204: Bloodborne [Part 3]

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 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 saved Jacob from the Gommage for a part three of our discussion on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Developer: Sandfall Interactive | Publisher: Kepler Interactive | Initial Release: April 24, 2025 PLAYERS: Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Jacob's Here 2:50 - Why Did Jacob Not Play Right Away? 7:55 - The Prologue 9:55 - Spoiler Wall 10:15 - The Beach Scene 15:25 - Voice and Motion Capture 20:50 - Jennifer English 23:40 - Andy Serkis 27:20 - The Comedy 30:00 - Jacob's Gameplay Experience 34:45 - Pictos 36:30 - New DLC 40:40 - Camp 42:35 - Renoir 45:00 - Maelle or Verso? 54:10 - The Movie and a Bold Prediction 57:30 - Sandfall's Next Game 58:25 - Outro RESOURCES: Crossplay Conversations 2025 GOTY Part 1 and Part 2 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 continue with part two of our discussion on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Developer: Sandfall Interactive | Publisher: Kepler Interactive | Initial Release: April 24, 2025 PLAYERS: Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) Katie Lesperance (Bluesky) Flora Merigold (Bluesky) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Bluesky: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - Intro 2:20 - End of Act 1 Devastated Us 10:00 - Other Games That Fooled Us 12:00 - We Meet Verso 19:15 - We're At The Paintress... Already? 22:00 - The Dessendre Family 31:00 - Travis Explains Everything 35:00 - Verso or Maelle? 48:00 - Revisiting Act 2 End 51:00 - Jacob Send Us A Voice Memo 55:00 - Outro RESOURCES: How ‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ Helped Me Grieve By Flora Merigold 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 try to avoid the gommage in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Developer: Sandfall Interactive | Publisher: Kepler Interactive | Initial Release: April 24, 2025 PLAYERS: Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) Katie Lesperance (Bluesky) Flora Merigold (Bluesky) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Bluesky: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - Intro 2:50 - Fast Pitch 6:40 - Story Setup 13:00 - This Game Is So Cool 15:00 - How Clair Obscur Plays 18:30 - Pictos and Lumina 23:00 - Quality of Life Qualms 27:00 - The Mimes 33:00 - Simon 38:00 - Party and Build Choices 45:00 - Gustave Melts Us 49:00 - Lune 54:00 - Maelle 59:00 - Sciel 1:09:00 - Outro 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!

The crew celebrates eight years and two hundred episodes! PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) Michael Ruffolo (Twitter) Moe Murtadi (Twitter) Katie Lesperance (Bluesky) Flora Merigold (Bluesky) Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) 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 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! 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

Jacob interviews Karla and Zimonja from Ivy Road about their experience building the characters, world, and gameplay systems of their recent release, Wanderstop. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) SPECIAL GUESTS: Davey Wreden (Bluesky) Karla Zimonja (Bluesky) SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ - Housekeeping 2:00 - Intro 4:30 - Prototypes & Inspirations 7:00 - Approach to Cozy Games 9:10 - How Wanderstop Supports Chill 13:00 - Nodes 15:10 - Monster 20:45 - Finding the Right Balance with Monster 24:30 - When Karla Met Davey 28:20 - Tea vs. Coffee and the Machine 32:50 - The Business Boys 36:00 - Pacing 37:55 - Dirk Warhard 40:30 - The Team at Ivy Road 44:30 - COVID 49:00 - Ren 56:15 - Nana 56:45 - Zenith 1:01:45 - The Last Choice and Why It Doesn't Matter 1:05:15 - Looking Back at Development 1:10:45 - The Risk of Hurting Players 1:16:45 - Despelote 1:19:30 - What Now? RESOURCES: Episode 4: Interview with Karla Zimonja Episode 196: Wanderstop 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!

Jacob, Katie, Travis and Flora have returned from Boston and built the list of their favourite games from PAX East 2025. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) Katie Lesperance (Bluesky) Flora Merigold (Bluesky) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Bluesky: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ - Intro 1:25 - Housekeeping 1:50 - Our PAX Experiences 7:15 - Six One Indie Spring Showcase 2025 Truth Scrapper Away From Home 1000xRESIST Vinyl Forbidden Solitaire HOTEL BARCELONA A Week in the Life of an Asocial Giraffe Guilty as Sock! Kabuto Park The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish 14:20 - Our Favourite Games of PAX East 2025 14:35 - Monster Train 2 18:15 - Desktop Survivors 98 21:55 - LOVE ETERNAL (check out Love) 26:15 - TANUKI: Pon's Summer 29:05 - Hell Clock 31:30 - Elden Ring Nightreign 36:30 - Constance (Bonus - The Berlin Apartment) 42:15 - Compensation Not Guaranteed: Interview with Arya Wiryawan Wibowo 45:45 - Compensation Not Guaranteed  52:55 - GIGASWORD 59:20 - Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson 1:03:30 - No, I'm Not A Human 1:10:40 - Fresh Tracks Interview with Patrick Owens from Buffalo Buffalo 1:17:25 - Fresh Tracks 1:21:20 - MotionRec (Bonus - Skateboard Knight) 1:27:45 - Perfect Tides: Station to Station 1:33:30 - Militsioner 1:38:25 - Ctrl Alt Deal Interview Alison Czarnietzki from Only By Midnight 1:45:20 - Ctrl Alt Deal 1:48:55 - Aksun 1:50:00 - Bytebond 1:51:00 - Cappy & Tappy: Temples of Peril 1:52:10 - Whirlight - No Time To Trip 1:53:15 - Missile Command Delta 1:55:35 - Birdigo 1:57:20 - Undusted: Letters from the Past Interview with Lala from Toge Productions 2:00:30 - DoubleShake Interview with Liam Goodwater & Nick Roger from Right Stick Studios 2:05:30 - Video Game Trivia Panel 2:08:45 - Episode 199/200 2:09:30 - Outro RESOURCES: ‘Desktop Survivors 98’: My Favorite Game at PAX East 2025 via Epilogue Gaming No Small Games - PAX East 2025 Recap LBGC 181 - PAX East 2024 Mega Show ft. Fretless Interview Yvette Young - Hydra Video Game Trivia: Reloaded (PAX East 2025) Crossplay Conversations' Favourite Games of PAX East 2025 Special 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 got on our motorcycle and rode around the city in No More Heroes! Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture | Publisher: Ubisoft/XSEED | Initial Release: January 22, 2008 Jacob, Travis and special guest Seth Strugill from All N Media and Carpool Gaming sit in our gross apartment, suplex fools and shake our beam katana to recharge. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) SPECIAL GUEST: Seth Sturgill (Bluesky) from Carpool Gaming and All N Media Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Bluesky: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Intro to Seth Sturgill 4:00 - Fast Pitch 7:30 - Gameplay Overview 15:30 - 2000s Era Open Worlds 18:10 - Suda51 and David Lynch 22:15 - Other NHM Games 25:00 - Combat 29:45 - Motion Controls 30:30 - Sound Design 32:50 - Appreciating NMH 36:40 - Destroyman 40:30 - The Spoiler Wall 41:10 - Holly Summers 47:00 - Bad Girl 49:30 - Suda51's Other Games 55:00 - Jeane 1:01:50 - Henry 1:03:15 - Side Jobs 1:05:00 - Reviews 1:11:50 Outro & PAX East 2025 RESOURCES: Review: No More Heroes & No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle via Destructoid No More Heroes Review via Nintendo Life 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!

We spilled some tea in Wanderstop. Developer: Ivy Road | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: February 24, 2025 Jacob and special guest Matt Storm aka Stormageddon run through the forest, grow some fruit and reflect on our own lives. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) SPECIAL GUEST: Matt Storm aka Stormageddon (Bluesky) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Bluesky: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:40 - Intro to Matt Storm 5:20 - Fast Pitch 6:20 - Disclosures 6:40 - How We Played 7:35 - Gameplay Basics 12:50 - Story Setup 19:45 - Graphics 23:00 - Mugs 25:20 - Voice Acting 27:20 - Music 29:15 - Our Tea Orders 31:00 - Final Non-Spoiler Thoughts 35:05 - Spoiler Warning 35:20 - What It's All About 37:30 - Staying Quiet 41:20 - Controlling Your Drive 42:30 - Ren 47:00 - Reflection & Achievements 53:40 - Business Men 58:40 - Your Trainer & Your Craft 1:04:50 - Monster 1:08:45 - Ending 1:15:30 - 10,000 Hours 1:17:45 - Seasons of Change 1:21:20 - Final Thoughts and Outro MATT'S PAST EPISODES: The Last of Us PAX West 2022 Mega Show Yakuza o [Part 2] Nintendo Gamecube Retrospective (Live from PAX East 2023) Coffee Talk RESOURCES: Our Interview with Karla Zimonja “Fun” & Games Podcast - Side Quest: Kirby Super Star “Fun” & Games Podcast - Side Quest: Sonic 3 & Knuckles “Fun” & Games Podcast - Side Quest: Psychonauts “Fun” & Games Podcast Episode 145: Mini Discs, Big Fun Matt's Review of Wanderstop 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!

We pray near the well in Indika.   Developer: Odd Meter | Publisher: 11 bit studios | Initial Release: May 2, 2024   Jacob, Katie and Travis gather religion points, run from dogs and push some boxes.   PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) Katie Lesperance (Bluesky) Travis Colenutt (Bluesky) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Bluesky: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Fast Pitch 2:25 - Our Histories with Indika 4:55 - The Setup 8:40 - Presentation 12:20 - Hearing God and the Devil 19:05 - A Post-Hellblade World 22:50 - Flashbacks 26:00 - Gaming the System 36:45 - Temptation 41:00 - Pushing Boxes 43:55 - Children 46:00 - Jail Cell 49:20 - Seeing Yourself 52:15 - Falling 55:20 - Puzzle Things 1:00:00 - Who Do You Hand Indika To? 1:05:00 - Outro 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!