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Welcome to episode 75

We kick off with our plans for next year for a 24 hour livestream hopefully for charity.

We then get onto the main  game talk with Skazz kicking us off by  talking about command block in Minecraft, leads to his child destroying  the world. We also talk about various story from the servers we’ve  playing, including Skazz bad neighbours and Ram wish for destroying the  world.

TheSuffolkRam has been playing a couple of games, first a previously  mention VR sickness inducing game Emily Wants to Play. IT’s a first  person free roaming Five Night at Freddie’s inspired game, very cheap  but very basic. Hes also been playing a text based game based round  hacking with Code 7. We also talk more Hacking games and game with  limited interfaces.

Ram has also been watching season 2 of The Expanse, a hard sci-fi  series about a possible alien incursion into our galaxy and the politics  between the three main factions.

Finally we talk about the fact that AI has now beating Captcha  potentially spelling the end for this annoying feature. And our hatred  of modern website designs and security.

We also talk about Agricultural Degrees and Computer courses and our own development. Also the Alien films and computer games.

Notes:

Destroy the world with Minecraft

A cheap slightly scary game with Emily Wants to Play

A game about hacking computers with Code7

A very enjoyable hard Sci-fi with The Expanse

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TheSuffolkRam, Skazz and Middlemeister

Welcome to episode 74

Skazz kicks us off with his report on Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star  on the switch. A warrior style game featuring lots’ of enemy and a  confusing story line.

TheSuffolkRam has returned to Borderlands 2 due to the purchase of  glasses (it make sense in context). He talks about strange guns and some  of the strange humour.

Skazz talks about the recent splatoon splatfest fest including a in  depth discussion on which way toilet roll should be put on the holder  and the quickest way to empty the roll. We also talk about the next  splatfest decision of Vampire or Werewolves and discuss the benefits of  each. And it implementations in various games.

TheSuffolkRam talks about the newest version of Warhammer 40k (8th  edition), talks about the changes to how the game works for the both the  good and the bad. As well as discussing other game workshop products.

We talk about IGN’s take over of Humble Bundle, and what the implications might be.

Finally we talk about the recent spate of Loot boxes appearing in  games and the recent ruling that they not classed as gambling by ESRB

We also discuss the queen housing situation, how to get everyone in Britain to hate us, and out various dreams

Notes:

Hack and slash in Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star

Crazy weapons and expensive DLC in Borderlands 2

See TheSuffolkRam history of how he got into Warhmmer 40k, plus here is the new version

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TheSuffolkRam, Skazz and Middlemeister

Welcome to episode 73

Middlemeister has briefly returned to us once again to discuss the  story of his purchase of his new SNES mini, including missed buses and  after hours openings. He also talks about the games on it as well. We  look at the difference between the NES mini and some strangely missing  games.

TheSuffolkRam has been playing another FPS puzzle game  with Infinifactory. Building complex assembly lines making box based  object for his alien overlords and getting random items as rewards.

We then begin discussing the new Star Trek series, Star Trek:  Discovery. Big spoiler warning for this one. Ram wasn’t impressed,  Middlemeiester preferred it more. We talk about the opening two  episodes, the character development in it, the futuristic space ships  and revamped Klingon’s.

We briefly talk about Wolfenstein 2 and the lack of automatically  health recovery and why were glad quick saves don’t exist in real life.

We talk about the upcoming splatfest and the physic of toilet roll.

We also talk about Skazz domain of little people and the return of his WiiU

Notes:

Relive you childhood (if your old enough/young enough) with the SNES Mini

Another hard puzzle game with Infinifactory

The new Wolfenstein 2

Awesome or Awful? Make your mind about the new Star Trek

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Welcome to episode 72

We kick off with discussing Black Mesa, the remake of the original  Half Life. Both TheSuffolkRam and Skazz has been playing this following  on from last episode discussion, Rams been getting nostalgia, Skazz less  so.  We discuss our opinions on it, as well as Half Life in general and  an alternative theory on Gordon Freeman.

We then move onto talking about Ram’s latest purchase, an Oculus  Rift, he talks about the joy of setting it up, the magic that is VR and  both good and bad game experiences.

We also discuss the various pictures appearing on Skazz’s Linux  computer, writing on animals, Ethernet’s, boilers, health apps, and  Skazz experience playing laser tag.

Notes:

Old school nostalgia, or overrated remake? Black Mesa

Enter the world of VR with the Oculus Rift

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TheSuffolkRam and Skazz

Welcome to our bumper long episode 71 birthday podcast.

We kick off talking about the next splatfest and the relative pros and cons of the superpowers flying or invisibility.

We then move onto the most important news of the month, it’s our  birthday! join by making sure you have cake and beer available while  listing to this podcast.

TheSuffolkRam kicks off with talking about space capitalism sim  Offworld Trading Company, He discuss cornering the market on water,  pirates and dealing with stocks.

Skazz has been playing GTA5 over the last few weeks. He talk about  his experience trying to playing the game online, and we discuss our  preferred GTA games.

Ram talks about re watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, this lead  onto talk about Star Wars and other series such as a large talk about  Breaking Bad, the last season of it and out favourite characters from  it. We also talk about Better Call Saul, and what other spin off we  would like to see.

We talk about the shut down of Miiverse and its impact on games, and we also discuss other online services coming to the end.

Finally we talk about the recently released ‘fan fiction’ of Half  Life Episode 3 by head writer Marc Laidlaw, and our opinions of the  games series.

We also discuss pig piggyback ride, mobility scooters and The Animals of Farthing Wood.

Notes:

Rule mars with money in Offworld Trading Company

Get killed by campers online in GTA 5

Does the idea of Miiverse sound cool, tough its closed down

Marc Laidlaw Half-life 2: Episode 3 ‘fan fiction’

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Welcome to episode 70

Once again middlemeister has abandoned us in favour of a BBQ.

Skazz has somehow managed to find time to play games despite it being the summer holidays. He’s become addicted to Rocket League. a physics game that combines football, cars and rockets. he talks about getting pwned in his first game and how he drive a Delorean

TheSuffolkRam has been hunting for signals in Bad Robot’s new game The Signal From Tolva. Exploring an Alien plant, taking control of robots and tough combat all in search for a mysterious signal.

Skazz talks about the recent Splatoon 2 splat fest that took part in after last podcast. His once again talks about his dislike of the character Pearl, the new maps for the event and overall dislike of them. he also talks about which he prefers more, Splatoon 1 or 2?

We talk about the recent hacking of HBO and the stolen episode, we have a rant about big companies lack of security and why their not learning.

We also discuss our pitch for a possible reboot of a computer themed Harry Potter, We talk about our favourite out of the Call Of Duty and Battlefield series of game, as well as discussing other military games. We look back at our old school fun times in older multiplayer games. we also discuss other non computer games including badminton, crochet and horse polo plus a new form of doping.

Notes:

You too can be owned in a game by Korean School Girls in Rocket League

Take Control of drones and hunt for The Signal From Tolva

The results of splatfest for Splatoon 2

When did you start/stop playing The Call of Duty or Battlefield series

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TheSuffolkRam and Skazz