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Welcome to episode 62, this month coming through the miracle of restream In this episode Middlemeister has unfortunately gone ill so its back down to Skazz and TheSuffolkRam to keep things in order. Ram has been chatting to a lonely 1980s AI in Event[0] in order to get home to earth. A enjoyable but very short expensive game so hes not got alot to say. Skazz has been playing a game with school kids who turn into weapons on a deserted island (yes it is Japanese) in its got lot s of story, hit lot of people and good looking graphics but lot of typos in Valkyrie drive. Skazz has been watching ‘The Finder’ a spin off from the highly scientific and realistic forensics series Bones. it features a man who find ‘things’. In other news we reveal that getting middlemeister onto the podcast and getting rid of weird news has causes us to be kicked off our network, but don’t fear, we setting something else up for the futrue. Also how you can come speak to us on Discord. We discuss the Humble Bundle monthly subscription, t

Welcome to episode 61 Sorry in advance for keyboard noise and fan hum, we had a laptop a bit close to the recording mic. In this episode, TheSuffolkRam has been paying a combination of two of his favorites series, Total War and Warhammer in the very originally tiled game Total War: Warhammer. A game witch combines turn based and real time strategy. He talks about the Warhammer backstory and world, explains why Skaven are the best army and why Bretonnians are not, the lack of halflings. He also discuss the pain of bad interfaces, his version of diplomacy and the joys of steam rolling across a map. Middlemeister has been playing the game he gushed about last month with Persona 5. He talks about the combination of school life and deamon dungeon fighting, eating burgers, looking after flowers and fighting PE teachers. Ram has broken out the ancient technology called a DVD boxed set and has been watching an old J.J. Abrams series called Alias. A early 2000s spy drama that holds up still pretty well and which rejig

Welcome to episode 60 In this feature packed podcast we kick off with Middlemeister playing his new PS4 pro, he tells us about the new optimization features and increase performance from the system. We also discuss the morale’s of updating consoles and the current state of VR. TheSuffolkRam has been showing his slum landlord way with Project Highrise, he tells us tales on rubbish overflows, lack of lifts and OCD design. Middlemeister has been catching up to the spin off show from the x-men legion featuring a spoiler you can guess from watching one x-men film, and a woman who can switch places with other people Skazz has been watching one of his favorite series in Steins;gate which has recently release a dubbed version of a film that came out in 2013. A time travel anime with an incredibility confusing plot. Middlemeister talks about the long awaited Persona 5 where you both play as a school kid who at night battles supernatural enemies. Notes: Increase power with the PS4 Pro Reach to the sky’s with Project Hi

Welcome to episode 59 Skazz has been playing Souls style game Nioh playing an starring a chilled waxed Irish/English/welsh bloke in japan, it follows the souls formula of being very difficult but very fun. TheSuffolkRam has been scratching his far cry itch in the latest game Far Cry: Primal. Featuring psychic owls dive bombing and remote controlling saber tooth tigers. Skazz has also been playing the most recent Legend of Zelda: breath of the wild. He has a rant about the changs made to the game for the release of Nintendo Switch. Otherwise am enjoyable game. Middlemeister has been returning to fallout 4 and talks about playing a couple of the DLC with Nuka world and Far Harbor. Nuka world featuring becoming leader of all the raider in a theme park and Far Harbor. Skazz has finally got round to completing a game he started year ago with Army of Two: Devils Cartel and the joy of trying to record a let play and couch co-op. Middlemeister has been watching the new to Netflix series 12 Monkeys not unfortunately f

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 58 In this Episode we are joined by special guest Middlemister Both TheSuffolkRam and Skazz have been playing the sand fulled game Spec Ops: The Line and discuss bad cover mechanics, bad team AI and stories where you’re not the hero. TheSuffolkRam has been playing a game he’d complete forgot about with Walking Dead Season Three: A New Frontier. Hes talks about Clementine’s development, how Zombies are like bad weather, ambiguous dialog choices, and also how the game ties in to the bigger Walking Dead universe. Our guest has been playing the recently release Horizon Zero Dawn a game featuring mechanical dinosaurs set on future earth. We discuss post apocalyptic games and the joys of couch co-op. We’ve been watching a lot of tv program, Ram starts us off with The White Rabbit Project. Made by the same produced of Mythbusters featuring some of the previous cast. Ram find it very hard to describe, its a cross between history/science and entertainment show but has some v

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 57 TheSuffolkRam has been maiming and blowing up clones in Happy Room. He talks about how the game reminds him of an early DOS game called The Incredible Machine and how it only becomes fun when you hack it using cheat engine. Skazz has fully entered the world of Linux gaming, and we are able to discuss a game that set you in the world of GCHQ like operative with Orwell. With Ram trying to be sensible and careful with people lives, and Skazz doing his best to troll them. We look forward to the new Mechwarrior 5 coming out, we discuss the previous games in the series including being compared to dogs, the size of the mech in the trailer and dialog bring back memory and also the difference between Japanese and Western mech’s. We discuss how valve is dropping green light and replacing it with a new system where developers pay to release their games. And what this means for developers. We also briefly discuss the shitty Deus Ex: Mankind Divided DLC, how lady bird books h

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 56 Apologies for the phone noise in this episode, Skazz has been punished for not putting his phone in airplane mode This episode of Rand(Nerds)was saved thankfully to Internet Explore, which is not something we get to say much. Skazz is still playing vanilla World of Warcraft and has got himself addicted again to the crack of gaming. We discuss previous experiences with private servers including creating our own escort missions. Ram has been playing a game set in the future where corporations rule the planet, no not ‘continuum: the game’, but invisible Inc. He regales us with tales of hacking corporations, flying the world and sacrifices. We also learn about his callous disregards for unnamed NPC. Ram has been watching Person of Interest, the previous project of the creators of Westworld, A story about an all seeing machine working out which people are in peril and giving some vigilantes there social security number. Ram has issue getting into it but has grown to l

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 55 Skazz had been playing one of Ram’s favorite games, Deus Ex. Hes having a hard time getting into it so Ram tries to sell it to using a weird cake analogy and tales on how to abuse the game. Skazz has also been playing on private Vanilla World Of Warcraft servers,we talk about how nice the first version was ad Blizzard business practices. We also discuss other MMO’s out there including what Ram wants from an MMO We have a brief discussion into the TV series of Westworld, with some minor spoilers Ram has been experiencing the life of a American teenager girl with time travel powers in Life is Strange, He concluded that high school is horrible and talks about the weird way he plays these games. We discuss the end of the WiiU, the new Nintendo switch and where it will sit in the market and its cost, the loss of LAN gaming and how gaming is now more unsocial. Notes: The original and in our view the best of the series: Deus Ex: Game of the Year edition Facing return to

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 54 Skazz has been playing a 2d side scrolling beat em up Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds, that features dropping time machines on people and characters from other tv series. TheSuffolkRam has been channeling his inner bureaucrat by stamping passports and detaining people for money with Papers, Please. Skazz has been watching James May build lawnmowers and telephone with his last BBC series The Reassembler, we also discuss TV series presented by the other Top Gear presenters as well. Ram just finished watching the final series of Continuum,and small budget production featuring form fitting suite. Skazz has been looking forward to a new graphics card, the GTX 1050ti and discusses his hatred of scalpers We talk about the death of Carrie Fisher and the current morale implications of using CGI actors in films. We look back at the recently finished steam sales, the bargains we got, and how one of us spent a little bit more then the other. We also talk about what will happ

Sorry for the sound quality, we had heavy rain on the roof of our studio. Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 53, our 2016 Christmas special! now with added jingle bells! Ram has been playing in a monochrome world of Betrayer, featuring maidens in red and wind masking footsteps, while battling corrupted conquistadors and skeletons. Skazz talks about the physical release of Armello, the developers League of Geeks, and the stuff that was promised and not delivered. We also discuss the evilness of steam bundle deals and upcoming sales. Bard had been watching Lupin the third, the modern day series of a 1960s manga set in Italy, featuring a gentlemen thief. Finally we give out our annual game of the year awards. Notes: Monochrome worlds and evil conquistadors with Betrayer One of our favorite games from 2015 Armello, choose wisely where you buy it from A new series of a log ruining manga/anime with Lupin the Third Our games of the year: Skazz has been shooting girls, Bard has been investigating and Ram has

Sorry for the sound quality in this episode, we had heavy rain on roof of the studio. Welcome to episode 52, In this episode Bard a has returned from the grave, but is still his happy cheery politically correct self. TheSuffolkRam had been playing dishonored 2, a game where you don’t play as a 10 year old girl but can punch a lot of people,  it also causes Ram to lose the ability to form words. We discuss why we would buy Garrett from Thief 1-3 and Corvo a drink and the great voice artist Stephen Russell. Skazz has been messing around with the modern world of emulators, and discusses how far they’ve come in the intervening years. Ram is looking forward to the new Walking Dead game from telltale, and bard tries to explain JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure We also discuss how much we hate thief 4, robot dogs with shotguns opening doors, ‘accidentally’ killing kids in video games and anime theme hard drive analysis tools. Notes: Play the better thief game with Dishonored 2 Marvel like Skazz at the modern world of em

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 51 In this episode, after his visit to our studio last podcast, Kim has left us after drinking all the tea. TheSuffolkRam has been blocking roads for hours, trying to tip cars and suffering a patriotism overdose with Farming Simulator 17, which does not feature flying hay bales, but does have pigs who breed very quickly. We also reminisce about our antics in Euro Truck Simulator 2 and why its good that sims don’t have in game insurance. Rams also been watching a couple of TV series. First up is Westworld, a modern version of a film Skazz has never heard of, but feature two characters that could have been based on us. Next up is Top Gear…. I mean The Grand Tour, a back to form series for Clarkson, Hammond and May, bankrolled by Amazon. Which TheSuffolkRam almost had tickets for. We discuss the news that EVE has gone Free to Play, and other MMO’s that have not changed business model. We also do our best to avoid upsetting the EVE community Notes: Attack indestructible

Welcome to Episode 50 of the Rand(Nerds); podcast. TheSuffolkRam has been playing a game involving visual programming with SpaceChem. Skazz meanwhile has been reliving the glory days while hunched over due to short cables with the new NES Classic. We discuss how Lycos went crazy and started making wearable technology and how there site trolls people and Kim Jung Un makes a guest appearance Notes: Visualize programming and combine atoms with Spacechem If you’re lucky you may get one for Christmas, relive the good old days with the NES Classic Its amazing how few printers you would need to print Wikipedia, let XKCD explain Anything you think we should talk about? Weird news to blow Skazz’s mind with? Or just want to ask us a question? You can email us here. Follow us on twitter Like us on facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Join us on google+ Join our Steam Group Why not come join us on our next livesteam? See our YouTube channels for details Cheers TheSuffolkRam and Skazz

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 49 This podcast we’re back livestreaming, but we’re sans Bard. So back to the old times with just Skazz and TheSuffolkRam trying to hold it together and avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. Skazz has been learning to touch type with Z-type, a top down shooting that involves typing very fast correctly to destroy space ships by typing accurately. Ram has been accidentally killing fireman, building canteens to prevent riots and quickly building fences to prevent escapes with prison architect. Skazz also has been destroying his life and two fingers with Super Hexagon We discuss the now announced the shutting down of Vine, and the newest Nintendo console. Ram also has a brief re talk about SOMA and how the world will look, and what PC Gamer will do, if the internet disappeared. We talk about new methods of resuscitation, military land rovers, and one of our livestream viewers comes up with a new TV series staring Ram Notes: How well can you touch type? find out with ZType A

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 48 Video We start off with Skazz having a rant about multi-platform gaming, or the lack of it, including a brief slip into talking about Steam Machines. TheSuffolkRam’s been playing and being terrified in the thankfully none VR supported game SOMA, We have to beep out Bards attempt at a spoiler. Meanwhile, Bard’s been tuning nail guns into shotguns in the game Smash and Grab. TSR shows his difficulties with his next phone choice with the announcement of iPhone’s 7 lack of a headphone socket, during the discussion we find out Skazz is slightly obsessed with DAC’s, or Digital-to-Audio Converters to English speakers. Skazz also announces his upcoming relaunch and the return of the Podcast livestreams. Finally we flash back to Australia ban-heavy tactics to game, and also weird news featuring our favorite IgNobel Prizes. Notes: Get scared by machines with SOMA Go from nail-guns to crossbows to shotguns with Smash and Grab A phone without headphones: the iPhone 7 Anythin

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 47 We kick off this podcast with bard discussing the upcoming expansion to Armello, one of our favorite indie games from last year, he also talks about exceed and what he like about bullet hell shooters. TheSuffolkRam has been getting augmented with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and talks about how it impressed him so far, he also talks about the problems with lets playing Invisible War. Skazz decided not to talk about Gal*gun so Bard takes over instead and discuss shooting girls in the bottom in the tasteful Japanese on rails shooter. He then goes onto Resident Evil 4, a game he likes so much he uses up two camera worth of footage. Finally Ram talks about how he been watching what is his favorite Star Trek series, Deep Space Nine. Notes: One of our favorite indie games from last year – Armello TheSuffolkRam has been so far impressed with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Skazz’s game hes not talking about Gal*Gun A game so good Bard out talked two cameras, Resident Evil 4 Appare

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 46 We’re back, and this time with extra camera angles! Rams been riding a horse called Good Game and dealing with non-existent  voice acting in Kingdom Come Deliverance. Bard been channeling his inner Starship trooper with Earth Defense Force 4.1, fighting giant insects as an air raider, Skazz, whos also been playing the game reveals his hatred of wingdivers, but some bias may be involved. Ram has been experiencing Joy and Attacking pinata rats and hiding from clown faced Policman in We Happy Few. Bard has also been playing some bullet hell games from he developers CAVE, with Mushihimesama Futari and Deathsmiles. We talk about the death of Kenny baker, and what the USA has been searching for. Notes: Experience missing voice acting with the Kingdom Come Deliverance beta Learn to hate wing divers (according to Skazz) with Earth Defense Force 4.1 A so-so survival game with We Happy Few Lots of bullet hell games with Mushihimesama Futari and Deathsmiles from develo

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 45 Welcome to a special podcast. Last episode, Skazz set both Ram and Bard a challenge to pick their top 3 games of the late 90s and early 2000s. In this episode they present their choices to him for his approval and try to convince him why 1997-2004 was the greatest period in gaming. Notes: TheSuffolkRam’s 90s choices MechWarrior 3 (intro) Thief: The Dark Project (Intro) Half life (Intro) Bard’s 90s choices Discworld (intro) Dungeon Keeper 2 (intro) Diablo (intro) TheSuffolkRam’s early 2000 choices Operation Flashpoint (now know as ArmA: Cold War Assault) Rainbow Six: Raven Shield (intro) Deus Ex (Intro) Bard’s Early 2000 choices Baldurs Gate 2 (intro) Thief 2 (Intro) Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines (intro) Anything you think we should talk about? Weird news to blow Luke and Bard’s mind with? Or just want to ask us a question? You can email us here. Follow us on twitter Like us on facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Join us on goog

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 44 Video Once again we apologies for bad audio, Rams having issues with his Zoom H1, and also for Bard’s coughing. Bards been building lead lined beach ware and dealing with sharks with legs in order to plum the depths with Subnautica, he also very briefly mentions another game Deadbolt. Ram brings up a game hes never spoken about on the podcast before. He been having sunglasses fitted inside his hear with Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and in doing so reveals a game he should have been playing. Bard been taking punishment with season 2 of Daredevil, and reveals the surprising connection to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. speaking of TMNT, he also discusses the upcoming game from from one of his favorite developers. we also discuss how Ram wont be winning any spelling bee’s soon. Notes: Enter the world of radioactive resistant beach ware in Subnautica Both Bard and Skazz have never asked for Ram to talk about Deus Ex, but he did anyway Play Bard brief game Deadbolt Watch

Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 43, In this episode, TheSuffolkRam’s has been panic breaking after thinking he was going to crash into a sun, and has alsp died in the cold of space with Elite: Dangerous. He also revealed one of his weird fetishes related to Sci-Fi shows. In the mean time Bard has been getting drunk and fighting Bulls, and also tries to convince us that a small outline of bricks was in fact a taven, in the online game Life is Feudal. Skazz has been obsession over Phantasy Star Online 1 and 2, and also loving the tie in anime TV series, Even if the whole game is in Japanise. Ram has once finding the truth by watching and reviewing X-Files Season 10, which strangely allows him to also discuss one of his other favorite show Babylon 5. We also review the news of Peter Molyneux old haunt Lionhead Studios being shut down, what we think of the new VR headsets now available and the sad end of Mythbusters. Notes You too can die in the cold of space with Elite: Dangerous All you ever wanted