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🤘😍😍😍🤘
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Justice for Space Quest II. A pox on the naysayers. You know who you are...
Today on Quest Quest, the adventure game podcast,
@decafjedi.com once again puts down the law and demands that we talk about Space Quest 2, a game that is better than its reputation, according to a guy who probably smeared its reputation (Jess). Listen here or wherever: zencastr.com/z/h7bjxmch
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Another satisfied customer!

Look, mate, you don't know how much Cotton Eye Joe I had to sit through making this video. About a dozen live performances, remixes, and of course the game itself. You do your worst. I'm already dead inside.
I just want to say, a big FU to @spacequesthistorian.com

Nearly 20 hours of fucking Rednex stuck in my head!

If I ever see you, I’ll consider putting more than cotton your Joe mate!

:)
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.

Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I've started playing the many games I have gotten unsolicited since my last Wolves video (about 11 so far). First one is Cantaloupe Chronicle, which I played for two hours today and found phenomenally boring... but sometimes unintentionally hilarious. youtu.be/HkTNcQYzbQY

#adventuregames
Cantaloupe Chronicle - First impressions
YouTube video by SQH's Dumping Ground
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Are we absolutely sure this song is about dentistry?
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Surprise! New video! Before the chicken nugget meme, there was a band of Swedish dumbasses and a guy named Joe who had cotton for eyes. And for some reason they made an adventure game in the mid 90s. Yes, this is real.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U_T...

#adventuregames
Gedagedigedagedao - the adventure game | In-Bred with Rednex
YouTube video by Space Quest Historian
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November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Remember, Santa is not allowed within 500 feet of schools and daycare institutions. If you see him watching and making lists, please report him to the appropriate authorities. Let's all have a safe Christmas.
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Hot fucking damn. Less than 24 hours and I've reached my goal. I can go out and buy a new computer TODAY. THANK YOU!!!

I'm going to leave it up for a little longer, though, 'cos if it gets an additional 869 DKK (~$135 USD), I can throw in a 2TB hard drive.

www.gofundme.com/f/sqhcomputer
Donate to Get SQH a new computer for Christmas, organized by Troels Pleimert
Hi, I'm the Space Quest Historian, and my computer is old. As in, ooooold. It's a… Troels Pleimert needs your support for Get SQH a new computer for Christmas
www.gofundme.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
My computer is going on 15 years (thereabouts) and it's on its last legs. Therefore I have chosen the worst months of the year to ask for support in getting new components to build myself a new computer that will hopefully last for another decade.

Details & sharesies: www.gofundme.com/f/sqhcomputer
Donate to Get SQH a new computer for Christmas, organized by Troels Pleimert
Hi, I'm the Space Quest Historian, and my computer is old. As in, ooooold. It's a… Troels Pleimert needs your support for Get SQH a new computer for Christmas
www.gofundme.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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My Space Quest site, Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, launched 30 years ago this month. That makes it one of the oldest video game fan sites on the web.

To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset: The Original Space Quest Fan Site
The web's first and most comprehensive Space Quest fan site, packed with Easter eggs, trivia, downloads, and retrospectives on Sierra's classic adventure series.
wiw.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The music panel I moderated at Portland Retro Game Expo (feat. Al Lowe, Ken Allen, Mark Seibert, George "The Fat Man" Sanger, and Neal Grandstaff) is here in its entirety: youtu.be/F-m9h0fHjwU

Lots of cool stories about the music of #adventuregames and the technology of yore in this one.
The Sound of Adventure Sanger, Seibert, Lowe, Grandstaff - SIERRA - PRGE 2025 Portland Retro Gaming
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
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November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A very fair review of SpaceVenture by @fridaynightarcade.bsky.social: youtu.be/BM_Fq2plHQQ
SpaceVenture - Better Late Than Never and I Loved It
YouTube video by Friday Night Arcade
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November 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Different fun costumes for the paperdoll website. Need to update the code, but it's hard to find time to get sucked into coding. I swear time moves 5 times as fast those days.
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
MAN-BRUTE!
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My friend @brakywaki.bsky.social's panel about FMV games at this years Portland Retro Game Expo is now up on their YouTube channel. They interviewed Victoria Morsell and Paul Morgan Stetler of Phantasmagoria 1+2 fame and Fogtown creator @seanthedandy.bsky.social. youtu.be/Ydmns1qXe9k
FMV Then and Now - Victoria Morsell, Paul Morgan Stetler, Sean Parker - PRGE 2025 Portland Retro
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
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November 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Thank you to everyone for coming to the Universe premiere! The video is also available on #PeerTube now: spectra.video/w/mJ3xUBVCNH...
We've got Star Wars at home | Universe
Universe is the second point-and-click adventure game by Core Design, who would later achieve super-stardom with the Tomb Raider series. It is an extraordinarily good-looking game that desperately ...
spectra.video
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM