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)

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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:

• 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

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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

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We find our way home in Love Eternal.

Developer: brlka | Publisher: Ysbryd Games, PLAYISM | Initial Release: February 19, 2026

PLAYERS:

• Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
• Katie Lesperance (Bluesky)
• Alex Martin

SPECIAL GUEST:

• Kate Hunter (Bluesky) from No Small Games

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00 – Intro
• 01:09 – Intro to Kate from No Small Games
• 02:53 – Gauntlet Run with Kate
• 09:20 – Love Eternal intro and Fast Pitch
• 11:50 – Story/Gameplay setup and how we played
• 15:43 – How long it took us to finish (Katie is iconic!)
• 18:25 – Kate’s relationship to the game and teaching persistence
• 22:21 – Who’s played Celeste and Pax 2025’s demo
• 24:50 – How challenging did we find it
• 29:19 – Sound design and art direction (shoutout to the artist for the game @paellagenius.bsky.social)
• 33:48 – Spoilers from here on out!
• 37:38 – Alex guides us through the story
• 45:00 – A Vtuber?!
• 52:45 – Final thoughts
• 1:00:27 – Follow Kate and her work on No Small Games
• 1:02:17 – Outro

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We eat mushrooms and have cringe conversations in Hermit and Pig.

Developer: Heavy Lunch Studio LLC | Publisher: Heavy Lunch Studio LLC | Initial Release: February 5, 2026

PLAYERS:

• Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)

SPECIAL GUEST:

• Joseph Hooper (Bluesky) from Crossplay Conversations, Player Player Podcast and Can’t Pause

SHOW NOTES:

• 0:00 – Intro
• 2:20 – Fast Pitch
• 3:45 – Setup for Hermit and Pig
• 7:15 – Hermit and Pokémon
• 9:30 – Battle System & Progression
• 17:00 – Trinkets
• 19:15 – The Story
• 22:00 – More Battles and Trinkets!
• 27:50 – Hermit and Pig… GOTY Lists?
• 29:25 – Outro

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We witness a weird murder in a time loop in Impostor Factory.

Developer: Freebird Games | Publisher: Freebird Games | Initial Release: September 30, 2021

PLAYERS:

• Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)

SPECIAL GUEST:

• Dan (Bluesky) from The Greatest Story Ever Played

SHOW NOTES:

• 0:00 – Intro
• 0:45 – Welcome Back, Dan!
• 2:45 – Fast Pitch
• 3:30 – A Series Primer & How We Played
• 6:00 – Setup
• 10:15 – Story at a High-Level
• 15:10 – It’s a Love Story!
• 17:50 – An Impossible Choice
• 21:30 – Spoiler Warning
• 21:50 – Simulations
• 24:05 – Neil Watts
• 28:10 – Epilogue & What’s Next
• 35:35 – Music & Final Thoughts
• 38:00 – Outro

RESOURCES:

• TGSEP – Impostor Factory
• TGSEP – Dispatch
• TGSEP – Into the Breach
• 089 – Firewatch with Dan
• 191 – Finding Paradise with Dan

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We take a trip (in more ways than one!) to Phoenix Springs

Developer: Calligram Studio | Publisher: Calligram Studio | Initial Release: October 7, 2024

PLAYERS:

• Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
• Katie Lesperance (Bluesky)

SHOW NOTES:

• 0:00 – Intro
• 02:20 – Fast Pitch
• 03:03 – Where we discovered Phoenix Springs
• 04:18 – Origin of Katie’s love of point and click adventure games
• 05:55 – Our playtime/Travis’ experience with point and click adventure games
• 10:02 – Story and gameplay setup
• 17:01 – Red herrings
• 18:04 – Difficulty
• 19:43 – Spoiler Wall / Continued discussion of some of the hardest puzzles
• 24:01 – Things are just weird
• 27:00 – Lynchian storytelling is not for Katie
• 34:09 – Visual style
• 39:38 – Story deep dive
• 48:36 – But what does it mean?
• 52:12 – Kudos to Calligram Studio
• 57:32 – Outro

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We go back in time in Quantum Break!

Developer: Remedy Entertainment | Publisher: Microsoft Studios | Initial Release: 5 April 2016

PLAYERS:

• Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)
• Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
• Alex Martin

SHOW NOTES:

• 0:00 – Intro
• 1:10 – Housekeeping
• 1:45 – Fast Pitch
• 3:10 – How Do You Play It 2026 – Buyer Beware!
• 11:40 – How Quantum Break Came To Be
• 14:00 – Exposure to Remedy’s Games
• 19:10 – Setting Up The Game
• 28:00 – Television Show?
• 31:20 – Emails and Narrative Design
• 34:30 – Gameplay Breakdown
• 43:10 – Spoiler Wall Warning
• 43:40 – Junction Points
• 44:30 – Hardline vs. PR
• 55:30 – Sofia Amaral vs Martin Hatch
• 57:00 – Control vs Surrender
• 1:07:15 – Schrodinger’s Beth Wilder
• 1:10:00 – Bruce Livingstone
• 1:12:25 – Beth Wilder’s Journal
• 1:19:45 – Remedyverse Implications
• 1:26:00 – Fighting Paul
• 1:30:45 – The CW Vibes
• 1:33:50 – Reviews
• 1:35:15 – Final Thoughts

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We took our annual trip down Boston for PAX East 2026.

PLAYERS:

• Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
• Katie Lesperance (Bluesky)
• Flora Merigold (Bluesky)
• Alex Martin

SHOW NOTES:

• 0:00 – Intro
• 1:50 – Alex’s First PAX and Where To Find Jacob
• 04:00 – Grave Seasons
• 10:10 – Crystalmancers and Interview with Jack Perkins (Creative Lead) –
• 19:00 – Canvas City
• 24:00 – Replaced
• 30:20 – Inkblood
• 36:00 – Memoria Wake
• 41:00 – Ghost Eater
• 49:15 – Well Dweller
• 54:30 – Honorable Mentions
  • Escape From Duckhov
  • Kiln
  • Alpine Trainer
  • The Secret of Crystal Mountain
  • Super Blowfish Castle
  • Avatar The Last Airbender
  • Heartlinks: A Puzzle Called Love
  • Desolus
  • Gnaw
  • Unholy Roller
  • Fading Echo
  • The Lone Sword
• 1:08:45 – PAX 2026 Final Thoughts
• 1:16:30 – Outro

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We learn new languages in Chants of Sennaar.

Developer: Rundisc | Publisher: Focus Entertainment | Initial Release:  September 5, 2023

PLAYERS:

• Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)
• Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
• Alex Martin

SPECIAL GUEST:

• Jessica Fantauzzo

SHOW NOTES:

• 0:00 – Intro
• 1:50 – Fast Pitch
• 3:20 – How Did We Play?
• 5:20 – Describing Chants of Sennaar
• 7:25 – Levels and Languages
• 16:20 – The Second Level
• 19:25 – The Book
• 25:10 – The Gardens
• 30:20 – Monster
• 32:45 – Spoiler Wall
• 33:00 – Exile
• 37:30 – The Key to Exile
• 44:40 – Rosetta Stone
• 47:45 – Feelin’ Smart
• 51:30 – Playtime
• 53:30 – Overall Impressions
• 1:01:50 – More Games Like This
• 1:05:10 – Outro

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We go back to the well and play The Old Hunters with a new friend in Bloodborne.

Developer: FromSoftware | Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment | Initial Release: March 24, 2015

PLAYERS:

• Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)
• Katie Lesperance (Bluesky)
• Alex Martin

SHOW NOTES:

• 0:00 – Intro
• 2:30 – Gauntlet Run With Alex
• 11:00 – Bloodborne Again and Fast Pitch
• 14:20 – Our Experience With FromSoft
• 20:00 – Bloodborne Is A Toxic Boyfriend Who Won’t Tutorialize
• 29:00 – Combat
• 40:00 – Iconic Bloodborne Alley
• 44:00 – Yharnam and RE4 Parallels
• 50:00 – Lore Layout and How Much Did We Get
• 1:00:00 – Insight and The World
• 1:10:00 – Blood Vials VS Estus Flasks
• 1:16:00 – Boss Review: Ludwig Broke Travis
• 1:28:00 – Katie Love/Hates Cos
• 1:38:00 – Boss Design
• 1:41:00 – Bloodborne Teaches Travis The Appeal of Sports
• 1:49:00 – Alex Gets Everyone Murdered
• 1:54:00 – Final Impressions
• 1:57:00 – One Last Chalice Dungeon Rant
• 2:03:00 – 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!