The Greatest Story Ever Played

“Back to the beginning. We all come to a story with hopes and expectations, looking for an answer. Sometimes, it would be better to live with that hope, without ever knowing the full story. In a horror story, there are only victims and monsters and the trick is not to end up as either. But, trapped by the genre, we are all ripped to pieces along the way. This is not the story I hoped it would be. This is not the ending I wanted. This story will eat us alive. This story is a monster. And monsters wear many faces”

This episode I am joined by Travis (Left Behind Game Club) to talk about a horror story. This story brings us back to Bright Falls where Alan Wake's journey began.

Game: Alan Wake 2

Release Year: 2023

Developer: Remedy Entertainment

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

More information on Left Behind Game Club:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Left Behind Game Club⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠

⁠⁠Cutscenes: a Video Game Movie Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠

@Cutscenes_Pod (⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠)

@LeftBehindClub (⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠)

@traviscolenutt (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠)

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits by Visager

The champion of light vs the herald of darkness. Friend of the show, Morgan, returns to talk with Dan about Alan Wake's attempt to escape the dark place.

Game: Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Release Year: 2012

Developer: Remedy Entertainment

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits by Visager

Erik (Pages of Play) returns to talk with me about a broken world in Tides of Tomorrow. What kind of impact will you leave on the world? How did previous Tidewalkers prepare the way for you?

Follow our Tidewalkers with the below story seeds

• Dan 2854-2305
• Erik 1061-9859

Game: Tides of Tomorrow

Release Year: 2026

Developer: DigixArt

Platforms: PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S

More information for Erik:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Pages of Play⁠

⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits by Visager

Max and Chloe return in Life is Strange: Reunion. Join us as we breakdown the final chapter in their story.

Game: Life is Strange Reunion

Release Year: 2026

Developer: Deck Nine

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits by Visager

“The compact disc delivers crisp, high-fidelity audio in a portable form factor. With a sixteen-bit signal and a staggering seventy-four minutes of playtime, it's the sound of the future. Make memories to good music. Invest in quality headphones. Always make a soundtrack. Because pretty soon you won't be listening to music, you'll be listening to who you were.

Tonight’s playlist is important. It’s a retrospective. A greatest hits to accompany our last night together in the BIG SUCK. 

A milestone like this requires preparation - a schedule. One must think ahead to experience the now. These are the last hours of our high school affair. It’s romantic. I wanna say something light hearted, so I say…I bet one of us dies this time” -  Stacey Rockford

We reference the article "All This Over...Mixtape?" by Nathan Grayson during our talk.

Also we put together our own Mixtape as we shared our experiences with the game. Listen to that here.

Game: Mixtape

Release Year: 2026

Developer: Beethoven and Dinosaur

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

More information on No Small Games:

⁠⁠No Small Games website⁠

⁠@nosmallgames⁠

⁠@katerblossom⁠

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits by Visager

This week I am joined by Matt ("Fun" and Games) to talk about Star Wars Outlaws. Together we cause trouble across the Empire.

Game: Star Wars Outlaws

Release Year: 2024

Developer: Massive Entertainment

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2

More information on Matt:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link Tree

Matt's Blue Sky

"Fun" and Games Blue Sky

Reignite Blue Sky

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits by Visager

If you loved the silliness of Rain on Your Parade and want more, you are in luck! Just Crow Things picks up with the same type of fun and humor.

Game: Just Crow Things

Release Year: 2022

Developer: Unbound Creations

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits by Visager

Join Dan and Bryan for this cat adventure. Together we explore an unusual city and find out what happened there.

Game: Stray

Release Year: 2022

Developer: BlueTwelve Studio

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2

More information on Pixelated Playgrounds:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website

Blue Sky

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits by Visager

Jacob returns for the third entry in the To The Moon universe with Impostor Factory

Game: Impostor Factory

Release Year: 2021

Developer: Freebird Games

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux

More information on Left Behind Game Club:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Left Behind Game Club⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠

⁠⁠Cutscenes: a Video Game Movie Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠

Crossplay Conversations

@Cutscenes_Pod (⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠)

@LeftBehindClub (⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠)

@CrossplayConvos (Blue Sky)

@Jacob (Blue Sky)

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits by Visager

The Yotei Six have killed Atsu's family. Years later she returns on a quest of revenge. Join Jake (The Pre-order Bonus) and I as we unpack this story.

Game: Ghost of Yotei

Release Year: 2025

Developer: Sucker Punch Productions

Platforms: PlayStation 5

More information on The Pre-order Bonus:

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link to Podcast⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠Twitter ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

⁠Linktree⁠

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits by Visager