The Greatest Story Ever Played

The Greatest Story Ever Played

We are a book club style podcast focused on story driven video games. Each episode we do a deep dive into a different game.

Episodes

October 13, 2025 128 mins

Happy MECHtober! Travis (Left Behind Game Club) returns to the show and we chat about Into the Breach. Check out our thoughts on this excellent strategy game.

 

Game: Into the Breach

Release Year: 2018

Developer: Subset Games

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Linux, Stadia, iOS, Android

 

More information on Left Behind Game Club:

⁠⁠⁠Left Behind Game Club⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠

⁠Cutscenes: a Video Game Movie Podcast⁠⁠⁠

@Cutscenes_Pod (⁠...

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Time is breaking and only Jack Joyce can fix this problem. Join Dan and Morgan for our return to the Remedy universe in Quantum Break.


Game: Quantum Break

Release Year: 2016

Developer: Remedy Entertainment

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox One


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@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGS...

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August 18, 2025 114 mins

Steph and Nikki (Game Till Five) stop by for some tea. We talk about Alta, Boro and the interesting customers they meet.

 

Game: Wanderstop

Release Year: 2025

Developer: Ivy Road

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5

 

More information for Game Till Five:

Game Till Five

Blue Sky

 

 

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@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue...

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July 14, 2025 121 mins

Erik (Pages of Play) and I join a story. A story that hasn't been finished. Join us uncovering what is really going on in Beacon Pines.

 

Game: Beacon Pines

Release Year: 2022

Developer: Hiding Spot Games

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One

 

More information for Erik:

⁠⁠⁠Pages of Play

⁠Blue Sky⁠

 

 

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June 16, 2025 110 mins

Petria is becoming an authoritarian nation. Can you cross the border and escape? Who will you meet? Who will you trust? Adam (The Lost Records Journal) and I attempt to flee the country in Road 96.

 

Game: Road 96

Release Year: 2021

Developer: DigixArt

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

 

More information for Adam:

⁠⁠Games and Groceries⁠⁠

The Lost Records Journal

⁠⁠StrangeC...

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May 26, 2025 114 mins

Tape 2 continues the adventures of Autumn, Kat, Nora and Swann in Velvet Cove. Join us to discover what really happened in the Summer of 1995.


Game: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

Release Year: 2025

Developer: Don't Nod

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S


Contact information:

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@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our...

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May 12, 2025 141 mins

Jake (The Pre-order Bonus) returns for a 5th time! Together we talk about the mysteries in Pentiment.


Game: Pentiment

Release Year: 2022

Developer: Obsidian Entertainment

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S


More information on The Pre-order Bonus:


Contact information:

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April 21, 2025 89 mins

CtrlAltNoob and I gather our friends for the best LARP game ever!


Game: Lil Gator Game

Release Year: 2022

Developer: MegaWobble

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S


More information on CtrlAltNoob:


Contact information:

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@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Che...

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April 7, 2025 94 mins

It's the summer of 1995 and Swann Holloway has made new friends. Together they have fun and begin to uncover mysteries about their hometown.


Game: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

Release Year: 2025

Developer: Don't Nod

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S


Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Check out our sp...

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February 10, 2025 106 mins

December 1993. Kasio has returned to her small hometown of Achill Island. Join Kate (No Small Games) and I as we discuss Kasio's journal and her experiences.


In our discussion we referenced this article "How Two Video Games Helped Me Come Out As Transgender" by friend of the show (and previous guest) Flora. Check it out!


Game: If Found...

Release Year: 2020

Developer: Dreamfeel

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, ...

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January 13, 2025 77 mins

It's 1960 and the Axis have won World War 2. Fortunately, B.J. Blazkowicz is back and he loves killing Nazi's. I'm joined by Conner (Lore Party) to talk about this alternate history FPS.

Game: Wolfenstein The New Order

Release Year: 2014

Developer: MachineGames

Platforms: Playstation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows

 

More information on Lore Party:

Lore Party Website⁠ 

@lore_party

⁠Conner's Website⁠

@Con...

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December 30, 2024 40 mins

For the final episode of year, I share about my favorite games I played for the first time this year, my favorite game released in 2024 and what game I am most looking forward to in 2025.


 

 


Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (⁠Twitter ⁠and ⁠Blue Sky⁠)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


 

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits b...

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December 16, 2024 79 mins

In honor of the expanded college football playoffs starting on 12/20, we decided to do something different. I am joined by Katie (Left Behind Game Club) to talk about our experiences playing EA Sports College Football 25.

 

Game: College Football 25

Release Year: 2024

Developer: EA Orlando

Platforms: Playstation 5, Xbox Series X/S

 

More information on Left Behind Game Club:

⁠⁠Left Behind Game Club⁠⁠ ⁠⁠

Cutscenes: a Video Game Mov...

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December 9, 2024 142 mins

Max Caulfield returns in Life is Strange: Double Exposure. Join us as Max learns a new power and tries to save a friend.  

Game: Life is Strange Double Exposure

Release Year: 2024

Developer: Deck Nine Games

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, , PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch,

 

 


Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod (Twitter and Blue Sky)

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠...

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November 6, 2024 52 mins

Join Jacob (Left Behind Game Club) and I for a new adventure with Sigmund Corp. This is the second game in the "To The Moon" series.

 

Game: Finding Paradise

Release Year: 2017

Developer: Freebird Games

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch

 

More information on Left Behind Game Club:

⁠Website⁠ 

@Cutscenes_Pod

@LeftBehindClub

@JacobMcCourt

Contact information:

⁠⁠TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gm...

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November 2, 2024 37 mins

This episode I take some time to share about my experience at GDEX and the games I played. You can find a full list of games at GDEX here.

 

Here's the games I played at GDEX:

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Antea and Red are Banishers who arrive in New England ready to help a friend. They discover the town is cursed more than they could have imagined. Jake (The Pre-order Bonus) and I send battle spirits in a quest to end this nightmare.

 

Game: Banishers Ghosts of New Eden

Release Year: 2024

Developer: Don't Nod

Platforms: Microsoft Windows,PlayStation 5, Xbox One X/S

 

More information on The Pre-order Bonus: 

⁠Link to Podcast⁠

@pre...

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Can the apocalypse be cute? Kirby and the Forgotten Kingdom says "yes!". I am joined by Adam (Games & Groceries) to talk about our adventure to save the Waddle Dees.

 

Game: Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Release Year: 2022

Developer: HAL Laboratory

Platforms: Nintendo Switch

 

More information for Adam:

⁠ Games and Groceries⁠

⁠StrangeCast⁠

⁠Music⁠

@AceTheGrocer

 

 

Contact information:

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Flora (Epilogue Gaming + Left Behind Game Club) join Dan to talk about Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. We follow Senua's intense quest for saving Dillion.

 

Game: Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice

Release Year: 2017

Developer: Ninja Theory

Platforms: Playstation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S

 

More information on Epilogue Gaming:

Epilogue Gaming

⁠⁠Left Behind Game Club⁠⁠ ⁠⁠

@LeftBehindClub

@...

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July 29, 2024 36 mins

Civil War: Gettysburg is a turn based strategy war game. In it you play through the three day battle of Gettysburg. At the end of this episode I share about my trip to the battlefields of Gettysburg and Antietam.

Game: Civil War Gettysburg

Release Year: 2017

Developer: HexWar Games

Platforms: Microsoft Windows

 


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