Aches and Games

20/11/2025

We played Indika for our game of the month in October. One of us really enjoyed it, the other not so much!

Find out who and why in our short video reiew!

In an extended clip from November's episode we compare thoughts on Indika, the most recent pick for our monthly for new monthly episodes ev...

07/11/2025

* New episode glockenspiel *

October's episode brings us perilously close to our two year podcast anniversary, making it one of the lingest-running podcasts in gaming history!

If you're interested in finding out how and why people are still listening to us after all this time, and in gradually increasing numbers, you'll find all the answers in this month's bumper episode, which also tackles these other tough questions:

* What does a nun and a man with a withered arm do when they have lost their sense of purpose?
* Why is a 40 hour epic extravaganza loved by millions potentially just not that interesting?
* Is killing a woman who paints random numbers on a monolith really the best option for your French town?
* Is ramming a car into the ocean a proportionate response to the driver dropping a crisp packet out of the window?
* Have we played any games this month that don't involve the lead female character carrying around a severed arm for a large chunk of the game?
* Are there any flavours that Bailey's won't be bringing out before Christmas?
* How do you defeat a horde of zombie animals that have taken over your zoo?
* Do pigs and donkeys live in the whole of the New Forest or only if you take a wrong turn?
* Do Xbox actually want anyone to buy one of their consoles or sign up to Game Pass or have they just given up entirely?!

If you want to know the answers to all of these questions and so many more you really need to click the link below. It could change the way you look at gaming. It could change the way you look at life itself...

https://bit.ly/m/Aches-and-Games

https://youtu.be/WA843seuqSs?si=w_n8ephRcF_XdzQJ

03/10/2025

* New episode clarinet *

It's borderline ridiculous that another month has disappeared already but the one solace is that it does mean another episode of the monthly Aches & Games podcast has dropped like a tonne of bricks falling from a sky of gaming goodness.

I can't personally think of a better way of spending 78 minutes than delving into the minds of two middle aged men with an irrational urge to get sidetracked but if you need some bona fide evidence of the epicness of this month's show why not look below at some of the topics discussed:

* Why does a game developer who clearly loves dolphins make you ride one across a dry, scratchy desert?
* Why would someone who works at an airport want to play a game that involves building an airport?
* Why are people not more emotional when all of their 33 year-old friends are wiped out and turned into roses?
* Does grass seed sprinkled in September actually grow?
* Does repairing a sofa really count as a highlight of the month?
* Do Steve and Javier really count as two separate listeners?
* Is Terry's Chocolate Orange Bailey's the best Bailey's ever created?

If you want to know the answers to all of these questions and so many more you really need to have a listen, by clicking on the link below. It's entertaining and educational in equal measures, and I genuinely forgot we had recorded it until I saw an advert for it pop up this afternoon 👍🏻

https://bit.ly/m/Aches-and-Games

It's what your brain and your heart would want you to do...

06/09/2025

* New episode trombone*

You might have thought that our last episode of the podcast couldn't have been improved upon, but it turns out you were very wrong indeed!

So if you have a spare 85 minutes and want to expand your mind in more ways than you thought possible and receive some nuggets of wisdom about the following:

* Why have so many people watched KPop Demon Hunters
* How to finally defeat the big lion thing in Prince of Persia
* Why you must turn off your mobile phone when surrounded by airborne alcohol
* What the future holds for Reading International Airport
* How much Giles enjoys sitting in fields
* How to have a successful golf career

then you really need to click the link below which will answer all of those questions and so, so many more.

https://bit.ly/m/Aches-and-Games

You're worth it...

13/08/2025

Nuns, spiders, surfers and Harold Halibut walking very slowly. Exciting month ahead 👍🏻

02/08/2025

* New episode klaxon *

It's what your earholes have been waiting a whole month for. That's right, it's the August edition of the Aches & Games podcast coming live and direct from the hotbed of gaming podcastery, Reading, England.

If you want to know:

* What Oasis were wearing at one of their recent gigs
* How to quickly & efficiently clear up a crime scene
* How to avoid a painful follow through
* How many times 2 middled-aged men can accidentally say FIFA when referring to EAFC25
* Our views on the Lionesses recent triumph
* How close we were to keeping this episode to 45 minutes

then you really need to click the link below which will open your eyes to a whole new world of entertainment & knowledge:

https://bit.ly/m/Aches-and-Games

You won't regret it 👍🏻