Susan Boyle, the first known human example of a 22-pinter.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Hello there and welcome to Midlife Gamer podcast, episode 41.

Today is Saturday, the 9th of May.

We are recording a day early. My name is Darren Baldock with me. The man, the 9th of May. We are recording a day early.

My name is Darren Baldock with me. The man, the legend, the lazy ass bastard who can't get a job. It's Matthew Moore. How are you, sir? And I thought you were going to say the ladies man as well. You could be a ladies man if you want. I can be a lazy ladies, ladies, man. I'm all up for that. How are you, sir? I am marvelous.

You're very good.

Very good, okay. How are you?

I'm not too shabby. be a lazy lady man i'm all up for that i'm all up for that how are you sir i am marvellous you're

very good very good how are you i'm not too shabby at all let's sporting your sensible soccer t-shirt

again i love my sensible sensible scourner sensible soccer t-shirt did you see someone who was it posted

i think it may have been zero about um gaining memories being being ruined by replaying a game for your past. Yeah. And he mentioned sensible soccer. And he also reminded me so much that there's nothing worse than going down. What's the word be called if you were going down instead of going up? Shooting down. Yeah, I know what you mean. I hated that. I hate it shooting down. I like me shooting up.

That's where you lack skill.

I know.

Never mind.

Shall we run through the menu? Give it's a menu, sir. Okay. For a starter, we're going to be having what we've been playing, what we've been doing. Yes. Straight into the main course, the news. A. Yes. Putting meat on the bone, if you will.

Yeah, man.

Stripping it dry.

Yeah.

Oh, and we'll have a little bit of dessert, which will be your retail roundup. Yeah, yes. Putting meat on the bone, if you will. Yeah, man, I'm stripping it dry. Yeah.

Oh, and we'll have a little bit of dessert, which will be your retail roundup, a bit of DLC. Don't forget the cheese. Oh, the quiz. The quiz. Mine's a stilton, brother. Mine's a stilton. So, let's get straight into it, Matt. What have you been playing and doing it this week? I've been playing a load of games. I've played the first platformer I've played in a long time. And I'm tempted to say that... You know what? The last time I probably played a platformer may have been Mario 64. Okay. Because I just... Bloody out's been a while, hasn't it? I just don't understand platformers in the 3D world. There's just something about it just doesn't seem right. I mean, I mean, you take something like, I don't know, um... Oh, Lara Croft, okay? There's platforming elements in there in a 3D world. And I always just associate having to struggle with a camera, and I haven't got the patience for them.

And the last good one I played was Sonic.

I mean, I was always a Sega boy back in the day,

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