Hi everyone!

Welcome to February's "Aches & Games monthly".

As well as what we’ve been playing, watching and getting up to since our last time together, we discuss Synth Riders - January's game of the month and our first ever VR choice. Plus we talk about the recent Developer Direct from Xbox, the Switch 2 reveal and PlayStation's seemingly quiet year to come.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intros

2:08 What we've been up to

15:47 Synth Riders / what else we've been playing

46:03 News Bytes / Xbox's Developer_Direct

54:06 February's GOTM is ...

56:30 Wrapping up

And, if you haven't already, please check out our recent special episode covering "Our (Aches &) Games of 2024" which can be found on the normal channels.

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!

A monthly check in between two slightly older British friends chatting about what we've been doing, playing and what's happened in the gaming world.

Plus, the feed also had special episodes covering things like our games of the year, favourite gaming memories and reactions to the biggest gaming announcements and stories.

Why not give us a try, thanks!

Hi everyone!

Welcome to our first ever "Aches & Games monthly" - which you might recognise as just a slightly tweaked version of our regular monthly catch-up show.

As well as what we’ve been playing, watching and getting up to since our last time together, we discuss Indiana Jones & The Great Circle (December's choice for game of the month), this month's choice and our highlights from The Game Awards. Enjoy!

Timestamps:

0:00 Intros

1:59 What we've been up to

15:06 Indiana Jones / what else we've been playing

43:47 January's GOTM is ...

45:52 News Bytes / The Game Awards

57:56 Wrapping up (in a slightly unconventional way)

And, if you haven't already, please check out our recent special episode covering "Our (Aches &) Games of 2024" which can be found on the normal channels.

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!

Hi everyone :)

In this first ever **special episode** of Aches & Games we cut straight to the gaming and run down our own favourite games of 2024 (or rather the favourite games we each played during 2024).

*Five picks each (with some crossover perhaps?)

*“Honourable mentions”

*Our surprises of the year

*PLUS what 2024 game we’re most looking forward to playing – when we finally get through the backlogs!

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!

Hi everyone!

In this month's show we’re celebrating our one whole year of the podcast by looking back on our highs & lows AND reveal some upcoming changes to the show for 2025. Plus, we follow up on November’s controversial choice of having two “game of the month”s, we choose December’s game and share what we’ve been playing, watching and getting up to since our last time together.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intros

2:21 What we've been up to

18:25 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 / The Chaos Engine

36:45 What else we've been playing

50:00 December's games is ...

54:22 News Bytes

57:55 Celebrating our 1 year birthday and looking ahead

75:37 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!

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!

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!