Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

We travel to a resort? a hospital? a super secure spa? in Hitman: Episode 6. Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: September 27, 2016 Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn all score some pretty solid performances but Moe's continues his dominance by landing 157,00...

We get trapped in the closet and plot out four very difficult Colorado kills in Hitman: Episode 5. Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: September 27, 2016 Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn shake up the Left Behind Game Club's "hierarchy of killers", ogle Moe'...

We overstay our welcome as we explore a Hotel looking for Jared Leto's twin and a lawyer who really wants to buy a tuk tuk in Hitman: Episode 4. Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: August 16, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe order some room service, celebrate a birthday, try to se...

We push through a crowded market in Morocco in Hitman: Episode 3. Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: May 31, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe become demolitions experts, moonlight as camerapeople, throw bricks and Mike continues to blow our minds with his high level Hitman play....

Chris Wade is an Austin-based game designer, programmer and 3D artist who just released his first title: Sausage Sports Club for Switch and PC on July 19th, 2018. Over the past few years, Chris has been developing Sausage Sports Club and working on titles such as Vacation Simulator, Battle Chef Brigade, Manifold Garden and Mortal Kombat X. Sausage Sports Club is a physics game about floppy animals...

We break out our summer suits and travel to Sapienza in Hitman: Episode 2. Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) |  Release Date: April 26, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe continued to use their preferred killing methods, smothered people with pillows, destroyed viruses, threw gas cylinders down c...

We put on a great tuxedo and prepare for Parisian fashion in Hitman: Episode 1. Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | First Release Date: March 11, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe trespass, contemplate the best type of poison for our enemies, ride helicopters and throw bodies off of ledges. Join...

We begin our adventures as Agent 47 in Hitman. Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | First Release Date: March 11, 2016 Jacob, Mike and Moe put guards into dumpsters and steal their clothes, throw coins (and hammers) at our enemies and complete our required safety training. Join our Disco...

We explore our ancient computer for clues in Her Story. Developer: Sam Barlow | Publisher: Sam Barlow | Release Date: June 24, 2015 Jacob, Mike and Moe put their statements on the record, get biblical tattoos, channel their inner lawyers and start watching all of the police station footage. Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame. Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage!...

We rocket slide around Shinji Mikami's space station in Vanquish. Developer: PlatinumGames | Publisher: Sega | Release Date: October 19, 2010 Jacob, Mike and Moe jettison off to space, power-slide and flip around the environment, overheat, upgrade some weapons and then take on Russia. You can now join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame. Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the home...

We set blasters to "fun" in Star Wars: Republic Commando. Developer: LucasArts | Publisher: LucasArts | Release Date: February 28, 2005 Mike, Moe and Special Guest Shane Chiasson grow up in test tubes, eat some Star Wars flavored Easter Eggs and heal deep wounds in bacta tanks. You can now join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame. Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! H...

This week, we bring you a very special bonus E3 2018 episode of the Left Behind Game Club. Jacob, Mike and Moe each picked their top 3 most anticipated games of the show and talked about them! #detailsaresparse We return to regular programming later this month. Here is our updated June release schedule: June 20th: Star Wars: Republic Commando (moved from June 13 to avoid E3 week) June 27th: Vanqui...

We solve all the puzzles in The Witness. Developer: Thekla Inc. | Publisher: Thekla Inc. | Release Date: January 26th, 2016 Jacob, Mike, Moe and Special Guest CourtFTW travel to a deserted island, use "2 Brainz", get stuck, feel like geniuses and then get stuck again. You can now join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame. Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! Here's is o...

We climb with B.U.D., listen to M.O.M. and drunkenly flail about in Grow Home. Developer: Ubisoft Reflections | Publisher: Ubisoft | Release Date: February 4, 2015 Jacob, Mike and Moe rode beanstalks, used giant leaves as hang-gliders and collected crystals. Also, we decided unanimously that this game should always be played with a controller. You can now join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindG...

We trade military-grade bullets for weapons, wipe off our gas masks and shoot mutated birds and bears in Metro 2033. Developer: 4A Games | Publisher: THQ | Release Date: March 16, 2010 Jacob, Moe and special guest Josh Wilson become Rangers and go above ground, get attached to characters only have to them die and really miss the way that Mike ends our show. You can now join our Discord server! Go...

We burn the Blades of Chaos into our forearms and try to take down Ares in God of War. Developer: SCE Santa Monica Studio (w/ Bluepoint Games & Sanzaru Games for the Remaster) | Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment | Release Date: March 22, 2005 Jacob, Mike and Moe travel to Athens in order to find Pandora's Box, tear our enemies limb-from-limb and feel 13 all over again. You can now join our Di...

We raid some tombs and discover our inner Lara Croft in Tomb Raider (2013). Developer: Crystal Dynamics with Eidos Montreal (Multiplayer), Nixxes (Next-Gen Console Ports), Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux Ports) and Square Visual Works (CGI) | Publisher: Square Enix | Release Date: March 5, 2013 Jacob, Mike, Moe and Special Guest Kevin Reaburn travel to the Dragon's Triangle, reminisce about TressFX a...

We jump through space and fight back the Rebels in the name of the Federation in FTL: Faster Than Light. Developer: Subset Games | Publisher: Subset Games | Release Date: September 14, 2012 Jacob, Mike, and a back-in-action Moe talk about space warfare, reminisce about the old Kickstarter days, and learn how much failure we can take in one sitting. You can now join our Discord server! Go to LeftBe...

We smack some thick-skulled zombies with our cricket bat in ZombiU & Zombi. Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier & Straight Right (Ports) | Publisher: Ubisoft | Release Date: November 18, 2012 Jacob, special guest Travis Colenutt and a fully-healthy Mike talk about horror games, prepare our Bug-Out-Bags and reminisce about the launch of the Wii U. You can now join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGam...

We float on with some very long scarves in Journey. Developer: Thatgamecompany | Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment | Release Date: March 12, 2012 Jacob, special guest Travis Colenutt and a quarantined Mike hide from Guardians, shred their scarves, float high and talk about aquatic life. "I'm the bubble boy!" A quick programming note: we had originally planned to release our Zombi/ZombiU episo...

After playing through Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide, Moe and Jacob had a conversation over Discord with Victor Magnuson. Victor is a Game Designer and Producer at Fatshark Games in Stockholm, Sweden. The team at Fatshark is currently working on Warhammer: Vermintide 2, a sequel to the highly successful original game. Moe and Jacob talk about Victor's jump from finance to game design, the h...

We get ultra-violent in 1989 with Hotline Miami. Developer: Dennation Games & Abstraction Games (PlayStation Ports) | Publisher: Devolver Digital | Release Date: October 23rd, 2012 Jacob, Mike and Moe ask questions about violence, throw knives and wear masks to hide their true feelings. "Moe Mask, Mo' Bullets." Our next episode features ZombiU and/or Zombi and launches on February 21st! You can no...

We conquer some virtual humanoid rats in Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide. Developer: Fatshark AB | Publisher: Fatshark AB | Release Date: October 23, 2015 Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn talk about Swedish video game developers, dopamine loops, crowd control and rolling dice. "Let me sell you some Vermintide, son." Our February episodes are Hotline Miami (February 7th) and Z...

We deliver lucha-style piledrivers to skeletons in Guacamelee. Developer: Drinkbox Studios | Publisher: Drinkbox Games | Release Date: April 9, 2013 Jacob, Mike and Moe talk about chickens and their "easter" eggs, mix-max'ing your character, the PlayStation Vita and Mexico by way of Japan. "This game is more present day WWE and less attitude era WWF." Our next episode drops on January 24th, 2017 a...

We "press to X to take a trip" in Virginia. Developer: Variable State | Publisher: 505 Games | Release Date: September 22, 2016 Jacob, Mike and special guest Jarrett McCourt talk about the grandest little town in Virginia, skip the stairs with jump cuts and look into mirrors at ourselves very deeply. "You need to have some life experiences, Jacob." Our first episode of 2018 launches on January 10t...