Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

On this special bonus episode of the show, Jacob is here to talk all about What the Car? in time for its release on Steam. To kick off the show, we have an interview with Sarah Sander, Triband's Community Manager. Then, Jacob will give you his impressions of the game after completing its first nine episodes. Thanks to Triband for providing us with a code for review. SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Intro 1:20 Interview with Sarah Sander from Triband 8:00 Jacob's Impressions about the Game 14:20 Outro Developer: Triband | Publisher: Triband | Initial Release: May 4, 2023 (Apple Arcade) Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast focusing on positivity & community. RESOURCES: Our Favorite Games of PAX West 2024 from Crossplay Conversations

Jacob and special guests Asa Greenriver & Darren Simmons Jr. build the list of our favourite games from PAX West 2024. Technical note: Asa's had a little bit of mic crackle throughout and Darren's computer exploded at about 1:39:00, so bear through the occasional mic issue! PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) SPECIAL GUEST: Asa Greenriver (@agreenriver07) | Borderline Entertainment Darren Simmons Jr. (@XxShadowokamixX) | Rusty Rupees on Twitch, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Intro 2:00 Our PAX Experiences 4:00 Darren & Asa's Projects 8:00 Interview with Hayden Kane with the Cookie Brigade 12:30 Our Top 12 Games of PAX West 2024 13:15 Tears of Metal 16:50 Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game 24:00 Time Flies 24:50 Time Flies Interview ft. Michael Frei and Raphaël Munoz 32:55 Antonblast 38:25 ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist 44:10 Everdeep Aurora 48:15 despelote 58:25 Tethergeist 1:01:30 LOVE ETERNAL 1:02:50 LOVE ETERNAL Interview with Toby Alden 1:11:20 Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind 1:18:40 Monster Hunter: Wilds 1:26:05 While Waiting 1:28:00 Lightning Round 1:28:10 All Systems Dance 1:29:45 oneway.exe 1:30:30 oneway.exe interview with Bugs and Spider 1:36:50 Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland 1:38:10 Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster 1:39:00 Ravenwood Academy: A Wizard101 Story 1:40:30 Feltopia 1:42:45 Video Game Trivia Panel 1:45:45 Outro DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast focusing on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server! RESOURCES: Crossplay Conversations' Favourite Games of PAX West 2024 Special Super Video Game Trivia: PAX West 2024 Edition

We swing around the city in Marvel's Spider-Man. Developer: Insomniac Games | Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment | Initial Release: September 7, 2018 Jacob, Flora and special guest Setobox begrudgingly sneak around as MJ, look up to a couple of bad fake dads and scroll Spider-Man's social media feeds. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUEST: Setobox aka Ella (@Setobox) | Twitter | YouTube Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:20 Intro to Setobox 2:30 The Gauntlet 11:10 The Fast Pitch for Marvel's Spider-Man 12:40 How Did You Play? 15:20 Our History with Insomniac/Spider-Man 21:10 Setup for Marvel's Spider-Man 23:55 Peter Loves Cops 28:50 F.E.A.S.T. & Smaller Settings 35:50 Norman Osborn 40:10 Miles Morales 42:30 The Mary Jane Sections 46:40 Combat and Gadgets 53:10 Traversal 58:30 Story Spoiler Wall 58:45 Fave Story Moments 1:13:10 Sinister Six 1:20:50 Last Fight & Aunt May 1:29:55 Andrew, Toby or Tom 1:31:00 Teases 1:32:15 Reviews & Final Thoughts 1:36:45 Outro RESOURCES: Couples Therapy and ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’ by Flora Merigold for Epilogue Gaming DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast focusing on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!

We meet cute in Florence. Developer: Mountains | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: February 14, 2018 Jacob and special guests Jessica Fantauzzo, Katie Lesperance and Travis Colenutt listen to beautiful (yellow) cello music, learn more about ourselves and spitefully cry. Player: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guests: Jessica Fantauzzo (@jfant), Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt) & Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 2:25 What is your fastpitch on Florence? 3:05 How did you play Florence? 4:20 We set up the beginning of the game 9:20 We enter the spoiler room starting here; Florence meets Krish? 13:00 A burgeoning relationship and we explain the dialogue system 17:00 Moving In 21:45 Jacob brings up "spite" and everyone turns on him 27:20 Harvard's Science of Being Happy course and interpreting the game 29:25 Erosion 33:40 Letting Go 35:25 Self-discovery 38:20 Question from @StoryEverPod on Twitter about us crying 40:30 How the game ends 43:50 Final thoughts 45:40 The Left Behind Game Show 51:00 The Recommendation Machine NEXT SHOWS: August 5, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Act IV) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta August 12, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Un Pueblo de Nada) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta August 19, 2020 - A Way Out feat. Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn September 9, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Act V) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta September 16, 2020 - Our 100th Anniversary Spectacular feat. Jacob, Mike and Moe September 23, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Death of a Hired Man) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast with a focus on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server! TIP JAR: If you’re feeling generous and love the show, we have a PayPal tip jar! Any funds raised will go towards hosting our site and paying for games and equipment as we look to bring you higher quality content every month.

We play with old telephones in Kentucky Route Zero (Here and There Along the Echo). Developer: Cardboard Computer | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: October 30, 2014 Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta dial (270) 301-5797, listen to a series of messages (and broadcasts) and receive phone calls? Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) Special Guest: Adam Iannetta (@DMAIannetta) | Website: adamiannetta.ca Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 1:00 An introduction to this interlude 2:30 This interlude's different telephone models 4:30 Numbers stations 10:10 Do we like this interlude? 13:00 Wait... REAL PHONES AND A REAL NUMBER? 17:25 Our favourite branches (speaking bat, great music 25:15 What happens when you find the LBGC Numbers Station NEXT SHOWS: July 22, 2020 - Florence feat. Jacob with special guests Travis Colenutt, Katie Lesperance and Jessica Fantauzzo August 5, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Act IV) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta August 12, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Un Pueblo de Nada) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta August 19, 2020 - A Way Out feat. Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast with a focus on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server! TIP JAR: If you’re feeling generous and love the show, we have a PayPal tip jar! Any funds raised will go towards hosting our site and paying for games and equipment as we look to bring you higher quality content every month.

We occupy Pepe Silvia's galaxy brain in Kentucky Route Zero, Act 3. Developer: Cardboard Computer | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: May 6, 2014 Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta experience a haunting musical performance, degauss old CRTs and scream about debt. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) Special Guest: Adam Iannetta (@DMAIannetta) | Website: adamiannetta.ca Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Additional Music: Ice Cider (Cider Time Variation) by Lifeformed | Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0  SHOW NOTES: 0:00 Previously on Act 2 of Kentucky Route Zero 2:00 "Where my leg?" 5:10 Was the first scene a hallucination? 8:00 Hey, this game is about debt, right? 12:50 The writing and the direction is so great (and continues to get better) 14:00 Meeting Junebug and Johnny 19:00 Taking in a show 25:35 We set up Junebug and Johnny's beautiful performance 32:45 The Hall of the Mountain King & Xanadu 39:30 Jacob's galaxy brain moment (and really beautiful death) with Xanadu 44:00 Going to a creepy graveyard 47:25 The Hard Times Whiskey Distillery 58:00 Jacob is ready to "wring this game's neck" and we explain why 1:03:45 Wrap-up NEXT SHOWS: July 8, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Here And There Along The Echo) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta July 22, 2020 - Florence feat. Jacob with special guests Travis Colenutt, Katie Lesperance and Jessica Fantauzzo August 5, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Act IV) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta August 12, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Un Pueblo de Nada) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta August 19, 2020 - A Way Out feat. Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast with a focus on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server! TIP JAR: If you’re feeling generous and love the show, we have a PayPal tip jar! Any funds raised will go towards hosting our site and paying for games and equipment as we look to bring you higher quality content every month.

We trade in our virtual guns for a shovel in Shovel Knight. Developer: Yacht Club Games | Publisher: Yacht Club Games | Initial Release: June 26, 2014 Jacob, Moe and special guest Nathan Norman Brandt talk about the Wii U and Amiibos, get confused about game naming and stan Tinker Knight hard. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Special Guest: Nathan Brandt (@TwoHeadedGiant) The NES Pod: Website | Apple Podcasts | Spotify Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 1:30 Nathan talks about his show, the New Entertainment System Podcast 3:10 Our "Fast Pitch" about Shovel Knight 4:05 What's your personal history with Shovel Knight? 6:05 Nathan is a Wii U apologist 6:45 Wait... what is Shovel of Hope? What is the Treasure Trove? I'm confused... please help. Also, information on Yacht Club Games and their Kickstarter. 12:45 Moe played on a keyboard, what was that like? 13:10 What does Shovel Knight feel like (after this podcast, you should watch this video from GameSpot: 7 Forgotten Ideas That Inspired Shovel Knight) 16:25 The story of the game 18:00 The structure of the game and the Tinker Knight appreciation zone 21:30 Nathan's favourite boss battles: Tinker Knight, Treasure Knight and The Enchantress 24:35 Jacob's qualms about final boss battles strike again 26:40 Some of the boss battles that we struggled with 30:45 Relic and armour talk 35:50 Is Shovel Knight a cute character + Nathan's Amiibo Corner 40:25 Jake Kaufman's soundtrack (complete with leitmotifs) 43:40 Integrating story into the gameplay 48:40 A quick taste of Shovel Knight's other campaigns and prequels (Game Maker's Toolkit did a great video about them) 50:25 Vomiting unicorns and propeller people 54:40 A brand new segment... The Recommendation Machine! 59:15 Final thoughts with a setup from @TheKamdyman on Twitter NEXT SHOWS: July 1, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Act III) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta July 8, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Here And There Along The Echo) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta July 22, 2020 - Florence feat. Jacob with special guests Travis Colenutt, Katie Lesperance and Jessica Fantauzzo August 5, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Act IV) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta August 12, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Un Pueblo de Nada) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta August 19, 2020 - A Way Out feat. Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast with a focus on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server! TIP JAR: If you’re feeling generous and love the show, we have a PayPal tip jar! Any funds raised will go towards hosting our site and paying for games and equipment as we look to bring you higher quality content every month.

We try to eat a brick sandwich in Kentucky Route Zero: The Entertainment. Developer: Cardboard Computer | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: November 22, 2013 Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta contemplate "the American Dream", catch a play and try to drink for free. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) Special Guest: Adam Iannetta (@DMAIannetta) | Website: adamiannetta.ca Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub   SHOW NOTES: 1:35 An introduction to The Entertainment 6:00 Our resident "dumb-dumb entertainment boy" loved this one 7:55 How is this interlude different from a gameplay perspective? 12:25 What happens in the play? 22:30 The end reveal 29:15 Final thoughts and wrap-up NEXT SHOWS: June 17, 2020 - Shovel Knight feat. Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Nathan Brandt July 1, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Act III) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta July 8, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Here And There Along The Echo) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta July 22, 2020 - Florence feat. Jacob with special guests Travis Colenutt, Katie Lesperance and Jessica Fantauzzo DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast with a focus on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server! TIP JAR: If you’re feeling generous and love the show, we have a PayPal tip jar! Any funds raised will go towards hosting our site and paying for games and equipment as we look to bring you higher quality content every month.

We grin and bear the comedy of bureaucracy in Kentucky Route Zero, Act 2. Developer: Cardboard Computer | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: May 31, 2013 Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta take a trip to an office park, a storage park, a trailer park and a park? Also, bears. And eagles? Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) Special Guest: Adam Iannetta (@DMAIannetta) | Website: adamiannetta.ca Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Additional Music: Ice Cider (Cider Time Variation) by Lifeformed | Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0  SHOW NOTES: 0:00 Previously on Act 1 of Kentucky Route Zero 2:00 Entering the Bureau of Reclaimed of Spaces and the comedy of bureaucracy (Scene I) 13:00 Getting back on the road to 5 Dogwood Drive and Dr. Truman 17:00 Jacob dials a long-distance phone number that he found in the game 20:20 Random Access Self Storage/Saint Thomas Church (Scene II/III) 24:25 The Museum of Dwellings (Scene IV) 28:00 Meeting Ezra and Julian 31:05 Taking flight and exploring the forest (Scene V) 37:30 Finding Dr. Truman 41:40 Wrap-up NEXT SHOWS: June 10, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (The Entertainment) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta June 17, 2020 - Shovel Knight feat. Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Nathan Brandt July 1, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Act III) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta July 8, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Here And There Along The Echo) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast with a focus on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server! TIP JAR: If you’re feeling generous and love the show, we have a PayPal tip jar! Any funds raised will go towards hosting our site and paying for games and equipment as we look to bring you higher quality content every month.

We venture to the forests of Wyoming to watch for fires in Firewatch. Developer: Campo Santo | Publisher: Campo Santo and Panic, Inc. | Initial Release: February 9, 2016 Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Dan from the Greatest Story Ever Played Podcast enjoy some knock-off peanut butter, tell stories about their Boy Scout days and complain about not having firearms. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Special Guest: Dan from the Greatest Story Ever Played Podcast | Podcast: https://thegreateststoryeverplayed.com | Twitter: @StoryEverPod Special Thanks: Jarrett McCourt for his voice on the cold open | Website: http://jarrettmccourt.com/ Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 2:00 Dan talks about The Greatest Story Ever Played Podcast 3:00 The "Fast Pitch" on Firewatch 3:40 What is Firewatch + our admiration for Campo Santo's members (Idle Thumbs, Walking Dead S1, Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den, Half-Life: Alyx and In the Valley of the Gods) 8:50 How did we play Firewatch? 10:50 The look of Firewatch (and some Ford misappropriation) 16:00 Wildlife and firearms 18:10 Okay, describe Firewatch in detail! 21:00 Now we get to the opening of the game's story 28:25 How did we play our Hanks? 30:05 Voice acting in the game (Cissy Jones & Rich Sommer) 31:50 An incident with some terrible teens (aka what did we do with their boombox) 36:40 Are we good with maps? Jacob, the ex-Scout, is bad with maps and fire.  40:15 Firewatch's mystery begins to unravel with a broken window, a communications line that has been cut and a wrecked campsite 46:10 Unravelling the mystery 51:45 The final sequence of the game 1:01:10 Question from @ThoughtsFromP1 on Twitter: "did you find the ending was a satisfying conclusion to the story?" 1:05:35 Question from @CtrlAltNoob on Twitter: "I see this recommended as one of the best Walking Sims a lot, what is it that makes this stand out more as oppose to others in the genre?" 1:10:05 Question from @CommanderNici on Twitter: "would you take a job as a fire watcher and if so, how would you keep yourself entertained?" 1:13:20 Our final thoughts and Dan talks about his podcast in detail NEXT SHOWS June 3, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero, Act 2 feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta June 10, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (The Entertainment) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta June 17, 2020 - Shovel Knight feat. Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Nathan Brandt DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast with a focus on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server! TIP JAR: If you’re feeling generous and love the show, we have a PayPal tip jar! Any funds raised will go towards hosting our site and paying for games and equipment as we look to bring you higher quality content every month.