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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.

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Host: Matt Latham

Guest: Claire Morwood

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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

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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.

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Guest: Liz Hustedt

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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.

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Guest: Lee Chrimes

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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!

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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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