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.

We look at some art in Kentucky Route Zero: Limits & Demonstrations. Developer: Cardboard Computer | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: February 7, 2013 Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta are stricken with sadness, play with cassette tape and think about visages. You can download this interlude 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: 2:15 How does Limits & Demonstrations begin? 6:55 So, what do you do in this interlude? 12:30 Our take on "Overdubbed Nam June Paik Installation in the style of Edward Packer" 14:20 We screwed up and thought this was Act 2 17:50 Mike compares this game to Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" and David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" 22:30 A description of "Visage" 25:55 A description of "Spinning Coin Suspended, Correcting for Angular Motion" 28:30 Wait... was this whole thing just a hardware test? NEXT SHOWS: May 20, 2020 - Episode 89: Firewatch feat. Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Dan from the Greatest Story Ever Played Podcast June 3, 2020 - Episode 90: Kentucky Route Zero, Act 2 feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta June 10, 2020 - Episode 91: Kentucky Route Zero, The Entertainment 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 transport antiques through the Kentucky back-country in Kentucky Route Zero, Act 1. Developer: Cardboard Computer | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: January 7, 2013 Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta meet a very old dog, explore some very spooky locations and buckle up for the strange and the mundane. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) Special Guest: Adam Iannetta (@DMAIannetta) | Website: adamiannetta.ca Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 2:40 The "Fast Pitch" on Kentucky Route Zero 3:25 What did we know about Kentucky Route Zero before we started? 5:10 How did we play? 7:15 Wait, this game was episodic? And it had a Kickstarter? [The Polygon article Jacob mentioned] 7:50 What is Kentucky Route Zero? 10:40 The start of the game at Equis Oil and the darkness held within (Act I, Scene I) 14:05 An introduction to Conway and your dog 15:50 How did we play our Conway? 19:45 When things may have started to unravel at the Marquez Farmhouse (Act I, Scene II) 23:05 The game has STYYYYYLE (and reminded us of Paper Mario) 25:20 Mike describes the driving and some of the stops along the way 29:20 How long did play in Kentucky Route Zero Act 1? 30:25 We make our way to Elkhorn Mines (Act 1, Scene III) 33:30 Wait, who is Shannon? 36:15 Moving through the mine on a minecart (reminder: Mike is a scaredy-cat; Act 1, Scene IV) 40:50 Mike explores and forgets to talk about his time back at Equis Oil (Act 1, Scene V) 44:35 Back to the Marquez Farmhouse (Act 1, Scene VI) 46:00 Do we want to keep playing Kentucky Route Zero? 48:20 Our wildest theories about Act 2 and beyond! NEXT SHOWS: May 13, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero (Limits & Demonstrations) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta May 20, 2020 - Firewatch feat. Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Dan from the Greatest Story Ever Played Podcast 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 make travel across the country to potentially save humanity in the Last of Us. Developer: Naughty Dog | Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment | Initial Release: June 14, 2013 Jacob, Mike and special guest Matt aka Stormageddon craft weapons, stumble through visceral battles and make human decisions throughout. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) Special Guest: Matt aka Stormageddon (@DJ_Stormageddon) Twitch: twitch.tv/dj_stormageddon | Facebook: facebook.com/stormageddonnyc Matt also hosts a number of podcasts: "Fun" & Games Podcast: casual chats about the world of video games Reignite: an episodic deep dive into the Mass Effect series Screen Snark: casual chats about movies and tv featuring a new guest each week Crash Chords: Autographs: a bi-weekly interview series with artists from all walks of life Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 2:40 An introduction to Matt's work (and a thank you to the Games Gone podcast) 4:45 Fast Pitch for The Last of Us 6:40 What are our personal histories with The Last of Us? 11:10 What does The Last of Us feel like to play? 18:20 The setup of The Last of Us and the opening of the game 22:55 The voice acting in the game 25:10 A primer on the combat and the gameplay and comparing it to Naughty Dog's other games 30:10 Talking through Uncharted 3's train sequence, a comparison to horror games and Matt enters into the Mario vs. Luigi fray 33:15 Is Mike being too hard on the game? Mike's hot take on TLOU. 35:55 Matt compares the game to the original Mass Effect 39:30 The game's jump cuts and comparisons to The Walking Dead 45:45 We talk about the game's cross-country journey (with Price is Right rules) 48:20 Talking through some of the highlights in the story 53:30 After teasing it throughout, we fully spoil the ending here 56:05 The "re-bar" moment and the repercussions of that incident 1:01:45 What do we want to see in TLOU2? [we do not speak about leaks here]  1:05:00 Moe would be envious of our weapon and tool talk 1:09:45 Our standout moments from the game 1:13:05 A deep dive on the hospital sequence 1:17:15 "Do you think that Joel did the right thing?" 1:19:30 The sound and music in the game and some  1:22:25 Questions from @lukewarmlewis, @LudonarrativeFM & @CtrlAltNoob 1:28:45 Matt talks about his projects (links above) NOTES ABOUT THE EPISODE: We did not discuss the multiplayer because PS3 servers for the multiplayer were shut down. We have avoided discussions about COVID-19 on the past few episodes, but for The Last of Us, we chose to discuss playing this game in our current environment.  We recorded this episode prior to April 27 when the new release date was announced and the leaks about the sequel occurred. The show only talks about sequel details from official Naughty Dog media and presentations. NEXT SHOWS: May 6, 2020 - Kentucky Route Zero Act I feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Ianetta May 20, 2020 - Firewatch feat. Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Dan from the Greatest Story Ever Played Podcast  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 talk about the story in the second part of our Final Fantasy VII Remake series. Developer: Square Enix Business Division 1 | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: April 10, 2020 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Kyle Stephenson question the Whispers, compare dresses and get scared of Sephiroth. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUEST: Kyle Stephenson (@MrKStep) | SixOneIndie | The Trophy Room Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 2:10 Let's Start with Child Terrorism 5:50 Katie's Take on Sephiroth 11:50 Let's Skip to the End 16:50 The Whispers 24:00 Tell Us About The Dresses 28:40 Wait, Was It Mark Hamill? 31:40 What's Up With That Cat 35:15 A World Outside Midgar 40:15 Pacing Issues 44:50 Red XII 47:10 Aerith is Cetra 50:10 Hojo & Jenova 56:10 Dead Presidents 1:00:30 Good Tunes 1:04:30 The Kenny Omega Moment  1:10:00 What Does Remake Actually Mean? 1:12:55 Maybe We Were Wrong? 1:13:55 Crisis Core 1:16:50 Will Katie Play Rebirth? 1:20:20 Show Close RESOURCES: Kenny Omega Entrance at WK17 Six One Indie Showcase from August 2023 - new Showcase launching March 20th, 2024! 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 explore the great outdoors at our own pace in A Short Hike. Developer: Adam Robinson-Yu | Publisher: Adam Robinson-Yu | Initial Release: April 5, 2019 Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Flora Merigold fish, hike, and play an imaginary sport that is a cross between volleyball and badminton. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Special Guest: Flora Merigold, co-founder of EpilogueGaming.com Twitter: @LudonarrativeFM | Twitch: @LudoFM Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub  SHOW NOTES: 2:20 A summary of Flora's work 2:40 Our Short Hike Fast Pitch 3:50 What did we know about A Short Hike before we started? 8:10 What is it like playing A Short Hike? We explain the game's Golden Feather system. 12:00 "This game just lets you play," the team refers to Adam Robinson-Yu's GDC talk often (and Moe took a lot of notes) 18:40 Some of the game's ancillary system and mini-games (fishing, treasure hunting) 21:10 We also talk about some of the characters and their snappy dialogue 26:35 A Canadian connection to A Short Hike 28:50 Silver Feathers? 31:10 What do we think the game looks like? 33:40 We talk about the sweet soundtrack 35:30 We talk more specifically about the story and the dialogue 43:30 Comparisons to Super Mario and Costume Quest 45:25 Final thoughts NEXT SHOWS: The Last of Us w/ Jacob, Mike and Matt Storm: April 29th 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 experience John Hughes' version of Goosebumps in Oxenfree. Developer: Night School Studios | Publisher: Night School Studios | Initial Release: January 15, 2016 Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kam Konek from the New Entertainment System Podcast try and remember what it's like to be a rebellious teen, explore a cool/freaky deserted island and talk a lot about fate. Technical note: Mike knocked the cable out of his microphone partway through recording, so we are using a back-up for his track. The audio quality is a little bit lower than usual. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Special Guest: Kam Konek (@TheKamdyman) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub The NES Pod: Website | Apple Podcasts | Spotify SHOW NOTES: 2:00 Kam tells us about the New Entertainment System Podcast 3:15 Fast Pitch: Oxenfree Edition 4:55 What did you know about Oxenfree before we started recording? 6:55 What platforms did we play Oxenfree on? 7:35 What is the gameplay of Oxenfree? 9:40 Mike compares the game to Night in the Woods, Jacob compares the game to coming-of-age movies like Perks of Being a Wallflower and the Spectacular Now and Moe talks about Unity 11:55 The game's characters 16:05 An explanation of the game's multiple endings and "Clarissa [expletive] sucks" 18:10 The start of Oxenfree and Mike explains the dialogue/speech bubble system 22:25 The game's big spooky twist [major spoilers start here] 25:45 Comparing Oxenfree to a VHS player 28:15 The game's music and scenery were tranquil, but the lack of fast travel made Moe rage 30:45 The map is frustratingly hard to use 32:05 Bugs 34:45 What the heck is actually going on? 37:30 "What did you all think of the dialogue and writing?" 42:55 The game starts funnelling you towards the end of the game 50:00 We compares Oxenfree to Stranger Things and Interstellar 54:05 The final choice and time loops? 1:04:15 "Is leave possible", New Game+ and the Oxenfree ARG (the ARG documentary that Jacob mentioned) 1:08:00 Other players entering your experience? 1:10:10 Mike brings up Nietzsche and Amor Fati... Moe brings up Frozen 1:17:00 We cap off the episode with some sound talk and our final thoughts 1:24:30 A solo version of the Left Behind Game Show and a blooper Thank you to @jacobdekk, @storyeverpod and @LudonarrativeFM for the questions! NEXT SHOWS: A Short Hike w/ Jacob, Moe, Mike: April 15th The Last of Us w/ Jacob, Moe, Mike and Matt Storm (aka Stormageddon): April 29th 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 kickstart a tale of two humans in two different worlds in Broken Age. Developer: Double Fine Productions | Publisher: Double Fine Productions | Full Release: April 28, 2015 Jacob and special guests Jessica Fantauzzo, Katie Lesperance and Travis Colenutt talk about their adventure game experience (or lack thereof), laughed out loud and got so frustrated with the Hexipals. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guests: Jessica Fantauzzo (@jfant), Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt) & Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 2:40 What is your fast pitch on Broken Age? 5:10 Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter? 6:50 The Broken Age Fast Pitch 8:05 How did we play Broken Age? 10:25 How does Broken Age start and how did you start? 13:00 The voice cast is wild in this game (Jack Black, Elijah Wood, Will Wheaton and Jennifer Hale, for instance) 13:40 General thoughts about Act 1 14:50 The start of Shay's Act 1 18:40 Shay meets Marek 20:50 Travis' human parent conspiracy theory 23:05 Marek's errands 25:35 The start of Vella's Act 1 (Sugar Bunting) 28:25 Confronting Mog Chothra for the first time 30:35 Getting to Merriloft and losing your vowels 34:00 Going down to Shellmound 39:00 Fighting Mog Chothra and "the twist" 44:10 Act 2 (and frustration) start! 50:45 Laying out the story in Act 2? 59:30 Diving deep on the Act story 1:06:00 Wiring (and re-wiring) Hexipals 1:09:55 More highlights from our experience and questions from Twitter 1:23:20 Final thoughts (Jacob's quote came from here and we spoke about 101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor and Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland) 1:28:35 We take a trip to the Left Behind Game Show! Thank you to @VGRations, @CSGThomas, @ALittleBreath, @WTFamicom, @the_nmac, @PoundJayYi & Michael Ruffolo for your comments and questions! NEXT SHOWS: Oxenfree w/ Jacob, Moe and Kam Konek: April 1st A Short Hike w/ guests TBD: April 15th The Last of Us w/ Jacob, Moe, Mike and Matt (aka Stormageddon): April 29th 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 jump into robotic armour as KiKi the Cat in Gato Roboto. Developer: doinksoft | Publisher: Devolver Digital | Initial Release Date: May 30, 2019 Jacob, Moe (or Meow as he would like to be called from now on) and special guests Joseph Hooper and Arsene Lakpa from the Player Player Podcast jump into submarines, turrets and robot suits, enter bullet hells and laugh at some feline-leaning humour. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Special Guests: Joseph Hooper (@The3HoopMan) & Arsene Lakpa (@LeekyLeek13) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub The Player Player Podcast Links: Twitter | Spotify | Apple Podcasts SHOW NOTES: 2:30 What is your fast pitch on Gato Roboto? 3:20 What did you know about Gato Roboto before we podcasted? 6:30 What is the gameplay style (and yes, the cat's name is Kiki)? 9:25 How does Gato Roboto start? 12:00 Boss fights and vehicles 18:25 Enemy types 19:40 Weapons, power-ups and cartridges 23:20 A short intermission about Playdate and how the console's graphics are similar 25:55 Was this game going to deliver an Undertale ending? 27:40 The ending sequence 33:35 The post-credit scene 36:10 Final thoughts about Gato Roboto 40:55 Other metroidvania games that we loved (we have covered Guacamelee, Shadow Complex and Ori and the Blind Forest) 45:30 The Player Player Podcast pitch NEXT SHOWS: Broken Age w/ Jacob and special guests Katie Lesperance, Travis Colenutt and Jessica Fantauzzo: March 18th Oxenfree w/ Jacob, Moe and a special guest (TBA): April 1st 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.

Gotham becomes uncaged in Batman: The Telltale Series (Episode 5). Will it become re-caged? Developer: Telltale Games | Publisher: Telltale Games | Initial Release Date: December 13, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe face off with their remaining foes, make weighty choices about body parts and look to fix all of Gotham's issues. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 2:05 Recap of Episode 4's Endings Episode 5 Thoughts: 2:25 Chapter 1: Loose Ends & Chapter 2: Revelations (Penguin) 9:30 Chapter 1: Loose Ends & Chapter 2: Revelations (Harvey Dent) 20:10 Chapter 3: On The Trail 25:10 Chapter 4: The Legacy 33:10 Chapter 5: Executive Decision 42:45 Chapter 6: A New Day in Gotham 47:55 What style of Batman were we? 51:10 Our final thoughts about Episode 5 and the whole series NEXT SHOWS: Gato Roboto w/ Jacob, Moe and special guests Arsene Lakpa and Joseph Hooper from the Player Player Podcast: March 4th Broken Age w/ Jacob and special guests Katie Lesperance, Travis Colenutt and Jessica Fantauzzo: March 18th 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 stan Troy Baker in Batman: The Telltale Series (Episode 4). Developer: Telltale Games | Publisher: Telltale Games | Initial Release Date: November 22, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe rage at civilians, meet a new friend and finally get a W in these trying times. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 2:15 Recap of Episode 3's Cliffhanger Ending Episode 4 Thoughts: 2:40 Chapter 1 - Price of Admission 6:00 Chapter 2 - A Serious House Chapter 3 - Home Sweet Home 15:25 The Checkpoint 23:15 The Vale Home 34:55 Chapter 4 - Back to Business 38:50 Chapter 5 - Another Night in the Office Chapter 6 - The Good, The Bat and The Ugly 49:55 Wayne Enterprises Route 54:10 Wayne Manor Route NEXT SHOWS: Batman: The Telltale Series Episode 5: February 26th Gato Roboto: March 4th Broken Age: March 18th 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 prance, dance and romance in Batman: The Telltale Series (Episode 3). Developer: Telltale Games | Publisher: Telltale Games | Initial Release Date: October 25, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe coddle their sweet baby boy, Harvey Dent, meet Lucius Fox and find out more about the leader of the Children of Arkham. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 1:40 Recap of Episode 2's Cliffhanger Ending Episode 3 Thoughts: 3:35 Chapter 1 - State of the Union 8:15 Chapter 2 - A Man Unhinged 14:40 Chapter 3 - Hostile Takeover & Chapter 4 - Off the Rails 26:20 Chapter 5 - Third Wheel 34:00 Chapter 06- The Best of Us 46:35 Final Thoughts (Jacob referred to this documentary by noclip) NEXT SHOWS: Batman: The Telltale Series Episode 4: February 19th Episode 5: February 26th March Games (Dates TBD) Gato Roboto Broken Age 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 look into our confusing past and make a choice about present romances while the future of Gotham hangs in the balance in Batman: The Telltale Series (Episode 2). Developer: Telltale Games | Publisher: Telltale Games | Initial Release Date: September 20, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe ease the pain of our foes, bankroll our friends and approach corrupt politicians with caution. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 2:05 Recap of where we left off in Episode 1 Episode 2 Thoughts: 5:05 Chapter 1 - Broken Memories 6:15 Chapter 2 - The Children 14:30 Chapter 3 - A Big Fan 18:20 Chapter 4 - Two of a Kind 25:55 Chapter 5 - The Incumbent (Bruce Wayne) 26:30 Chapter 5 - The Incumbent (Batman) 28:40 Chapter 6 - Narrow Margins 41:00 Wrap-Up NEXT SHOWS: Batman: The Telltale Series Episode 3: February 12th Episode 4: February 19th Episode 5: February 26th March Games (Dates TBD) Gato Roboto Broken Age 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 dive into the life of Gotham's most eligible bachelor in Batman: The Telltale Series (Episode 1). Developer: Telltale Games | Publisher: Telltale Games | Initial Release Date: August 2, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe gush about their love for the Batman, meet mysterious new friends at the local coffee shop and hurt some bad bad men. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: Pre-E1 Thoughts: 2:30 What did you know about Batman: The Telltale Series before we started? 4:30 How did we play the game? Also, our struggles with the Xbox Elite Controller. 6:40 How would you describe this game to someone who hasn't played a Telltale Game and playing it in front of a significant other. 9:20 Our experience with the Batman series. 12:35 How will we play our Batman? 15:45 Graphic and sound (The Telltale Tool) 17:45 What is the Shadows Edition? Episode 1 Thoughts: 18:15 Chapter 1: Welcome to Gotham 19:05 Chapter 2: The One that Got Away 26:35 Chapter 3: Meet the Press 31:25 Chapter 4: World's Greatest Detective 40:10 Entering "Detective Mode" for the first time *Jacob misquoted Jake Vanaman. He spoke about how one of the initial choices in Walking Dead S1 was lopsided and how it was their team's fault for not justifying one choice as well as another (source).  47:05 Chapter 5: Room with a View 1:00:55 Chapter 6: Family Secrets 1:03:25 Final thoughts NEXT SHOWS: Batman: The Telltale Series [Episode 2]: February 5th Batman: The Telltale Series [Episode 3]: February 12th Batman: The Telltale Series [Episode 4]: February 19th Batman: The Telltale Series [Episode 5]: February 26th 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 continue our fight for the future of Androids in Detroit: Become Human. Please note: this is part 2 of this series. Check out part 1 (episode 075) before listening to this! Developer: Quantic Dream | Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment (PS4) & Quantic Dream (PC) | Release Date: May 25, 2018 Jacob and special guests Travis Colenutt and Katie Lesperance make friends with Ralph and Jerrys, connect Detroit: Become Human to the original Toy Story, Furby & Captain America: Winter Soldier and end it for good... in more ways than one. 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! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! Player: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guests: Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt) & Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes: We continue Kara's "solo story": 2:20 "Fugitives" & "On The Run" 9:05 "Zlatko" 15:40 "The Pirates' Cove" and "Midnight Train" All three characters' stories converge: 19:55 "Crossroads" 33:45 "Night of the Soul" 34:50 "Battle of Detroit" for Connor and Markus 51:00 "Battle of Detroit" for Kara 1:05:15 Chloe 1:08:15 Graphics and Sound 1:10:00 Allegations against Quantic Dream (source 1 | source 2) 1:11:20 Further readings about the game's criticism Evan Narcisse's "The Casual Inhumanity of How Detroit: Become Human Uses Black Culture" Heather Alexandra's "David Cage Games Keep Treating Women Like Sh*t" 1:14:45 Questions from Twitter and Discord (thank you Athunderheart, The Greatest Story Ever Played Podcast and CtrlAltNoob) 1:20:10 Final thoughts Other January Shows: Batman: The Telltale Series [Part 1]: January 29th

We defend Midgar in Final Fantasy VII Remake. Developer: Square Enix Business Division 1 | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: April 10, 2020 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Kyle Stephenson have women throw themselves at us, talk about corporate structures and yell a lot about emo teens doing terrorism. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUEST: Kyle Stephenson (@MrKStep) | SixOneIndie | The Trophy Room Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:20 Intro to Kyle Stephenson 2:30 The Gauntlet 6:15 Housekeeping 7:00 Fast Pitch 7:50 Our History 13:20 How Did We Play? 14:10 Is Intergrade Essential? 15:25 Is it a Trilogy? 18:00 What’s Happening in Midgar 21:45 Emos and Terrorism 25:30 The Avalanche Crew 34:35 Villains 40:00 The Battle Systems 49:35 Materia and Abilities 54:45 Summons 57:15 Structure and Side Quests 1:08:30 Outro and Looking Forward 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 fight for the future of Androids in Detroit: Become Human. Developer: Quantic Dream | Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment (PS4) & Quantic Dream (PC) | Release Date: May 25, 2018 Jacob and special guests Travis Colenutt and Katie Lesperance walk through future Detroit, question our own morality and chastise Jacob for his behaviour. He may have gone Big Bad Wolf again. 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! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! Player: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guests: Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt) & Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes: 2:20 What did you know about Detroit: Become Human? 4:10 Question from Michael Ruffolo: “Did anything stand out to you as frequent visitors to Detroit that stood out to you as especially accurate or inaccurate?” 6:20 How do you describe Detroit: Become Human? Thanks for the description, Helen. 8:50 How did we play the game? 9:25 We enter the spoiler-room starting now! 10:10 We declare which character's story was our favourite We begin with Markus' "solo story": 10:30 Our thoughts on Markus' character arc 12:15 "The Painter" & "Broken" 16:25 We explain the game's "flowcharts" 19:50 "From the Dead" 22:20 "Jericho" and your new friends Josh, North and Simon 25:55 Morality/relationships: Jericho sentiment and secondary character relationships 26:45 "Spare Parts" 29:55 "The Stratford Tower", "Capitol Park" & "Freedom March" Next, we jump into Connor's "solo story": 36:50 "The Hostage" 39:20 "Partners", "The Interrogation" & "Waiting for Hank" 42:05 "The Nest" 44:00 "Russian Roulette" 45:45 "The Eden Club" and Bryan Dechart streams (Jacksepticeye video we mentioned) 52:20 "The Bridge" and a Windsor, Ontario tie 53:10 "Public Enemy", "Meet Kamski" & "Last Chance, Connor" Finally, we tackle Kara's "solo story" 59:40 Introduction to Kara 1:05:20 "A New Home" & Quantic Dream's 2012 "Kara" Short Film 1:09:00 "A Stormy Night" and breaking out of your Mind Palace Other January Shows: Detroit: Become Human [Part 2]: January 8th Batman: The Telltale Series [Part 1]: January 29th

We drank two and half bottles of wine, watched the Game Awards and talked into microphones about them. This is a bonus episode that breaks the format of our normal programming and will likely be our last show of 2019! Tune back in on January 1st for our takes on Detroit: Become Human. On this bonus episode, Jacob and special guests Travis and Katie questioned which Travis has the best last name (Touchdown or Colenutt), market Xbox Game Pass and plug tons of past LGBC pods. Oh yeah, and Katie chastises Jacob about Star Wars in the post-show. 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! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you liked the show, consider giving us a review on iTunes! Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guest: Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt) & Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:20 No More Heroes 3 3:45 Final Fantasy 7 Remake 7:45 Mortal Kombat 11 DLC 11:20 Maneater 12:50 Xbox Series X 14:55 Jacob and Katie fight about Xbox Game Pass 17:30 Senua's Saga: Hellblade II or Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga 19:50 Travis is "fantasy-ed" out 21:40 Control DLC 22:30 Godfall, Warframe, Sons of the Forest, New League of Legends Games 23:20 Ori and the Will of the Wisps, More Magic, Weird West 24:50 Gears Tactics and Nine to Five 26:45 Wolf Among Us 2 27:50 Fast and Furious: Crossroads 29:55 Game of the Year Announcement 31:40 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 DLC 33:45 Musical performances (CHVRCHES, TGA Orchestra, Grimes and Green Day) 35:40 Ninja vs. Fire Emblem's Caspar and Untitled Beaker Game (The Muppets) 37:15 Jacob runs through The Game Awards winners (incl. Disco Elysium, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Control, Death Stranding and Fire Emblem: Three Houses) 43:00 We run through the 2019 games that we still have to play 45:50 Our final thoughts about the Game Awards 2019 50:15 Post-show: Katie calls out Jacob for his history with the Star Wars franchise

We hide out in WWII-era Germany and plot our assault in Wolfenstein: The New Order. *We had some slight mic issues in this episode (especially near the end of the episode). We apologize for the inconvenience.*   Developer: Machine Games | Publisher: Bethesda Softworks | Release Date: May 20th, 2014 Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn dual-wield, get tested on the train and do the good good stealth. 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! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you liked the show, consider giving us a review on iTunes! Players: Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Special Guest: Kevin Reaburn (@ATribeCalledKev) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:50 What did we know about Wolfenstein: The New Order and Machine Games before playing? 5:20 A connection to the Chronicles of Riddick & Starbreeze? 6:50 What is Wolfenstein: The New Order? 9:50 We laugh at the difficulty names 11:40 The starting sequence of the game 13:25 Anya and the first key decision 21:15 The rest of the major story beats (part 1) 23:45 The Da'at Yichud 28:10 Great mechanics in the game 34:00 Tons of terrain types 37:25 LaserKraftWerk upgrades 40:45 "The stealth was so good in this game" 42:20 The rest of the major story beats (part 2) and how the game ends 50:00 Dual-wielding! 52:50 Shotgun alternative ammo, the OP 53:30 Our other favourite weapons 56:15 The best characters in the game 1:01:45 Character development mission 1:03:30 Wrap-up (#KevQueries) Next Shows: Detroit: Become Human - January 1st ft. Jacob McCourt, Travis Colenutt & Katie Lesperance More game announcements coming soon!

We run through the forest and think about our relationships thanks to The First Tree. #heroesneverdie Developer: David Wehle | Publisher: David Wehle | Release Date: September 14, 2017 Jacob and Travis mourned our losses, chased butterflies and dug up some memories. Also, Moe also ranted. Boy, did he rant. 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! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you liked the show, consider giving us a review on iTunes! Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:00 What is The First Tree? 2:50 A warning about this podcast (we spoil everything) 3:35 The setup of The First Tree 5:40 How did we play? What did we know about The First Tree before we started playing (we referenced lists like Vulture's The 21 Best Video Games You Can Finish in 6 Hours or Less and Polygon's 14 new games you can complete in a weekend) 6:35 This game is about much more than we thought 10:15 Trains vs. Tanks 11:00 Was there a story from the game that stuck with us? 12:45 Another ASMR game? 15:40 Some of the mechanics in the game 21:00 An antagonist and a revelation 25:10 Comparing this game to Journey, ABZÛ and Gone Home 27:15 The final of the game's three sections 27:50 Joseph has a bad Dad and we tell you why (and Jacob talks about his Dad) 31:00 The first ending sequence: The First Tree 33:05 A message and we enter the "Soft Boi Zone" 38:45 The second ending sequence: Six Months Later 42:50 "Heroes Never Die, Godspeed." 45:15 The game's great music and technical challenges 47:10 Moe's rant and our final thoughts Next Shows: Wolfenstein: The New Order - December 4th ft. Mike Ruffolo, Moe Murtadi & Kevin Reaburn Detroit: Become Human - January 1st ft. Jacob McCourt, Travis Colenutt & Katie Lesperance Plus... surprises?

We rip and tear our enemies to shreds as the Doom Slayer in Doom (2016). Developer: id Software | Publisher: Bethesda Softworks | Release Date: May 13, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe go to hell, kill everything in sight and head bang to some sick rock beats while doing it. 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! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you liked the show, consider giving us a review on iTunes! Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) and Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:45 What is DOOM? 4:05 What is our experience with the series? 6:10 Who are John Carmack and John Romero? 8:10 How did we play Doom (2016)? 9:05 How does Doom play (combat chess, glory kills and push forward combat)? 16:20 The guns! 19:50 Weapon mods and limited use weapons (including chainsaw and the BFG-9000) 24:25 Ruins 28:40 Bosses 30:55 Is the story in this one important? 34:20 Sound (shout-out to A & C Games in Toronto) 36:15 Graphics 39:45 The tumultuous story of Doom 4 1.0 aka Call of Doom (see noclip's documentary about it) 42:15 The things we didn't like: the Switch port's price and load times 44:05 User submitted questions (multiplayer mode, sensitivity, "Doom Guy" for Smash and Rip or Tear) 49:20 Final thoughts Next Shows: Wolfenstein: The New Order - December 4th Detroit: Become Human - January 1st

We prepare ourselves for Death Stranding (and Halloween) with the very spooky P.T.! Developer: 7780S Studios aka Kojima Productions | Publisher: Konami | Release Date: August 12, 2014 Jacob and special guest Jessica Fantauzzo (her 3rd apperance) scream at the top of their lungs many times, learn the worst ways to decorate your home and talk to a bagged lunch. 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! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you liked the show, consider giving us a review on iTunes! Player: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guests: Jessica Fantauzzo (@jfant) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 1:30 What is P.T.? What did you know about P.T.? 2:40 Who is Hideo Kojima? 3:30 The initial sequence of P.T. 4:30 Who screamed first? 6:05 The setting and bad decor of P.T. (including a "table of regrets") 9:20 We introduce you to the antagonist, Lisa 11:00 P.T.: "The Corn Maze of Video Games"? 14:50 Picture fragments and Lisa attacks 18:00 New decor in the hallway (like red lights and a bloody fridge) gives us (P.T.)SD 20:30 The writing is on the wall ("Hello!") 23:40 Lisa sticks to you 25:20 A change in perspective aka "the red hallway" 28:10 The bathroom scene 29:55 The final sequence of P.T. and the heavily scrutinized way to finish the game 34:50 Slient Hills starring Norman Reedus (note: Jacob wants to play Shattered Memories) 35:55 The zeitgeist around P.T., Silent Hill, Hideo Kojima and Konami 37:10 We talk about revelations from two great videos about this: The Grate Debate and Super Bunnyhop 40:25 Closing thoughts about P.T. 45:25 Bloopers Please note: you cannot get this game on PS4 anymore, but you can get a remade version of the game on itch.io! Next Shows: DOOM (2016) - November 6th Wolfenstein: The New Order - December 4th

We learn about the hard truths of World War I in Valiant Hearts: The Great War Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier | Publisher: Ubisoft | Release Date: June 24, 2014 Jacob and special guests Travis Colenutt (his 6th appearance) and Katie Lesperance (her 1st appearance) solve tons of puzzles, trek around Europe and talk about the dogs of war. 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! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Player: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guests: Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt) & Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes: 1:30 An introduction to Katie’s gaming preferences 2:40 What did we know about Valiant Hearts beforehand? 3:45 How did we play Valiant Heart: The Great War + our Switch impressions 5:15 How would you describe Valiant Hearts? 6:15 Katie shares her love of the The Curse of Monkey Island & LucasArt vs. Sierra adventure games 9:25 The opening of the game and the five main characters (Emile, Karl, Anna, Freddie and Walt) 11:25 World War 1 and video games 12:35 The game's partnership with Apocalypse: World War I 15:15 Our big issue with the game: its "tonal whiplash" (spoilers begin at 16:20) 18:50 The unique mechanics for the five main characters 19:20 Katie is a nurse and she has an issue with Anna's compressions 20:55 THERE'S A DOG... save the doggo! 22:35 Risking Walt's life in front of a flamethrower 24:00 The Dogs of War and we all thought that Walt was going to die 27:25 Tons of block puzzles... did we like the puzzles? 29:45 Anna's driving sections 30:30 We talk about UbiArt and compare the game to Scribblenauts and Castle Crashers 32:40 Were all of the puzzles logical? 33:55 Jacob compares the final boss to Metal Gear Solid 4 35:00 Travis struggled with his aim 37:50 The hint system 40:45 Jacob's story book report and the final sequence of the game (The Nivelle Offensive) 45:15 How emotional did we get with the ending? Cold dead heart or a weeping, sopping mess? 51:15 The music fit the game perfectly 52:15 We fight about character and narrator accents ("some PBS narrator") 58:00 Some of the cool "comic book-like" visual elements (Katie's husband called it "trippy") 59:55 Our final thoughts about Valiant Hearts + Jacob's recommendation: The Lion's Song 1:04:25 Please let us know if you know about Tintin in our Discord

We mark and execute our foes in Splinter Cell: Conviction. Developer: Ubisoft Montreal | Publisher: Ubisoft | Release Date: April 13, 2010 Jacob and Moe give their best Michael Ironside impressions, use some cool gadgets and talk too much about movies. 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! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) and Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 1:50 Our history with Splinter Cell (with SOCOM/Hitman talk) 4:30 How did we play Splinter Cell: Conviction (including a story about Ubisoft Uplay) 5:10 Playing the game with a controller on PC 6:05 Jacob shows off his Splinter Cell: Conviction (Collector's Edition) aka great audio 7:35 Jacob explores the Clancyverse (Ghost Recon, H.A.W.X. and EndWar) 8:45 Jacob reads Kevin Van Ord's Verdict on the game (read his Xbox 360 review) 11:40 The controls and gameplay of Splinter Cell: Conviction 11:55 Using the dark 13:20 Using your snake cam 14:10 The Michael Ironside talk begins (Command & Conquer and Jacob looks at his face for the first time) 16:10 The Batman, 24 and My Hero Academia variety minute 18:05 Continued talk about controls and gameplay 18:10 Mark & Execute 22:10 Last Known Position 23:30 Using cover in the game 25:10 Interrogations (and Monster Closets) 27:00 The LBGC's Chief Guns Officer chimes in on Splinter Cell: Conviction's weapons 29:30 Gadget talk 33:00 A follow-up on the control (they may be too loose) 34:10 Storytelling in the environment (with a What Remains of Edith Finch callback) 37:00 Comparing Splinter Cell: Conviction to today's graphics 39:00 The sound in Splinter Cell: Conviction 39:50 Where should you start with Splinter Cell? 41:35 Jacob's Splinter Cell: Conviction Book Report 46:00 Who is Megiddo (with slight Metal Gear Solid spoilers) 47:15 Jacob compares Splinter Cell: Conviction to Steven Seagal's Under Siege 2 48:45 Product placement in the game #brands 49:35 Our final thoughts about Splinter Cell: Conviction 52:55 A special shout-out to the The Player Player Podcast

What do the voices in your head sound like? Developer: Ninja Theory | Publisher: Ninja Theory  | Release Date:  August 8, 2017 Jacob and Mike take a dive into psychosis as they recount their experience with runes and Norse mythology. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:00 What did we know about Hellblade coming into this? 4:49 How did we play Hellblade? 6:25 Hellblade is just puzzle solving and combat, right? 8:00 Solving puzzles wasn't rewarding 9:05 Astaroth from Soul Calibur makes an appearance 10:00 Jacob really enjoyed the combat and Mike is surprised 11:45 How difficult did we find it? 13:20 If this was longer, we would have needed more variation in gameplay 14:30 What are the stakes in the game? 15:20 If you die, your save gets lost?! 16:39 There's a documentary in the game that we watched after playing 17:40 Psychopathy vs Psychosis 18:00 Jacob loved the sound design and acting 18:36 Ninja Theory used video of actors acting in the game, instead of models 20:25 Senua's actress was great 21:00 Wait, so what was the story the game tells? 23:15 Jacob loved the trials at the tree, and Mike hates the Blindness trial 25:20 Mike lays out the reasons it didn't connect with him 26:00 Jacob makes a good attempt at explaining it 27:20 The Darkness and the different boss battles 29:30 Road to Helheim, Hela and the final boss battle 32:00 Hellblade went right over Mike's head, but thankfully Jacob gets it 34:05 There are things this game has done that no other has attempted 37:47 Jacob wouldn't recommend it to everyone but would recommend it 38:40 Closing thoughts

We take a stroll through Rapture and see what Andrew Ryan has built. Developer: Irrational Games | Publisher: 2K Games  | Release Date:  August 21, 2007 Mike, Jacob and Moe share stories about the great year 2007 was for games, how they came to Bioshock, and whether the twist holds up in the current day and age. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom), Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:00 What did we know about Bioshock coming into this? 4:30 Bioshock was like going to Disney world 5:10 2007 was a great year for games 7:25 Expectations were high and it broke Mike's heart playing it again 8:15 Do the game mechanics age well? 8:40 "The Citizen Kane of Games" and Roger Ebert 10:10 How did we play it? PC, console, original and remaster 11:58 What is Bioshock and how does it start? 13:15 Morality system and consequences (or lack thereof) 13:50 Who is Andrew Ryan? 15:30 Splicers and Atlas 16:30 What does the game look like? Answer: dark and creepy 19:10 Rapture feels like a character 20:00 This game still looks good, and looked great back in the day 20:45 What are Plasmids? 22:00 What is Adam and Eve and where did it come from? Sea slugs and superhumans 23:15 "Little Sisters are Demons" 24:00 Big Daddies are like momma bears and just as tough 26:00 How did you take down Big Daddies? 28:00 Incinerate and Shock 28:50 Plasmids and the wrench 30:15 Jacob feels the gameplay is dated 32:30 KOTOR is the best game ever made and Mike's co-hosts are trollish dickheads :) 33:30 The AI is really good 34:20 What are your favourite parts of the game? 38:30 Jacob and Mike geek out over Fort Frolic and Sander Cohen 41:30 What did you do with the Little Sisters? Jacob McCourt is a bad man 45:00 Tennenbaum and the different endings 48:30 Bioshock and the illusion of choice 51:00 Frustrated with a second playthrough 52:00 The bad PS3 port made Mike happy 53:20 Jacob felt it drags on and doesn't end well 54:00 What we felt about the ending 55:00 Randian Objectivism and the politics of the game 59:00 Simple impressions on the sequels, Bioshock 2 and Bioshock Infinite 1:01:00 LBGC connection to Bioshock 2 1:03:00 What's next for Ken Levine? 1:04:30 Sharing our final thoughts and takeaways 1:05:20 Mike almost got a regrettable Bioshock tattoo

We run around in a towel for a while in Until Dawn. Developer: Supermassive Games | Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment | Initial Release: August 25, 2015 Jacob and special guest Jessica Fantauzzo talk about teen bullying, take a hike in the snowy woods and lament the theft of land. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) SPECIAL GUEST: Jessica Fantauzzo Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:30 Fast Pitch 2:00 Our History with Supermassive and Games Like This 6:00 High-Level Thoughts 8:45 Story Setup 19:00 Spoiler Wall 20:30 Weird Things Happen in the House 29:45 The Psycho 32:45 Totems 35:30 The Mines & Wendigos 39:20 Stay in the Basement, Kids 41:20 Jacob is a Dummy 46:30 The Final Sequence 53:00 Beth & Hannah 54:45 Closing Thoughts 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 talk extensively about our romantic relationship because of Catherine. Developer: Atlus | Publisher: Atlus (in most regions)  | Release Date:  February 17, 2011 Mike, Jacob and special guests Shay Whiston and Rocco Tenaglia III let their feelings out, talk about cursed puzzle games and really get to know each other on a personal level. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guests: Shay Whiston (@ShaelynTai) and Rocco Tenaglia III (@SixHundredBucks) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:50 What is Catherine? 5:15 "How do slip into an affair?" Alcohol. 8:00 Mike pre-ordered Catherine 9:25 We talk about Catherine's puzzle gameplay by comparing the game to Q*Bert and Pushmo 11:40 What's the anime part of Catherine? 12:50 What about choice in Catherine? 14:50 The binary morality system in the game 16:20 Jacob brings in the Bechdel Test 19:50 Vincent is so frustrating 21:50 Sheep = People? 22:35 The curse 25:10 The overarching plot of Catherine 26:55 The art-style (in-engine vs. pre-rendered cutscenes) 28:40 The music in Catherine 29:30 The voice-overs in Catherine (Troy Baker & Laura Bailey) 30:30 Going into the washroom for... stuff? 32:35 New techniques? Rapunzel game? 34:45 How you're supposed to play Catherine (with callbacks to our The Witness episode) 36:35 Catherine and its take on relationships 40:15 Did Catherine change your take on relationships? 42:00 Michael's in the Hot Seat 47:35 We enter the confessional and give our moral takes 54:50 Baby play 56:40 Wrap-up 58:00 Rocco talks about his new book, How to Write a Book And Make At Least Six Hundred Dollars

A brief announcement about changes to the podcast as we enter Year 3 in July 2019.

We talk about video games on our 2019 E3 Special! Jacob, Moe and Mike break the Game Club mold by talking about E3 2019! Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes: 2:00 The Format of our E3 Special 2:45 We head into AnimeLand to talk about My Hero Academia (and Disney's Sky High) 4:15 Jacob's #3: Fire Emblem: The Three Houses 7:05 Jacob #2 & Moe's #1: Pokemon Sword and Shield 9:00 Mike's Pokemon Defense: Totally Not Mark's Pokemon: The Devolving Designs (ft. Tom O'Regan) 12:15 Don't forgot about Pokemon Home, Pokemon Sleep and Pokemon Go Plus Plus! 13:10 Jacob #1: Control (and Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy) 18:50 Mike's #1: Fable 4 (and signing Peter Molyneux's wall) 22:30 Mike's #2: Watch Dogs: Legion (and our love for Driver: San Francisco) 25:45 Mike's #3: The Opportunity Caused by Sony's E3 Absence (probably from Microsoft) 30:40 Moe's #2: An Update to APEX Legends or a new Battle Royale 34:35 Moe's #3: Surprises! 38:10: Games Gone's Most Anticipated Games from E3 2019! Games Gone Links: Podcast | Twitter 39:00 Video Game Rations's Most Anticipated Games & News from E3 2019! Video Game Rations Links: Podcast | Twitter 41:15 Community Voice Clips & Comments 41:25 Thomas Reiss Twitter | Twitch | Charged Shot 42:50 Ky (aka feenietrite) 44:35 Wrap-Up Additional Music: Cold, In My Mind (from Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy) Our E3 2018 picks: Moe's Top 3: Super Smash Brothers for Switch Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu and Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee Spider-Man Jacob's Top 3 Ghost of Tsushima The Last of Us Part II Rage 2 Mike's Top 3 Anthem Fallout 76 Beyond Good and Evil 2

We deal with the aftermath of the calamity and all things Bastion. Developer: Supergiant Games | Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Release Date:  July 20, 2011 Jacob, Moe, Mike and Nick do their part in rebuilding civilization while admiring the designs and sounds of the game Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 1:56 - We're playing Bastion... on Vita? 2:30 - What we knew coming into the game 4:45 - XBLA... remember that? what we played on 6:50 - What IS Bastion? 9:50 - The audio and Narrator are great, I don't care what you say 10:40 - Action RPGs and Platforming 12:00 - Our choice of weapons 14:52 - What is THE Bastion? 19:00 - Difficulty mods and the risk/reward of them 30:00 - The enemies in this game feel natural 33:42 - WE'RE ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN (WOOO) 34:40 - This devolves into a puddle of wrestling talk and references 36:15 - The story and narrative 43:00 - Zulf is like Thanos 47:00 - The first choice and consequence of our actions 49:30 - Supergiant sequels 51:00 - The second choice you have to make 54:00 - Do we recommend it? 1:00:00 - The wrap-up and where you can find us

We go on some weird dates in Undertale. Developer: Toby Fox | Publisher: Toby Fox | Release Date: September 15, 2015 Jacob and Travis question their morality, flirt with mommies, go down to bullet hell and discover who's the better person (it's not Jacob). Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Player: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guest: Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Additional music this week: Cold open music: Undertale OST 001 - Once Upon a Time by Toby Fox Credits music: Hopes and Dreams / Save the World (Undertale) - GaMetal Remix by GaMetal Show Notes (spoilers): 1:40 Two warnings before we start the show (aka reverse marketing) 2:45 The setup of Undertale 3:45 Meeting Flowey and how the game's battle system works 5:40 Meeting Toriel and the game's overworld 12:50 Your final Undertale spoiler warning 13:00 Jacob is a bad man; an introduction to the game's morality system 16:15 Shout-outs to our friends at Video Game Rations (check out their new Undertale podcast & website) 17:20 We talked about the 93 different permutations of the game's ending (Undertale's endings in a flowchart) 19:30 Is Jacob more of a Sans or Papyrus (shout-out Inspector Gadget)? 24:45 The Papyrus fight 28:25 Jacob and Travis' date with Papyrus (shout-out to Mass Effect) 34:00 Jacob = Mettaton + Papyrus & Travis = Alphys + Sans 34:35 Undyne and the Monster Child (and "Toby says no") 37:20 The music of Undertale 38:20 The enemy variety in Undertale 42:05 Dating Undyne 44:50 The Hotlands, Mettaton and Alphys 50:45 The Mettaton-Alphys twist 51:40 Alphys is like a 2007-era Facebook user 53:00 Cool, but what is it like to play Undertale? 54:40 The Mettaton fight 58:40 Asgore 59:20 Explaining the game's initial story 1:02:20 The final Sans interaction and the LV/EXP revelation 1:04:50 The Asgore fight 1:06:40 Explaining the differences between weapons 1:09:15 Photoshop Flowey aka Omega Flowey, God Flowey or Flowey X 1:12:00 Jacob deleted his Switch save... thank you Flowey's Time Machine 1:15:30 Going back to romance Alphys 1:17:50 Deep lore about Flowey and determination 1:20:30 Back to the True Pacifist ending 1:26:00 The Genocide ending (shoutout to Nitro Rad's Undertale Story Explainer) 1:29:00 The choice that gave Jacob legitimate goosebumps, the consequences of this choice and Sans 1:32:40 Jumping into YouTube videos (like Game Theory's Who is W.D. Gaster?) 1:34:10 Jacob brings it back to Professional Wrestling with Kenny Omega's Wrestle Kingdom 13 en trance (Kenny's Quest) 1:35:55 Our final thoughts and Deltarune

We died thousands of times in Cuphead. Developer: StudioMDHR | Publisher: StudioMDHR| Release Date: September 29, 2017 Jacob, Mike and special guest Shane Chiasson make a deal with the devil, roll the dice, hold down "X" for many hours and get frustrated by the youth. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) and Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) Special Guests: Shane Chiasson (@chiassoo; check out his YouTube channel) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:00 What system did you play Cuphead on? 2:30 Re-mapping the controls [Cuphead tips: How to fix the controls (Polygon)] 3:40 Shout-out to old cartoons (Betty Boop, Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes) 4:45 Cuphead and many E3s 6:00 Shout-out to Bendy and the Ink Machine and a Zombie Walt Disney 6:25 Mike makes us feel old with his "Cuphead Cousin" and Jacob rage quits life 8:00 Boss Run/Boss Rush games that we have played (shout-outs to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Castle Crashers and Mega Man X) & Studio MDHR's influences 10:30 Did we like this game? 12:25 The game's setup 13:50 Run & Gun and the "Simple" difficulty level 15:00 Power-up/weapon discussions and plane levels 20:20 Our brain solved the tough levels (Jacob enjoys punishment) 23:20 Back to power-up discussions 25:50 The moment Jacob realized that Cuphead is a good video game [Cuphead, Ruiner, and the joy of really hard games (Verge)] 32:30 We get to King Dice and breakdown this insane boss fight [Cuphead boss guide: King Dice in ‘All Bets Are Off’ (Polygon)] 35:10 Tipsy Troop, Chips Bettigan and Mr. Wheezy 37:20 Pip and Dot, Hocus Pocus and Phear Lap 40:10 Who died the most in Cuphead? 42:15 The Devil's Choice 44:30 Would the game better with a Switch controller [Yup, Cuphead Is Better On the Switch. Here's Why. (Paste Magazine)] 46:15 Pirouletta, Mangosteen and Mr. Chimes 50:45 Perfect dice parrying 52:40 The Devil and other boss talk 59:05 "It's a real castle?" and Cuphead 2 1:00:25 Wrap-up

We enjoy some small town livin' in Night in the Woods. Developer: Infinite Fall | Publisher: Finji | Release Date: February 21, 2017 Jacob, Mike and special guests Travis Colenutt and Jessica Fantauzzo run from right to left, dive deep into our early 20s friendships and relationships, debate the nature of man... AND CRIMES. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) and Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) Special Guests: Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt)  and Jessica Fantauzzo (@jesstauzzo) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:00 We enter the spoiler room brawl right at the beginning 3:00 Tell us about the gameplay from Night in the Woods! 4:05 What does the game look like? 5:05 Jess describes the "Fab Four" 6:25 The town is full of life and great secondary characters 9:10 We imagine our voices for the characters 10:35 Who did we hang out with the most (ft. Jacob's Gregg voice and a question from Thomas Reiss)? 15:15 More Gregg time (and Jacob's Angus impression) 19:00 Diving deep into our in-game friendships 21:05 Our favourite characters 24:10 Moving from right to left (thanks to What's So Great About That?) 25:20 YA Fiction, Coming of Age stories and Night in the Woods (see Scott Benson's GDC talk & Errant Signal's NitW video) 27:10 Mae is kind of awful in the beginning... does she grow as a character? 30:10 Gaining a greater appreciation for Night in the Woods as time goes on 31:05 Jacob and Mike get into a debate about the nature of man (buckle up) 35:50 Mike ties the debate into Mae's mirror scenes 37:30 Jacob relates himself to Mae to counter 41:05 Jacob lost the debate, tries to shift the attention to poetry and Selmers 42:20 Mallard the Duck 44:00 The Tooth 45:55 Jacob reads Selmers politically charged poem and we talk about her backstory 48:10 Germ and cut content 49:20 The twist 53:10 The event that sets Part 3 into motion 55:50 Chasing a hooded figure out of town 57:30 Diving into the dream sequences 59:20 Night in the Woods' version of Rock Band 1:02:25 The search for the ghost(s)! 1:06:00 The goth guarded gate and Mae's embarrassing stories 1:10:00 Wrecking a bathroom (#crimes) 1:11:15 Hanging out with Angus and learning more about him 1:13:10 The linear path to the game's conclusion 1:16:45 Mae goes alone for a Night in the Woods (or does she) 1:20:10 Lovecraftian Horror 1:22:00 Mae's mental health (check out Chloe Spencer's piece about Night in the Woods entitled "Night In The Woods Treats Depression Like A Part Of Life") 1:27:30 Talking to an ancient god 1:30:30 The game's credits and a question from the Ludonarrative Podcast

We befriend a robot and talk about APEX Legends in Titanfall 2. Developer: Respawn Entertainment | Publisher: Electronic Arts | Release Date: October 28, 2016 Moe, Mike and special guests Bobby and Kevin run on walls, jump into huge killer robots and punch fools through the space-time continuum. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) and Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) Special Guests: Bobby Baird (from the Part Time Gamers Podcast aka PTGCast) and Kevin Reaburn (@ATribeCalledKev) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:00 What is your experience with Titanfall 2? 5:45 Difficulty levels 7:25 What is Titanfall 2? 10:30 Mike enters the spoiler room brawl and tries to summarize the BT-7274 relationship 12:30 The game's personality bleeds into the multiplayer 14:30 Loadout differences between APEX Legends and Titanfall 2 20:45 The punching was really good 22:15 Wall running and movement 24:30 Time mechanic? 28:00 We have a lot of questions about the story 30:40 Feelin' like Master Chief 33:10 We compare Titanfall 2 to Stranger Things? 33:40 Our favourite boss battles in Titanfall 2 38:45 Our favourite moments from the game 45:30 Playing Titanfall 2 makes us think about APEX Legends improvements & Titanfall 3 48:05 Closing thoughts

We join Sly, Bentley and Murray as we trek the world of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. Developer: Sucker Punch Productions | Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment | Release Date: September 23, 2002 Jacob and Moe look through everyone's personal things, dodge minions, and take down 5 bosses to retrieve Sly's family heirloom, the Thievius Raccoonus. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) and Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:38 Jacob breaks down his route in buying and playing sony's hits 4:10 Pop out colours and similarities to the wolf among us 5:45 What is Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus 8:15 Sly being Sly 10:06 Repetitive npc's made it easy to power through 11:58 Moe never actually beat this game but lived his life thinking he did 13:22 Sound effects were great in Sly 2 15:00 Moe concedes, maybe this did age badly 17:41 Jacob's turret rant 19:20 Moe trolls Jacob and tries to convince him the turret moment with Murray was refreshing to see him in action 22:30 Did this game along with others in the area make us expect better Boss Battles 23:47 What would be the best boss battle in a game 26:00 God of War did it right most of the time with Boss Battles 28:50 All the final bosses were essentially bullied and became evil 31:56 Thoughts on the PS VITA 34:35 The Left Behind Quiz Corner 40:59 Our final thoughts 42:15 A twitter question! Is Murray the biggest ladies man in the Sly Universe? 44:45 Wrap-up

We question mankind's remaining humanity in SOMA. Developer: Frictional Games | Publisher: Frictional Games | Release Date: September 22, 2015 Jacob, Moe and special guest Jessica Fantauzzo look through everyone's personal effects, dodge monsters, curl up into the fetal position and question everyone's motives. Also, we flip a coin. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) and Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guest: Jessica Fantauzzo (@jfant) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 3:00 The origins of SOMA 8:30 SOMA's Toronto connection 9:15 A very explicit spoiler warning... 10:10 Simon Jarrett's start in Toronto 12:00 The brain scan 14:40 The physicality in the game (and Edward Scissorhands) 18:30 What do you mean... they can use doors (like Resident Evil 2's Mr. X)? 21:20 The first enemy and friendly encounter 26:45 Carl Semken and moral choice 29:25 First contact with Catherine Chun and her "heavenly robotic voice" aka "Pokedex Catherine" 31:05 The room floods... and we question everything... 33:35 Meeting Catherine 37:15 Where we are, what happened to Earth 39:50 Moe made so many notes 41:40 The ARK 44:25 The WAU 46:00 Sarah Lindwall 54:45 "A brand new you" 1:00:50 "Flip a coin" 1:03:35 The "cat buttholes" scattered throughout the game, structure gel and Dr. Johan Ross 1:09:00 Walking on the ocean floor is super dope 1:11:00 Moe wants a kick or a punch in this game (and we sneak in some anime) 1:16:00 Finding Catherine and the final sequence of the game 1:21:20 The ARK survey 1:25:30 The "mirror moment" 1:27:10 The WAU's end was disappointing 1:29:50 The Left Behind Quiz Corner 1:36:00 Wrap-up

We fight god in the second part of our Final Fantasy XVI podcast series. Developer: Square Enix Creative Business Unit III | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: June 22, 2023 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Dave Jackson say nice things about the game, read about so much lore and tell a great story about a chivalrous man. You may want to listen to Part 1 before jumping into this spoiler-filled discussion! This is our last show of 2023 - see you in 2024! PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUEST: Dave Jackson (@TFTBLpod) | Tales from the Backlog: Podcast | Twitter Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:30 Fave/Least Fave Characters 6:00 What We Loved About FFXVI 10:50 Active Time Lore 18:50 Eikon Battles 201 27:10 Jill and Clive 35:40 Final Loadouts 42:15 Favourite Moments 45:50 A Ben Starr Moment 48:50 Okay, Back to FFXVI 51:20 Final Boss Battles 55:50 Ultima Explainer Speedrun 59:45 Making FFXVI Better 1:05:50 The Future of Final Fantasy RESOURCES: Tales from the Backlog - Final Fantasy XVI ‘Final Fantasy XVI’ Has An Identity Crisis By Flora Merigold via Epilogue Gaming  Tales from the Backlog - The Last of Us (Part 2) ft. Flora Tales from the Backlog - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance ft. Jacob 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 jump for joy (and orbs) in Crackdown. Developer: Realtime Worlds | Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios | Release Date: February 20, 2007 Mike and Jacob run very quickly on the streets of Pacific City, shoot so many rockets and kick each other in the face in the pursuit of the greater good. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 1:45 Michael starts with the Halo 3 connection 2:50 Game Informer's thoughts about the game echo our own 3:55 What is Crackdown, Agent? 7:15 Skills for Kills, Agent? No... good load-outs. 9:45 Who is David Jones, Agent? 12:45 Prototype vs. Crackdown 14:00 What do you like most about Crackdown, Agent? 14:45 ORBS! 17:30 A standout boss battle with Olga Romanov 19:45 Michael and Jacob talk about their favorite open-world games 24:15 Cut-scenes and story bits in the game 26:20 Crackdown 2 28:40 "So much of this game is dumb", including the ending 32:00 The Crackdown co-op experience 36:00 Jacob and Mike play a game of "This or That" 39:00 Jacob brings up Breakdown 42:25 Crackdown 3 and final thoughts

We air dash, double jump and float out of harm's way in Ori and the Blind Forest. Developer: Moon Studios | Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios | Release Date: March 11, 2015 Mike, Jacob and special guest Nick O'Hagan-Wong get caressed by the game's wonderful art and music, died over a thousand times collectively and enter the Left Behind Quiz Corner for the first time. Do they exit? Listen to the end to find out! Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Special Guest: Nick O'Hagan-Wong Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 2:00 What is a Metroidvania game? 3:00 The Rabbids invade the Left Behind Game Club 3:20 The story of Ori and the Blind Forest and the name game 5:55 Ori is Jesus and Sein is the Holy Spirit? 6:40 The upgrade tree 8:25 Who died the most through their playthrough? 10:45 How about that jump? 11:55 Jacob shares Alex Newhouse's description of Ori and the Blind Forest 12:35 Airborn Studios does stuff for everyone [Twitter] 13:40 The crew talks about their favourite upgrades 16:25 The gravity puzzles 19:55 Using Soul Links well 21:35 A Dark Souls comparison and other Metroidvania games 23:45 This game looks so good. 26:05 "Jacob's gonna hate this." 29:20 What about the story and the characters? 32:15 A Legend of Zelda connection? 33:15 The game's language 34:05 Jacob brings in Home Alone 2 (somehow) 35:25 Nick got fired up by the difficulty 38:05 Mount Horu was tough 42:00 Escaping Kuro again and the final sequence of the game 46:00 The crew enters the Left Behind Quiz Corner 49:20 Our final thoughts about Ori and the Blind Forest 50:40 The podcast was nominated for three awards at the Canadian Podcast Awards!

Developer: Chair Entertainment in association with Epic Games | Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios | Release Date: August 19, 2009 Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn stomp around a secret military base throwing grenades at every Metal Gear.... i mean.... "mech" they see. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot. Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Special Guest: Kevin Reaburn Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub Show Notes (spoilers): 3:00 Metroid/Castlevania similarities 4:20 What is this game? Do we find the Vice-President? 6:52 This story isn't as good as we were expecting. 9:00 The mechanics of targeting 10:15 Small game? But didn't Epic Games make it? 12:45 More Fortnite 13:50 Kevin tries to dig into his issues with the game 15:50 How did this get built secretly? There were definitely Instagram and Snapchat leaks 20:50 Weapons were OP; grenades killed everything 26:00 MOE READS (in real life only)! 27:20 MIKE PROVEN WRONG! 31:30 What part of the suit was your favorite? 38:30 The guys cringe 41:00 The ending and story were so random? 43:10 What was Xbox Live Arcade and how did it effect development 46:30 Our final thoughts, is it a great game, should you leave it behind?