Aches and Games

By: Giles Nicholson James Hopes
  • Summary

  • A relaxed, monthly check-in between two *slightly older* British friends, talking about life, gaming (and basically whatever other nonsense comes to mind). We're currently playing on Xbox, PlayStation 5 plus a bit of PC and Nintendo Switch action. New episodes drop every first Friday of the month.
    Giles Nicholson, James Hopes
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Episodes
  • November 24 - Easy does it? / Dead Space Remake
    Nov 1 2024
    Hi everyone! In this month's show we nurse wounds and wounded egos from the Dead Space Remake bringing us on to the thorny issue of gaming difficulty. Plus November's choice (or rather choices) for Games of the month, James' half-term Halloween fun, Giles' unpopular movie opinions and the usual bits and bobbins. Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 2:45 What we've been up to 25:50 Dead Space Remake 35:10 What else we've been playing 48:55 November's games is / games are ... 55:00 News Bytes 66:52 A difficult(y) discussion about games 81:56 Wrapping up As always, we'd love to hear from you via our socials @achesandgames, our Facebook page or by emailing achesandgamespod@gmail.com. And please check out the website at www.achesandgames.co.uk where you'll also find some great written reviews of the games we play. Cheers!
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • October 24 - Ghosts, Ghouls & Gaming / Age of Mythology Retold
    Oct 3 2024

    We celebrate spooky season by discussing some of our favourite ghoulish games and choosing a season-appropriate choice for October's game of the month. Plus our thoughts on Age of Mythology Retold (September's choice), how Giles actually "went west" and the usual catch-ups, tangents and general nonsense. Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 2:43 What we've been up to 20:06 Age of Mythology Retold 29:36 What else we've been playing 42:12 October's game is ... 45:32 News Bytes 57:39 Our top ghostly (or grisly) games 80:43 Wrapping up As always, we'd love to hear from you via our socials @achesandgames, our Facebook page or by emailing achesandgamespod@gmail.com. And please check out the website at www.achesandgames.co.uk where you'll also find some great written reviews of the games we play. Cheers!

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Episode 10 - Gaming Subscription pros and cons / Jeanne d'Arc (September 2024)
    Sep 5 2024

    Summer's gone but we're back with a discussion of the pros and cons of PS+ and Xbox Game Pass as well as our thoughts on Jeanne d'Arc, a hidden gem from the PSP and 2007 which was August's play-along game of the month.

    Plus James relives a holiday that didn't go quite to plan and some rather more fun family co-op adventures while Giles finds something just his pace in amongst the hot air balloons at Bristol's Balloon Fiesta. All that and the usual catch-ups, tangents and general nonsense. Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 2:00 What we've been up to / feedback / pod stuff 14:25 Jeanne d'Arc (our play along for August) 25:17 What else we've been playing 35:53 September's game is ... 38:50 News Bytes 47:40 Gaming subscription pros & cons 67:09 Wrapping up As always, we'd love to hear from you via our socials @achesandgames, our Facebook page or by emailing achesandgamespod@gmail.com. And please check out the website at www.achesandgames.co.uk where you'll also find some great written reviews of the games we play. Cheers!



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    1 hr and 9 mins

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