The Greatest Story Ever Played

“Back to the beginning. We all come to a story with hopes and expectations, looking for an answer. Sometimes, it would be better to live with that hope, without ever knowing the full story. In a horror story, there are only victims and monsters and the trick is not to end up as either. But, trapped by the genre, we are all ripped to pieces along the way. This is not the story I hoped it would be. This is not the ending I wanted. This story will eat us alive. This story is a monster. And monsters wear many faces”
This episode I am joined by Travis (Left Behind Game Club) to talk about a horror story. This story brings us back to Bright Falls where Alan Wake's journey began.
 
Game: Alan Wake 2
Release Year: 2023
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
 
More information on Left Behind Game Club:
⁠⁠⁠⁠Left Behind Game Club⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠
⁠⁠Cutscenes: a Video Game Movie Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠
@Cutscenes_Pod (⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠)
@LeftBehindClub (⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠)
@traviscolenutt (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠)
 

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 by Visager

The champion of light vs the herald of darkness. Friend of the show, Morgan, returns to talk with Dan about Alan Wake's attempt to escape the dark place.

Game: Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Release Year: 2012
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360

Contact information:
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@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver
Outro: End Credits by Visager

Erik (Pages of Play) returns to talk with me about a broken world in Tides of Tomorrow. What kind of impact will you leave on the world? How did previous Tidewalkers prepare the way for you?

Follow our Tidewalkers with the below story seeds
Dan 2854-2305
Erik 1061-9859
 
Game: Tides of Tomorrow
Release Year: 2026
Developer: DigixArt
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S
 
More information for Erik:
⁠⁠⁠⁠Pages of Play⁠
⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠
 
 
Contact information:
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@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

 
Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver
Outro: End Credits by Visager

Max and Chloe return in Life is Strange: Reunion. Join us as we breakdown the final chapter in their story.

Game: Life is Strange Reunion
Release Year: 2026
Developer: Deck Nine
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Contact information:
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver
Outro: End Credits by Visager

“The compact disc delivers crisp, high-fidelity audio in a portable form factor. With a sixteen-bit signal and a staggering seventy-four minutes of playtime, it's the sound of the future. Make memories to good music. Invest in quality headphones. Always make a soundtrack. Because pretty soon you won't be listening to music, you'll be listening to who you were.
Tonight’s playlist is important. It’s a retrospective. A greatest hits to accompany our last night together in the BIG SUCK. 
A milestone like this requires preparation - a schedule. One must think ahead to experience the now. These are the last hours of our high school affair. It’s romantic. I wanna say something light hearted, so I say…I bet one of us dies this time” -  Stacey Rockford

We reference the article "All This Over...Mixtape?" by Nathan Grayson during our talk.

Also we put together our own Mixtape as we shared our experiences with the game. Listen to that here.

Game: Mixtape
Release Year: 2026
Developer: Beethoven and Dinosaur
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

More information on No Small Games:
⁠⁠No Small Games website⁠
⁠@nosmallgames⁠
⁠@katerblossom⁠

Contact information:
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
@StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠)
Check out our spinoff podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TGSEP: Side Quests⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro: Money for Lugging by New Waver
Outro: End Credits by Visager