Show Notes
Please note that this episode was the pilot for what would've been the original format of Matt and AJ Black talking about games. It will be around two and a half years until the second episode.... Let's go for a biggie for the first episode, where Matt & Tony talk about the "Star Wars of Adventure Games", The Secret of Monkey Island.
Hosts : Matt Latham & Tony Black
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