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156: Grim Fandango

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We travel to the Land of the Dead in Grim Fandango.

Editor’s Note: Katie’s mic did not record properly, so apologies for the lower-than-normal recording quality.

Developer: LucasArts | Publisher: LucasArts | Initial Release: October 30, 1998

Katie, Mike and special guest Jay Yi struggle with puzzles (even with hints), open the fridge and spend too much time in Year 2.

Players: Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom)

Special Guest: Jay Yi (@PoundJayYi)

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

SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00 Start
  • 1:00 Intro to Jay Yi
  • 4:00 Mike doesn’t like adventure games
  • 5:40 Jay Yi’s Gaming Gauntlet
  • 13:20 Fast Pitch for Grim Fandango
  • 14:30 Time Capsule
  • 21:15 The Setting
  • 26:45 Psychonauts Vibes
  • 28:40 Spoiler Zone is Open
  • 29:00 Puzzles
  • 38:00 The Environments
  • 39:40 A Remake?
  • 47:25 We enjoyed it, okay?
  • 53:50 Switch vs. Other Consoles
  • 1:00:00 Graphic Modes
  • 1:02:00 Glottis and The Twist
  • 1:07:00 Reviews
  • 1:08:00 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!

144: Life is Strange [Episode 4 – Dark Room]

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We go to a party in Life is Strange, Episode 4.

Developer: Dontnod Entertainment | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: July 28, 2015

Jacob, Mike and Flora talk tough topics, become deeply disturbed and reminisce about Nickelback.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM)

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

SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00 Start
  • 1:20 Episode 3 Recap
  • 2:40 Episode 4 Start
  • 4:10 Setting up a tough choice
  • 8:45 Choice 1: Chloe
  • 12:30 Medical assistance in dying
  • 15:20 Look at this photograph
  • 17:50 Nathan’s room
  • 20:50 Choice 2: Nathan
  • 24:15 Choice 3: Frank
  • 30:00 The world’s greatest detective
  • 33:45 The barn
  • 38:50 Rachel Amber
  • 40:40 Vortex Club Party
  • 43:45 Choice 4: Warn Her
  • 48:05 Jacob’s Hottie McHotterson
  • 53:25 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!

140: Life is Strange [Episode 2 – Out of Time]

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We chase trains down at the junkyard in Life is Strange, Episode 2. CW: Suicide // 49:00-1:03:40

Developer: Dontnod Entertainment | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: March 24, 2015

Jacob, Mike, Flora and Moe shoot bottles, stare at cockroaches and continue to swoon over Hotty McHotterson.

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

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

SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00 Start
  • 1:30 Wait… Moe didn’t play Episode 1?
  • 4:00 Episode 1 Recap
  • 5:05 Did you water the plant?
  • 6:20 Kate’s viral video
  • 8:50 Choice 1 – Kate’s Question
  • 12:20 Moe’s looking for the gun
  • 13:40 Running into Warren
  • 16:10 Getting to the diner
  • 21:55 Is this your weed?
  • 24:45 The diner rewind
  • 30:25 Choice 2 – Kate’s Phone Call
  • 33:55 The junkyard
  • 37:00 Shooting in LiS
  • 38:25 Choice 3 – Max and Frank
  • 43:40 Runaway train
  • 47:45 Back to the school
  • 49:00 Choice 4 – Kate’s Fate
  • 57:10 Choice 5 – Blame
  • 1:04:50 Predictions for episode 3 and beyond

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!

111: The Walking Dead Season 1, Episode 4 (Around Every Corner)

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We attack at dawn in Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season 1, Episode 4.

Developer: Telltale Games | Publisher: Telltale Games | Initial Release: October 9, 2012

Jacob, Moe, and special guest Cam Hawkins find new friends in an abandoned town and a bomb shelter and continue to have our hearts broken and try to find a boat.

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

Special Guest: Cam Hawkins (@CamFinalMix) | Twitch | Dualshockers

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 Episode Recap
  • 3:00 Where we started in Episode 4, Around Every Corner
  • 6:50 Getting inside the house, going up into the attic
  • 16:15 Meeting Molly and entering the sewers
  • 19:45 Meeting new friends in a bomb shelter
  • 24:10 Would Jacob be the Ben in real-life?
  • 28:00 Making our way to Crawford
  • 37:00 Panic on the way to the roof
  • 40:15 A confrontation with Vernon
  • 42:05 …and nothing was the same
  • 45:40 Who’s going with us?
  • 49:00 Moe makes a bold and totally inaccurate prediction about the last episode
  • 53:15 Wrap-up

UPCOMING SHOWS:

  • February 17, 2021: WCW/nWo Revenge (ft. Jacob, Moe and special guest Chris Hayner)

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099: Kentucky Route Zero (Act 5)

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We tell you what happened after the storm in Kentucky Route Zero, Act 5. Developer: Cardboard Computer | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: January 26, 2020

Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta saved what they could, dug a grave and buried the horses.

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 Act 4 Recap
  • 3:40 The start of our Act 5 talk-through with a setup
  • 9:30 We talk through the first sequence: “We saved what we could”
  • 15:00 What about them ghosts?
  • 19:00 What about them horses?
  • 23:45 We dug a grave and getting to 5 Dogwood Drive
  • 31:40 The Ancient Midwest
  • 33:55 How about that dark barn shadow?
  • 38:15 Can you adopt the dog?
  • 41:20 We buried the horses
  • 49:00 We wrap up our Act V episode
  • 56:30 I’m Going That Way covered by Adam Iannetta

UPCOMING SHOWS:

  • 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.

096: Kentucky Route Zero (Act 4)

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We get crushed by debt in Kentucky Route Zero, Act 4. Developer: Cardboard Computer | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: July 19, 2016

Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta find (found) sound, take a trip on a boat (and miss the boat), make really awful jokes out of obligation and continue to curse the “Hard Times” boys.

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 Act 3 Recap
  • 3:00 The start of our Act 4 talk-through
  • 4:40 Jacob completely missed the boat (but we sure didn’t)
  • 8:05 Will wills a mammoth (The Echo River)
  • 13:35 Recording found sound with Ezra
  • 16:00 Conway gives an arm and a leg
  • 21:30 We come upon a gas station
  • 30:30 The Rum Colony
  • 38:00 A Phone
  • 44:00 The Radvansky Center
  • 54:10 A Grove
  • 1:00:20 Echo River Central Exchange
  • 1:11:15 Sam and Ida’s
  • 1:16:00 A Neighbourhood and Silo of Late Reflections
  • 1:19:20 Final Thoughts about Act IV

UPCOMING SHOWS:

  • 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 2, 2020 – Kentucky Route Zero (Act V) feat. Jacob, Mike and special guest Adam Iannetta
  • September 9, 2020 – Our 100th Anniversary Spectacular feat. Jacob, Mike and Moe
  • September 16, 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.

069: Valiant Hearts: The Great War

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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!

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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