Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast is for game lovers. The main host of the show is Jacob McCourt. His day job is helping brands integrate into esports and video games. There is a revolving cast of cohosts and special guests.
One element that keeps the podcast interesting is the diversity of preferences among the cohosts. Jacob loves all video games. Katie prefers strategy games and puzzles. Flora's interest is in the narratives, while Travis likes time travel and tactics. Every game is worthy of a good, robust conversation about its merits and faults.
The podcast cohosts don't hesitate to talk about the biggest releases of the year. They play role-playing games like Fallout 3 and Final Fantasy XVI. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gets two episodes. They also play The Walking Dead games, episode by episode.
Not all games on Left Behind Game Club are action-heavy. The cohosts gush over Coffee Talk, a visual novel about a coffee shop in Seattle. They also love another visual novel, Emily Is Away. In Tacoma, the hosts explore a dystopian future run by mega corporations.
Listeners might enjoy the live episodes from PAX East. Jacob and friends travel to one of the PAX conferences in Boston. There, the cohosts talk with other gaming enthusiasts. There is plenty of audience participation and some silly games. After they return from their travels, the cohosts record a special episode to discuss the newest developments in gaming.
Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast is a great way to discover new games and revisit old ones. The cohosts play across different platforms and genres. The podcast challenges the idea that some games are more serious than others. Jacob and his cohosts celebrate game design as a craft and an art and gaming as an enriching pastime.
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