Space Quest Historian
@spacequesthistorian.com
Adventure game aficionado with a foul mouth.
YouTube: youtube.com/spacequesthistorian
PeerTube: spectra.video/c/spacequesthistorian
Twitch: twitch.tv/spacequesthistorian
Mastodon: dosgame.club/@sqhistorian
YouTube: youtube.com/spacequesthistorian
PeerTube: spectra.video/c/spacequesthistorian
Twitch: twitch.tv/spacequesthistorian
Mastodon: dosgame.club/@sqhistorian
Good lord, what is this cursed YouTube Short thumbnail? This is what happens when your platform won't let you upload custom thumbnails.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Good lord, what is this cursed YouTube Short thumbnail? This is what happens when your platform won't let you upload custom thumbnails.
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My recent playthrough of Space Quest II is live on YouTube. I'm increasingly convinced that these Apple IIGS ports are the definitive versions of Sierra's early AGI engine games.
Space Quest II (Apple IIGS) | Full Walkthrough + Easter Eggs
YouTube video by decafjedi
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My recent playthrough of Space Quest II is live on YouTube. I'm increasingly convinced that these Apple IIGS ports are the definitive versions of Sierra's early AGI engine games.
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And for Steam: steamdb.info/instantsearc...
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Thousands of Steam games at your fingertips.
steamdb.info
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And for Steam: steamdb.info/instantsearc...
The music of SpaceVenture is absolutely amazing. Well, it would be, given that it was composed by the same guy who did the score for Space Quest IV!
The SpaceVenture™ Official Soundtrack is coming! Hear preview tracks now and sign up for release alerts. Buy through my site for exclusive extras you won’t get on streaming or digital storefronts.
kenallenmusic.com
kenallenmusic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The music of SpaceVenture is absolutely amazing. Well, it would be, given that it was composed by the same guy who did the score for Space Quest IV!
The full VOD of tonight's livestream of Thief's Shelter, a 3D exploration game that's more than a little inspired by Layers of Fear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-gX...
Thief's Shelter - First impressions
YouTube video by SQH's Dumping Ground
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The full VOD of tonight's livestream of Thief's Shelter, a 3D exploration game that's more than a little inspired by Layers of Fear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-gX...
Surprise stream in a few minutes! Gonna play Thief's Shelter and see if it makes my network card explode.
Watch on Twitch: twitch.tv/spacequesthi...
Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/spacequesthi...
I got some tips on how to avoid BSODs, but if I get one again, I'm not restarting the stream. 🤷
Watch on Twitch: twitch.tv/spacequesthi...
Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/spacequesthi...
I got some tips on how to avoid BSODs, but if I get one again, I'm not restarting the stream. 🤷
SpaceQuestHistorian - Twitch
Hi. I'm the Space Quest Historian. I play mostly adventure games.
twitch.tv
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Surprise stream in a few minutes! Gonna play Thief's Shelter and see if it makes my network card explode.
Watch on Twitch: twitch.tv/spacequesthi...
Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/spacequesthi...
I got some tips on how to avoid BSODs, but if I get one again, I'm not restarting the stream. 🤷
Watch on Twitch: twitch.tv/spacequesthi...
Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/spacequesthi...
I got some tips on how to avoid BSODs, but if I get one again, I'm not restarting the stream. 🤷
Don't get me wrong. Everyone should take child predators seriously.
But have you tried, I dunno... playing Roblox with your kid? Not letting them play unsupervised? Teaching them that microtransactions are pointless? Teaching them how to avoid sketchy people?
But have you tried, I dunno... playing Roblox with your kid? Not letting them play unsupervised? Teaching them that microtransactions are pointless? Teaching them how to avoid sketchy people?
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Don't get me wrong. Everyone should take child predators seriously.
But have you tried, I dunno... playing Roblox with your kid? Not letting them play unsupervised? Teaching them that microtransactions are pointless? Teaching them how to avoid sketchy people?
But have you tried, I dunno... playing Roblox with your kid? Not letting them play unsupervised? Teaching them that microtransactions are pointless? Teaching them how to avoid sketchy people?
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Why is Common Sense Media so often cited as a source on Wikipedia (particularly on pages about movies), and why is there no mention of their fundamentalist Christian values (including, but not limited to, rampant homophobia and transphobia) on their Wikipedia page? 🤔 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_...
Common Sense Media - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Why is Common Sense Media so often cited as a source on Wikipedia (particularly on pages about movies), and why is there no mention of their fundamentalist Christian values (including, but not limited to, rampant homophobia and transphobia) on their Wikipedia page? 🤔 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_...
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Many thanks @spacequesthistorian.com and everyone in Error 47 for sending me vol 1 of King's Chill 🙏
My collection is finally complete, at least for now 😄
My collection is finally complete, at least for now 😄
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Many thanks @spacequesthistorian.com and everyone in Error 47 for sending me vol 1 of King's Chill 🙏
My collection is finally complete, at least for now 😄
My collection is finally complete, at least for now 😄
He wasn't wrong.
In the words of the great Brian Eno:
Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided.
Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided.
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
He wasn't wrong.
Have we reached the point where screen tearing is now part of people's warm-hearted nostalgia fuzzies? What's next?
If someone brings back interlaced FMV, I will personally travel to their home and slap them in front of their children.
If someone brings back interlaced FMV, I will personally travel to their home and slap them in front of their children.
I finally found this old clip!
I'm simulating screen tear in my 90's point and click horror game, mainly to replicate the aesthetics of that era.
But also, like, to do other stuff too.
I'm simulating screen tear in my 90's point and click horror game, mainly to replicate the aesthetics of that era.
But also, like, to do other stuff too.
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Have we reached the point where screen tearing is now part of people's warm-hearted nostalgia fuzzies? What's next?
If someone brings back interlaced FMV, I will personally travel to their home and slap them in front of their children.
If someone brings back interlaced FMV, I will personally travel to their home and slap them in front of their children.
Fuck cancer indeed.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Fuck cancer indeed.
YouTube copyright system in a nutshell.
"Per your request, I've reviewed myself and found in favor of myself"
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
YouTube copyright system in a nutshell.
@trgames.de FYI, videos of Cantaloupe Chronicle are going to get copyright claimed and disputes it on the claims on the grounds of it belonging to gameplay footage will be rejected.
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
@trgames.de FYI, videos of Cantaloupe Chronicle are going to get copyright claimed and disputes it on the claims on the grounds of it belonging to gameplay footage will be rejected.
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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.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
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
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.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
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.
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!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBoS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBoS...
Let's Chat with adventure gaming expert The Space Quest Historian! (NSFW)
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 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.
Dude does great interviews. Check out his back catalogue. Some great stuff in there.
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
#adventuregames
Greta Sees Ghosts - First impressions
YouTube video by SQH's Dumping Ground
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 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
#adventuregames
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
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.
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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?)
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
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?)
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?)
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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!
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
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!
Concept art! Leaked footage! Never-before-revealed plot details!
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
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 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
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
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 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