Ask Us About Loom: Recent Episodes
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Matt Latham and Tony Black, alongside the odd guest, delve into the world of Point and Click adventure games and their legacy.
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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 Latham
Games interviewed about include:
Articy
Asterism
Cabernet
Castle Dornstein
CLeM
Direct Drive
Foolish Mortals
Heir of the Dog
HRO
Octopus City Blues
The Quiet Things
Vagabond Starship
Windrush Tales
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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
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Theme: Carribean Arcade by Christian Nanzell from Epidemic Sound.
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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)
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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
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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
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Journey to another world as Matt is joined by Sam Stokes to talk about the second Discworld game!
Host: Matt Latham
Guest: Sam Stokes
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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
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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
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Hello! Back once again is Ian Buckley, here to talk about Matt's favourite game of 2022, Immortality...
Host: Matt Latham
Guest: Ian Buckley
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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
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Just an update - and a little bit of thoughts on Beyond a Steel Sky and Dreams In The Witch House.
Host: Matt Latham
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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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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 Black
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Beach Party by Kevin MacLeod
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