Game Older Podcast

About Game Older Podcast

Welcome to Game Older! We are a bunch of adult gamers who like to chat about all things gaming. We're here to discuss the gaming industry, share our gaming experiences, and have a bit of a laugh. From retro gaming to current gen gaming and even speculation on what's next to come, we cover it all. So sit back, relax and join us for a chat about gaming.

Publisher

Game Older Podcast

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

23 Feb 2024

Latest episode

6 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

80 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Aug 2026

   Games within Games: Mini Games Verdict! | Episode 66 | PS Civil War, Atari & Sega return? + More!

   🎙️ Join Stu and Tom for this week's episode, joined by special guest Fox McButt, as they dive into the wonderful world of minigames! From fishing to bowling to Pac-Man detours, we explore what actually counts as a minigame and share our favourites — plus the usual pickups, gaming news, and chaos. Stick around for a listener-written quiz at the end, and don't forget — we'll see some of you at Timeless! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro & What We've Been Playing 28:06 - Gaming News 📰 40:36 - Questions from Discord ❓ 54:44 - Main Topic: Mini Games! 🎳 1:34:04 - Gaming Quiz Time! 1:41:24 - See you at Timeless!! Find all of our links here: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gameolder2024 Discord: https://discord.gg/VzmAnSA7xa Twitter/X: https://x.com/GameOlderPod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GameOlder2024 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/game_older_podcast__/ Contact us: gameolder2024@gmail.com Discount codes and shout-outs: Bitmap Books — 5% off all purchases: OLDER5 bitmapbooks.com Timeless Gaming Convention, Liverpool — 12th August. Use code OLDER26 for 15% off tickets! Please don't forget to rate and review us wherever you listen, along with hitting the follow/subscribe button! 🎮 What we've been playing: Tom had a big retro haul: Delivered a Japanese Xbox 360 to Mattatronics and came home with a Japanese Ridge Racer and a spare Mega Drive 2 in return Went "games hunting" around South London, picking up PJ Tour Gold, a UK Metal Gear 2, Virtua Tennis 2, Super Monkey Ball Deluxe, and the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Grabbed an Out Run 2 arcade marquee off a very awkward Facebook seller Playing the Kickstarter racing demo Kaido Genkai and Snatcher on the Mega CD Fox McBuck joined for his first episode and dove straight into pickups: New PlayStation convert — picked up Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Grabbed an Evercade EXP handheld with Demon's Astor Borg and Astro Bros bundled in Deep into Minishoot' Adventures, a bullet-hell Zelda-like, and steadily working through the Resident Evil remakes — RE9 is a new favourite Stu kept the Resident Evil train going: Deep into RE4 Remake, now around chapter 10 and getting to grips with crowd control Discussed the upcoming Resident Evil film trailer and who should headline it 📰 Gaming News Highlights: Xbox Price Hike: Series X prices jump again — the digital 1TB model rises from £449.99 to £619.99, and the disc version from £499.99 to £669.99 Atari Goes Hollywood: A slate of Atari games, including Pong and Centipede, are reportedly being developed into films Lego PlayStation Rumoured: A leaked Lego PS1 set is said to include around 1,900 pieces and a possible Astro Bot add-on, out around 1st October Sony Boycott Petition: Over 300,000 signatures on a petition asking players to boycott PlayStation for a week over the digital-only shift 🎮 Upcoming Releases: Beast of Reincarnation — Out now Big Walk — Out now Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls — Out now

2. 

   23 Jul 2026

   Cutscenes: Art or Annoyance? | Episode 65 | RIP Game & Physical + More!

   🎙️ Join Heather, Stu and Tom for a slightly smaller crew this week as they dive into the world of cutscenes in games. Do you love them or hate them? Are they essential storytelling or just something that gets in the way of the action? We explore the best, the worst, and everything in between — plus the usual pickups, gaming news, and chaos. Stick around for the quiz at the end too! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro & What We've Been Playing 31:05 - Gaming News 📰 42:27 - Questions from Discord ❓ 51:34 - Main Topic: Cutscenes in Games 🎬 1:24:02 - Gaming Quiz Time! 1:30:08 - Shout Outs and Goodbye! Find all of our links here: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gameolder2024 Discord: https://discord.gg/VzmAnSA7xa Twitter/X: https://x.com/GameOlderPod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GameOlder2024 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/game_older_podcast__/ Contact us: gameolder2024@gmail.com Discount codes and shout-outs: Bitmap Books — 5% off all purchases: OLDER5 bitmapbooks.com Timeless Gaming Convention, Liverpool — 12th August. Use code OLDER26 for 15% off tickets! Please don't forget to rate and review us wherever you listen, along with hitting the follow/subscribe button! 🎮 What we've been playing: Stu has been living the racing life and dabbling in the macabre: Cruising around and unlocking cars in Forza — "it's just simply good" Hooked on Black Jacket, a Balatro-style blackjack roguelike with a purgatory twist Finally started Resident Evil 4 Remake at Tom's urging, and loving the early village chaos Tom had a huge haul of retro pickups: Fixed his Mega CD woes with a new Mega CD 2, picking up Wolf Child, Soul Star/Cobra Command, and a Japanese Resident Evil 5 tin Grabbed Super Famicom copies of Star Fox and A Link to the Past, plus a Dreamcast internet starter pack Finished Resident Evil 8 (fun, if a bit frustrating) and dabbled on a friend's Sega 32X and MSX/Sharp X68000 retro rigs Completed Cannon Spike and started the Kojima classic Snatcher on Mega CD Heather balanced pickups with a surprise return to Assassin's Creed: New Mega Drive grabs including Menace, Spider-Man, Urban Strike and Home Alone, plus PS2 titles Magna Carta and Clock Tower 3 Picked up a rare cancelled/unreleased South Park cart for Game Boy Color, complete with a DIY box project Ended up diving back into Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced despite herself — buggy but beautiful, and a joy to replay 13 years on 📰 Gaming News Highlights: Sony's Digital Backlash Overshadows Wolverine: A big new Marvel's Wolverine trailer got buried under continued backlash to PlayStation's all-digital future Ubisoft's Quieter Year Ahead: A lighter release schedule follows Black Flag Resynced, with bigger Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon entries planned down the line Elder Scrolls 6 Still Years Away: Bethesda confirms it's still in development on the new Creation Engine 3, with no release date yet GAME Goes Into Administration: What's left of the UK retailer is now mostly confined to Sports Direct shelf space 🎮 Upcoming Releases: Halo: Campaign Evolved — 28th July Mistfall Hunter — 29th July Kusan: City of Wolves — 30th July 💬 Side chats & moments: What game ending or character failure stuck with you the most? (Cheers, England's Euro exit) Is the high street dying for gamers? RIP GAME, long live CEX Zach from the Discord wrote this week's 1v1 Stu vs Tom quiz — Tom takes the win!

3. 

   9 Jul 2026

   Digital Vs Physical 👊 | Episode 64 | Xbox Restructure, PS Digital Only + Much more!

   🎙️ Join Heather, Stu, Tommy and Tom as this week's episode dives into gaming's biggest talking point: physical versus digital. With PlayStation reportedly moving away from physical releases from 2028, we unpack what a disc-free future actually means for gamers — plus the usual pickups, gaming news, and chaos. Stick around for the quiz at the end too! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro & What We've Been Playing 28:30 - Gaming News 📰 39:53 - Questions from Discord ❓ 50:27 - Main Topic: Physical vs Digital Gaming 💿 1:37:41 - Gaming Quiz Time! 1:50:48 - Shout Outs and Goodbye! Find all of our links here: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gameolder2024 Discord: https://discord.gg/VzmAnSA7xa Twitter/X: https://x.com/GameOlderPod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GameOlder2024 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/game_older_podcast__/ Contact us: gameolder2024@gmail.com Discount codes and shout-outs: Bitmap Books — 5% off all purchases: OLDER5 bitmapbooks.com Timeless Gaming Convention, Liverpool — 12th August. Use code OLDER26 for 15% off tickets! Please don't forget to rate and review us wherever you listen, along with hitting the follow/subscribe button! - - - - - - - 🎮 What we've been playing: Tom had a big pickup week for his birthday: Grabbed three Wii games — Mad World, House of the Dead: Overkill, and Ghost Squad Picked up Road Avenger and a pricey PAL Sonic CD on the Mega CD, plus retro Master System title Basketball Nightmare Gifted an OSSC upscaler by a listener, and a Street Fighter diorama cart from his brother for his birthday Finished Yakuza Kiwami 3 (not thrilled with the changed ending) and is deep into Resident Evil Village in third-person Tommy has been quieter on PlayStation but busy elsewhere: Hooked on Pokopia, building alongside Stu in the Cloud World Completed Resident Evil Code Veronica via Dolphin emulator, door-skip mod and all Started Silent Hill 4 on PS2 emulator and GTA IV: The Lost and Damned on Xbox Shouted out the horror film Obsession — "go and watch it, please" Stu kept it lower-key: More Pokopia building with Tommy — "so addictive, so easy to play" Finished a short playthrough of Star Fox (aka Starwing back in the day) Played Replaced, a 2.5D sci-fi side-scroller — cool combat, but pacing left him wanting more Heather has been unwinding with something cosy: More Outbound, the campervan game — new beach map and a dog companion unlocked Picked up a rare 30th Anniversary PlayStation Panini sticker set (sealed, one of only 4,000 made) Also nabbed an Incredible Hulk Mega Drive cart 📰 Gaming News Highlights: PlayStation Digital-Only Backlash: Sony confirms physical discs end in 2028; a major Austrian disc plant is already being retooled for optical lenses Steam Machine Scare: An early adopter reported a GPU failure just 20 minutes in, drawing Red Ring of Death comparisons PS3 & PS Vita Store Closures: Sony will shut down digital storefronts for both platforms in July 2027, reigniting preservation concerns Xbox Restructure: Roughly 3,200 roles affected; Double Fine and Compulsion go independent, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs change ownership, and Arcane Studios remains under review 🎮 Upcoming Releases: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake — 9th July Palworld 1.0 — 10th July Heave Ho 2 — 16th July 💬 Side chats & moments: Would you commit to one ecosystem — PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, or Steam? 🤔

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YouTube views

81,673

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

75 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100

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Quality

83

Social presence

94

YouTube

85

Engagement

77

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