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September 30, 2026
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214: Disco Elysium – The Final Cut [Part 2]

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We all do solve crimes so differently in Disco Elysium – The Final Cut.

Developer: ZA/UM | Publisher: ZA/UM | Initial Release: October 15th, 2019

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SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00 – Intro
  • 1:35 – Small Correction
  • 2:15 – Cuno
  • 6:10 – Lena
  • 10:05 – The Hanged Man
  • 13:15 – Evrart
  • 17:45 – Call Me by Your Name
  • 20:55 – The Pale
  • 26:45 – The Ravers
  • 28:25 – Katie’s Day 5 Speedrun
  • 30:40 – Armor
  • 32:15 – Doomed Commercial Area
  • 34:30 – Boot Soup
  • 37:35 – A Date
  • 40:45 – I’m at a Payphone
  • 44:15 – Novelty Dicemaker
  • 45:55 – Homo-Sexual Underground
  • 49:45 – Thought Cabinet
  • 53:25 – Cryptozoologist
  • 58:00 – Klaasje
  • 1:03:00 – Ruby
  • 1:07:00 – The Tribunal
  • 1:13:30 – The Necktie
  • 1:17:55 – Detective Jr.
  • 1:22:30 – The Deserter
  • 1:25:30 – It Was All a Dream
  • 1:28:50 – Kim’s a Cool Cat
  • 1:30:25 – So What Happened?
  • 1:35:45 – Rankings & Union of Moribund Alcoholics
  • 1:39:45 – Game Development & Teaching Gym
  • 1:42:20 – Android, PMG Documentary & Wrap-Up
  • 1:50:50 – Our Next CRPGs?
  • 1:55:20 – Outro

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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!

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September 2, 2026
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213: Disco Elysium – The Final Cut [Part 1]

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We police and do drugs Disco Elysium – The Final Cut.

Developer: ZA/UM | Publisher: ZA/UM | Initial Release: October 15th, 2019

PLAYERS:

SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00 – Intro
  • 1:40 – Housekeeping
  • 2:25 – Fast Pitch
  • 4:10 – How Do You Play It 2026 – Buyer Beware!
  • 9:20 – Explaining Disco Elysium
  • 18:55 – Voices
  • 22:00 – What Kind of Cop Are You?
  • 23:15 – The Telltale Binary
  • 28:00 – Accidental Racism
  • 30:35 – Good Cop/Bad Cop
  • 33:30 – Auto-Save
  • 37:00 – The Tie & Other Clothing
  • 45:10 – ZA/UM Mentioned
  • 49:45 – Map & Clock
  • 55:20 – The Hanged Man
  • 1:00:20 – Drugs and Alcohol

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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!

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February 5, 2020
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078: Batman: The Telltale Series (Episode 2 – Children of Arkham)

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We look into our confusing past and make a choice about present romances while the future of Gotham hangs in the balance in Batman: The Telltale Series (Episode 2).

Developer: Telltale Games | Publisher: Telltale Games | Initial Release Date: September 20, 2016

Jacob, Mike and Moe ease the pain of our foes, bankroll our friends and approach corrupt politicians with caution.

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

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

SHOW NOTES:

  • 2:05 Recap of where we left off in Episode 1
  • Episode 2 Thoughts:
    • 5:05 Chapter 1 – Broken Memories
    • 6:15 Chapter 2 – The Children
    • 14:30 Chapter 3 – A Big Fan
    • 18:20 Chapter 4 – Two of a Kind
    • 25:55 Chapter 5 – The Incumbent (Bruce Wayne)
    • 26:30 Chapter 5 – The Incumbent (Batman)
    • 28:40 Chapter 6 – Narrow Margins
  • 41:00 Wrap-Up

NEXT SHOWS:

  • Batman: The Telltale Series
    • Episode 3: February 12th
    • Episode 4: February 19th
    • Episode 5: February 26th
  • March Games (Dates TBD)
    • Gato Roboto
    • Broken Age

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July 24, 2019
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066: Bioshock

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We take a stroll through Rapture and see what Andrew Ryan has built.

Developer: Irrational Games | Publisher: 2K Games  | Release Date:  August 21, 2007

Mike, Jacob and Moe share stories about the great year 2007 was for games, how they came to Bioshock, and whether the twist holds up in the current day and age.

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Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom), Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

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

Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 2:00 What did we know about Bioshock coming into this?
  • 4:30 Bioshock was like going to Disney world
  • 5:10 2007 was a great year for games
  • 7:25 Expectations were high and it broke Mike’s heart playing it again
  • 8:15 Do the game mechanics age well?
  • 8:40 “The Citizen Kane of Games” and Roger Ebert
  • 10:10 How did we play it? PC, console, original and remaster
  • 11:58 What is Bioshock and how does it start?
  • 13:15 Morality system and consequences (or lack thereof)
  • 13:50 Who is Andrew Ryan?
  • 15:30 Splicers and Atlas
  • 16:30 What does the game look like? Answer: dark and creepy
  • 19:10 Rapture feels like a character
  • 20:00 This game still looks good, and looked great back in the day
  • 20:45 What are Plasmids?
  • 22:00 What is Adam and Eve and where did it come from? Sea slugs and superhumans
  • 23:15 “Little Sisters are Demons”
  • 24:00 Big Daddies are like momma bears and just as tough
  • 26:00 How did you take down Big Daddies?
  • 28:00 Incinerate and Shock
  • 28:50 Plasmids and the wrench
  • 30:15 Jacob feels the gameplay is dated
  • 32:30 KOTOR is the best game ever made and Mike’s co-hosts are trollish dickheads 🙂
  • 33:30 The AI is really good
  • 34:20 What are your favourite parts of the game?
  • 38:30 Jacob and Mike geek out over Fort Frolic and Sander Cohen
  • 41:30 What did you do with the Little Sisters? Jacob McCourt is a bad man
  • 45:00 Tennenbaum and the different endings
  • 48:30 Bioshock and the illusion of choice
  • 51:00 Frustrated with a second playthrough
  • 52:00 The bad PS3 port made Mike happy
  • 53:20 Jacob felt it drags on and doesn’t end well
  • 54:00 What we felt about the ending
  • 55:00 Randian Objectivism and the politics of the game
  • 59:00 Simple impressions on the sequels, Bioshock 2 and Bioshock Infinite
  • 1:01:00 LBGC connection to Bioshock 2
  • 1:03:00 What’s next for Ken Levine?
  • 1:04:30 Sharing our final thoughts and takeaways
  • 1:05:20 Mike almost got a regrettable Bioshock tattoo

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