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The Great Game Guide
Hosted by Sean J. Jordan · technology · EN
About this Podcast:
There are thousands of awesome video games you probably never knew existed! Here are some of them. greatestgames.substack.com
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Who hosts The Great Game Guide?
The Great Game Guide is hosted by Sean J. Jordan. The show has published 20 episodes to date.
What has The Great Game Guide covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Season 1, Episode 19, Why We're Stuck on Platformers, Part 2" (10 June 2026, 46 minutes), "Season 1, Episode 18, Why We're Stuck on Platformers, Part 1" (28 May 2026, 33 minutes), and "Season 1, Episode 17, The Adventure Where Seeing is Believing, Part 15" (21 May 2026, 50 minutes).
How often does The Great Game Guide publish?
The Great Game Guide publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 20 episodes.
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Sean J. Jordan hosts The Great Game Guide, a technology podcast with 20 episodes published.
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The Great Game Guide
Season 1, Episode 18 – Why We're Stuck on Platformers, Part 1
May 28, 202633 minS0<p>In this episode, we’re going to start our discussion about one of the most enduring genres of gaming: the platformer!</p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------Season 1, Episode 18: Why...
May 21, 202650 minS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to wind down our discussion of adventure games and talk about where things go from here!</p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Season 1, Episode...
May 9, 202657 minS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to talk about attempts to grow and evolve the genre of adventure gaming in the 21st century through who brought the point and click adventure back to life thanks to an indie game boom...
Apr 27, 202654 minS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to talk about attempts to grow and evolve the genre of adventure gaming in the 21st century through publishers such as Telltale Games and genres like walking...
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Apr 20, 20261h 8mS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to talk about adventure gaming in the 2000s as European game development studios and licensed games based on television shows and IPs aimed at girls largely took over the genre and kept...
Apr 13, 202647 minS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to talk about visual novels, that particularly Japanese style of adventure game that also led to dating sims, murder mysteries and more! Join us on this journey through games you’ve may...
Apr 6, 202645 minS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to talk about console and handheld adventure games from the 1980s, 90s and 2000s that often offered players a different style of gameplay, but still had those puzzle-solving story-driven...
Mar 30, 202649 minS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to talk about 1990s adventure games using pre-rendered scenes and 3D, including The Longest Journey, Grim Fandango, Escape from Monkey Island, Chronomaster, Sanitarium, BioForge and more...
Mar 23, 202658 minS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to talk about 1990s point and click adventure games made yet another group of like Westwood Studios, Cryo, Access Software, Cyberdreams, Infogrames, Revolution Software, Viacom and more...
Mar 16, 20261 hourS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to talk about 1990s point and click adventure games made yet another group of like Westwood Studios, Cryo, Access Software, Cyberdreams, Infogrames, Revolution Software, Viacom and more...
Mar 9, 202651 minS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to talk about 1990s point and click adventure games made by publishers other than Sierra On-Line, including MicroProse, Activision, Adventure Soft, Interplay, Revolution Software, Legend...
Mar 2, 202642 minS1<p>In this episode, we’re going to talk about some of the other adventure games published by Sierra from Coktel Vision and Dynamix including the Gobliiins games, the Inca games, The Adventures of Willy Beamish, Rise of...
The Great Game Guide
Season 1, Episode 6 – The Adventure Where Seeing is Believing, Part 4
Feb 23, 202659 minS0<p>In this episode, we’re going to keep talking about Sierra On-Line and some of their other big games in the 1990s, including Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest 4-6, King’s Quest 6-8, Gabriel Knight, Freddy Pharkas...
Feb 19, 20261 hourS1<p>In this episode, Sean details tons of other 1980s and early 1990s adventure games LucasFilm Games/LucasArts and Sierra On-Line. Even better, this episode helps to trace how this run of games helped shape the...
Feb 12, 202651 minS1<p>In this episode, Sean details tons of other 1980s adventure games from North America, Europe and Japan, from Transylvania to Tass Times in Tonetown to Mewilo to the MacVenture games and more! He’s Sean Jordan, and he...
The Great Game Guide
Season 1, Episode 3 – The Adventure Where Seeing is Believing, Part 1
Feb 1, 202653 minS0<p>In this episode, Sean details the history of On-Line Systems and Ken and Roberta Williams's development of the Hi-Res Adventures that gave birth to the genre of graphical adventure games! He's Sean Jordan, and he is...
The Great Game Guide
Season 1, Episode 2 – The Adventure of Imagination, Part 2
Jan 25, 202640 minS0<p>In this episode, Sean touches on Scott Adams's contributions to gaming before he heads across the Atlantic to look at the interactive fiction scene in Europe and the UK, covering developers like Digital Fantasia...
The Great Game Guide
Season 1, Episode 1: The Adventure of Imagination (Part 1)
Jan 18, 202633 minS0<p>In this episode, Sean dives deep into the inspiration for all adventure games - fittingly named Adventure! - and how a cave system in Kentucky helped an entire genre to blossom. But these games also didn't involve...
Jan 11, 202622 minS1<p>In this inaugural episode, Sean explains why yet another podcast about video games needs to exist, how searching for games you’ve never played can lead to some awesome discoveries and why his philosophy on gaming is...
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