10/04/2024
It's hard not to become overly invested sometimes...
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07/04/2024
Given my obsession with simulation games I will no doubt be getting this as soon as it comes out!
Kind of up your alley too Giles Nicholson ?!
05/04/2024
Morning all, and welcome to another highly-polished episode of our monthly Aches & Games podcast! This time around Giles fluffs the intro so badly that we had to cut it out and start again. Always a promising start to proceedings 👍
If you fancy seeing quite how impressively he stumbled we'll share the footage if we get to the heady heights of 10 reactions!
This month we talk about loads of things, including general life stuff, but also lots about what we've been playing this month, what's coming soon, some gaming stuff in the news recently and a whole debate about length....
Is longer always better? What's your ideal length? Let us know in the comments 🤔
Link to the full episode is in the comments so have a listen. It'll blow your mind 🤯
Oh, and of course,
04/04/2024
If I actually got paid by the hour to run my supermarket in Supermarket Simulator I'd be able to retire by now! It's really quite addictive...
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
01/04/2024
We recorded the April edition of the Aches & Games podcast tonight.
It went really smoothly. Giles nailed the intro first time, we didn't go off track once and we definitely stayed within our 1hr time limit*
See / hear for yourself on Friday.
* At least one of those things is a lie.
29/03/2024
The 10-year life cycle of the humble cable
20/03/2024
Can definitely get on board with these potential remakes!
Alan Wake 2 developer Remedy is working with GTA and Red Dead Redemption company Rockstar to remake the first two Max Payne games. Link in the comments for more.
20/03/2024
Mentioned this game in our last podcast as something that would be great to see remastered or remade on the PS5, but as EA don't seem remotely interested I'm going to give it a go via Steam!
18/03/2024
Some suggestions really aren't helpful...
17/03/2024
The tricky thing about Xbox Game Pass on the PC is which game to play first! Any recommendations?!
15/03/2024
Currently enjoying RE2 so definitely looking forward to playing this on the PS5 soon, when it arrives on PS Plus Extra & Premium on 19th March. It's already on Game Pass I believe, so it's a good time to unleash some more zombies!
13/03/2024
The struggle is real...
A relaxed monthly check-in to talk about and pretty much anything else that comes to mind!
08/03/2024
With the weekend finally here again, here's some 'highlights' of our March podcast!
If you have a spare hour to kill over the weekend, and haven't listened yet you can do so here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3hw9YyR0xFtT8sWWP8ZQah?si=zKbwTvR0RMSJHYZhA-M73Q
Let us know what you think and have a lovely weekend everyone!
06/03/2024
This game takes me back to my days on the tills at Sainsbury's in my youth!
Surprisingly relaxing, although in Supermarket Simulator I no longer have to push trolleys around the car park at the end of the shift, and I also now get to stack the shelves and order stock, so it feels like I've really moved up in the world.
However, unfortunately the game doesn't pay me the amazing £3.20 per hour that Sainsbury's paid me in my youth, so I guess it's swings and roundabouts.
If you enjoy games that should be mind-numbingly tedious but are actually really quite fun and addictive I can heartily recommend it on the PC.
As orange-faced legend Dale Winton used to say, next time you're in the supermarket and you hear the beep, think of the fun you could be having on Supermarket Simulator. Or something like that.
04/03/2024
Getting excited about this!
04/03/2024
I know some of you will have struggled to sleep since hearing the news on our latest podcast that my PC had died again.
I can now exclusively announce that it was fixed again late last week. Before I killed it again by putting some more RAM in.
But don't fear, dear readers because I personally fixed it all over again, using all of my technical expertise and persistence (I pushed the RAM in a little bit harder).
In summary, it was working then died. Then got repaired. Then died. Then got repaired. Then I killed it. Then I fixed it again.
It's been a journey. It's been emotional. It's been life changing.
So to celebrate I've been pushing my repaired PC to its very limits - by playing a game called Supermarket Simulator...
29/02/2024
You never forget the excitement of getting your first gaming system 🤣
27/02/2024
Leave Naughty Dog alone 😭
The Sony layoffs are affecting a number of PlayStation studios, including Insomniac and Naughty Dog, two developers who recently saw massive success with Marvel's Spider-Man 1 and 2 and The Last of Us series. Link in the comments for more.
26/02/2024
Anyone played this recently? Rapidly becoming one of my favourite games of all time. It's a bit weird, obvs, but really enjoying it 🔦🪫
24/02/2024
For those fascinated by the progress of my PC, I can today exclusively reveal that...
..it's dead again.
Or rather, it's technically alive but crashes every few minutes and refuses to recognise my secondary HDD, SO IT MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD 😭😭
23/02/2024
The PSVR2 is one year old as of yesterday and I think this looks like my kind of game! One to look forward to!
Relax into endless creativity – classic city building reimagined for VR, with a cozy colourful twist…Uniting over a year of critical acclaim and delightful u...
14/02/2024
It's all soooooooo UNFAIR!
13/02/2024
Especially when you're playing Until Dawn or Man Of Medan...
A relaxed monthly check-in to talk about and pretty much anything else that comes to mind!
10/02/2024
Exciting news for the weekend. My PC is now fixed 🎉
08/02/2024
Like we said in the podcast, we think this looks really good - even if we aren't convinced by the name 🤣
05/02/2024
Must get my money's worth...
05/02/2024
🚨Brand new episode🚨
Find out why we say " jog on January" plus our highlights from the recent Developer_Direct and State of Play streams and all the games we're looking forward to playing in 2024.
If you like the episode please leave a review and like this page for more gaming fun!
Check out Episode 3 - What's in store for '24 from Aches and Games on Amazon Music.
We're back for another brand-new episode and with James' fancy new mic (yep, pretty jealous tbf). With both Xbox & PlayStation having shown us what they have coming in 2024, we react to their Developer_Direct and recent State of Play events. Plus the usual catch ups on what we've been doing and p...
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Do you enjoy two guys chatting about life and gaming and regularly going off on tangents about all kinds of weird stuff? Well give the Aches and Games podcast a listen anyway. This month we talk about #length #easter #hogwartslegacy and #RatchetandClank among many, many other things! Let us know your views on game length on our page and listen to the whole podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tItvwGEtvUSYWGPIBnnrZ?si=QsUgIn8vQFaMCDfsoNcuhw
Morning all, and welcome to another highly-polished episode of our monthly Aches & Games podcast! This time around Giles fluffs the intro so badly that we had to cut it out and start again. Always a promising start to proceedings 👍 If you fancy seeing quite how impressively he stumbled we'll share the footage if we get to the heady heights of 10 reactions! This month we talk about loads of things, including general life stuff, but also lots about what we've been playing this month, what's coming soon, some gaming stuff in the news recently and a whole debate about length.... Is longer always better? What's your ideal length? Let us know in the comments 🤔 Link to the full episode is in the comments so have a listen. It'll blow your mind 🤯 Oh, and of course, #RatchetandClank
Always fancied running my own nightclub when I was younger! Now I can with #discosimulator on Steam 💃🕺 Actually really good fun and brings back some great memories of making shapes in our local nightclubs back in the day. I've still got it, by the way 😎 Although only when my back, shoulder and Achilles allows it 👴🏻🤦🏻♂️
We talked a lot about remakes and remasters on our last podcast having been playing a lot of Alan Wake on the PS5 at the time. Let us know your thoughts and favourites!
Took a little longer than expected, not least because I was over half way through the game before I realised how to change weapon (🤬), but it's all over now. Really good game! #riftapart #RatchetandClank
A few highlights from our last podcast if you still haven't had a chance for a listen yet. If you enjoy the highlights have a listen to the whole 1hr episode on your usual podcast provider - just search for Aches & Games. Obvs.
With the weekend finally here again, here's some 'highlights' of our March podcast! If you have a spare hour to kill over the weekend, and haven't listened yet you can do so here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3hw9YyR0xFtT8sWWP8ZQah?si=zKbwTvR0RMSJHYZhA-M73Q Let us know what you think and have a lovely weekend everyone!
I used to love my Spectrum +3, mainly because you could load games with a disk, rather than waiting for all the lines and the screeching! However, I still spent a lot of my evenings willing tape games to load and being gutted when they failed 5 minutes into the loading sequence! #vintagegaming #zxspectrum #gamingvideos
This game takes me back to my days on the tills at Sainsbury's in my youth! Surprisingly relaxing, although in Supermarket Simulator I no longer have to push trolleys around the car park at the end of the shift, and I also now get to stack the shelves and order stock, so it feels like I've really moved up in the world. However, unfortunately the game doesn't pay me the amazing £3.20 per hour that Sainsbury's paid me in my youth, so I guess it's swings and roundabouts. If you enjoy games that should be mind-numbingly tedious but are actually really quite fun and addictive I can heartily recommend it on the PC. As orange-faced legend Dale Winton used to say, next time you're in the supermarket and you hear the beep, think of the fun you could be having on Supermarket Simulator. Or something like that.
Another excellent PS5 remake, even if it is a bit gory!
Have a closer look at your #ps5 controller 🧐🤯
