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ASK US ABOUT LOOM IS BACK! Thank the point and click deities as the podcast is back for 2026! Opening the year is returning guests Seoirse Dunbar and Johnny Nys! This time they're taking on the second Laura Bow game: The Dagger of Amon-Ra. Host: Matt Latham Guests: Seoirse Dunbar and Johnny Nys ⁠ Join the ⁠⁠⁠Ask Us About Loom / Pick A Disc Discord Server!⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at [email protected]. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

YouTuber and Streamer Chrissie aka The Pointyclick Reader is the guest for this month, talking about fantasy and sci-fi adventure Beyond The Edge of Owlsgard... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Chrissie (⁠Pointyclick Reader) Join the ⁠⁠Film Stories Podcast Network Discord⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at [email protected]. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcaster/YouTuber/Streamer PixelatedLinds of the Point and Quest Podcast is the guest this month, talking about coming of age 00s teen drama Perfect Tides... Host: Matt Latham Guest: PixelatedLinds Join the ⁠Film Stories Podcast Network Discord⁠ Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at [email protected]. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Returning to the podcast is both AJ Black and Lee Chrimes to talk about Lucas Art's 1993 epic, Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Lee Chrimes & AJ Black Join the Film Stories Podcast Network Discord Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at [email protected]. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Take on the dystopian Union City in 1994's Beneath a Steel Sky by Revolution with Laura Cress! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Laura Cress Watch Laura on Twitch! Join the Film Stories Podcast Network Discord Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @AskUsAboutLoom. Email us at [email protected]. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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

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 [email protected]. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. 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 [email protected] Made This:@we_madethishttps://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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. We Made This: @we_madethis https://wemadethispod.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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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

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 [email protected]. Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices