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Our 200th Episode Extravaganza!

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The crew celebrates eight years and two hundred episodes!

PLAYERS:

SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00​​ – Housekeeping
  • 3:40 – We Reminisce
  • 16:30 – Voicemails from You!
  • 24:30 – The Locks for the Essential List of LBGC Games
  • 26:15 – Hitman & Hitman 2
  • 29:00 – What Remains of Edith Finch
  • 32:35 – Portal
  • 34:55 – Celeste
  • 37:20 – Undertale
  • 43:15 – SOMA
  • 44:35 – The Wolf Among Us
  • 49:05 – Death Stranding
  • 55:15 – Bloodborne
  • 58:05 – Hotline Miami
  • 1:01:20 – Hades
  • 1:02:20 – The Best of the Rest
  • 1:03:25 – Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
  • 1:05:45 – Yakuza 0
  • 1:08:40 – P.T.
  • 1:10:30 – Psychonauts
  • 1:13:00 – Chrono Trigger
  • 1:17:50 – Virginia
  • 1:21:40 – Emily is Away
  • 1:22:30 – Doki Doki Literature Club
  • 1:23:25 – Luigi’s Mansion
  • 1:24:50 – Florence
  • 1:27:00 – Spec Ops: The Line
  • 1:27:30 – To The Moon
  • 1:29:05 – The Last Two Slots (Night in the Woods & Shadow of the Colossus)
  • 1:34:30 – A Sacrifice for Gone Home
  • 1:36:00 – The Future!
  • 1:43:30 – 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!

CUTSCENES: Check out Jacob, Katie and Travis’ other podcast Cutscenes! The fifth and final season is out now!

The Final List of Essential Games/Episodes of the LBGC:

  • Hitman: World of Assassination
  • What Remains of Edith Finch
  • Portal
  • Celeste
  • Undertale
  • SOMA
  • The Wolf Among Us
  • Death Stranding
  • Bloodborne
  • Hotline Miami
  • Hades
  • Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
  • P.T.
  • Psychonauts
  • Chrono Trigger
  • Virginia
  • Emily is Away
  • Doki Doki Literature Club
  • Luigi’s Mansion
  • Florence
  • Spec Ops: The Line
  • To The Moon
  • Night in the Woods
  • Shadow of the Colossus
  • Gone Home

044: Portal

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We enjoy cake (even though the cake is a lie) in Portal.

Developer: Valve Corporation | Publisher: Valve Corporation | Release Date: October 10, 2007

Jacob, Mike and Moe make some extreme trust leaps, talk extensively about Mirror’s Edge and laugh at some great comedic writing.

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

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 2:00 Remember when Valve made video games?
  • 2:15 Is Moe secretly the owner of @IsHL3OutYet?
  • 3:00 The Digipen connection & Narbacular Drop
  • 4:20 The Orange Box
  • 5:55 How does Portal start?
  • 7:45 The difficulty ramp
  • 9:00 Jacob compares Portal to The Witness
  • 11:20 Mike praises Erik Wolpaw and Mike Morasky’s writing
  • 14:20 Jacob avoided 11 years of Portal spoilers
  • 15:50 We talk about our favourite levels!
  • 19:00 Jacob used a walkthrough
  • 21:20 Jacob asks about the Weighted Companion Cube
  • 23:35 The Source engine was the engine for physics
  • 24:50 The final boss encounter with GLaDOS
  • 28:05 Connecting Portal and Mirror’s Edge
  • 30:45 Jacob brings up the PS3 version of the Orange Box
  • 31:25 Our final thoughts about Portal