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Replaced / Pergola Smurfing - June 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/5/26 | Replaced / Pergola Smurfing - June 2026✨ | wedding planningArsenal fandom+4 | — | Replaced | Looe | Aches and GamesReplaced+5 | — | 1h 29m 36s | |
| 5/8/26 | Marvel's Cosmic Invasion / Giles & James went South-West - May 2026✨ | gamingMarvel's Cosmic Invasion+3 | — | Marvel's Cosmic Invasion | DevonCornwall+5 | Marvel's Cosmic Invasiongaming+3 | — | 1h 34m 40s | |
| 4/2/26 | Planet of Lana 2 / Nantes-ing around - April 2026✨ | video gamesgame reviews+3 | — | Planet of Lana 2Ace Combat 7+1 | Nantes | Planet of Lana 2Ace Combat 7+5 | — | 1h 21m 18s | |
| 3/6/26 | Ace Combat / dodgy pilots? - March 2026✨ | Ace Combat 7Cyberpunk 2077+3 | — | Ace Combat 7Neva+5 | — | Ace Combat 7Cyberpunk 2077+5 | — | 1h 31m 37s | |
| 2/6/26 | Cyberpunk 2077 / love is all around? - February 26✨ | Cyberpunk 2077game reviews+3 | — | Cyberpunk 2077Vader Immortal+6 | RomeBright Falls | Cyberpunk 2077Vader Immortal+5 | — | 1h 30m 15s | |
| 1/9/26 | Thank Goodness You're Here / "ballet fuff" - January 26✨ | festive breaksgame reviews+3 | — | Thank Goodness You're HereSplit Fiction+5 | — | game reviewsThank Goodness You're Here+3 | — | 1h 26m 17s | |
| 12/22/25 | Our (Aches &) Games of 2025 - an A&G special episode✨ | gamingtop games+3 | — | — | — | Aches and Gamestop games 2025+3 | — | 1h 07m 45s | |
| 12/5/25 | December 25 / Keeper - did this plucky lighthouse leave us beaming?✨ | game reviewsvideo games+3 | — | KeeperAlan Wake 2+2 | — | KeeperAlan Wake 2+3 | — | 1h 15m 42s | |
| 11/7/25 | November 25 / Indika - weird, but wonderful?✨ | IndikaFortnite+5 | — | IndikaFortnite+5 | — | IndikaFortnite+6 | — | 1h 36m 50s | |
| 10/2/25 | October 25 / Sword of the Sea - the sublime and the ridiculous?✨ | Sword of the SeaNintendo Direct+3 | — | Sword of the SeaNintendo+1 | — | Sword of the SeaNintendo Direct+3 | — | 1h 18m 53s | |
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| 9/4/25 | September 25 / Prince of Persia - lost crowns, found hard✨ | Prince of Persiagaming news+3 | — | Prince of Persia : The Lost CrownKPop Demon Hunters | — | Prince of Persiagaming news+3 | — | 1h 24m 30s | |
| 7/31/25 | August 25 / Rematch vs FC25 & the lionesses lead the way✨ | footballvideo games+3 | — | FC25Rematch+2 | — | footballFC25+5 | — | 1h 23m 11s | |
| 12/6/24 | December 24 – Black Ops, The Chaos Engine & celebrating reaching level 2! | 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! | — | ||||||
| 11/1/24 | November 24 - Easy does it? / Dead Space Remake | 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! | — | ||||||
| 10/3/24 | October 24 - Ghosts, Ghouls & Gaming / Age of Mythology Retold | 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! | — | ||||||
| 5/2/24 | Episode 6 - Variety is the spice of life? (May 2024) | Join us for this month's episode including James' muddy ending, Giles' conflicted feelings on his time at Hogwarts and where we discuss what "counts" as a game. Plus all the usual (and unusual) nonsense about life, and gaming on Xbox, PlayStation 5, Switch and PC Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:59 What we've been up to 19:32 What we've been playing 53:58 This month's news bites 66:26 What "counts" as a game? 77:53 Wrapping up As always, we'd love to hear from you via our socials @achesandgames, our Facebook page or by emailing achesandgamespod@gmail.com. | — | ||||||
| 4/4/24 | Episode 5 - Ratchet, Clank & the "perfect" length for games (April 2024) | Join us for April's episode where we contrast our Easter breaks, compare thoughts on #RatchetandClank and discuss what's the "perfect" length for games. Plus all the usual (and unusual) nonsense about life, and gaming on Xbox, Playstation 5, Switch and PC Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:04 What we've been up to 17:01 Ratchet & Clank thoughts plus what we've been playing 44:29 This month's news bites 52:35 The "perfect" game length 63:27 Wrapping up As always, we'd love to hear from you via our socials @achesandgames, our Facebook page or by emailing achesandgamespod@gmail.com. | — | ||||||
| 3/1/24 | Episode 4 - Remasters, bears (?) & b*llsed-up backs | In March's episode we discuss the recent rushing river of remakes & remasters and indulge our fondness for other forms of alliteration. Plus the usual catch ups on what we've been doing and playing during the past month. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:40 February ramblings 17:01 What we've been playing 32:23 This month's news bites 41:13 Remakes and remasters 56:14 Wrapping up As always, we'd love to hear from you via our socials @achesandgames, or by emailing achesandgamespod@gmail.com. | — | ||||||
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