Bucket List Gamers

Get ready for a showdown of epic proportions as Jay and Eddie dive into two of Nintendo’s most electrifying brawlers — Pokkén Tournament and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!

From Pokémon-powered duels to chaotic all-star battles, the guys break down what makes each game unique, how they shaped the crossover landscape, and which delivers the ultimate multiplayer experience.

Plus Aaron stops in to discuss what he's been playing, ...

We’re back — and this time, we’re speedrunning through the multiverse! ⚙️💥

Join Eddie & Jay as they blast into Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart... the early PS5 (and now PC) exclusive that showed off everything next-gen gaming could be. 

From instant dimension-hopping to some of the wildest weapons ever built, this one’s pure Insomniac magic.

We’re talking mascots, mayhem, and memorable moments, plus Aaron drops in to...

🎙️ We’ve got a bonus episode for you!

This one was first recorded for our sister podcast The Bucket List Board Gamers—but it quickly became clear the conversation was heading deep into video game territory too. In the end, it turned into the perfect hybrid episode across both shows… so we just had to release it here as well!

YouTube legend Dan “DJ Slope” Ibbertson (of Slope’s Game Room) joins Jay for a wide-ranging chat cov...

🎙️ Yes, we’re back to Mario again! 🍄✨

But this time… we’re not talking about one Mario game. Not two. Nope. We’re talking about SIX of the bloody things!

In our quest to blitz the backlog (and because we’ve already ranted, raved, and reminisced about most of these before), we’re diving into...

⭐ Super Mario Wonder
🍄 Super Mario Bros. 3
🐱 Super Mario 3D World
🏰 Super Mario 64
🌌 Super Mario Galaxy
🌍 S...

What links Mario Party Superstars, Pikmin 4 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2? This episode, obviously!

Yes, they have next to no link, but with the Switch 2 out recently, a new Mario Party update due soon and THPS 3 & 4 releasing in just a few days, we took the opportunity to get 3 games off the list!

Plus we discuss what we've been playing with Aaron, plenty of Milking It (including what might be the worst case of A...

Yes the Bucket List Gamers podcast is BACK after a month-long hiatus, and we're returning with a 4-Game bonanza centred around Creation!

All the games we are looking at have an element of creation in there, from Little Big Planet to The Sims 4!

We also talk a little bit about the price of games, The Switch 2, and Aaron & Jay tell us what they've been playing!

Don't forget you can join us for LIVE streaming every Thursday ...

Us, jumping on a bandwagon? Never! 

We'd ALWAYS planned to take a look at Minecraft this week... honest!

Yes, Minecraft, if you don't know what it is then I'm amazed you're even reading this at the moment to be honest. The game needs no explanation, but does it deserve to be on the Bucket List? We'll decide!

Plus we discuss the movie that coincidentally came out earlier this month, and the Switch 2 release date and price anno...

This episode we're looking at one of the best and one of the worst from two separate franchises, as we cast our gaze over Rayman Legends and Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze!

Plus we talk about 'Thank Goodness You're Here', what's (relatively) new on Gamepass and PS Plus, and in an as-yet-unnamed feature we discuss what we've been playing this week!

Enjoy!

P.S. We still haven't found out what the Encyclopedia game was... b...

We're back with a bang as this episode we look at arguably one of the greatest games ever made in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild!

But we're not alone! To look at a game of such epic magnitude (and to provide an alternative opinion to 'weapon degradation is bad') we've brought in a Guest! Trevor from Birdworks, creator of Governor of the West, joined us for this one and we had a good old chat.

Enjoy!

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Why did the chicken cross the road? To listen to this awesome episode of the Bucket List Gamers Podcast, of course.

Sorry, we immediately feel bad for writing that... but this IS a decent episode, if we do say so ourselves.

We're looking at FOUR different mobile games this time, of varying degrees of quality, plus we talk a bit about the Switch 2 Announcement, Flappy Bird, EA shutting down a load of servers and the Until Daw...

Happy New Year Bucket List-ners, and welcome to the 2nd Annual Bucket List Gamers Awards!

We've taken the same categories from last year's Christmas extravaganza and made our Awards show a New Year special!

It's bigger, it's better, it's not QUITE as long, and unlike last year both Jay and Eddie recorded using decent quality microphones, so even though they might be talking absolute nonsense, it doesn't sound too bad either.

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Merry Christmas everyone!

'Tis the season to be merry and treat yourselves, so this week we've given ourselves a week away from the list and instead we're talking about games with a Christmas theme, or a Christmas element... it's all quite vague but I think it's become apparent over the past year and a half that we wouldn't have it any other way!

We've got our Naughty and Nice lists to go through, so grab a tub of Roses (not...

It might be our most 'EXPLOSIVE' episode yet as we take a look at Super Bomberman R!

Does it set off Jay's already short fuse, or do we think it's 'the bomb'? One thing's for sure, it can't be as bad as Bomberman: Act Zero.

We also discuss some of the nominees for this years Game Awards and accidentally reveal how we completely missed the mark with last year's surprise indie hit!

Enjoy!

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We're crashing back into a regular schedule by taking a look at two stone-cold Playstation classics, remastered for a new generation!

Yes, in this episode we're revisiting Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, but specifically their respective Trilogy remasters!

Do you prefer the slightly unhinged bandicoot, or the plucky young purple dragon? We discuss our favourites, and whether the remasters help or hinder their franchises.

We also h...

We're back to Pokemon again as we look at a selection of games from the famous Nintendo franchise!

Is Pokemon Yellow just a shameless cash in? Does it differ from Red and Blue? Is Pokemon Go worse than having a job? Why did people walk into a lake en-masse?

Find out the answers to all these questions and more. Plus we have Milking It, and some updates about what is next for the Podcast!

Please bare in mind we recorded this ep...

oOOOOoooOOoo! It's our second Halloween and that means another spooky-scary-special!

Yes, we're fashionably late this year thanks to some technical issues when putting the episode together, but hopefully you're all still in the mood for a creepy video game or two!

No games from the list this time, just discussions about horrifying Remakes, overpriced beat-em-ups, games that really need not exist and a couple of gems that are...

Because we know you love a good rant, this episode we're looking at the worst games we've ever paid cold, hard cash for.

The beeping machine went into overdrive on this one, with a whopping 44 beeps! However if you want to hear it in it's (almost) completely uncensored form, you can head to www.patreon.com/bucketlistgamers and subscribe to any tier Bucket Kicker and above!

We did have to censor one bit right at the end, but ...

That's right, this bumper episode sees us look at FIVE games! Why? Because we didn't think we had much to say about them.

As it transpires, we did... and that's why this episode is almost an hour and a half long! BUT even though the games might be fodder, the episode isn't!

Whether it's churning out the same thing every year, making something more complicated than it needed to be, failing to live up to potential, having no p...

On this episode of the Bucket List Gamers we're once again addressing childhood trauma, as we discuss 1996's PS1 'classic' PaRappa the Rapper.

Touted as the first true rhythm game, PaRappa the Rapper sees a paper thin dog rap his way through five gruelling levels in order to impress a sentient Sunflower called Sunny Funny.

Believe us when we tell you this BARELY scrapes the surface of just how weird this game truly is... but...