Ask Us About Loom (Film Stories)

Host Matt Latham is joined by Point 'n' Click superfan Liz Hustedt to talk about a very, very strong candidate for the best Point 'n' Click game of all time: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. Alongside Liz's history with the genre, the episode delves into why the game might be one of the best, why it's popular, whether it's an example of sequels being better than the predecessor, the infamous monkey-wrench puzzle, the characterisation of Guybrush compared to later games and, of course, that ending. The episode will also go into a brief spoilery chat about Return to Monkey Island and whether the game offers a new context of certain crticisms about the ending; and whether it has actually improved MI2's overall quality. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Liz Hustedt Join the Film Stories Podcast Network Discord Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to 2025! Developer and musician Claire Morwood is here to talk about the FMV game Dark Nights With Poe & Munro, the spin-off to 2018's The Shapeshifting Detective! Matt and Claire talk about Claire's origins with games and the narrative genre, alongside the game in full depth. From the gameplay, to the benefits/drawbacks of an interactive FMV game as a whole. There's also an episode-by-episode breakdown of each of the game's episodes. Welcome back to Ask Us About Loom! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Claire Morwood Visit Claire's site here! You can get Asterism on Steam or Itch. Join the Film Stories Podcast Network Discord Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the story of a podcaster named Geoff. Geoff was a man who liked to talk about things like Star Trek and old video games magazines, but one day another man named Matt asked him to talk about The Stanley Parable. "Yee gads, I would definitely like to talk about The Stanley Parable," Geoff replied. All enthusiastic with glee to talk about one of the most unique experiences you can get in a video game. And so they talked. About the game, about he Ultra Deluxe Edition and the exploration of narrative and choice in video game design. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Geoff Owen Join the Film Stories Podcast Network Discord Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready to launch into the world of the Saturday Morning Cartoon with Matt and guest Johnny Nys as they talk about 1991's The Adventures of Willy Beamish! From it's graphical style to it's openness in it's puzzle design to it's tonal shifts to it's dated-cultural-attitudes to it's 80s adventure-movie-style adventure...it's all here! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Johnny Nys Read Johnny's blog, The Point 'n' Clicker here! Join the Film Stories Podcast Network Discord Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to "Ask Us About Loom", the podcast about Point 'n' Click Adventure Games and beyond. This episode introduces you to our hosts, their experiences with the genre and what they hope to get from doing the podcast. Hosts : Matt Latham & Tony BlackFollow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom.Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com.We Made This:@wemadethispodhttps://wemadethispod.com/Join the We Made This Podcast Network Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/555675501618787/Beach Party by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3429-beach-partyLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Beach Party by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3429-beach-party License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back! It's been two years since the last episode but we're back! Matt is joined by Ian Buckley to talk about the hit walking simulator "Gone Home" to discuss narratives, storytelling and the use of horror tropes to tell a realistic teenage story. C/w: Very brief references to suicide and abuse. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Ian Buckley Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Answer Phone Sound Effect obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com Doorbell sound effect from https://mixkit.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your eyes do not deceive you, it's another episode! Matt is joined by Seoirse, host of the Adventure Games Podcast, to talk about Sierra Online's 1989 Murder Mystery adventure "The Colonel's Bequest". Aside from Seoirse's history with the genre, they delve into crime fiction tropes, what you can do with 16 colours and whether The Colonel's Bequest was way ahead of it's time..... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Seoirse Dunbar Listen to the Adventure Games Podcast: https://adventuregamespodcast.com/ Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the aim of mixing Monkey Island with a dash of British humour ala "Discworld", "Blackadder" and "Monty Python", 1993's Simon The Sorcerer was the adventure game Britain was asking for. Journalist Ashley Day talks about why it's one of his favourite games, as well as a little bit about the BBC sit-com Red Dwarf. Which led to him talking briefly about the game with the voice of Simon, Chris Barrie.... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Ashley Day Visit Ashley's blog here: https://gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com/ Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready for a jump in technological advancement in adventure games as Sierra released King's Quest IV in 1988! Pat from the Passion of the Geeks podcast is our guest this episode to talk about how graphic adventures were easy to play when English wasn't your first language, the reasons he loved Rosella as a protagonist and what it is about the King's Quest series that makes him love it so. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Pat (Passion of the Geeks) Listen to Passion of the Geeks here: https://passionofthegeeks.com/ Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Closing 2022 for us is the return of Ian Buckley to talk about a little known game called Return to Monkey Island. Expect talk on the plot, characters and the themes in general! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Ian Buckley Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Answer Phone Sound Effect obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com Doorbell sound effect from https://mixkit.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first special to tide you over until the Definitely Happening Season Two (I've said it, I've committed now), Matt is proud to welcome back Seoirse from the Adventure Games Podcast to talk about 2020's political simulator Suzerain... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Seoirse Dunbar Listen to the Adventure Games Podcast: https://adventuregamespodcast.com/ Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! Back once again is Ian Buckley, here to talk about Matt's favourite game of 2022, Immortality... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Ian Buckley Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Krunchy Fried Games' Dominic O'Reilly appears on the podcat to talk about the hilarious game Darkside Detective! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Dominic O'Reilly Find Dominic's work here: Krunchy Fried Games Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. We Made This: @We Made This on Twitter https://wemadethispod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to season two! To start things off Matt is joined by Daniel Albu to talk about 90s FMV cult classic, Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Daniel Albu Find Daniel's work here: Albu Interactive >> Daniel Albu :: Freelance Game Developer Conversations with Curtis Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seoirse Dunbar from the Adventure Games Podcast returns to the podcast again to talk about folk horror game The Excavation of Hobs Barrow. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Seoirse Dunbar Listen to the Adventure Games Podcast Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journey to another world as Matt is joined by Sam Stokes to talk about the second Discworld game! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Sam Stokes Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt and guest Rahl Giver as they travel through time to save a peaceful alliance with aliens in the first Journeyman Project game! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Rahl Giver Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. We Made This: @We Made This on Twitter https://wemadethispod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt is joined by long-time friend Lee Chrimes to talk about charming British FMV mystery Contradiction: Spot the Liar! They cover how Lee and his wife first played it during lockdown, the way the game is structured, the cast and how Jenks might be one of the best FMV lead characters ever. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Lee Chrimes Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pat from Passion of the Geeks is back! This time to finish the conversation that threatened to derail the talk about King's Quest IV: talking about King's Quest VI! Pat and Matt talk about why they love it, it's story and Jane Jensen and the puzzle design. And yes, they also do talk about The Girl In the Tower as well.... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Pat (Passion of the Geeks) Listen to Passion of the Geeks here: https://passionofthegeeks.com/ Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com. We Made This: @we_madethis https://wemadethispod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In early November, Matt was at the AdventureX conference in Greenwich, seeing a few talks and talking to and developers and playing games. It was an absolute load of fun. He even recorded a good two hours worth of interviews that you can hear now!Host: Matt LathamGames interviewed about include:ArticyAsterismCabernetCastle DornsteinCLeMDirect DriveFoolish MortalsHeir of the DogHROOctopus City BluesThe Quiet ThingsVagabond StarshipWindrush TalesFollow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom.Email us at askusaboutloom@gmail.com.We Made This:@we_madethishttps://wemadethispod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices