So come on.

Do we start a show and talk about Christmas or what?

Yeah, fuck it, why not? Hello, hello and welcome to the Midlife Gamer podcast. Today is...

Tuesday. It is. It's Tuesday, the 7th of January 2014. That's it.

2013, it's so last year. We're in a brand new year now and everything's brilliant. No, it's not. It's the same shit. It's just a different year. Matthew's here at the other end of the internet. Say hello, you've already spoken, so I'm not going to ask you again. I'm here. I'm Darren Baldock, and you're here listening to me and him prattle on about video games and other stuff.

So without further ado, ladies and gentlemen,

kick back, relax, and enjoy episode 209

of the Midlife Gamer podcast.

Matthew, how was your Christmas, my love?

Hmm, I'm kind of glad it's over.

Oh, yeah?

The Christmas and New Year,

as lovely as it was, mate, back at work, that'll do me right now. I could do with a bit of that. A bit of normalty, don't I mean? Enough eating. No cheese, enough crackers. Each time I think Christmas is over, I'll open the cupboard and find another box of fucking chocolate someone bought me. No good, mate. No good, but you still let them, didn't you? Dirty boy.

Dirty boy, I know what you're alive.

So how long did that bottle of vodka last that I left you with and when we last recorded?

Hey, that's left unopened, my friend.

I'm focusing on the wine right now.

Not tonight.

I'm taking a night off, but yeah, all good. I must say,

my Christmas is, I always make a joke every year. And for those of you who listened,

to us for a long time, I always joke about spending Christmas gaming in my pants.

That's exactly what I did.

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