174: Final Fantasy XVI [Part 1]

We explore dungeons and roll dice in Dungeons of Aether. Developer: Aether Studios & ampersandbear | Publisher: Aether Studios | Initial Release: February 28, 2023 Jacob and Katie talk about their favourite dice & card-based roguelikes, talk a lot about butter, bread and jam and they may also share some gripes. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:45 Fast Pitch 2:10 Our Background on Dungeons of Aether 4:15 What is Dungeons of Aether? 5:30 The Battles 15:40 Dungeon Crawling 18:40 Story 21:40 Sequel Thoughts 23:40 Bosses 31:00 Items 33:35 Graphics and Sound 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!

The roomie crew of Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Dave Jackson are here to talk about the video games they played and the memories they forged at PAX East 2024! Four friends for over two hours talk through 21 games with 6 interviews from the show floor! PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUEST: Dave Jackson (@realdavejackson) | Tales from the Backlog | A Top 3 Podcast Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Intro 1:40 Tales from the Backlog 2:55 Housekeeping 3:35 Overall Impressions of PAX East 2024 10:00 A Typical Day at PAX 16:00 Panel Time 19:00 Game Time (Please Wishlist The Games That Look Cool) 19:30 Animal Well 23:40 Kind Words 2 (lofi pop city) 28:00 Enter the Chronosphere 33:25 LUCID Interview with Eric Manahan 38:20 LUCID 41:30 Duck Paradox 45:55 Athenian Rhapsody 49:50 Deathbound 54:55 Let's! Revolution! Interview with Michael Highland 1:00:45 Let's! Revolution! Interview with Spencer Casey 1:03:45 Let's! Revolution! 1:05:05 Fallen Aces 1:10:35 Sorry We're Closed 1:15:00 Fretless Interview with Jeff Linville and Connor Smith 1:21:00 Fretless 1:28:30 Scramble Star Crossing 1:31:15 Tape to Tape 1:32:55 The Art of Flight 1:33:50 Kriegsfront Tactics 1:34:25 Path of Exile 2 1:35:15 Part of You 1:37:45 Buckshot Roulette 1:38:45 Olliefrog Toadskater Interview with Phillip Woytowitz 1:43:35 Starvaders Interview with Eddie Cai 1:50:15 So To Speak 1:51:25 Questions 1:57:35 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: Tales from the Backlog - The Last of Us (Part 2) ft. Flora Tales from the Backlog - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name ft. Matt Storm & Flora Tales from the Backlog - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance ft. Jacob Jacob's Between 2 Screens: A Nintendo DS Retrospective Panel Brenden Groom's Video Game Cocktail Party ft. Jenny Windom, Kenneth Shepard, Kate Sánchez, Jesse Vitelli & Michael Higham Tales from the Backlog - Rainworld  The Sequel I Couldn’t Have Predicted: Demoing ‘Kind Words 2’ at PAX East by Flora Merigold Katie's Enter the Chronosphere Moment ...and Jacob went viral at PAX East 2024

How could Nintendo improve an already great handheld experience after the release and success of the Game Boy Advance? By adding a touch screen to it! Over an hour, our 5 Nintendo DS experts will help you reminisce about the history of the console. Then with the help of the PAX East audience, we will build the essential list of 15 must-have Nintendo DS titles. Audience members will be given 15 seconds to make their pitches, so come prepared!  Between 2 Screens - A Nintendo DS Retrospective was recorded live at PAX East 2024 on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Centre. There's one section that relies on visual aids; you can download the slides here. There's also a video version available on PAX's YouTube channel. Sections: 0:00 Intro 1:30 Panel Intros 2:50 Panel Format 3:30 A Speedy History of the Nintendo DS 18:00 Our 11 Pre-Selections 27:50 Audience Pitches 59:55 Panel Outro Panel: Jacob McCourt (https://twitter.com/JacobMcCourt) Jenny Windom (https://twitter.com/kimchica25) Scott White (https://twitter.com/ProfessorRPG) Brenden Groom (https://twitter.com/begroom) Danny Bass Jr. (https://twitter.com/CGDannyB) Dave Jackson (https://twitter.com/RealDaveJackson) Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a game club podcast focusing on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!

We swing around the city in Marvel's Spider-Man. Developer: Insomniac Games | Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment | Initial Release: September 7, 2018 Jacob, Flora and special guest Setobox begrudgingly sneak around as MJ, look up to a couple of bad fake dads and scroll Spider-Man's social media feeds. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUEST: Setobox aka Ella (@Setobox) | Twitter | YouTube Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:20 Intro to Setobox 2:30 The Gauntlet 11:10 The Fast Pitch for Marvel's Spider-Man 12:40 How Did You Play? 15:20 Our History with Insomniac/Spider-Man 21:10 Setup for Marvel's Spider-Man 23:55 Peter Loves Cops 28:50 F.E.A.S.T. & Smaller Settings 35:50 Norman Osborn 40:10 Miles Morales 42:30 The Mary Jane Sections 46:40 Combat and Gadgets 53:10 Traversal 58:30 Story Spoiler Wall 58:45 Fave Story Moments 1:13:10 Sinister Six 1:20:50 Last Fight & Aunt May 1:29:55 Andrew, Toby or Tom 1:31:00 Teases 1:32:15 Reviews & Final Thoughts 1:36:45 Outro RESOURCES: Couples Therapy and ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’ by Flora Merigold for 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 talk about the story in the second part of our Final Fantasy VII Remake series. Developer: Square Enix Business Division 1 | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: April 10, 2020 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Kyle Stephenson question the Whispers, compare dresses and get scared of Sephiroth. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUEST: Kyle Stephenson (@MrKStep) | SixOneIndie | The Trophy Room Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 2:10 Let's Start with Child Terrorism 5:50 Katie's Take on Sephiroth 11:50 Let's Skip to the End 16:50 The Whispers 24:00 Tell Us About The Dresses 28:40 Wait, Was It Mark Hamill? 31:40 What's Up With That Cat 35:15 A World Outside Midgar 40:15 Pacing Issues 44:50 Red XII 47:10 Aerith is Cetra 50:10 Hojo & Jenova 56:10 Dead Presidents 1:00:30 Good Tunes 1:04:30 The Kenny Omega Moment  1:10:00 What Does Remake Actually Mean? 1:12:55 Maybe We Were Wrong? 1:13:55 Crisis Core 1:16:50 Will Katie Play Rebirth? 1:20:20 Show Close RESOURCES: Kenny Omega Entrance at WK17 Six One Indie Showcase from August 2023 - new Showcase launching March 20th, 2024! 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 defend Midgar in Final Fantasy VII Remake. Developer: Square Enix Business Division 1 | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: April 10, 2020 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Kyle Stephenson have women throw themselves at us, talk about corporate structures and yell a lot about emo teens doing terrorism. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUEST: Kyle Stephenson (@MrKStep) | SixOneIndie | The Trophy Room Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:20 Intro to Kyle Stephenson 2:30 The Gauntlet 6:15 Housekeeping 7:00 Fast Pitch 7:50 Our History 13:20 How Did We Play? 14:10 Is Intergrade Essential? 15:25 Is it a Trilogy? 18:00 What’s Happening in Midgar 21:45 Emos and Terrorism 25:30 The Avalanche Crew 34:35 Villains 40:00 The Battle Systems 49:35 Materia and Abilities 54:45 Summons 57:15 Structure and Side Quests 1:08:30 Outro and Looking Forward 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 run around in a towel for a while in Until Dawn. Developer: Supermassive Games | Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment | Initial Release: August 25, 2015 Jacob and special guest Jessica Fantauzzo talk about teen bullying, take a hike in the snowy woods and lament the theft of land. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) SPECIAL GUEST: Jessica Fantauzzo Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:30 Fast Pitch 2:00 Our History with Supermassive and Games Like This 6:00 High-Level Thoughts 8:45 Story Setup 19:00 Spoiler Wall 20:30 Weird Things Happen in the House 29:45 The Psycho 32:45 Totems 35:30 The Mines & Wendigos 39:20 Stay in the Basement, Kids 41:20 Jacob is a Dummy 46:30 The Final Sequence 53:00 Beth & Hannah 54:45 Closing Thoughts 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 fight god in the second part of our Final Fantasy XVI podcast series. Developer: Square Enix Creative Business Unit III | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: June 22, 2023 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Dave Jackson say nice things about the game, read about so much lore and tell a great story about a chivalrous man. You may want to listen to Part 1 before jumping into this spoiler-filled discussion! This is our last show of 2023 - see you in 2024! PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUEST: Dave Jackson (@TFTBLpod) | Tales from the Backlog: Podcast | Twitter Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:30 Fave/Least Fave Characters 6:00 What We Loved About FFXVI 10:50 Active Time Lore 18:50 Eikon Battles 201 27:10 Jill and Clive 35:40 Final Loadouts 42:15 Favourite Moments 45:50 A Ben Starr Moment 48:50 Okay, Back to FFXVI 51:20 Final Boss Battles 55:50 Ultima Explainer Speedrun 59:45 Making FFXVI Better 1:05:50 The Future of Final Fantasy RESOURCES: Tales from the Backlog - Final Fantasy XVI ‘Final Fantasy XVI’ Has An Identity Crisis By Flora Merigold via Epilogue Gaming  Tales from the Backlog - The Last of Us (Part 2) ft. Flora Tales from the Backlog - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance ft. Jacob 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 activate our Eikon Abilities with Final Fantasy XVI. Developer: Square Enix Creative Business Unit III | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: June 22, 2023 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Dave Jackson wait for our cooldowns, appreciate Torgal and go get five piles of dirt. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM) SPECIAL GUEST: Dave Jackson (@TFTBLpod) | Tales from the Backlog: Podcast | Twitter Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub SHOW NOTES: 0:00​​ Start 1:20 Intro to Dave Jackson 4:30 The Gauntlet 9:20 The Fast Pitch 10:55 Our Personal Histories with Final Fantasy 13:45 How is FF16 Different than Other Numbered Games? 15:25 The Game's Demo 17:00 Setup of the World 24:00 Spoiler for the First Five Hours 25:40 Intro to Eikon Battles 30:30 Intro to Combat 38:30 "Is This a Bad Game?" 45:10 Sidequests 50:20 Full Spoiler Warning 51:00 Ambrosia Sidequest 54:00 Torgal Sidequest 57:30 Tentpole Story Moments 1:03:45 World Building Lessons from George R.R. Martin 1:07:00 Dave Brings In FromSoftware 1:10:45 Outro RESOURCES: Tales from the Backlog - Final Fantasy XVI ‘Final Fantasy XVI’ Has An Identity Crisis By Flora Merigold via Epilogue Gaming  Tales from the Backlog - The Last of Us (Part 2) ft. Flora Tales from the Backlog - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance ft. Jacob 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!

Introducing Jacob's new podcast Crossplay Conversations! In this episode, the lads discuss the past, present, and future of Insomniac Games' Spider-Man series! Every other week, we dive deep into gaming industry topics and host light-hearted conversations around our favorite video games. With a combined 15 years of video game content creation, Luke Lewis (LukeWarmGames), Joseph Hooper (Player Player Podcast & Can’t Pause) and Jacob McCourt (Left Behind Game Club, The Gaming Brief & Video Game Trivia) publish their gaming group chat in audio form. The gang is here to break down the latest and greatest in the world of gaming with a mostly positive, insightful and fun style. New episodes release every other Tuesday at 9am PST. Check out the show on your podcasting platform of choice: https://plnk.to/crossplayconvos! Don't worry, more episode of the Left Behind Game Club are coming soon including a two-part FFXVI series starting next week and Until Dawn in January! Listen to our Spider-Man 2 Spoilercasts here: - Player Player Podcast - The LukeWarmGames Podcast Find us on Twitter for show updates and more: - Podcast: @crossplayconvos - Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan - Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt - Luke Lewis: @lukewarmlewis