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
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
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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
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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:
TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
@StoryEverPod (Twitter andBlue Sky)
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
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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
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TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
@StoryEverPod (Twitter andBlue Sky)
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)
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, ...
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
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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...
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
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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)
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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:
@Cutscenes_Pod
@LeftBehindClub
@JacobMcCourt
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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:
- Tombstone Taxi
- Freeborn
- Cyber Rail
- Ahro
- Ra Ra Boom
- Where They Go
- Dark Sky
- The Pedestrian
- Duck Paradox
- Collapsus
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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:
@pre...
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:
@AceTheGrocer
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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:
@LeftBehindClub
@...
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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Contact information:
TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
@StoryEverPod
Steph and Nikki (Game Till Five) return for their 6th appearance on TGSEP! For our time we talk about Open Roads, a walking sim style game set in the in the early 2000's starring Kaitlyn Dever and Keri Russell.
Game: Open Roads
Release Year: 2024
Developer: Open Roads Team
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
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...Leave the city behind and move to Stardew Valley. Farm crops, explore the mines, make friends and even find love.
Game: Stardew Valley
Release Year: 2016
Developer: ConcernedApe
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita, iOS, Android
Contact information:
TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
@StoryEverPod
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I am joined by Jared (Play Along Pod) for this fantastic game. Amicia continues her quest to stop the macula and heal her brother Hugo
Game: A Plague Tale Requiem
Release Year: 2022
Developer: Asobo Studio
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
More information on Play Along Pod:
@playalongpod
Contact information:
TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com
@Sto...
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