List Envy

Top 5 point-and-click adventure games

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Developer of horror video games including Butterfly Collector, Valerie Paris joins Mark to discuss point-and-click adventure games you’ll remember, and one or two you’ll never forget, no matter how hard you try.


  • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (46:55) - Honourable mentions
  • (11:44) - Valerie's pick: Myst
  • (27:42) - Valerie's pick: Loom
  • (50:28) - More of Valerie Paris
  • (23:49) - Mark's pick: Discworld
  • (42:42) - Please insert disk two
  • (19:45) - Valerie's pick: Still Life
  • (38:21) - Mark's pick: Space Quest IV
  • (07:11) - Valerie's pick: Grim Fandango
  • (44:40) - Putting the final list together
  • (08:59) - Mark's pick: Day of the Tentacle
  • (16:39) - Mark's pick: Little Big Adventure
  • (30:40) - Mark's pick: Under a Killing Moon
  • (34:20) - Valerie's pick: Bad Day on the Midway

    • You can follow @UncannyVallerie on Twitter and on Itch to experience her games, and look out for Apolysis when it arrives.
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    List EnvyBy Mark Steadman