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
Ready to be a mischievous cloud? Ready to ruin a wedding day? Ready to terrorize someone on the way to work? Excellent! Join Dan and Adam (from Games and Groceries) as we bring weather related chaos to townsfolk.
Game: Rain on Your Parade
Release Year: 2021
Developer: Insomniac Games
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Macintosh operating systems, Xbox One
Games and Groceries:
Let's go camping! Go hiking.? Make S'mores. Tell ghost stories. Have your first kiss.?
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Game: Wide Ocean Big Jacket
Release Year: 2020
Developer: Turnfollow
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
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Intro: Money for...
Emily. Evelyn. Facenook. YooToob. 3OH3! This is going to be the best senior year ever!
Game: Emily is Away 3
Release Year: 2021
Developer: Kyle Seeley
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS
Contact information:
www.TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed.com
www.Patreon.com/TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed
TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
@StoryEverPod
Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver
Outro: End Credits by Visager
“I guess it’s no fun to give someone money if they really need it. Too much responsibility”
Join us as we continue KRZ with Act IV and the fourth interlude, Un Pueblo de Nada.
Game: Kentucky Route Zero
Release Year: 2013
Developer: Cardboard Computer
Platforms: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Katie returns! We make our way through the metro tunnels of post nuclear fallout Moscow. During their travels they face many dangers including poisonous air, monsters and other humans.
Game: Metro 2033
Release Year: 2010
Developer: 4A Games
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux, OS X, Stadia
More information on Cutscenes:
@Cutscenes_Pod
@lesperak
Contact info...
"When you left me, my heart was broke in two.
But I patched it up, and promised I would wait for you.
It's too late to love you now,
It's too late, I've made my vow"
Join us as we continue KRZ with Act III and the third interlude, Here And There Along The Echo.
Game: Kentucky Route Zero
Release Year: 2013
Developer: Cardboard Computer
Platforms: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, X...
Dan and Andrew (Good Game Great Game) talk about Last Day of June. I highly recommend playing this game without knowing anything. Go get this game!
Game: Last Day of June
Release Year: 2017
Developer: Ovosonico
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4,
More information on Andrew
Good Game Great Game
Black to Gold
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What's your favorite institution? The Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces? No way - me too! This episode we continue KRZ with Act II and the second interlude, The Entertainment.
Game: Kentucky Route Zero
Release Year: 2013
Developer: Cardboard Computer
Platforms: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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I have no idea what is going on, in the best way! Join us as we try to understand Act One and the first interlude (Limits and Demonstrations) from KRZ.
Game: Kentucky Route Zero
Release Year: 2013
Developer: Cardboard Computer
Platforms: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Contact information:
www.TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed.com
Make your way through this interesting world by manipulating architecture.
Game: Monument Valley
Release Year: 2014
Developer: UsTwo Games
Platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Contact information:
www.TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed.com
www.Patreon.com/TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed
TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
@StoryEverPod
Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver
Outro: End Credits by Visager
You were expecting to help start a utopia. Instead you wake up decades later than expected. The Halcyon colony has fallen on hard times. Will you help restore it?
Game: The Outer Worlds
Release Year: 2019
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Contact information:
www.TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed.com
Alex and Duncan (Thoughts From Player One) join Dan to talk about a coffee shop set in a fantasy world.
Game: Coffee Talk
Release Year: 2020
Developer: Toge Productions
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
More information on Thoughts from Player One:
@thoughtsfromp1
Contact information:
www.TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed.com
Would you cause a train to hit one person if it saved three? Would you let a train hit a young person, or divert it to someone elderly? Find out in Dr Trolley's Problem!
Game: Dr Trolley's Problem
Release Year: 2019
Developer: Wero Creative
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS
Here is a link to the survey mentioned in the episode
Contact information:
Katie (from Cutscenes) joins Dan to discuss Abzu. They head underwater and explore the depths of the ocean.
Game: Abzu
Release Year: 2016
Developer: Giant Squid Studios
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Here is a link to the survey mentioned in the episode
More information on Cutscenes:
@Cutscenes_Pod
@lesperak
Contact information:
Explore Lara Croft's origin story in Tomb Raider. She begins her story trapped on a mysterious island that is unnatural.
Game: Tomb Raider
Release Year: 2013
Developer: Crystal Dynamics
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, OS , PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Shield TV, Stadia
Here is a link to the survey mentioned in the episode
Contact information:
It's our final episode of 2020. That means it's The Greatest Story Ever Played awards! This episode we share our favorite games we played this year, our game of the year and the game we are most looking forward to in 2021.
Here is a link to the survey mentioned in the episode
Contact information:
www.TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed.com
www.Patreon.com/TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed
TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
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This week Dan shares his favorite books he read in 2020.
Contact information:
www.TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed.com
www.Patreon.com/TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed
TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
@StoryEverPod
Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver
Outro: End Credits by Visager
Jacob (from Left Behind Game Club) returns for the second Dark Pictures game. In Little Hope you explore a haunted town and confront the past.
Game: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Release Year: 2020
Developer: Supermassive Games
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
More information on Left Behind Game Club:
@LeftBehindClub
@Cutscenes_Pod
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Join us for a relaxing hike through Hawk's Peak.
Game: A Short Hike
Release Year: 2019
Developer: Adamgryu
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Nintendo Switch
Contact information:
www.TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed.com
www.Patreon.com/TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed
TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
@StoryEverPod
Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver
Outro: End Credits by Visager
You get a random airdrop from "Goth GF". Will you accept or decline? Check out this visual novel with multiple endings.
Game: Missed Messages
Release Year: 2019
Developer: Angela He
Platforms: Web browser, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Classic Mac OS
Contact information:
www.TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed.com
www.Patreon.com/TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed
TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
@StoryEverPod
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