Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

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137: Emily is Away Too Feb 02, 2022

Show notes

We are looking at you through the glass in Emily is Away Too.

Developer: Kyle Seeley | Publisher: Kyle Seeley | Initial Release: May 26, 2017

Jacob, Mike, Katie and special guest Travis Colenutt get friend-zoned, drink underage and cover Snow Patrol songs quietly in their rooms.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Katie Lesperance (@lesperak)

Special Guest: Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt)

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Start
2:05 Special Announcement
3:45 Gauntlet for Travis
8:20 Fast Pitch
10:10 Time Capsule
15:30 Press Reviews
19:30 Characters
21:50 Our Screen Names
24:50 Chapter 1
32:20 Emily and Evelyn
41:00 Alcohol as Teens
45:20 Chat Logs and Typing and Deleting
49:20 Chapter 3
55:20 Chapter 4 – Emily
1:00:00 Chapter 4 – Evelyn
1:02:50 Music
1:10:55 Chapter 5
1:19:20 Results Screen
1:21:30 Questions
1:28:00 Wrap Up

RESOURCES:

Kinda Funny Emily is Away Too Playthrough (LINK)
Emily is Away Too Music Playlist (LINK)

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!

136: Star Fox 64 Jan 19, 2022

Show notes

We shoot for the stars in Star Fox 64.

Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development | Publisher: Nintendo | Initial Release: June 30, 1997

Jacob, Moe and special guest Mike Towndrow plan a trip to Nintendo New York, talk about Grippy and Slippy and Fox’s daddy issues.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Mike Towndrow (@MixTowndrow) | SixOneIndie

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Introduction
1:30 Running Mike through The Gauntlet
5:37 Fast Pitch for Star Fox 64
7:10 Star Fox Time Capsule
11:30 Let’s watch a TV commercial, talk about Mike’s prestine Star Fox 64 box and N64 consoles
16:10 How did we play the game?
19:55 Press Reviews
22:00 What is Star Fox 64?
28:30 Characters
29:25 Levels
37:00 Andross
40:20 Nintendo did a muppets thing (watch it now)!
45:50 Star Fox in 2022
47:00 Star Fox Anime (watch it now)?
52:15 Mike’s Indie Game Corner (Astrodogs, Whisker Squadron, Operation DogFight & Ex-Zodiac)
57:20 Wrap-up

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!

135: Year In Review for 2021 Jan 05, 2022

Show notes

We revisit 2021 in our Year in Review episode!

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

1:30 Mike’s Favourite Podcasts from 2021
- Hitman 2 Series (Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6)
- Donut County
- Hades
6:00 Moe’s Favourite Podcasts from 2021
- Hades
- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Part 1 & 2)
- Batman: Arkham Origins
11:30 Jacob’s Favourite Podcast from 2021
- WCW/nWo Revenge
- Emily Is Away
- Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999)
16:30 Moe’s Favourite “New Releases”
- Hitman 3
- F1 2021
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
20:00 Mike’s Favourite New Releases
- Psychonauts 2
- Halo Infinite
- Back 4 Blood
26:10 Jacob Favourite New Releases
- Before Your Eyes
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
- Inscryption
30:45 What’s Next for the Left Behind Game Club

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!

134: Wide Ocean Big Jacket Dec 16, 2021

Show notes

We visit the beach with our cool aunt and uncle in Wide Ocean Big Jacket.

Developer: Turnfollow | Publisher: Tender Claws | Initial Release: January 22, 2020

Jacob, Mike and Moe talk about the bird and bees, watch birds and tell a great story about a rat.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

1:15 Fast Pitch about Wide Ocean Big Jacket
3:30 The Time Capsule around Wide Ocean Big Jacket
8:25 How we played this game
9:45 Where the complaints stop, a quote from D.M. Moore’s “You don’t play Wide Ocean Big Jacket; you participate” and our Virginia episode
13:30 Tying this to Bob’s Burgers
15:00 The birds and the bee
21:45 Ben is a master storyteller
22:55 The epilogue with Alan and Meryl
24:55 Our favourite coming-of-age stories
28:00 Differentiating between the A plot and the B plot
30:45 Moe said there wasn’t enough story for him and he writes an email about Wide Ocean Big Jacket
32:15 What the heck does the title mean? Listen to our Thirty Flights of Loving, Firewatch and Kentucky Route Zero episodes!

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!

133: Sayonara Wild Hearts Dec 01, 2021

Show notes

We participate in a synthpop fever dream in Sayonara Wild Hearts. Technical note: there is some minor background noise between 7:30-12:30.

Developer: Simogo | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: September 19, 2019

Jacob, Mike, and special guest Kam Konek talk about very good old games, get Swedish and praise Queen Latifah. Also, Carly Rez Jepsen.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom)

Special Guest: Kam Konek (@TheKamdyman)

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

1:00 Kam is here!
3:30 Running Kam through the Left Behind Game Club Guest Gaming Gauntlet(TM)
8:00 Fast Pitch about Sayonara Wild Hearts
9:00 The Time Capsule about Sayonara Wild Hearts
14:55 We love rhythm games
21:15 What is Sayonara Wild Hearts?
24:00 The Story
30:00 The additional modes for this pop album video game
32:00 Queen Latifah
35:30 Graphics
39:00 Soundtrack
43:45 Difficulty and Scoring
51:40 The Recommendation Machine
58:30 Final 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!

UPCOMING SHOWS:

December 15th – Our Last Episode of 2021!

132: Dead Cells Nov 17, 2021

Show notes

We take control of a corpse in a dungeon in Dead Cells.

Developer: Motion Twin & Evil Empire | Publisher: Motion Twin & Playdigious | Initial Release: May 10, 2017 (Early Access)

Jacob, Mike, and special guest Adam Gumbert get murdered, upgrade their flask and always roll.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom)

Special Guest: Adam Gumbert (@AdamGumby)

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

1:00 Adam is here!
2:10 Running Adam through the Left Behind Game Club Guest Gaming Gauntlet(TM)
4:45 Fast Pitch about Dead Cells
5:40 The Time Capsule about Dead Cells
8:45 What is your experience with roguelikes?
10:30 How did we play the game?
12:00 Why is this game a roguevania?
17:15 Jacob is wrong about the story
19:55 Mike explains Boss Cells
23:30 Some of our favourite biomes!
29:30 Helping Jacob get better with hot strategies (including weapons, skills and more)
44:30 A very distinct look of the game
45:45 Let’s quickly talk about runes and bosses
50:45 DLC!
52:20 Story Spoilers!
56:40 The trailers for this game are amazing
59:40 Wrap-up
1:04:00 More about Adam!

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!

UPCOMING SHOWS:

December 1st, 2021 Sayonara Wild Hearts (ft. Jacob, Mike and Kam Konek)

131: Hades Nov 03, 2021

Show notes

We make our way through many layers of hell in Hades.

Developer: Supergiant Games | Publisher: Supergiant Games | Initial Release: September 17, 2020

Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Flora Merigold dive into their knowledge of Greek mythology, mix and match different boons and introduce everyone to the Left Behind Game Club Guest Gaming Gauntlet.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM)

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

1:00 Flora is back!
2:10 Running Flora through the Left Behind Game Club Guest Gaming Gauntlet(TM)
4:40 Fast pitch about Hades
6:20 A Hades time capsule (Noclip’s fantastic documentary about the game)
9:55 Our histories with Supergiant Games (listen to our Bastion episode)
13:50 How did we play the game?
15:40 Setting up Hades!
16:40 Spoiler warning!
18:20 Mike dives into his love of mythology; we dive into Zagreus’ place in Greek mythology
22:45 The game feels sublime to play – here are the basics
26:40 Jacob’s Tier List for Weapons
28:00 Mixing in boons and weapon upgrades to the conversation
40:00 Explaining Hades God Mode
43:55 Bosses and mini-bosses
48:45 Talking about important items like Ambrosia, Titan Blood and more
56:40 TINY VERMIN
59:30 Fighting Hades (and Charon)
1:08:40 Questions from the Epilogue Gaming Discord community
1:12:25 Graphics and sound
1:14:50 Final thoughts (including Barry Irick’s “Why I Quit Playing Hades“)

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!

UPCOMING SHOWS:

November 17th, 2021 Dead Cells (ft. Jacob, Mike, Moe and Adam Gumbert)
December 1st, 2021 Sayonara Wild Hearts (ft. Jacob, Mike, TBA and TBA)

130: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [Part 2] Oct 20, 2021

Show notes

We continue the conversation on one of the greatest games of the generation in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development | Publisher: Nintendo | Initial Release: March 3, 2017

Mike, Moe and special guest Galen Havey become Thor, chase horses and make some really bad food.

Players: Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Special Guest: Galen Havey (@galenhavey)

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

1:30 – Recap
4:20 – Master Sword
11:40 – Master Shield?!
13:50 – Vah Medoh: Divine Beast (Bird)
22:10 – “Turns out flying is pretty cool”
25:15 – Vah Naboris: Divine Beast (Camel)
45:00 – Mike’s fav weapon the Wind Katana
49:00 – Hyrule Castle
54:30 – Lynel Battle Strategies
1:01:25 – Ganon 1v1
1:09:30 – Our most memorable moments(Spirit Dragons, Survivor Island, Lord of the Mountain)
1:21:10 – Final Thoughts and Wrap up

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!

UPCOMING SHOWS:

November 3rd, 2021 Hades (ft. Jacob, Mike, Moe and TBA)
November 17th, 2021 Dead Cells (ft. Jacob, Mike, Moe and TBA)
December 1st, 2021 Sayonara Wild Hearts (ft. Jacob, Mike, TBA and TBA)

129: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [Part 1] Oct 07, 2021

Show notes

We play one of the greatest games of the generation in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development | Publisher: Nintendo | Initial Release: March 3, 2017

Mike, Moe and special guest Galen Havey become Thor, chase horses and make some really bad food.

Players: Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Special Guest: Galen Havey (@galenhavey)

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

1:50 Galen Havey Intro
4:20 The Time Capsule (context around the release of Breath of the Wild)
10:30 How did we play?
12:30 The game’s systems and the opening of the game
16:40 Weapons system
22:20 Food system
29:50 Horses!
34:00 Shrines
37:10 Weather system
43:30 The crew’s first move in the open world
50:00 Vah Ruta
53:45 Vah Rudania
1:06:00 Wrap-up

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!

UPCOMING SHOWS:

October 20th, 2021 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [Part 2] (ft. Moe, Mike and special guest Galen Havey)
November 3rd, 2021 Hades (ft. Jacob, Mike, Moe and TBA)
November 17th, 2021 Dead Cells (ft. Jacob, Mike, Moe and TBA)
December 1st, 2021 Sayonara Wild Hearts (ft. Jacob, Mike, TBA and TBA)

Far Cry 6 Preview (Spoiler-Free) Oct 06, 2021

Show notes

On this very special bonus episode of the show, Jacob previews Far Cry 6 before it releases. He has played the game for about eight hours and made his way through about a third of the game.

Thank you to Ubisoft Canada for the code. #UbisoftCanadaGuild #UbisoftAmbassador

Developer: Ubisoft Toronto | Publisher: Ubisoft | Initial Release: October 7, 2021

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. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!

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