Bucket List Gamers

Happy Mid-July, List-ners! 🎙️🏆 Welcome to the 3rd Annual Bucket List Gamers Awards! We’re continuing one of our favourite annual traditions, with a couple of brand-new categories joining a whole load of returning favourites. And this year, it’s gotten so big that we’ve had to split the awards into TWO parts! 🎉 In Part One , we’re casting our gaze back across 2025 to hand out awards for the games...

OK so we're not ACTUALLY back as we recorded this in August of last year... but it's something new to caress the inside of your ears while we're recording the THIRD ANNUAL BUCKET LIST GAMERS AWARDS! Yes, we did a 2nd AMA for our belated 2nd birthday and answered YOUR questions! It became even more belated due to some sound issues that needed to be resolved, and an ever increasing editing pile of v...

Belated Happy New Year everyone! 🎉🎮 We’re back after an extended festive break with an episode that was actually recorded just before Christmas, taking a deep dive into the results of The Game Awards 2025 and the decisions that got people talking. And yes, we know… we’re fashionably late, as always 😉⏰ This discussion was originally meant to be added onto the previous episode, but as usual we w...

Hello everyone, and Merry Christmas! 🎄 With the big day just around the corner, are you still scrambling to figure out what to buy the gamer in your life? Fear not—we’ve got you covered. The Bucket List Gamers Gift Guide has arrived! Now, full disclosure: we may have left it slightly late, so getting some of these goodies under the tree in time could be a challenge. But let’s be honest—gamers are...

It’s our penultimate episode of the year —with a big Christmas special dropping very soon! We sat down thinking we’d focus on just one game: Genshin Impact . But as we dug into the whole “Is it an MMO? Is it not an MMO?” debate (turns out we’re not the only ones confused), another title on our list started to fit surprisingly well… So join us as we ramble, rave, and occasionally derail while chatt...

We know, we missed Halloween... whoops! It’s more than a few days past now, the candy’s gone stale, and we're sure a lot of you are nursing a full blown Halloween Hangover, just counting down the days until you can unpack the Christmas Decorations! So what better way to pass the time than to join Jay and Eddie for a deep dive into Hollow Knight , the eerily beautiful indie darling, and its recentl...

Get ready for a showdown of epic proportions as Jay and Eddie dive into two of Nintendo’s most electrifying brawlers — Pokkén Tournament and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ! From Pokémon-powered duels to chaotic all-star battles, the guys break down what makes each game unique, how they shaped the crossover landscape, and which delivers the ultimate multiplayer experience. Plus Aaron stops in to discu...

We’re back — and this time, we’re speedrunning through the multiverse! ⚙️💥 Join Eddie & Jay as they blast into Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart... the early PS5 (and now PC) exclusive that showed off everything next-gen gaming could be.  From instant dimension-hopping to some of the wildest weapons ever built, this one’s pure Insomniac magic. We’re talking mascots, mayhem, and memorable moment...

🎙️ We’ve got a bonus episode for you! This one was first recorded for our sister podcast The Bucket List Board Gamers —but it quickly became clear the conversation was heading deep into video game territory too. In the end, it turned into the perfect hybrid episode across both shows… so we just had to release it here as well! YouTube legend Dan “DJ Slope” Ibbertson (of Slope’s Game Room ) joins Ja...

🎙️ Yes, we’re back to Mario again! 🍄✨ But this time… we’re not talking about one Mario game. Not two . Nope. We’re talking about SIX of the bloody things! In our quest to blitz the backlog (and because we’ve already ranted, raved, and reminisced about most of these before), we’re diving into... ⭐ Super Mario Wonder 🍄 Super Mario Bros. 3 🐱 Super Mario 3D World 🏰 Super Mario 64 🌌 Super Mario...

What links Mario Party Superstars, Pikmin 4 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2? This episode, obviously! Yes, they have next to no link, but with the Switch 2 out recently, a new Mario Party update due soon and THPS 3 & 4 releasing in just a few days, we took the opportunity to get 3 games off the list! Plus we discuss what we've been playing with Aaron, plenty of Milking It (including what...

Yes the Bucket List Gamers podcast is BACK after a month-long hiatus, and we're returning with a 4-Game bonanza centred around Creation! All the games we are looking at have an element of creation in there, from Little Big Planet to The Sims 4! We also talk a little bit about the price of games, The Switch 2, and Aaron & Jay tell us what they've been playing! Don't forget you can join us for L...

Us, jumping on a bandwagon? Never!  We'd ALWAYS planned to take a look at Minecraft this week... honest! Yes, Minecraft, if you don't know what it is then I'm amazed you're even reading this at the moment to be honest. The game needs no explanation, but does it deserve to be on the Bucket List? We'll decide! Plus we discuss the movie that coincidentally came out earlier this month, and the Switch...

This episode we're looking at one of the best and one of the worst from two separate franchises, as we cast our gaze over Rayman Legends and Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze! Plus we talk about 'Thank Goodness You're Here', what's (relatively) new on Gamepass and PS Plus, and in an as-yet-unnamed feature we discuss what we've been playing this week! Enjoy! P.S. We still haven't found out what t...

We're back with a bang as this episode we look at arguably one of the greatest games ever made in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild! But we're not alone! To look at a game of such epic magnitude (and to provide an alternative opinion to 'weapon degradation is bad') we've brought in a Guest! Trevor from Birdworks, creator of Governor of the West, joined us for this one and we had a good old c...

Why did the chicken cross the road? To listen to this awesome episode of the Bucket List Gamers Podcast, of course. Sorry, we immediately feel bad for writing that... but this IS a decent episode, if we do say so ourselves. We're looking at FOUR different mobile games this time, of varying degrees of quality, plus we talk a bit about the Switch 2 Announcement, Flappy Bird, EA shutting down a load...

Happy New Year Bucket List-ners, and welcome to the 2nd Annual Bucket List Gamers Awards! We've taken the same categories from last year's Christmas extravaganza and made our Awards show a New Year special! It's bigger, it's better, it's not QUITE as long, and unlike last year both Jay and Eddie recorded using decent quality microphones, so even though they might be talking absolute nonsense, it d...

Merry Christmas everyone! 'Tis the season to be merry and treat yourselves, so this week we've given ourselves a week away from the list and instead we're talking about games with a Christmas theme, or a Christmas element... it's all quite vague but I think it's become apparent over the past year and a half that we wouldn't have it any other way! We've got our Naughty and Nice lists to go through,...

It might be our most 'EXPLOSIVE' episode yet as we take a look at Super Bomberman R! Does it set off Jay's already short fuse, or do we think it's 'the bomb'? One thing's for sure, it can't be as bad as Bomberman: Act Zero. We also discuss some of the nominees for this years Game Awards and accidentally reveal how we completely missed the mark with last year's surprise indie hit! Enjoy! **Advertis...

We're crashing back into a regular schedule by taking a look at two stone-cold Playstation classics, remastered for a new generation! Yes, in this episode we're revisiting Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, but specifically their respective Trilogy remasters! Do you prefer the slightly unhinged bandicoot, or the plucky young purple dragon? We discuss our favourites, and whether the remasters help or hinde...

We're back to Pokemon again as we look at a selection of games from the famous Nintendo franchise! Is Pokemon Yellow just a shameless cash in? Does it differ from Red and Blue? Is Pokemon Go worse than having a job? Why did people walk into a lake en-masse? Find out the answers to all these questions and more. Plus we have Milking It, and some updates about what is next for the Podcast! Please bar...

oOOOOoooOOoo! It's our second Halloween and that means another spooky-scary-special! Yes, we're fashionably late this year thanks to some technical issues when putting the episode together, but hopefully you're all still in the mood for a creepy video game or two! No games from the list this time, just discussions about horrifying Remakes, overpriced beat-em-ups, games that really need not exist a...

Because we know you love a good rant, this episode we're looking at the worst games we've ever paid cold, hard cash for. The beeping machine went into overdrive on this one, with a whopping 44 beeps! However if you want to hear it in it's (almost) completely uncensored form, you can head to www.patreon.com/bucketlistgamers and subscribe to any tier Bucket Kicker and above! We did have to censor on...

That's right, this bumper episode sees us look at FIVE games! Why? Because we didn't think we had much to say about them. As it transpires, we did... and that's why this episode is almost an hour and a half long! BUT even though the games might be fodder, the episode isn't! Whether it's churning out the same thing every year, making something more complicated than it needed to be, failing to live...

On this episode of the Bucket List Gamers we're once again addressing childhood trauma, as we discuss 1996's PS1 'classic' PaRappa the Rapper. Touted as the first true rhythm game, PaRappa the Rapper sees a paper thin dog rap his way through five gruelling levels in order to impress a sentient Sunflower called Sunny Funny. Believe us when we tell you this BARELY scrapes the surface of just how wei...