Midlife Gamer Podcast

Midlife Gamer Podcast

A mature and blatantly honest weekly Podcast that's akin to going round your mates house and talking about the gaming world, but without the dancing girls and all that messy business with biscuits and beverages. Hosts Matt and Daren bring you an adult perspective, personal views and opinions of the gaming world. Regular features include, but not limited to, the weekly round-up of news, new releases, games played and even a quiz to test your knowlegde, all peppered with their unique brand of humour. So whether its PCs, consoles or those little things you put in your pocket.. get some of this in your ears and feel the love. No matter how old you are, it's okay to be a gamer... because thumbs last longer than hips!

Episodes

September 20, 2023 107 mins

The Triumphant return? 
Daren and Matt catch up with real life, hitting the key points of the last few years which may or may not include some video and board games.

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Video game highlights - Sea of Thieves, Immortals Fenyx Rising, and Dicey Dungeons

 

Board game highlights - Horrified, and Star Trek Alliance / Attack Wing 

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April 24, 2021 132 mins

Matt manages to spend no money on games all year and gives everything the twenty minute treatment on his subscriptions before delving deep into Sea of Thieves while also finding joy on Twitch without streaming.

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December 24, 2020 96 mins

Death Stranding, Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms and Vigor

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December 7, 2020 125 mins

Ghosts of Tsushima done, cross platform games, Worms: Rumble, Skyrim, Solitaire and Hades.

 

3D printing your own games, Magic: The Gathering and Flesh and Blood: TCG

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October 8, 2020 38 mins

No amount of distance can stop your hosts from grabbing some time together for a catch up. A special podcast with topics ranging from gaming with Ancient Battle to personal hygiene with an Amazing Bidet.

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August 31, 2020 113 mins

Stuff and ting and real life

 

Molkky,

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Word of Tanks: Blitz

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August 3, 2020 120 mins

Rocking the new normal.

 

The completion of The Last of Us: Part 2

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June 22, 2020 145 mins

All the goings on during lockdown. 

 

PlayStation 5 announcement

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March 27, 2020 136 mins

Escaping the new norm and looking into the future with Days Gone and zoning out to It’s Literally Just Mowing.

Analogue enjoyment with Horrified, Disney: Villainous, and Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty.

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February 7, 2020 122 mins

Matt getting down and dirty with Xbox Game Pass, featuring some old school Gears and Beers.

Daren finds an old friend, considers his console gaming future, and Uncle Fista has identity issues.

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December 19, 2019 105 mins

Yes, yes it’s been a while. 

Highlights from MLGX, catching up on movies, gigs and of course, games.

Wishing you all a fantastic festive period.

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September 20, 2019 101 mins

Further trips down memory lane with World of Warcraft Classic and looking to the future with Oculus Quest, discussing Beat Saber, Ultrawings, Red Matter, Creed, and OrbusVR: Reborn

Final MLGX details discussed, along with MLBGX venue funding plea

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August 22, 2019 92 mins

Hot breaking updates and announcements around MLGX!

Revisiting No Mans Sky, Rock Band, Peggle, Max Payne 3 and maybe our old friend World of Warcraft.

Staying strong with Eternal, Run Fight or Die: Reloaded and a Monopoly game that is actually fun!

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June 27, 2019 89 mins

Tales from the UK Games Expo.

Ape Out, Void Bastards, Eternal and finally the completion of Persona 5.

Sentinels of the Multiverse

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May 28, 2019 165 mins

Getting to know this year's host's gaming history. Also further joy with Persona 5, trying to work out Civilisation 6, and Digital CCG love with Eterna.

On the tabletop front we cover Black Orchestra, Core Space, No Thanks and Marvel Legendary.

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May 2, 2019 100 mins

Bloodborne (digital and analogue), Devil May Cry 5 and Persona 5, which gets two thumbs up. PC gaming with Forza Horizon, Gears of War 4, Eternal, and MTG Arena.

 

A return to analogue past purchases with Memoir ‘44, and Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game.

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February 15, 2019 91 mins

We welcome in 2019 with Matt joining the master race by building himself a PC in order to play FTL, while also giving his PS4 a whole lot of JRP love with Persona 5.

Plenty more chat from Daren around Magic: The Gathering and Eternal before going back to the analogue classic that is Backgammon.

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Scintillatron 4096, the completion of Red Dead Redemption 2, World of Tanks, Eternal (Daren's recruit a friend link: http://bit.ly/2QRVJ4X), and KeyForge: Call of the Archons.

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November 9, 2018 104 mins

The completion of Marvel's Spider-Man, early impressions of Red Dead Redemption 2,

Magic: The Gathering and Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions.

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