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December 2022

158: Yakuza 0 [Part 1]

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We give no explanations in the first part of our Yakuza 0 series.

Developer: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio | Publisher: Sega | Initial Release: January 24, 2017

Katie, Flora, Mike and special guest Imran Khan play minigames, fight with wacky weapons and sing karaoke.

Players: Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom), Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM)

Special Guest: Imran Khan [Twitter, Patreon]

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

SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00 Start
  • 1:00 Introducing Imran Khan and running The Gauntlet
  • 13:00 Fast Pitch
  • 14:30 Our Experience with Yakuza games
  • 24:30 Yakuza Gives No Explanations
  • 27:30 The Setup: What Is Yazuka
  • 29:50 Mike Got All The Tissues
  • 33:00 Katie’s Got All The Cards
  • 39:00 Combat And Wacky Weapons
  • 44:00 A Majima Character Study
  • 51:20 Minigames: Shogi Is Hard
  • 56:00 Karaoke Time
  • 1:01:00 Imran’s Final Yakuza Pitch
  • 1:06:40 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!

157: Tacoma

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We become a Peeping (Major) Tom in Tacoma.

Developer: Fullbright | Publisher: Fullbright | Initial Release: August 2, 2017

Jacob, Katie and Mike read everyone’s emails, get a little bit scared and then become subcontractors.

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

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

SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00 Start
  • 1:30 Fast Pitch
  • 2:40 The Setting
  • 6:15 The HUD
  • 8:10 Welcome to the Spoiler Zone
  • 8:25 Tacoma’s Structure
  • 9:55 Alternate Histories
  • 12:20 The Central Conflict
  • 16:25 The TLDR of Tacoma
  • 19:25 Voice Acting
  • 20:50 The Ending
  • 28:50 Other Lovely Story Bits
  • 34:00 How We Played
  • 36:00 The Time Capsule
  • 40:10 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!