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Welcome to Episode 240 We talk about our favorite criminal shows including Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and El Camino. Zaber also recommends Sons of Anarchy Zaber talks about Rocket League, a football like game featuring cars and rockets, Also featuring a not often seen split screen mode, It was a favorite in the Zabermoul house, but an update require each player to have a profile and no guest accounts has caused some consternation. Zaber has also been playing Star Wars Jedi Survivor, last years sequel to Fallen order, an third person action adventure game that he started to scratch the surface of and will return to on a future podcast Ram has been eating people and smacking fish in Maneater, playing as a Shark on a revenge quest for her mother. Simple fun thrashing and killing fish, alligators, other sharks and people. As well as avoiding hunters, its a very simple and ok game but is quite fun. We also learn Danish with Zaber, as well an alternative version of his name, Ram loses what little street cred he

Welcome to Episode 239 Zaber is unfortunately away today, so we once again welcome back Skazz After our normal rambling, we kick off talking about the sad news of the death of Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and character designer of Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest. Skazz gives a brief talk about the various Dragon Ball series and his opinions on it. Related to above Skazz has also been playing Dragon Ball Z: Kakarov. A RPG that follows the Dragon Ball Z series story line with an interesting upgrade mechanic and how he feels its a game built for the the hard core Dragon Ball fans. Ram has been manipulating the stock market and doing some dodgy deals in The Invisible Hand. A first person game where you are a stockbroker trying to make huge amounts of money with careful trades and perhaps some dodgy dealings, as well as owning property and getting rapidly promoted. We also discuss the stresses of married life, Avoiding the government heavy’s, making people feel old, using Tesla chargers to

Welcome to episode 238 We have problems saying the name of our first game, Tiny Tina’s Wounderlands. A spin off of Borderlands themed around a tabletop RPG board game. It has great voice acting and humour. Still with the Borderland staples of randomised weapons and being very silly, but now featuring an overworld. We also talk about the main Borderlands series, the back story and its up and downs of the series. Ram revisits a previous discussed game, Kerbal Space Program, a fantastic space sim about building rockets and launching them into space to complete missions and heading to other planets. Plus Ram fumbles explaining orbital mechanics to Zaber We also plan our Stargate sg1 reboot, discuss the joy of potatoes and pasta, talk about how to cope with falling asleep in podcasts and sleep editing Notes Be the best at Bunkers and Badasses with Tiny Tina’s Wounderlands A touching memorial from Gearbox delivered by Claptrap Try and get into space with exploding in Kerbal Space Program

Welcome to episode 237 We kick off with discussing Valentine's Day, traditionally a day for spoiling the ladies, and we find out Denmark has a special day to follow up for the guys. it doesn’t quite have the same romantic name, we also find out Zaber would not skip games night for love. Ram gives us a little bit of background on the concept of prepper’s, people getting prepared for the worst case scenarios but stocking up on supplies and building bunkers. This brings onto what he’s been playing in Mr Prepper. You have to build a bunker, scavenge or trade supplies and maintain a facade for the oppressive government agents. All to get to the end goal of escaping from the country. The game has been generally well received and has some neat ideas, but Ram feels it lets itself down with a grinding slog to get what you need and not being partially hard. Zaber has been playing a horror game called Little Nightmares, playing as a small girl trying to navigate through puzzle’s with stealth to escape a nightmarish

Welcome to episode 236 Zabermoul has been rocking out to some concerts going to see US band Periphery with support from Crooked Royals. He followed it up with a trip to see a band he missed at Copenhagen, Architects, with support from Loathe and Spirit Box. Not only talking about the band, but Zaber give some thoughts on the sound design. Ram has been giving out quotes and then ghosting people, as well as drinking lots of tea in Builder Simulator, a game where you get to design, construct and decorate a house. Fun mechanic with a few annoyances, as well as an completely hateful character. We also have a brief discussion on the various TV shows we enjoy, including Chernobyl, Silo, Stargate, Farscape, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Westworld, Person of Interest, The Peripheral, The Expanse, Picard, Lower Decks We also discuss Danish Train issues, Svaneke beer and historical corrections Notes Zaber favorite beer Svaneke US prog rock band Periphery A New Zealand band Crooked Royals One of Zaber favorite bands

Welcome to episode 235, broadcast from a chilly UK and Denmark. We discuss Zaber musical talents and his playing history. And we get a share of music theory from him and his band role preferences. We also learn how modern technology is helping band performance. Zaber has been walking the virtual greens in both Golf It! We discuss trying out the VR mode as well as another VR golf game Walkabout Mini Golf. We then talk about IRL golfing and clubs in both the UK and Denmark. Ram has been playing formal Skyrim mod remade as a stand alone game with The Forgotten City. Finding yourself stuck in a time loop and transported back to an ancient Roman city, you're soon tasked with stopping someone killing everyone by breaking 'The Golden Rule' We also discuss classism in the UK, completely misunderstand golf handicaps and rude people Notes Are bass players unfairly maligned? Zaber presents Mr Bungle as evidence for the defense A good walk ruined with Golf IT! A good virtual walk ruined with Walkabout Mini Go

Welcome to episode 234 In our first episode of 2024, TheSuffolkRam and Zabermoul welcome in the new year by discussing the differences between how the Brits and Danes celebrate Christmas and New Year, as well as some other celebrations involving fireworks. Zaber has been playing the latest game in the Yakuza series, Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man who Erased his name. The plot is set side by side with Yakuza: Like A Dragon, and involves Kazuma Kiryu who supposedly 'died' in a previous game. Zaber talks about his love for the series and the mechanics of this game Ram has been playing a remake of a classic game he missed the first time around with the remake of System Shock. He discuss old school game mechanics and some of the neat details which keeps the game faithful to the original. We also discuss signings song you don't know the words too, methods of execution, crossing borders in Europe, Sweeteners, KFC crap drinks, BOGOF offers, Burgers Notes: A traditional Scottish song sung on New Year Eve,

Welcome to episode 233 Skazz joins once again for our Christmas podcast, to discuss a couple of games as well as our game of the year. Skazz has been playing the original half-life, recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, Valve has patched the game to now have support for the steam deck. Skazz has never been a massive fan, but has gone back and really enjoyed the game on Steam Deck. Ram has been watching people as an AI in Observation. Set on a space station he as an AI has to help his human crew figure out what happened and how to get home We then move onto our Game of the Year, Skazz picks For The King, and Ram picking Ghostwire: Tokyo We also discuss Fallout games and what we did and didn’t like Notes: The original and great, plus still be being patched Half Life Help the crew as an AI in Observation Skazz’s Game of the Year For The King Rams Game of the Year Ghostwire Tokyo You can Join us for our next episode on Thursday 4th January 2024 18:30 GMT On Youtube Twitch Also check out our next game nigh

Welcome to episode 232 Zaber is unwell with ‘The Rona’, so we have a special guest: Skazz is back! Skazz talks about what he’s been up to whilst he's been away, discussing his exploit with FGPA’s (Field Gate Programmable Array) emulation. A hardware device that can be used to emulate games instead of software for a more realistic feel. He talks about a couple of devices using it, specifically looking at; the analog pocket and Mister FGPA. Ram has been playing one of his favourite games from the early 2000s with Thief: Deadly Shadows. A game so good he's completed numerous times. He talks about making it work on modern systems with the Sneaky Upgrade mod, including some of its other cool features. As well as the story and mechices and comparing it to more modern games. we also discuss the classic console, the Neo Geo Pocket and the game Biomotor Unitron Notes: Hardware emulation using FGPA A device that uses them, the Analog Pocket An altitive with the Mister FGPA A short lived classic hand held the

Welcome to episode 231 We kick off in Rand(Nerds); tradition of going off on a tangent with Ram having a rant about metric vs imperial measuring systems and how the UK half-arsed it. Ram also talks about the joys of a full fibre connection. We get to hear a more sexy sounding danish man as Zaber has purchased a new mic, a shure SM7B with will make you ears enjoy this podcast even more. Ram then talks about throwing concrete in peoples faces and dealing with strange objects in the game Control from remedy, great fun with only a few minor quibbles. But made up with plenty of floating and flinging action. He also talks about the SCP Foundation which must have inspired the game.We also talk about streaming games with the Nvidia Shield and Valve Steam Link Notes: You too can sound as good as Zabermoul with a Shure SM7B A great site for creative writing with the SCP Foundation A excellent game inspired from the above in Control Nvidia’s game streaming device the Nvidia Shield And Valves service for streaming from

Welcome to episode 230 In this episode we welcome Zabermoul talks about his time at Copenhell, a metal music festival held annually in Denmark, He talks about the bands he saw, getting pissed, and the problems of being an early riser.As well as the costs He also recently took his daughter to see the Five Nights at Freddy's film. After a brief talk about the film and its (lacking) gory content, We discuss what things scare us in both film and games, and the types of horror we like/dislike. This leads us to ram talking about Penumbra Overture, Frictional Games first game. He talks about seeing the many mechanics they would use in future series like Amnesia and Soma, as well as those that would get removed later on for good reasons. We have a brief talk about The Witcher TV series, and Henry Cavell departure, and how this gives Ram hope for the upcoming Warhammer 40k TV Series. Zaber also talk about his love of watching Battle Bots Notes: Perhaps the best music festival in the world: Copenhell Plus chec

Welcome to episode 229 apologies for the audio in the episode, with our new host joining us we’re having to iron out a few issues In this episode we welcome Zabermoul to the podcast, hes guested as couple of times in the past and now back as a regular host. We kick off with Zaber discussing Portal 2, a game which somehow he amazingly hasn’t ever played before. We talk about the gameplay and humour of the game. Ram talks about a game he should love called Darkwood, but has had a few issues bouncing off of. It's a top down, survival horror game with some great atmosphere and interesting story. We also talk about For the King, a game we’re now playing for games night, a board game like rpg about defeating evil in a fantasy land. We also discuss grinding in games, the new Five Night and Freddy's film and a brief discussion on our recent 24-hour stream Notes: One of the best puzzle games ever made with Portal 2https://www.thinkwithportals.com/ Interesting concept and unique style for a horror game with Darkw

Welcome to episode 228 You’ll have noticed that Skazz is not with us for this podcast. Unfortunately life has got in the way and Skazz has had to (hopefully) temporarily step away from the podcast. We still have plan to continual, which will be discuss more at the end In this episode, Ram has a recap of our 24 hour live stream and discusses the games we played including Escape First Alchemist, Gang Beasts, Armello, Fall Guys, Human Fall Flat, Hunt Showdown and Portal 2. With a little overview of each, and what he thought of them. He also discusses the tv series Salvation from a few years ago, its about an asteroid that's on its way to collide with earth and how they try to stop it, unfortunately the other part of the plot interferes with the central premise and makes it somewhat a disappointment. Finally, a brief talk about the future of the podcast, plan and possible changed coming ahead Notes: Short single or co-op puzzle game in Escape First Alchemist Super fun multiplayer fighting game with Gand Beas

Welcome to episode 227 We discuss Google vs Apple with regards to keeping phones up to date and stopping support and security updates. We also discuss why and when we upgrade our devices. We have a brief discussion on how bad we are at Hunt: Showdown and the many missed opportunities due to panic aiming we also discuss our upcoming 24 livestream, ram going mad over game engines graphics, And his bout of madness when fighting spiders in games, and the simple trick to make anything cute. Notes: When will your device loose support? Check out here How does the human eye compare to a camera? Some info here Hunt and miss shots at other players in Hunt: Showdown Never be an early adopter, as Ram found out with PhysX card Take revenge on spiders in Kill it with Fire Using a shotgun to take out insects with the Bug -A-Salt You can Join us for our next Livesteam on Saturday 7th Octorber 2023 21:30 GMT+1, and also join us for our 24hour live strem on the 30th September starting around 8am GMT+1 On YoutubeTwitch Also c

Welcome to episode 226 Skazz is back on the road with his bike after many years of non-riding, we discuss some old planned road trips and possibly of going on one next year. Ram has been causing space based carnage in meeple stations, A game similar to rimworld but with some big drawbacks, and differently not a version 1 game. We learn how many stations Ram has doomed to a horrific death via mis-managment, including lack of plumbing, sentient poos and misplaced ladders Skazz has also finished Ghostwire: Tokyo, played on the steam deck he discuss his thought on the game and gives some similar feed back to what Ram described. Notes: Have your own toilet disaster in Meeple Station Skazz has finishedGhostwire: Tokyo You can Join us for our next Livesteam on Saturday 23rd September 2023 21:30 GMT+1 On Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/randnerds Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/randnerds Also check out our next game night on Wednesday 27th September at approx 20:30+1 GMT on Twitch: Skazz: https://www.twitch.tv/sk4z

Welcome to episode 225 Sorry for any audio issues in this episode, a mysterious hum from realms unknown upset the recording and Skazz had some fun removing it. Ram is back, and with Skazz having life getting in the way, he save us all by taking the stage to talk about an TTRPG he’s just picked up - Call of Cthulhu. He goes over the rules in depth, comparing it to D&D 5e and the strengths and weaknesses of both systems. Including character creation, combat, skill and how more RP heavy this game is. We also have a brief discussion on RPG podcasts Notes: Drive your friend mad a the table with Call of Cthulhu An actual play Call of Cthulhu podcast with some fine British gents And a likewise D&D podcast with some excitable Americians Fancy getting into CoC? well here are the quick start rules A mini adventure for you to try solo And the character sheet you’ll need You can Join us for our next Livesteam on Saturday 9th September 2023 21:30 GMT+1 On Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/randnerds Twitch: htt

Welcome to episode 224 Ram has had a family emergency and was unable to attend, so Skazz is flying solo. Skazz talk’s about the porting of games and how techniques are used to make lower res game look better and how they don’t always work. As well as how hardware plays into the situation and the lack of VRAM on PC graphic cards causing issues The first game he uses as an example is AKIBA’S TRIP: Hellbound & Debriefed, a PSP game that is poorly optimised. As a comparison, AKIBA’S TRIP: undead and undressed despite being a Vita game play much better Notes: A PSP game ported to switch, AKIBA'S TRIP: Hellbound & Debriefed A switch game ported properly, AKIBA’S TRIP: undead and undressed You can Join us for our next Livesteam on Saturday 26th August 2023 21:30 GMT+1 On YoutubeTwitch Also check out our next game night on Wednesday 16th August at approx 20:30+1 GMT on Twitch: SkazzTheSuffolkRam

Welcome to episode 223 Ram has been saving spirits in Ghostrie Tokyo, we talk about the mechanics of the game, what makes side quotes interesting. Ram also shows his lack of knowledge of Japan and discusses the game world and Japanese folk law. We also talk about the free update -’The Spiders Thread’ Skazz give an internet update, and talk about the joys of networking, We also discuss Ram finding a mysterious mouse and the origin of church pews Notes: Save ghost and talk to dogs in Ghostwire Tokyo You can Join us for our next Livesteam on Saturday 12th Auguest 2023 21:30 GMT+1 On YoutubeTwitch Also check out our next game night on Wednesday 16th May at approx 20:30+1 GMT on Twitch: SkazzTheSuffolkRam

Welcome to episode 222 We talk about our university days and some of the horrible testing systems they used and poor experiences we had while there. Plus our legacy spreadsheets We talk about how much modern web design is crap and is all about style of substance. We also talk about the changes to Reddit API We also discuss TukTuk repair and how pilot know when they have fat passengers on board, Japan cyber security minister Eventually we get to discussing games, with Skazz talking about Alan Wake, a game that Ram hates. Notes: Formula one pit crew have nothing on these guyshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnU0359kfyc What to do if you going to crash into a mountain, the terrain escape manoeuvre Nice to see Comp Sci being taught in schools Know nothing about computers? you’d be perfect as Japan’s Cyber Security Minster A Brief history of the Reddit API controversy Ram hates, Skazz likes, what side do you fall on? Alan Wake You can Join us for our next Livesteam on Saturday 29th July 2023 21:30 GMT+1 On Y

Welcome to episode 221 We update our internet woes, Skazz is still suffering but Ram internet is back up and running after a visit from internet royalty. A discussion of warhammer leads to a look at the new US laser weapons systems. We discuss the recent submarine issue and apply our “expert knowledge” to the event and talk about other incidents around it. We finally get talking about games. Ram has been playing factory sim ‘Shapez’ like other factory games. It involves mining and making ‘shapes’ to unlock upgrades and progress. A simplified but very enjoyable game We also discuss darts handicap and his various other spots issues Notes: The newly developed US laser weaponhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfPcl6nAlM4 Scott Mainey talks about the sub and dangers vs space travel Kyle Hill’s talk about the sub failure The study on carbon fiber mention in Kyle's video The Dangers of Delta P The Triste, the first sub to get to the deepest part of the ocean. The reverse accident on the Byford Dolphin Yes, the R