Rambling Nerds

In this week's episode of the podcast, the Nerds return with two great topics: Extremophiles and the Brown-Stigler incident. Extremophile is a term covering a fairly broad swath of creatures. All of them can thrive in conditions originally thought to be completely inhospitable, and all of them are really, really cool! You'll have to listen to Jonah's topic to find out more, though. The Brown-Stigler incident is an oddity among tales from the war, but certainly a welcome one. I now love Ye Olde Pub, and I'm a teetotaler!

In the 52nd episode of the Rambling Nerds podcast, Cirdan tells us about Team Fortress 2, a highly popular FPS from 2007. TF2 is a classic when it comes to team based shooters, but unfortunately, despite having a booming player base, it is currently in the roughest state is has ever been in thanks to an outdated anti-cheat, and an obscene amount of bots infesting lobbies. Later, Jonah teaches us about Antarctica, the southern-most point on the planet. Being one of the coldest and driest places on the Earth, Antarctica is an extremely interesting location, and there may just be more about it that you didn't know. After this episode, there will be no episode the week after, due to personal situations getting in the way of recording.

 Welcome back to another episode of Rambling Nerds! This week, our episode opens up with Jonah telling us about cattle. While most people just know cattle for being humanities source of beef (and most milk), there is actually quite a bit more to the animals.  This topic will go over everything, from their history and evolution, to the different types of cattle, and what each type is used for. Once we are done talking about cattle, Cirdan introduces us to Void Bastards, a survival roguelike shooter set in a nebula full of destroyed ships, in which stranded inmates must explore wreckages for precious salvage that will allow them to escape to safety.

Welcome to the 50th episode of Rambling Nerds! For this week, our episode opens with Cirdan telling us about SWAT 4, a realistic tactical shooter from 2005 that he believes offers one of the best tactical experiences around. When he is done with that, Jonah explains fertilizer, some of the history, uses and effects, and more! Trust us, there is a lot more behind fertilizer than one would think.

 Yes, this episode is a day late. Yes, this may be due to Cirdan being dumb. In this weeks episode, Jonah gives us a look at keyboards. We get to learn about their history, their future, the different types, and how they work. Cirdan is just amazed that analog keyboards exist. Later, Cirdan talks about his most played game on steam, PAYDAY 2, an intense, high-energy 4 player coop shooter about a gang of dangerous criminals going on a crime spree through Washington D.C.

LINKS THAT CIRDAN WANTS YOU TO CLICK

• Cloaker Scream (volume warning)
• Break the Rules
• Razormind
• Black Yellow Moebius

 This week on the Rambling Nerds, Cirdan continues his talk on Ori by diving into the sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, a sequel that improves on many aspects of Blind Forest, but still falls short in some places. Afterwards, Jonah tells us about the basics and the history of weather prediction, and how we humans have managed to pull it off, as well as a quick glimpse into what me might expect from it in the future.

Cirdan recommends listening to the following songs off the Ori soundtrack;

• Main Theme
• We Named her Ku
• Mora the Spider
• Kwolok's Malaise
• Ori, Embracing the Light <- The ending of this one (last like, minute or so) is really cool, and is a huge nostalgia hit for those who played through Blind Forest.

 In this week's episode of the Rambling Nerds podcast, Jonah takes a deep dive into the world of quantum computers, and all the potential pros and cons that come along with them, while Cirdan is just sad that he can't have one set up in his basement. Afterwards, Cirdan shows us one of his new favorite games, Ori and the Blind Forest, an emotional game about love and sacrifice.

The following are the songs Cirdan recommends listening to off the Ori soundtrack:

•     Light of Nibel
•     Restoring the Light, Facing the Dark
•     The Sacrifice
•     Escaping the Ruins
•     Inspiriting
•     Ori, Lost in the Storm

EXTRA SONG THAT CIRDAN FORGOT TO MENTION:

• The Spirit Tree

 After many months of no uploads, (due to irl stuff happening), we have finally returned, hopefully for good! In this weeks episode, Cirdan give us his opinions on the coop vs AI horde shooter "Deep Rock Galactic". Later, Jonah talks about faster than light travel, or superluminal travel, which was actually requested by a listener who emailed us! Cirdan would also like to apologize to any DRG players out there, as throughout the episode he referred to the enemies in the game as Chrysallids, when they are in fact called Glyphids. Sorry for any confusion caused by this error!

After an unintentional hiatus caused by multiple recording problems and a real-life situation, we're finally putting out the 45th episode. On May the 4th, no less! How nerdy is that? In this spectacular instalment of the podcast, Cirdan reviews the recent port of Republic Commando for PS4 and Switch, then Jonah talks about Alan Turing, the great mathematician, cryptologist, mathematical biologist, etc. You name it, there's a good chance this guy did it and did it well.

There are some pretty major differences between Superboss Games' first-person shooter and Amazon Echo routines, but covering the objective in explosives is absolutely a tactic people use in Intruder. It's an awesome game with great communication, tactical gameplay, and... holes in the roof of the bathroom? Learn about all that and more in Cirdan's topic. Jonah's topic is the final episode in his mini-series about the history of the various concert band instrument, and he thinks it was better than the previous 2 weeks of this topic. He goes over 5 different brass instruments this week: The french horn, trumpet, baritone, tuba, and trombone. We think it's quite fascinating, and we hope you do as well!