Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

We eat mushrooms and have cringe conversations in Hermit and Pig. Developer: Heavy Lunch Studio LLC | Publisher: Heavy Lunch Studio LLC | Initial Release: February 5, 2026 PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) SPECIAL GUEST: Joseph Hooper (Bluesky) from Crossplay Conversations, Player Player Podcast and Can't Pause SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - Intro 2:20 - Fast Pitch 3:45 - Setup for Hermit and Pig 7:15 - Hermit and Pokémon 9:30 - Battle System & Progression 17:00 - Trinkets 19:15 - The Story 22:00 - More Battles and Trinkets! 27:50 - Hermit and Pig... GOTY Lists? 29:25 - Outro BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!

We witness a weird murder in a time loop in Impostor Factory. Developer: Freebird Games | Publisher: Freebird Games | Initial Release: September 30, 2021 PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) SPECIAL GUEST: Dan (Bluesky) from The Greatest Story Ever Played SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - Intro 0:45 - Welcome Back, Dan! 2:45 - Fast Pitch 3:30 - A Series Primer & How We Played 6:00 - Setup 10:15 - Story at a High-Level 15:10 - It's a Love Story! 17:50 - An Impossible Choice 21:30 - Spoiler Warning 21:50 - Simulations 24:05 - Neil Watts 28:10 - Epilogue & What's Next 35:35 - Music & Final Thoughts 38:00 - Outro RESOURCES: TGSEP - Impostor Factory TGSEP - Dispatch TGSEP - Into the Breach 089 - Firewatch with Dan 191 - Finding Paradise with Dan BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!

We take a trip (in more ways than one!) to Phoenix Springs Developer: Calligram Studio | Publisher: Calligram Studio | Initial Release: October 7, 2024 PLAYERS: Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) Katie Lesperance (Bluesky) SHOW NOTES: 0:00 – Intro 02:20 – Fast Pitch 03:03 – Where we discovered Phoenix Springs 04:18 – Origin of Katie’s love of point and click adventure games 05:55 – Our playtime/Travis’ experience with point and click adventure games 10:02 – Story and gameplay setup 17:01 – Red herrings 18:04 – Difficulty 19:43 – Spoiler Wall / Continued discussion of some of the hardest puzzles 24:01 – Things are just weird 27:00 – Lynchian storytelling is not for Katie 34:09 – Visual style 39:38 – Story deep dive 48:36 – But what does it mean? 52:12 – Kudos to Calligram Studio 57:32 – Outro BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!

We go back in time in Quantum Break! Developer: Remedy Entertainment | Publisher: Microsoft Studios | Initial Release: 5 April 2016 PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) Alex Martin SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - Intro 1:10 - Housekeeping 1:45 - Fast Pitch 3:10 - How Do You Play It 2026 - Buyer Beware! 11:40 - How Quantum Break Came To Be 14:00 - Exposure to Remedy's Games 19:10 - Setting Up The Game 28:00 - Television Show? 31:20 - Emails and Narrative Design 34:30 - Gameplay Breakdown 43:10 - Spoiler Wall Warning 43:40 - Junction Points 44:30 - Hardline vs. PR 55:30 - Sofia Amaral vs Martin Hatch 57:00 - Control vs Surrender 1:07:15 - Schrodinger's Beth Wilder 1:10:00 - Bruce Livingstone 1:12:25 - Beth Wilder's Journal 1:19:45 - Remedyverse Implications 1:26:00 - Fighting Paul 1:30:45 - The CW Vibes 1:33:50 - Reviews 1:35:15 - Final Thoughts BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast that focuses on positivity and community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!