The Left Right Game

I don’t normally write reviews for podcasts and I should say I’m generally very very picky with them, I can count on one hand the amount of podcasts I have actually finished. This podcast is one of my top favorites, I listened to the whole thing in one sitting. A lot of the reviews here say the ending is confusing and that there isn’t enough exposition and description. But to me, the mystery of the road, as another reviewer put it, is the point. You don’t get any answers, you have to just accept the logic of that reality as an observer that’s like the spoken message of the podcast. You get to imagine the creatures and the horror and that’s what makes it scarier, this is horror 101, the monster is always scarier before you see it. I also just appreciated that the main character was not annoying and constantly in denial, she was reasonably skeptical but rational and calm in the face of everything going on around her, massively refreshing in a medium oversaturated with mc’s who are constantly freaking out and unaware of what’s going on around them. If you liked season 1 of Alice isn’t dead, long road trips through empty landscapes, and surreal mysteries with no real answers, this is the podcast for you.

A few reviews talk about how the story is confusing but for me, the Ineffable mystery of the location IS the story and what I enjoyed most. It doesn't have to make sense. It's a perfect mix of the mundane and the creepy and my favorite narrative podcast.

The performances are all strong, but the sound quality is rough. Every character speaks at a different volume which means you’re constantly working the audio controls to tune in. You’ll have a whispery Brit that you’ll have to turn all the way up, and then you’ll blow out your eardrums as a random car crash sound effect comes on. But it does make the story scarier to know that you may go deaf at any moment, so that’s a plus.

This was really well done in terms of characters and intrigue, the voice acting was great and the audio was cool as well. However the ending was incredibly underwhelming? Tom needn’t have existed at all, really. There is no explanation as to why he is the only one that remembers her, and the plot seemed to be building up to the two of them perhaps meeting, but it never happened. This was going to be four or five stars but the ending brought it down.

The main character Alice is the worst voice actor for this type of story. It sounds like she’s in a commercial trying to sell you maxi pads. You’d think Alice would have more range rather than sounding sickly sweet all the time. No one talks like that irl. This is a sci-fi drama after all not a commercial. As for the story, LAME. I get they have a fancy sound engineer but the problem they forget to address is the actual story. You can’t tell what’s happening sometimes because of the layered sound effects. Not impressed. (For an excellent audio drama w/ layered sound effects that actually work w/the story try Derelict.) I have to say that actors you see on screen aren’t always the best voice actors in podcasts and I get they want the big actor name to attract attention but it rarely works. Please stick to real voice actors not some person w/ name recognition because they were on a tv drama on the CW network.