Release the Yap - The Checkpoint May 2025

Welcome to the first episode of The Checkpoint, it's the show between our show. In this first episode, Ben and I discuss our progress of the Video Game Book Club game of the month - Small Saga. We give our first impressions of the game as well as a tragic story from JP. Next, we discuss two different games we've been playing, Blue Prince and Crypt Custodian. One is a hardcore puzzle game with roguelike mechanics, the other a not so hardcore metroidvania that stars a recently deceased cat named Pluto. We hope you enjoy a bit more of our yapping in this inaugural episode of The Checkpoint. If you have any suggestions on what this show should look like / what other topics we should discuss / what games we should play then let us knowwwwww in the comments what are you doing!?And of course, if you want to be part of Video Game Book Club then be sure to join the club!Discord: https://discord.gg/P9aRB5wEBSInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/buenale.games/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@buenale.gamesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gfZQ8jttLntPF6dARadVa?si=7da802979ec749d500:00 Intro02:14 Small Saga Teaser07:52 Blue Prince14:48 Crypt Custodian25:45 Metroidvania discussion30:58 Clair Obscur: Expedition 3337:15 Gaming News GTAVI & NS244:02 Video Game Trivia and Outro