Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

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Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast episodes

September 30214: Disco Elysium – The Final Cut [Part 2]
We all do solve crimes so differently in Disco Elysium – The Final Cut.
Developer: ZA/UM | Publisher: ZA/UM | Initial Release: October 15th, 2019
PLAYERS:
Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)
Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
Katie Lesperance (Bluesky)
Alex Martin
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 – Intro
1:35 – Small Correction
2:15 – Cuno
6:10 – Lena
10:05 – The Hanged Man
13:15 – Evrart
17:45 – Call Me by Your Name
20:55 – The Pale
26:45 – The Ravers
28:25 – Katie’s Day 5 Speedrun
30:40 – Armor
32:15 – Doomed Commercial Area
34:30 – Boot Soup
37:35 – A Date
40:45 – I’m at a Payphone
44:15 – Novelty Dicemaker
45:55 – Homo-Sexual Underground
49:45 – Thought Cabinet
53:25 – Cryptozoologist
58:00 – Klaasje
1:03:00 – Ruby
1:07:00 – The Tribunal
1:13:30 – The Necktie
1:17:55 – Detective Jr.
1:22:30 – The Deserter
1:25:30 – It Was All a Dream
1:28:50 – Kim’s a Cool Cat
1:30:25 – So What Happened?
1:35:45 – Rankings & Union of Moribund Alcoholics
1:39:45 – Game Development & Teaching Gym
1:42:20 – Android, PMG Documentary & Wrap-Up
1:50:50 – Our Next CRPGs?
1:55:20 – Outro
RESOURCES:
Investigation: Who’s Telling the Truth about Disco Elysium? (PMG)
The Disco Elysium Saga Isn’t Done Yet (PMG)
The Making of Disco Elysium (noclip)
BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social
DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!
2 hr 3 min
September 02213: Disco Elysium – The Final Cut [Part 1]
We police and do drugs Disco Elysium – The Final Cut.
Developer: ZA/UM | Publisher: ZA/UM | Initial Release: October 15th, 2019
PLAYERS:
Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)
Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
Katie Lesperance (Bluesky)
Alex Martin
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 – Intro
1:40 – Housekeeping
2:25 – Fast Pitch
4:10 – How Do You Play It 2026 – Buyer Beware!
9:20 – Explaining Disco Elysium
18:55 – Voices
22:00 – What Kind of Cop Are You?
23:15 – The Telltale Binary
28:00 – Accidental Racism
30:35 – Good Cop/Bad Cop
33:30 – Auto-Save
37:00 – The Tie & Other Clothing
45:10 – ZA/UM Mentioned
49:45 – Map & Clock
55:20 – The Hanged Man
1:00:20 – Drugs and Alcohol
BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social
DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!
1 hr 11 min
August 12212: Still Wakes the Deep
We are trapped on an oil drilling platform in Still Wakes the Deep.
Developer: The Chinese Room | Publisher: Secret Mode | Initial Release: June 18, 2024
PLAYERS:
Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
SPECIAL GUEST:
Dan (Bluesky) from The Greatest Story Ever Played
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 – Intro
01:16 – Intro to Dan from Greatest Story Ever Played
02:59 – Game intro and Fast Pitch
06:17 – How did we play and where we first heard about it
09:12 – Story set up
11:39 – Gameplay set up and discussion
18:24 – Nailing the setting and immersion
24:32 – Voice acting
29:20 – Story mode option
34:58 – Spoiler Warning!
38:00 – Describing the supernatural horrors
46:32 – Getting lost in the environment (in a good way!)
51:11 – Story spoilers
1:02:34 – Story ending discussion
1:07:14 – Closing thoughts
1:15:51 – Plugs and outro
RESOURCES:
Greatest Story Ever Played – SOMA Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soma-cutscenes-a-video-game-movie-podcast/id1359441046?i=1000537558467
Greatest Story Ever Played – Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everybodys-gone-to-the-rapture-cutscenes-a-video/id1359441046?i=1000527190919
BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social
DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!
1 hr 19 min
July 22211: Love Eternal
We find our way home in Love Eternal.
Developer: brlka | Publisher: Ysbryd Games, PLAYISM | Initial Release: February 19, 2026
PLAYERS:
Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
Katie Lesperance (Bluesky)
Alex Martin
SPECIAL GUEST:
Kate Hunter (Bluesky) from No Small Games
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 – Intro
01:09 – Intro to Kate from No Small Games
02:53 – Gauntlet Run with Kate
09:20 – Love Eternal intro and Fast Pitch
11:50 – Story/Gameplay setup and how we played
15:43 – How long it took us to finish (Katie is iconic!)
18:25 – Kate’s relationship to the game and teaching persistence
22:21 – Who’s played Celeste and Pax 2025’s demo
24:50 – How challenging did we find it
29:19 – Sound design and art direction (shoutout to the artist for the game @paellagenius.bsky.social)
33:48 – Spoilers from here on out!
37:38 – Alex guides us through the story
45:00 – A Vtuber?!
52:45 – Final thoughts
1:00:27 – Follow Kate and her work on No Small Games
1:02:17 – Outro
BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social
DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!
1 hr 5 min
July 01210: Hermit and Pig
We eat mushrooms and have cringe conversations in Hermit and Pig.
Developer: Heavy Lunch Studio LLC | Publisher: Heavy Lunch Studio LLC | Initial Release: February 5, 2026
PLAYERS:
Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)
SPECIAL GUEST:
Joseph Hooper (Bluesky) from Crossplay Conversations, Player Player Podcast and Can’t Pause
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 – Intro
2:20 – Fast Pitch
3:45 – Setup for Hermit and Pig
7:15 – Hermit and Pokémon
9:30 – Battle System & Progression
17:00 – Trinkets
19:15 – The Story
22:00 – More Battles and Trinkets!
27:50 – Hermit and Pig… GOTY Lists?
29:25 – Outro
BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social
DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!
33 min
June 10209: Impostor Factory
We witness a weird murder in a time loop in Impostor Factory.
Developer: Freebird Games | Publisher: Freebird Games | Initial Release: September 30, 2021
PLAYERS:
Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)
SPECIAL GUEST:
Dan (Bluesky) from The Greatest Story Ever Played
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Welcome Back, Dan!
2:45 – Fast Pitch
3:30 – A Series Primer & How We Played
6:00 – Setup
10:15 – Story at a High-Level
15:10 – It’s a Love Story!
17:50 – An Impossible Choice
21:30 – Spoiler Warning
21:50 – Simulations
24:05 – Neil Watts
28:10 – Epilogue & What’s Next
35:35 – Music & Final Thoughts
38:00 – Outro
RESOURCES:
TGSEP – Impostor Factory
TGSEP – Dispatch
TGSEP – Into the Breach
089 – Firewatch with Dan
191 – Finding Paradise with Dan
BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social
DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!
44 min
May 20208: Phoenix Springs
We take a trip (in more ways than one!) to Phoenix Springs
Developer: Calligram Studio | Publisher: Calligram Studio | Initial Release: October 7, 2024
PLAYERS:
Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
Katie Lesperance (Bluesky)
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 – Intro
02:20 – Fast Pitch
03:03 – Where we discovered Phoenix Springs
04:18 – Origin of Katie’s love of point and click adventure games
05:55 – Our playtime/Travis’ experience with point and click adventure games
10:02 – Story and gameplay setup
17:01 – Red herrings
18:04 – Difficulty
19:43 – Spoiler Wall / Continued discussion of some of the hardest puzzles
24:01 – Things are just weird
27:00 – Lynchian storytelling is not for Katie
34:09 – Visual style
39:38 – Story deep dive
48:36 – But what does it mean?
52:12 – Kudos to Calligram Studio
57:32 – Outro
BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social
DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!
1 hr 1 min
April 30207: Quantum Break
We go back in time in Quantum Break!
Developer: Remedy Entertainment | Publisher: Microsoft Studios | Initial Release: 5 April 2016
PLAYERS:
Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)
Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
Alex Martin
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 – Intro
1:10 – Housekeeping
1:45 – Fast Pitch
3:10 – How Do You Play It 2026 – Buyer Beware!
11:40 – How Quantum Break Came To Be
14:00 – Exposure to Remedy’s Games
19:10 – Setting Up The Game
28:00 – Television Show?
31:20 – Emails and Narrative Design
34:30 – Gameplay Breakdown
43:10 – Spoiler Wall Warning
43:40 – Junction Points
44:30 – Hardline vs. PR
55:30 – Sofia Amaral vs Martin Hatch
57:00 – Control vs Surrender
1:07:15 – Schrodinger’s Beth Wilder
1:10:00 – Bruce Livingstone
1:12:25 – Beth Wilder’s Journal
1:19:45 – Remedyverse Implications
1:26:00 – Fighting Paul
1:30:45 – The CW Vibes
1:33:50 – Reviews
1:35:15 – Final Thoughts
BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social
DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!
1 hr 46 min
April 08206: PAX East 2026 Mega Show
We took our annual trip down Boston for PAX East 2026.
PLAYERS:
Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
Katie Lesperance (Bluesky)
Flora Merigold (Bluesky)
Alex Martin
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 – Intro
1:50 – Alex’s First PAX and Where To Find Jacob
04:00 – Grave Seasons
10:10 – Crystalmancers and Interview with Jack Perkins (Creative Lead) –
19:00 – Canvas City
24:00 – Replaced
30:20 – Inkblood
36:00 – Memoria Wake
41:00 – Ghost Eater
49:15 – Well Dweller
54:30 – Honorable Mentions
Escape From Duckhov
Kiln
Alpine Trainer
The Secret of Crystal Mountain
Super Blowfish Castle
Avatar The Last Airbender
Heartlinks: A Puzzle Called Love
Desolus
Gnaw
Unholy Roller
Fading Echo
The Lone Sword
1:08:45 – PAX 2026 Final Thoughts
1:16:30 – Outro
BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!
1 hr 20 min
March 18205: Chants of Sennaar
We learn new languages in Chants of Sennaar.
Developer: Rundisc | Publisher: Focus Entertainment | Initial Release: September 5, 2023
PLAYERS:
Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)
Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
Alex Martin
SPECIAL GUEST:
Jessica Fantauzzo
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 – Intro
1:50 – Fast Pitch
3:20 – How Did We Play?
5:20 – Describing Chants of Sennaar
7:25 – Levels and Languages
16:20 – The Second Level
19:25 – The Book
25:10 – The Gardens
30:20 – Monster
32:45 – Spoiler Wall
33:00 – Exile
37:30 – The Key to Exile
44:40 – Rosetta Stone
47:45 – Feelin’ Smart
51:30 – Playtime
53:30 – Overall Impressions
1:01:50 – More Games Like This
1:05:10 – Outro
BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social
DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!
1 hr 11 min

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