13 episodes
This Game Changed My Life BBC Sounds
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5.0 • 13 Ratings
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Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy are best mates who love video games and have worked in the industry for years. They find the most shocking, moving and inspiring true stories about how gaming changed people’s lives forever. Join them to hear about the guy who works for NASA because of a game, the couple who fell in love on an MMORPG, the man who turned his escape from civil war into a video game and the gamers who caught a killer in real time.
Do you have a great, true story about a video game? Email us at thisgamechangedmylife@bbc.co.uk
Producer: Nathan Jones
Artwork: Sam Gilbey
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Maroon: Tracking a Killer
In 2019, gamers from across the globe turned detective in order to track down and apprehend an active killer in a nerve-shredding manhunt. This is Maroon's true story.
Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy are best mates who love video games and have worked in the industry for years. They find the most shocking, moving and inspiring true stories about how gaming changed people’s lives forever. Join them to hear about the guy who works for NASA because of a game, the couple who fell in love on an MMORPG, the man who turned his escape from civil war into a video game and the gamers who caught a killer in real time.
Producer: Nathan Jones -
Laurie & Josh: Love and Warcraft
What happens when a druid catches feelings for a rogue? A love story, as told by world of Warcraft.
Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy are best mates who love video games and have worked in the industry for years. They find the most shocking, moving and inspiring true stories about how gaming changed people’s lives forever. Join them to hear about the guy who works for NASA because of a game, the couple who fell in love on an MMORPG, the man who turned his escape from civil war into a video game and the gamers who caught a killer in real time.
Do you have a great, true story about a video game? Email us at thisgamechangedmylife@bbc.co.uk
Producer: Nathan Jones -
Jim: Fight, Flight or Freeze
Since childhood, Jim has suffered from a terrifying form of psychosis. In 2017, a game called Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice helped him come to terms with it. Jim tells us his story and meets with the game's developers: actor Melina Juergens and director Tameem Antoniades.
Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy are best mates who love video games and have worked in the industry for years. They find the most shocking, moving and inspiring true stories about how gaming changed people’s lives forever. Join them to hear about the guy who works for NASA because of a game, the couple who fell in love on an MMORPG, the man who turned his escape from civil war into a video game and the gamers who caught a killer in real time.
If you were affected by any of the issues raised in this programme then you can find help and resources by visiting www.mind.org.uk
Do you have a great, true story about a video game? Email us at thisgamechangedmylife@bbc.co.uk
Producer: Nathan Jones -
Fly & N0tail: Gaming's Biggest Grudge Match
In 2018 esports saw an underdog story that would go down in gaming history. A story of betrayal, a bitter rivalry and 11 million dollars.
Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy are best mates who love video games and have worked in the industry for years. They find the most shocking, moving and inspiring true stories about how gaming changed people’s lives forever. Join them to hear about the guy who works for NASA because of a game, the couple who fell in love on an MMORPG, the man who turned his escape from civil war into a video game and the gamers who caught a killer in real time.
Do you have a great, true story about a video game? Email us at Thisgamechangedmylife@bbc.co.uk -
Alexander: King of Spies
What happens when you spy on other gamers? You become an emperor. Aoife tells the story of the infamous Alexander Gianturco, also known as The Mittani.
Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy are best mates who love video games and have worked in the industry for years. They find the most shocking, moving and inspiring true stories about how gaming changed people’s lives forever. Join them to hear about the guy who works for NASA because of a game, the couple who fell in love on an MMORPG, the man who turned his escape from civil war into a video game and the gamers who caught a killer in real time.
Do you have a great, true story about a video game? Email us at thisgamechangedmylife@bbc.co.uk
Producer: Nathan Jones -
Keith: The Cursed Game
Author and Guardian games editor Keith Stuart bought a creepy game in 1984. Aoife and Julia find out if it's cursed.
Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy are best mates who love video games and have worked in the industry for years. They find the most shocking, moving and inspiring true stories about how gaming changed people’s lives forever. Join them to hear about the guy who works for NASA because of a game, the couple who fell in love on an MMORPG, the man who turned his escape from civil war into a video game and the gamers who caught a killer in real time.
Do you have a great, true story about a video game? Email us at thisgamechangedmylife@bbc.co.uk
Producer: Nathan Jones
Customer Reviews
Great podcast! But where do they go!?
I love this podcast but the last episode was January 2021. Where did they go!?
A podcast everyone should listen to
In a lot of society, gaming is looked at as frivolous activity and perhaps not something that changes the world. In this show, Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy find amazing, sometimes heart-wrenching stories of just how important gaming can be to people, how it changes lives, often for the better, how it can lead to hope and inspiration for millions of people all over the world.
This podcast is for everyone. Whether you are a gamer or not, whether you look favorably on gaming or not, if you appreciate heartfelt stories, then this podcast is for you.
Fair warning: you may need tissues from time to time.
Great Take on Highlight the Gaming World.
This podcast is well produced and the style of comment/interview is infectious. Aoife and Julia present how the world of gaming and passion collide to create positive life change. They do so in an upbeat and whimsical way that you can’t help to be smiling and motivated by the end of the episode. Honestly, I think this podcast came out at the right time given the current state of the world.
If you need a pick-me-up and love the power of video games, give this a listen! Hope it motivates you the same way it motivated me.
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