This Game Changed My Life Podcast
Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy find the most shocking, moving and inspiring true stories about how gaming changed people’s lives forever. New episodes every Thursday.
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
Episodes to download
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Maroon: Tracking a Killer
Thu 28 Jan 2021
How a terrible confession on a gaming server led to a nerve-shredding online manhunt.
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Jim: Fight, Flight or Freeze
Thu 28 May 2020
Jim suffers from a terrifying form of psychosis, but gained confidence from a video game.
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Fly & N0tail: Gaming's Biggest Grudge Match
Thu 21 May 2020
A story of betrayal, a bitter rivalry and 11 million dollars.
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Alexander: King of Spies
Thu 14 May 2020
What happens when you spy on other gamers? You become an emperor.
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Mat: Space Buddies and Fuel Rats
Thu 30 Apr 2020
How video games gave Mat and his nephew Michael hope in their darkest hour.
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Ryan Hart: Champion of the World
Thu 23 Apr 2020
The story of Ryan Hart, who beat homelessness and became a video game world champion.
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Fatima Al Qadiri: Gulf War Vampires
Thu 16 Apr 2020
The story of Fatima Al Qadiri, who escaped the horror of the Gulf War through Castlevania
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Charlie Brooker: My Life in Video Games
Thu 9 Apr 2020
Charlie Brooker talks about the video games that changed his life.
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Abdullah: Escape in an Oil Barrel
Thu 2 Apr 2020
The astonishing true story of Abdullah, who fled civil war and made a video game about it
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Arsenio: Rocketships and Wiimotes
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Arsenio now works for NASA and has sent something into space, all because of a video game
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