193: Citizen Sleeper

We build our crew and escape our captor in Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector!   Developer: Jump Over the Age | Publisher: Fellow Traveller | Initial Release: January 31, 2025   Jacob and special guest Adam Gumbert roll many dice, race against the clock and question the humanity of android life.   Thanks to our friends at Fellow Traveller for sending codes for review.   PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) SPECIAL GUESTS: Adam Gumbert Bluesky | Respawn Aim Fire! Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Bluesky: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 2:40 - Icebreaker: "What's your experience with Citizen Sleeper and games like it?" 5:45 - A one-sentence pitch 7:10 - "Desperation is the name of the game" 12:15 - Stress 15:00 - Push 19:20 - Citizen Sleeper vs. Citizen Sleeper 2 21:00 - Characters 25:00 - Writing 29:45 - Music and Art 34:00 - Spoilers Begin Here 34:10 - Flint 38:55 - Control 42:00 - Yu-Jin 45:45 - Ankhita 52:10 - The Ending 57:25 - The Future of Citizen Sleeper and Outro RESOURCES: Jacob's Written Review on Citizen Sleeper 2 Jacob & Luke's Game Club Discussion about Citizen Sleeper 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 explore Erlin's Eye in Citizen Sleeper!   Developer: Jump Over the Age | Publisher: Fellow Traveller | Initial Release: May 5, 2022   Jacob and special guest Luke Lewis eat some mushrooms, befriend rogue AIs and consistently run out of time.   PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) SPECIAL GUESTS: Luke Lewis Bluesky | Crossplay Conversations | LukeWarmGames Podcast Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Bluesky: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:35 - Fast Pitch 2:15 - How Did We Play? 3:30 - The World of Citizen Sleeper 6:00 - Gameplay 13:00 - Parallels to Tabletop 13:40 - Energy and Condition 15:50 - Drives 18:30 - Characters 20:05 - Spoiler Wall 20:55 - Lem and Mina 23:10 - Emphis 27:10 - Peake and Eshe 32:00 - Being Bad at Citizen Sleeper 35:10 - Navigator 38:45 - Maywick 42:20 - Bliss 45:20 - Endings 48:10 - Music & Art 50:20 - A Tease for Citizen Sleeper 2 53:50 - Outro RESOURCES: "Fun" and Games Podcast Interview w/ Gareth Damian on Citizen Sleeper Jacob's Written Review on Citizen Sleeper 2 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 rock & roll in Brutal Legend! Developer: Double Fine Productions | Publisher: Double Fine Productions | Initial Release: October 13, 2009 Jacob, Katie and special guest Roger Reichardt drive through the wasteland, fly around the battlefield on devil wings and talk to heavy metal legends. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (Bluesky) Katie Lesperance (Bluesky) SPECIAL GUESTS: Roger Reichardt from Gamerheads Podcast | Audio | Bluesky | YouTube Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Bluesky: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social SHOW NOTES: 0:00 Intro 1:30 Intro to Roger 4:30 Fast Pitch 5:15 Our History with Double Fine 8:40 How We Played 10:45 Gameplay Elements 19:10 Bobby Kotick & Brutal Legend 2 21:15 Roger on Project Management 24:00 Voice Cast 28:00 Story Spoilers Begin 32:30 Licensing Minute 36:30 Brutal Legend 2 38:40 A Product Of Its Time 42:20 RTS Stuff 48:30 Solos & Rocktober 13th 52:00 Story Stuff 54:20 Troublesome Missions 56:40 Final Thoughts & Outro RESOURCES: Video Game Trivia on Gamerheads Podcast Video Game Trivia (from PAX West 2024) ft. Roger Reichardt Our past Double Fine episodes: 016: Costume Quest 053: Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice 083: Broken Age 104: Psychonauts 156: Grim Fandango Bobby Kotick slags off Tim Schafer via Eurogamer Indie Game Awards - Crossplay Conversations College Football 25 - The Greatest Story Ever Played 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 cry like babies in Finding Paradise. Note: It was just Jacob. Developer: Freebird Games | Publisher: Freebird Games | Initial Release: December 14, 2017 Jacob and special guest Dan from The Greatest Story Ever Played Podcast dive into dreams, fulfill our greatest fantasies and destroy our regrets. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) SPECIAL GUESTS: Dan from the Greatest Story Ever Played Podcast | Twitter Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00 Intro 3:45 Fast Pitch 4:45 How Did We Play? 7:50 Thoughts on To The Moon 9:15 High-Level Story 12:00 Sofia, Asher and Faye 13:30 The Spoiler Wall 14:40 Act 3 24:40 Jacob Cries 29:30 The Book 33:50 Music 36:00 Final Thoughts & 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!

Jacob and Katie build the list of their favourite games from GDEX 2024. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Intro 1:05 Our Thoughts on GDEX 2:30 Housekeeping 3:45 Collapsus Interview with Jay Kidd from Wraith Games 10:10 Collapsus Itch.io Early Access | Steam 10:50 Dark Sky 13:00 Hive Jump 2: Survivors 16:35 Duck Paradox 18:55 Lullaby of Life 22:15 The Pedestrian 26:50 Mole Maiden 28:55 The Boundary Condition 33:40 Primrows 36:45 Derelict 39:50 Recap and Wrap-Up 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 solve a mystery in Telling Lies. Developer: Sam Barlow & Furious Bee | Publisher: Annapurna Interactive | Initial Release: August 23, 2019 Katie and Travis take off the hosting training wheels and spend a lot of time on Zoom with strangers. PLAYERS: Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00 Intro 01:40 What's Half Mermaid? 05:00 Our past with Half Mermaid games 09:00 How to NSA 17:00 Meet our Zoom members 27:00 Hopping around the story 32:00 David's a crapbag 54:00 We love Maxine 1:22:00 A puzzling rooftop ending 1:34:00 Wrapping up 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!

On this special bonus episode of the show, Jacob is here to talk all about What the Car? in time for its release on Steam. To kick off the show, we have an interview with Sarah Sander, Triband's Community Manager. Then, Jacob will give you his impressions of the game after completing its first nine episodes. Thanks to Triband for providing us with a code for review. SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Intro 1:20 Interview with Sarah Sander from Triband 8:00 Jacob's Impressions about the Game 14:20 Outro Developer: Triband | Publisher: Triband | Initial Release: May 4, 2023 (Apple Arcade) Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast focusing on positivity & community. RESOURCES: Our Favorite Games of PAX West 2024 from Crossplay Conversations

Jacob and special guests Asa Greenriver & Darren Simmons Jr. build the list of our favourite games from PAX West 2024. Technical note: Asa's had a little bit of mic crackle throughout and Darren's computer exploded at about 1:39:00, so bear through the occasional mic issue! PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) SPECIAL GUEST: Asa Greenriver (@agreenriver07) | Borderline Entertainment Darren Simmons Jr. (@XxShadowokamixX) | Rusty Rupees on Twitch, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Intro 2:00 Our PAX Experiences 4:00 Darren & Asa's Projects 8:00 Interview with Hayden Kane with the Cookie Brigade 12:30 Our Top 12 Games of PAX West 2024 13:15 Tears of Metal 16:50 Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game 24:00 Time Flies 24:50 Time Flies Interview ft. Michael Frei and Raphaël Munoz 32:55 Antonblast 38:25 ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist 44:10 Everdeep Aurora 48:15 despelote 58:25 Tethergeist 1:01:30 LOVE ETERNAL 1:02:50 LOVE ETERNAL Interview with Toby Alden 1:11:20 Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind 1:18:40 Monster Hunter: Wilds 1:26:05 While Waiting 1:28:00 Lightning Round 1:28:10 All Systems Dance 1:29:45 oneway.exe 1:30:30 oneway.exe interview with Bugs and Spider 1:36:50 Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland 1:38:10 Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster 1:39:00 Ravenwood Academy: A Wizard101 Story 1:40:30 Feltopia 1:42:45 Video Game Trivia Panel 1:45:45 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! RESOURCES: Crossplay Conversations' Favourite Games of PAX West 2024 Special Super Video Game Trivia: PAX West 2024 Edition

It's all about Jed-i mind tricks in Life is Strange: True Color, Chapter 5. This is part 5 of a 5-part series! Developer: Deck Nine | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: September 10, 2021 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guests Claire  Helmberger and Luke Lewis join a session in progress, make morbid mine discovery and run away (or decide to stay). PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUESTS: The LukeWarmGames Podcast's Claire Helmberger (@ClaireHelmberg1) Crossplay Conversations' Luke Lewis (@LukeWarmLewis) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 2:35 Chapter 4 Recap 4:00 In Session 11:50 Forgive or Condemn 17:40 The Meeting 23:00 Medical Stuff 30:50 A Morbid Mine Discovery 36:40 Window Shopping 42:40 Whose Running the Bar 43:55 Let's Ride 49:10 The Soundtrack 51:30 The Final Confrontation 54:00 Wavelengths 57:30 Wrap-Up RESOURCES:   Life is Strange True Colors Soundtrack by Order of Appearance by Bizzle94588 via Reddit Erika Mori for mxmtoon by Howsenselessjoy via Reddit LukeWarmGames PAX West 2024 Episode ‘Venba’ and the Cultural Memories I Wish I Had by Flora Merigold via Epilogue Gaming 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 play in a band in Life is Strange: True Color, Chapter 4. This is part 4 of a 5-part series! Developer: Deck Nine | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: September 10, 2021 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guests Claire Helmberger and Luke Lewis gave roses, talked through our Miranda rights and gasped audibly often. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUESTS: The LukeWarmGames Podcast's Claire Helmberger (@ClaireHelmberg1) Crossplay Conversations' Luke Lewis (@LukeWarmLewis) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:50 Chapter 3 Recap 3:10 The Spring Festival 8:35 Riley 10:50 Roses 16:10 Pike 25:45 Jed 36:05 Starting a Band 42:45 Chapter 5 Predictions 46:45 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!