Midlife SideQuest

Apr 18 2024
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Welcome to the Over the Hill gaming podcast! Every week John Wahl brings you the latest gaming impressions, industry news, and tales of a Gen X geek, with a focus on positivity instead of silly internet drama. Get your weekly dose of gaming talk in just 15 minutes, because you're a busy person and you've got a lot to do! You know she asked you to clean those gutters out like... 2 weeks ago.

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85: Fallout Season One

Apr 18 2024 13 mins  
On this episode of the show, John binges the first season of Fallout on Prime Video! Plus an unexpected trip to the ER and Positive Vibes to an indie game developer.

84: House Flipper 2

Apr 11 2024 13 mins  
On this week’s episode John becomes an expert at home renovation in House Flipper 2 and becomes a prisoner in his own when a salesman comes knocking!

83: Planet Zoo Console Edition

Apr 04 2024 13 mins  
On this week’s episode, John builds a zoo in Planet Zoo! Plus Waffle House might be coming to Tekken and cat poop goes sci-fi! That’s a full episode!

82: Sand Land

Mar 28 2024 14 mins  
On this week’s episode John is checking out both the animated series and video game demo for Akira Toriyama’s Sand Land! Plus we’re celebrating International Transgender Day of Visibility by wrapping up our fundraiser and announcing the winner of the Turtle Beach prize!

81: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Mar 21 2024 15 mins  
On this episode John checks out Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! Plus the fate of the PSVR2, an update on the One Heartland fundraiser, and more! GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/294d97e2

80: A Little to the Left

Mar 14 2024 14 mins  
On this week’s episode John is playing the cozy puzzle game, A Little to the Left! Plus positive vibes to the host of the PlayStation Daily Podcast and he kicks off a new fundraising campaign to benefit One Heartland! Visit the GoFundMe page here: https://gofund.me/43946626

79: Balatro

Mar 07 2024 15 mins  
On this week’s episode John is playing the wildly addictive card game Balatro, which is an early front runner for Game of the Year! Plus the joys of changing medical insurance and wishing everyone a Happy Ramadan!

78: Mario vs Donkey Kong

Feb 29 2024 13 mins  
In this week’s brand new episode, John checks out the Switch remake of the GBA classic, Mario vs Donkey Kong! Plus he’s starting to like… old people stuff! All that and more Positive Vibes and Polling at Threads!

77: Tomb Raider Remastered I-III

Feb 22 2024 15 mins  
On this week’s episode it’s all about the 90’s! John checks out the new collection of the original Tomb Raider trilogy, plus he goes to see Madonna and positive vibes to the creator of X-Men ‘97!

76: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Feb 15 2024 15 mins  
On this episode, John plays the newest iteration of Prince of Persia, plus experiences a memorable Japanese dinner, and Positive Vibes to a pair of podcasting new parents!