The Greatest Story Ever Played

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

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@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠)

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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

More information on Lore Party:

Lore Party Website⁠ 

@lore_party

⁠Conner's Website⁠

@Con...

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.

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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

More information on Left Behind Game Club:

⁠⁠Left Behind Game Club⁠⁠ ⁠⁠

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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,

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@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:

⁠Website⁠ 

@Cutscenes_Pod

@LeftBehindClub

@JacobMcCourt

Contact information:

⁠⁠TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gm...

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

Check out my friends podcasts:

• ⁠⁠Left Behind Game Club
• ⁠⁠⁠Cutscenes: a Video Game Movie Podcast⁠⁠
• Tales...

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...

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

@...

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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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

More information on Game Till Five:

⁠Website⁠

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:

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@StoryEverPod

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSE...

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:

Play Along Pod

@playalongpod

Contact information:

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@Sto...

Heavy Rain is an interactive game with a branching story that made a major impact in it's genre. It's also very weird! Join Katie (Left Behind Game Club) and myself as we try to catch the Origami Killer.

Game: Heavy Rain

Release Year: 2010

Developer: Quantic Dream

Platforms: Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Microsoft Windows 

More information on Left Behind Game Club:

⁠Left Behind Game Club⁠ ⁠Cutscenes: a Video Game Movie...

Venba is a narrative driven cooking game about an family that immigrates from India to Canada.

Game: Venba

Release Year: 2023

Developer: Visai Games

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

Contact information:

⁠⁠⁠TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

@StoryEverPod

Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver

Outro: End Credits b...

It's the 6th annual TGSEP Awards!

For our episode today we will cover:

• Our favorite games we played for the first time this year
• Our favorite game released in 2023
• What games we are most excited for that are expected to release in 2024

Contact information:

⁠www.TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed.com⁠

⁠www.Patreon.com/TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed⁠

⁠TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com⁠

@StoryEverPod

Intro: Money ...