Replaced / Pergola Smurfing - June 2026

About this episode

In this episode, the hosts discuss wedding planning, Arsenal fandom, and the video game 'Replaced', while reflecting on nostalgia and recent gaming news.

In this month's episode: Giles helps plan a wedding and "enjoys" the rollercoaster of being and Arsenal fan; while James visits Looe and a galaxy far far away. plus: we get all grim and gritty in Replaced; and discover nostalgia is not necessarily as good as it used to be. All that and more on June's Aches & Games. Timestamps: 00:00 Intros 01:46 What we've been up to 19:36 Replaced - love it or leave it? 33:15 What else we've been playing 70:04 Next Month's pick is... 74:14 Newsbytes including Sony's latest State of Play 88:07 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!

People in this episode

Hosts: Giles Nicholson, James Hopes

Topics covered

• wedding planning
• Arsenal fandom
• video game discussion
• nostalgia
• game reviews
• news in gaming

Keywords

• Aches and Games
• Replaced
• video games
• nostalgia
• Arsenal
• gaming news
• Looe

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Replaced

Places: Looe

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