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Welcome to Episode 84

A Short episode this week as both Skazz and TheSuffolkRam have had  computer issues that has prevent much game playing this week. This  continual into our actual podcast itself.

We start by comparing various computer issue, Skazz has been having  fun with Linux, Firefox and Gnome shell. While Ram has been having  problems with Windows 10 decided it did not like USB ports.

We then get onto actually games, Ram has been trying to record a Lets  Play that failed, so he unleashed his inner retailer with Another Brick  in The Mall. Running an out of town mega stores whilst also creating  specialty shop stocking soda.

Skazz has also been playing Immortal Redneck livestrream and talks  about the built in twitch integration and fighting his way to tops of  pyramids with the gaming public trying to trolls him.

We learn Skazz method of controlling children by withholding games and how they are bypassing them.

Following on from our last month discussion on Red Dwarf, Ram has  been catching up with the latest series, and gives his verdict, are they  still funny?

Notes:

Become a retailer with Another Brick in the Mall

Be trolled by other players with Immortal Redneck

Catch up with the latest Red Dwarf on Dave

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Welcome to Episode 83

Middlemeister returns for a guest appearance in his cardigan!  TheSuffolkRam kicks us off talking about Delta Force Land Warrior, a  game from the ancient year of 2000 that is not very good and makes us  feel old. but does help us have nostalgia over old game mechanics. We  also find out Ram’s early mission creation days.

Middlemeister has been playing recently released switch version of  an indie game called Owlboy. A Metroidvania style game with great story,  art and music. Following the life of useless owlboy Otis and his fight  against pirates.

Skazz has been technical issues with his PS4 preventing from him  playing the game he would like, he talks about his steps to fix his  PlayStation. But his problems lead him to using an old laptop and  installing SteamOS. We talk about the good and bad of the OS and some  ways around a few of its issues.

Ram has also been playing through Abzu, a game mainly about swimming  that very pretty and ideal when you’re either drunk or tired. He talks  about swimming with whales and problematic controls.

We then move onto a TV series with TheSuffolkRam shocking Skazz by  watching the subtitled anime Attack On Titan.  Set in a world where  humans are have been driving to living behind giant walls to avoid being  eaten by Titans.

Middlemeister has been watching a better Star Trek show the Star  Trek: Discovery with The Orville. Seemingly a comedy it soon moves into  more Drama territory with later episodes.

We also have a user submitted topic with discussing Red Dwarf turning  30 years old recently. We talk about the up and downs of the various  series and some of our favourite moments.

We then move onto the news with the revamped wishlist on Steam, we  also talk about other game services such as the dreaded Games for  Windows Live

We also discuss the big news of sugar reduction in Irn Bru.

Notes:

An ancient tactical shooter that had vast maps: Delta Force Land Warrior

Help redeem a useless in Owlboy in…. Owlboy

Steam on a box with SteamOS

Swim with the fishes in Abzu

A neat and strange Anime series with Attack On Titan

An alternative to Star Trek Discover with The Orville

30 year old but still good with Red Dwarf

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Welcome to Episode 82

Skazz kicks us off by talking about Monster Hunter: World, He talks  about the simplified mechanics and his dislike of them, but also how the  map system has improved. And also team combat.

TheSuffolkRam has been fighting to not be eaten in Tooth and Tail, An  RTS game designed to be played with a controller. He talks about the  unique mechanics and method of playing the game, plus the dark backstory  of the world.

Skazz and TheSuffolkRam have both been getting back into Pen and  Paper RPGs, They have a look through what in the Dungeons and Dragons  Starter Set as well as the Player Handbook, and Skazz talks about other  systems with White Box and Basic Fantasy. We talk about the  advantages and disadvantages of pen and paper over computer games.

We also spend some time discussing Morrowind

Notes:

The beautiful music of dear leader with the North Korea Satellite! 

Want to try a Monster Hunter game, Monster Hunter: World might be the place to start

Fight for your life and food in Tooth and Tail

Get back into D&D with the Starter Set, or for a more old fashion version try White Box and Basic Fantasy

Just to compare the different editions, here is the D&D 3rd Edition Character Sheet vs the 5th Edition

Want your Postman to think weird things about you? Purchase Senran Kergra this and it arrive in clear cellophane

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Welcome to Episode 81

Apologies in advance for the quality of the Audio, something was making an annoying background hum that we could not figure out.

We kick off with TheSuffolkRam discussing his experiences with the  Steam Link and Steam Controller, setting it up and trying games with it.  He also talks about problems with different resolutions and firewalls.

Ram has also been playing Life is Strange: Before the Storm, the  prequel to the first game (there will be SPOILER for the first game). he  discusses the development of the main character Chloe Price and the  “Backchat” system replacing the previous games time manipulation powers.

We look at the recent announcement of the Nintendo Labo cardboard  accessories for the switch. We talk about the target market and our  thoughts on its value for money.

We discuss Skazz streaming trials and his “problem” with PC’s. We  talk about problems with threat progression in tv/game series and how tv  series deal with it using Dragon BallZ, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and  Breaking Bad as examples

Notes:

Playing PC games on your TV with the steam link and controller

Explore Chloe Prices backstory from Life is Strange, with the prequel Before the Storm

combine the magical combination of cardboard with a Nintendo switch! introducing Labo

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Welcome to Episode 80 and a Happy new year!

TheSufoflkRam kicks off with some spoilers for the previous  dishonoured game by talking about Dishonoured: Death of the Outsider, We  talk about the special power of the main character including stealing  peoples faces and talking to rats. as well the joyful loss of the chaos  system.

Skazz has been playing previously discussed game The Long Dark, he’s  not found it quite as challenging as when Ram played it but is looking  forward to trying it at a hard difficulty.

We compare our hauls from the recent steam sale, Skazz has been  reserved this time by only buying 80 games compared to Ram’s pathetic  haul of 24.

We then talk about the big news of the recent Intel hardware hack  that been found with Spector and Meltdown. We badly describe how the  attack works and what this means for the average user. Plus how people  should be concerned about the Internet of Things.

We then look at our game of the year, we have a couple choices each.  one from this 2017, and one we played for the first time in 2017. Skazz  picks Splatoon 2, Dragonball Xenoverse 2 and Spec Ops The Line. Ram goes  for Orwell and Prey.

We finish off with Skazz giving us the low down on his new rig

Notes:

Speak to chatty rats in Dishonoured: Death of the Outsider

Scared of wolves? Skazz isn’t in The Long Dark

Ram takes a look at the recent Steam Awards

Want to know how about the hack for Intel CPU’s. here are the papers for Spector and Meltdown

Out games of the year:

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Welcome to a festive episode 79

Ram kicks us off talking about Her Story, trying to find out the  story of a murdered man by watching interview tapes and searching  databases.

Skazz talk about his latest toy, the Sen-Pi. a retro gaming emulation  box based on Lakka Linux. He tell us about how he broke it in just a  few minutes and problems he has setting up hardware.

Ram then talk about another communist dystopian world with Beholder,  like paper please it involves deciding people fates and enforcing  Draconian government rules and regulations. Plus you can send your  children to a gulag.

Ram then talks about the return of The Grand Tour, how the series has  improved and the changes from the last series. We then move into a talk  about streaming services and weird editing in iTunes.

Plus we find out the ‘result’ of Skazz’s Splatfest! And we get Ram’s Rant on sports on TV.

Notes:

Find the truth about a missing man in Her Story

Want a retro console, but scared of the Raspberry Pi? Try the Sen Pi

Spy on your neighbours, send them to gulag’s in Beholder

The boys are back in The Grand Tour season 2

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Welcome to episode 78

We start with Skazz talking about the latest (i.e. ongoing during the  broadcast) talking about the latest splatfest, this time with the  question of Book or Movies. This leads onto a discussion of the merits  of books over films and into a big discussion of the hobbit and Lord of  Rings adaptions of Terry Pratchett book.

Ram has been feeling the pressure with underwater java based survival  sim with Farsky. He tell story of drilling for iron, fighting sharks,  looting his own corpse, magic food, losing submarines and turning into  Andrew Ryan.

Skazz returns back to Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds Overdrive which  has just been released on the Switch. A side scrolling beat the up game  where you can drop time machines on people. This leads into a discussion  on the bad design of the Nintendo Pro Pad

We then move onto the news that Valve are going to be dropping  Bitcoin as a form of payment on Steam. We talk about the future of the  online currency and if we think it will last.

Notes:

The frequently mentioned Splatoon

Create your own Rapture with Farsky

A cheap good Switch game with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Overdrive

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Welcome to episode 77

Straight from the streets of Lowestoft, Middlemeiseter has returned!

Skazz kicks us off talking about  Skyrim on the Nintendo switch, and we can revel it is still broken! We  talk about the ports and improvements in the quality since the technical  problems of the original release, We discuss archers and our tactics in  Oblivion/Skyrim, scaling cliffs, creepy child adoption practises,   determined NPC’s  and dealing with vampirisim.

He then moves onto Mario Odyssey and  its problematic motion controls, hes talks about the game design issues  and the new hat mechanic. We also talk about the Splatfests and how we  deal with the decisions of which side to take via science

TheSuffolkRam has been make good use  of his hand by playing Hacknet, another hacking simulation game. He talk  about how the game nicely simulates using a terminal and creating the  feel of being an actual hacker and why consistency in simulations are  important.

Middlemeister has been burner rubber  and petrol in Mad Max, an open world dystopian game featuring lots of  killing and smashing cars up. RAC and AA cover not confirmed.

Middlemeister then talks about the  recent released Marvel/Netflix TV series ‘The Punisher’. He talks about  how it links to other series and how they transfer the violence from the  comics to the series

Finally we move onto news, We do a  brief followup to the ongoing Battlefront 2 lootbox saga. We then move  onto the current fight over net neutrality in the US and what it is and  what it could me for uk users

We also talk about Sean Bean and his many various deaths in good film/tv series/games.

Notes:

Experience the bugs of Skyrim, now on switch

Play with Hats in Mario Odyssey

Explore the world of terminal systems with Hacknet

Hope your insurance is up to date with Mad Max (warning, badly designed website)

Netflix mange to make another excellent superhero series with The Puinisher

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Welcome to episode 76

Ram kicks off with playing city skylines, he tell us about his  various city hes fromed, and how they ended in variouse form of  diasters. once again hes hit by power abd rubbish issues

Skazz has been playing Doom on the switch, we taslk aboiut comparing  game versions between dioffrent systems, and the incrdiable power now  aviable in small systems we also discuss it lack of goats

Ram been watching Stranger Things, a Sci-Fi/Supernatural series set  in the eighty’s. We discuss child actors, and some of the… disturbing  responses from the media.

We also talk about fallout games, and spending time getting into  games

Notes:

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