Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

We endure terrible mouth sounds in Mouthwashing. Developer: Wrong Organ | Publisher: Critical Reflex | Initial Release: September 26th, 2024 PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) Alex Martin CONTENT WARNING: This game’s story deals with several heavy themes and plot points, including SA, substance abuse, suicide and trauma, as well as depicting body horror and gore in a PS1-style graphic. Discretion is advised after the spoiler wall once we start discussing the story in depth. CONSOLE PORTS: We recorded this episode before the console ports were officially announced! SHOW NOTES: 00:00 – Intro 01:02 – Intro to Mouthwashing and Fast Pitch 03:07 – History with the game 05:04 – Setting up the story 08:00 – Introduction to the crew and the Tulpar 09:29 – CONTENT WARNING 10:11– Visuals and sound discussion 16:28 – Jacob makes GROSS sounds into the mic. Please skip this section! 16:36 – The gross sounds have ended. It is safe to play the episode again. 17:41 – SPOILER WALL – Story discussion going forward 22:07 – Corporate-sponsored birthday parties 25:02 – Curly delivers the news/Getting into the cargo bay 31:07 – Hallucinations and fake game crashing 34:26 – Anya 40:18 – The benefit of a second playthrough 46:40 – Swansea and getting into Utility 51:13 – The gameplay parts of this game are maybe not great… 57:13 – Jimmy and Polle’s conversation 1:01:39 – Wrapping up Swansea’s story 1:08:01 – The ending 1:10:45 – Open Critic score and reviews 1:12:53 – Final thoughts 1:16:37 – Plugs and outro RESOURCES: Jenna Stoeber’s YouTube video essay on Mouthwashing Jacob’s Review of Mouthwashing (from September 2024) BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social 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!

We take on puzzles and traps in Crow Country! Developer: SFB Games | Publisher: SFB Games | Initial Release: May 9th 2024  Players:  Travis Colenutt @traviscolenutt.bksy.social  Katie Lesperance @lesperak.bsky.social  Alex Martin  Special Guests:  CtrlAltNoob – ctrlaltnoob.com    Show Notes: 00:00 – Intro  02:39 – Intro to Crow Country  03:21 – Intro to CtrlAltNoob  06:00 – Fast Pitch  08:01 – Where did we first hear about this game and our past experience with survival horror games  14:13 – Story set up and gameplay discussion  17:32 – Exploration (no combat) mode  22:21 – Puzzle discussion  24:29 – SPOILERS WALL – continued puzzle discussion   30:23 – Enemy respawning and worth killing every time?  34:58 – Environment progression in exploration mode  39:49 – Even more puzzle discussion!  45:41 – Environmental traps  46:24 – This game is really funny  51:00 – Story discussion  57:42 – Final confrontation and story wrap up  1:02:51 – Everyone’s final scores  1:11:16 – Final boss combat vs exploration mode  1:13:57 – Our final thoughts  1:24:42 – Follow CtrAltNoob’s work online!  1:28:14 – Host plugs and outro   Resources: Left Behind Game Club 155 – Zero Time Dilemma: https://leftbehindgame.club/155-zero-time-dilemma/   Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast  Resident Evil Apocalypse https://cutscenes.ca/episode/6b76260b/resident-evil-apocalypse-2004-   Resident Evil Extinction – https://cutscenes.ca/episode/1fd1f7ab/resident-evil-extinction-2007-   Noob’s Shadow of Colossus Photography https://ctrlaltnoob.com/2026/09/28/argus-the-fifteenth-colossus/    Noob’s 12 Days of Game Pass – Signalis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1al3ioV_igA  Noob’s Chants of Sennaar YouTube series (part 1) –  https://youtu.be/Km_LfVpREfU?si=epP3VR0MbEpZWRMT  BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social 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!

We all do solve crimes so differently in Disco Elysium – The Final Cut. Developer: ZA/UM | Publisher: ZA/UM | Initial Release: October 15th, 2019 PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) Katie Lesperance (Bluesky) Alex Martin 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 RESOURCES: Investigation: Who’s Telling the Truth about Disco Elysium? (PMG) The Disco Elysium Saga Isn’t Done Yet (PMG) The Making of Disco Elysium (noclip) BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social 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!

We police and do drugs Disco Elysium – The Final Cut. Developer: ZA/UM | Publisher: ZA/UM | Initial Release: October 15th, 2019 PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) Katie Lesperance (Bluesky) Alex Martin 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 BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social 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!

We are trapped on an oil drilling platform in Still Wakes the Deep. Developer: The Chinese Room | Publisher: Secret Mode | Initial Release: June 18, 2024 PLAYERS: Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) SPECIAL GUEST: Dan (Bluesky) from The Greatest Story Ever Played SHOW NOTES: 00:00 – Intro 01:16 – Intro to Dan from Greatest Story Ever Played 02:59 – Game intro and Fast Pitch 06:17 – How did we play and where we first heard about it 09:12 – Story set up 11:39 – Gameplay set up and discussion 18:24 – Nailing the setting and immersion 24:32 – Voice acting 29:20 – Story mode option 34:58 – Spoiler Warning! 38:00 – Describing the supernatural horrors 46:32 – Getting lost in the environment (in a good way!) 51:11 – Story spoilers 1:02:34 – Story ending discussion 1:07:14 – Closing thoughts 1:15:51 – Plugs and outro RESOURCES: Greatest Story Ever Played – SOMA Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soma-cutscenes-a-video-game-movie-podcast/id1359441046?i=1000537558467 Greatest Story Ever Played – Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everybodys-gone-to-the-rapture-cutscenes-a-video/id1359441046?i=1000527190919 BLUESKY: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social 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!