Video Game Book Club

The Checkpoint is back in June of 2025! This month for Video Game Book Club we're playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and we start the show checking in on our progress and how we're enjoying the game so far (spoiler alert: it's a lot). We also talk about our top 5 games of all time after lot's of discussion around that in the discord this month, talk about other games we've be...

Video Game Book Club is BACK with another episode, and this month we're talking about May's game of the month: Small Saga. After being recommended to us in the VGBC discord for almost a year, we finally played small saga and boy are we glad we did! Small Saga is an indie game that packs an incredibly dense story into a sub-10 hour experience, and it might just have set the record for Quali...

Welcome to the first episode of The Checkpoint, it's the show between our show. In this first episode, Ben and I discuss our progress of the Video Game Book Club game of the month - Small Saga. We give our first impressions of the game as well as a tragic story from JP. Next, we discuss two different games we've been playing, Blue Prince and Crypt Custodian. One is a hardcore puzzle game w...

Video Game Book Club is BACK with our newest episode on the game we played in April 2025: Spiritfarer. Spiritfarer is a super unique 2D platforming management sim set in a light and cozy world, but it also evokes a lot of emotion as it deals with its central theme of loss and grief. Join us in this month's episode where JP and Ben talk about there experiences with the game including highlights...

It's March of 2025 and Video Game Book Club is BACK with our newest episode. This past month, the VGBC community played Avowed, a massive new fantasy RPG from video game legend Obsidian Entertainment set in the universe of Pillars of Eternity. Join JP and Ben as they recap their experiences with this huge Triple A undertaking, recap the game's story, and share hilarious stories from their time in...

Another month means another episode of Video Game Book Club!!! In February, JP, Ben, and the rest of the book club played ARCO, an incredible indie game set in a fantasy version of Mesoamerica that blends turn-based and real-time combat elements. Combined with an emotionally charged narrative and incredible pixel-art graphics, ARCO had the boys struggling through fights but always coming back for...

WE ARE SO BACK with our second episode of 2025!!! This month, JP and Ben are tackling Disco Elysium - a cult classic point and click detective mystery game centered around a twisting and sometimes bizarre case. Tune in to hear about JP's tales of being boisterous, brash, and intimidating cop that isn't afraid to dish out a beat down, and Ben's perspective as a methodical and insightful...

Video Game Book Club is back with the last game of 2024!! Thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey this year. We really really appreciate it. We're going to have 12 new games to play this year and we couldn't be more excited. Join the club and tell your friends to join too! In this episode Ben and JP discuss the casual spooky game that is Dredge. This game looks like a casual fishing...

Video Game Book Club is back with a BEEFY episode!! Thank you to our listeners for sending us questions. We really appreciate it. Make sure to join the club and play every videogame of the month with us! Tell other people to join the club as well! In this episode Ben and JP discuss the wild ride that is Nier Automata. This game asks the player to look at life through a different lens. Everything i...

Guys, we are so back! A 6th episode, a 6th game completed, a 6th month of Video Game Book Club! We really appreciate everyone who has given us love the past few months. Thank you and remember to tell one to five hundred of your best friends to join the club!! In this episode Ben and JP discuss the incredibly creative game that is The Plucky Squire. This game felt like lightning in a bottle at time...

We are so back with another Video Game Book Club Episode!! Thank you to our listeners for sending us questions. We really appreciate it. Make sure to join the club and play every videogame of the month with us! Tell other people to join the club as well! In this episode Ben and JP discuss the masterpiece that is Nine Sols. This game took us by storm and we absolutely loved every second of it. It's...

August 2024 Video Game Book Club is HERE! Thank you to our listeners for sending us questions. We really appreciate it. Make sure to join the club and play every videogame of the month with us! In this episode Ben and JP discuss the beautiful and deep story of Outer Wilds! We talk about every celestial being we encountered, how we went about solving the puzzles, and what we both learned of our exi...

July 2024 Video Game Book Club is HERE! Thank you to our listeners for sending us questions. We really appreciate it. In this episode Ben and JP discuss the ins and outs of Hi-Fi Rush! We talk about all the lovable characters, the stylish art, the rock and roll music, and.... DJ HERO??? JP feels like a god at comboing and getting high scores but definitely was lacking in the rhythm area. Ben was t...

We are back with the June 2024 Videogame Book Club! Ben and Juan Pablo discuss an incredibly dense and exciting indie game, Animal Well! We talk about the story, the mechanics, the countless puzzles and our time with the game. JP feels like an incredibly dummy after learning all the layers of the game he didn't even experience. Ben shares his wisdom and was perfect as always. Thanks for listen...

In this inaugural episode of Videogame Book Club, Ben and Juan Pablo awkwardly discuss Another Crab's Treasure! We talk about the story, the mechanics, the meaning and our time with the game. JP definitely has some things he regrets saying in the podcast, but it was because he was nervous. Ben was perfect as always. Thanks for listening and please join our next discussion for the June Game of...