Episode 55- Our Proudest Gaming Achievements 🏆

🎙️ Join Heather, Tom, Stu, Leon, and TommyT as this week’s episode dives into biggest gaming achievements — the proudest moments, hardest completions, and personal milestones that have stuck with the crew over the years. From arcade chaos to survival horror stress, it’s another packed one — and of course, there’s a quiz waiting at the end if you fancy testing yourself. Timestamps:00:00:00 - Intro & what we’ve been playing00:48:22 - Gaming news! 🗞️01:11:29 - New Games!01:13:06 - Questions from Discord ❓01:27:28 - Main topic : Gaming Achievements 🏆02:20:28 - Gaming quiz time 🥳02:29:05 - Shout outs & goodbyeFind all of our links here:Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/gameolder2024⁠⁠⁠Discord:⁠ https://discord.gg/VzmAnSA7xaTwitter/X: https://x.comGameOlderPodYoutube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com@GameOlder2024Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/game_older_podcast__/⁠⁠⁠Contact us: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠Discount codes and shout-outs:Bitmap Books 5% off all purchases:OLDER5 ⁠bitmapbooks.com⁠Extra Life Gaming Lounge, Sheffield:Quote "Game Older Podcast" for 5% off all items!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 shows off a huge Japan haul including a transparent “piss-yellow” PS2 controller, Final Fight soundtrack collection, Snatcher audio CD, Bomberman 4 & 5, Rumble Roses, God of War II, and more Mega Drive classics. He’s been playing Yakuza 3, replaying Resident Evil 4 with a chaotic BioRand randomiser mod (Krauser showing up early = pain), and continuing his retro deep dive.Leon finished Super Mario Odyssey, returned to Breath of the Wild (with mixed feelings about the ending), continued Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, tried Monster Hunter Stories, and jumped into the Marathon server slam — praising its gunplay, aesthetic, and hardcore extraction focus despite the online hate.Stu hit up NQ64 arcade bar, playing Time Crisis, OutRun, Bubble Bobble, and a wild Japanese rhythm game with a giant circular touchscreen. He and Tommy also completed Reanimal, calling it short but solid co-op horror in the style of Little Nightmares.TommyT finally finished Breath of the Wild (after discovering parrying very late…), wrapped up Rayman, and is deep into Resident Evil 9: Requiem — calling it his favourite in the series so far thanks to its blend of classic horror tension and action. He’s also eyeing up Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut next.Heather is also playing Resident Evil 9, praising Grace’s voice acting and the insane environmental detail (blood splatter that actually stays put). She briefly tried Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown on PS Plus… and was not impressed.📰 Gaming News Highlights:- Industry chatter suggests Nintendo risks becoming stale if it relies too heavily on legacy IP like Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon — though the crew aren’t convinced those franchises are going anywhere anytime soon.- Discussion around physical copies selling out for Resident Evil 9 at launch — something increasingly rare in the digital era.- Sarah Bond & Phil Spencer Exit Microsoft , the hosts arent sure on the new Xbox CEO but also wants to give the benefit of the doubt 💬 Side chats & chaos:Fuel panic-buying, nailed cartridges at arcade bars (criminal), physical vs digital collecting, motion sickness in first-person horror, and whether two-disc games should make a comeback.