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A graphic for The Punished Backlog's Punished Podcast episode about Video Game Main Characters. Famous main video game characters --- from left to right: Link from The Legend of Zelda, Zagreus from Hades, Samus from the Metroid Games, Commander Shepard aka FemShep from Mass Effect, and Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7. There is a teal and purple background gradient. There are also white graphic shapes as accents along with a microphone.

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The Punished Podcast: Episode 31 – Video Game Main Characters

By The Punished Backlog and 4 moreSeptember 29, 2026

In this podcast episode, we discuss video game protagonists. We debate create-a-character versus heroes and share our favorites.