John Wahl
@midlifesidequest.bsky.social
Host of the MIDLIFE SIDEQUEST podcast.
New episodes Thursday morning.
Middle aged husband and dad.
Lover of great food & video games.
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New episodes Thursday morning.
Middle aged husband and dad.
Lover of great food & video games.
🏳️⚧️
Mail + Links: https://linktr.ee/midlifesidequest?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=ce3b1191-58fb-430c-b0
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John Wahl
@midlifesidequest.bsky.social
· Dec 17
MIDLIFE SIDEQUEST is the weekly gaming podcast to fit your busy day! Perfect for the morning commute or with that first coffee! ☕️☀️
Gaming impressions, industry news, and tales of a Gen X geek. All in just 15 minutes!
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Gaming impressions, industry news, and tales of a Gen X geek. All in just 15 minutes!
🎙️ audioboom.com/channels/508...
They’re all war criminals. They deserve to be rotting away in prison cells.
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
They’re all war criminals. They deserve to be rotting away in prison cells.
Reposted by John Wahl
On this week’s show I check out the fun and addictive BALL X PIT from @kennysun.com and @devolverdigital.com! Check out the episode below for my full impressions!
🎙️ audioboom.com/posts/881440...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
On this week’s show I check out the fun and addictive BALL X PIT from @kennysun.com and @devolverdigital.com! Check out the episode below for my full impressions!
🎙️ audioboom.com/posts/881440...
🎙️ audioboom.com/posts/881440...
My daughter just came home a friends house and couldn’t stop talking about the NEX. 🤷
In the US, PlayStation 5 accounted for 47% of total Black Friday week hardware unit sales, leading the market.
Nintendo Switch 2 ranked 2nd (24%), with the NEX Playground 3rd (14%).
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
Nintendo Switch 2 ranked 2nd (24%), with the NEX Playground 3rd (14%).
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
PS5 had a huge Black Friday week in the UK. It accounted for 62% of all console sales (Xbox had 10%, Switch 2 had 23%). The PS5 Pro had its best week since launch.
Meanwhile, Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 26 came out top in Europe.
www.thegamebusiness.com/p/ps5-ea-spo...
Meanwhile, Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 26 came out top in Europe.
www.thegamebusiness.com/p/ps5-ea-spo...
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
My daughter just came home a friends house and couldn’t stop talking about the NEX. 🤷
Reposted by John Wahl
Reposted by John Wahl
Surprisingly only one.
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Surprisingly only one.
Can you get a bingo? Which of these PS1 games have you played? #RetroGames
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Can you get a bingo? Which of these PS1 games have you played? #RetroGames
Tonight’s brew. Happy Friday!
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Tonight’s brew. Happy Friday!
Am i totally crazy? Or is it weird that this recent mess boils down to “The murder would be fine if they got it in one shot, but two shots makes it wrong”?
WaPo is reporting that Bradley told lawmakers that Hegseth DID give a kill order.
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Am i totally crazy? Or is it weird that this recent mess boils down to “The murder would be fine if they got it in one shot, but two shots makes it wrong”?
That’s cool and all… but that’s about 0.028% of his net worth. That’s like a $50 fine for a normal human.
It is good to see enforcement of the EU Digital Services Act against X. We need more principled democratic governance of tech platforms, and penalties for non-compliance 1)
Elon Musk’s X Hit With $140 Million Fine in Europe www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
Elon Musk’s X Hit With $140 Million Fine in Europe www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
Elon Musk’s X Hit With $140 Million Fine in Europe
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
That’s cool and all… but that’s about 0.028% of his net worth. That’s like a $50 fine for a normal human.
Reposted by John Wahl
On today’s ALL NEW Midlife SideQuest I’m talking about Ball X Pit! It’s like Vampire Survivor meets Space Invaders meets Actraiser! 👀
Plus I talk about the drama surrounding Horses and more. Happy Thursday!!
audioboom.com/posts/881440...
Plus I talk about the drama surrounding Horses and more. Happy Thursday!!
audioboom.com/posts/881440...
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
On today’s ALL NEW Midlife SideQuest I’m talking about Ball X Pit! It’s like Vampire Survivor meets Space Invaders meets Actraiser! 👀
Plus I talk about the drama surrounding Horses and more. Happy Thursday!!
audioboom.com/posts/881440...
Plus I talk about the drama surrounding Horses and more. Happy Thursday!!
audioboom.com/posts/881440...
On this week’s show I check out the fun and addictive BALL X PIT from @kennysun.com and @devolverdigital.com! Check out the episode below for my full impressions!
🎙️ audioboom.com/posts/881440...
🎙️ audioboom.com/posts/881440...
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
On this week’s show I check out the fun and addictive BALL X PIT from @kennysun.com and @devolverdigital.com! Check out the episode below for my full impressions!
🎙️ audioboom.com/posts/881440...
🎙️ audioboom.com/posts/881440...
Someone who listens to his show
December 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Someone who listens to his show
On today’s ALL NEW Midlife SideQuest I’m talking about Ball X Pit! It’s like Vampire Survivor meets Space Invaders meets Actraiser! 👀
Plus I talk about the drama surrounding Horses and more. Happy Thursday!!
audioboom.com/posts/881440...
Plus I talk about the drama surrounding Horses and more. Happy Thursday!!
audioboom.com/posts/881440...
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
On today’s ALL NEW Midlife SideQuest I’m talking about Ball X Pit! It’s like Vampire Survivor meets Space Invaders meets Actraiser! 👀
Plus I talk about the drama surrounding Horses and more. Happy Thursday!!
audioboom.com/posts/881440...
Plus I talk about the drama surrounding Horses and more. Happy Thursday!!
audioboom.com/posts/881440...
Good morning early birds!! It’s 530am and -3 degrees outside, any other fools already at work like me?
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Good morning early birds!! It’s 530am and -3 degrees outside, any other fools already at work like me?
Reposted by John Wahl
I'm bored today so I decided it's time to announce the secret project.
SECRET PROJECT REVEALED
YouTube video by Gary Whitta
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I'm bored today so I decided it's time to announce the secret project.
This year there are 365 days in the year, so the Midlife SideQuest Game of the Year episode will debut on New Years Day. Because that’s how years work.
a man wearing a purple shirt with nanobubbles on it
ALT: a man wearing a purple shirt with nanobubbles on it
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This year there are 365 days in the year, so the Midlife SideQuest Game of the Year episode will debut on New Years Day. Because that’s how years work.
I know a lot of Somali people
I work with a lot of Somali people
I love my Somali friends
Fuck Donald Trump’s racist ass
I work with a lot of Somali people
I love my Somali friends
Fuck Donald Trump’s racist ass
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I know a lot of Somali people
I work with a lot of Somali people
I love my Somali friends
Fuck Donald Trump’s racist ass
I work with a lot of Somali people
I love my Somali friends
Fuck Donald Trump’s racist ass
Tomorrow’s podcast is locked and loaded! Ready for your listening pleasure tomorrow morning at 6am CST!
a man with a beard wearing headphones is smiling into a microphone
ALT: a man with a beard wearing headphones is smiling into a microphone
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Tomorrow’s podcast is locked and loaded! Ready for your listening pleasure tomorrow morning at 6am CST!
Billionaires should not be allowed to exist. No matter who they are. It’s repulsive for anyone to have that much money.
While millions of families struggle to put food on the table Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Mark Zuckerberg own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans.
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Billionaires should not be allowed to exist. No matter who they are. It’s repulsive for anyone to have that much money.
Well he seems like a real charmer.
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Well he seems like a real charmer.
Reposted by John Wahl
Why does every game need to take place in the present, medieval past, or sci fi future? Get creative!
Give me an extraction shooter in prohibition era Chicago. Or a stealth action game in the south during the Civil War.
Give me an extraction shooter in prohibition era Chicago. Or a stealth action game in the south during the Civil War.
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Why does every game need to take place in the present, medieval past, or sci fi future? Get creative!
Give me an extraction shooter in prohibition era Chicago. Or a stealth action game in the south during the Civil War.
Give me an extraction shooter in prohibition era Chicago. Or a stealth action game in the south during the Civil War.
Daaaaaamn. Shots fired at the assistant of a 17th century Flemish Baroque painter who’s been dead for like, 400 years!!! 🫢
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Daaaaaamn. Shots fired at the assistant of a 17th century Flemish Baroque painter who’s been dead for like, 400 years!!! 🫢
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December 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I made this a while back, but I like to share it occasionally because to my knowledge, all of the individuals on this list remain rad.
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go.bsky.app/53M5ewi