Rand(Nerds);

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, the Game of Thrones/X-Com cross over children series Animals of Farthing Wood, whats allowed on YouTube, ringing horses and how Ram’s mum plays games.

Notes:

Talk to a lonely computer with Event[0]

Japanese school kids turning into weapons with Valkyrie Drive

A almost bearable forensic series Bones

The spin of series to the above with The Finder

Traumatize yourself and your children with The Animals of Farthing Wood

Help support charity and get lots of games with the Humble Monthly Bundle

Come speak to us on Discord

And yes, Kim is on Twitter (we’re sure it really him)

And as requested, what Ram did on the farm:

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TheSuffolkRam, Skazz and Middlemeister

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 rejigs itself multiple times, we also discover Ram lack of knowledge of film stars.

Middlemeister and ram discuss series 10 of Doctor Who, we give our concerns of the new companion and talk about the most recent series up and downs.

Skazz has been looking forward to Splatoon 2, hoping this time the lorry wont get stolen on its way to the UK. He also lets slip that his kids have found out that the Nintendo Switch Exists and is not looking forward to his future bank balance.

We discuss the news that Microsoft will soon be allowing refunds for downloaded xBox games.

Notes:

A total war game with magic and orcs? try Total War : WARHAMMER

A TV series using the Total War Engine, with Time Commanders

Get a job in a flower shop and fight daemons with Persona 5

Old school J.J. Abrams spy series Alias

And the actor Ram was surprised has become quite big: Bradley Cooper

Hopefully it wont get stolen this time, Splatoon 2

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TheSuffolkRam, Skazz and Middlemeister

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 High rise

Spin off x-men show Legion

Looking for a confusing complex Anime with time travel, try Steins;gate

The upcoming game where you can play as a school student: Persona 5

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TheSuffolkRam, Skazz and Middlemeister

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 featuring Skazz, neon dinosaurs or guess who.

Skazz has a rant about video editing software, and why Sony Vegas is trolling his aforementioned Army of Two lets play. And also his issue with Adobe Premier Pro.

We talk about PS4 games soon to be available on the PC thanks to PlayStation Now, and also Microsoft rival Xbox Play

We also discuss our favorite and least favorite Disney films (Hint: Ram hates then all, bar one)

Notes:

A hard souls like game in Nioh

The only game where you get an owl by taking drugs – Farcry: Primal

A fun game with a shameful console focus in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The only decent fallout 4 DLC: leading raiders in Nuka World and saving synths in Far Harbor

Play a game Skazz has finally finished playing the classic PS3 game Army Of Two: Devil Cartel

A Series sadly lacking in Dinosaur action with 12 Monkey

Streaming console games on PC with PlayStation Now and Xbox Play

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TheSuffolkRam, Skazz and Middlemeister

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 very interesting segments.

Middlemister has been watching the easy to spoiler show with The OA featuring a blind girl who can now see and inter-dimensional mystery’s

Ram also been watching sci-fi show The Expanse,  set in a hard sci-fi universe where space is hard and a three way political battle is taking place.

We look forward to the upcoming game Mass Effect: Andromeda, Discuss problems we had the previous game and some of it questionable mechanics. We also discover how Ram make difficult life or death decisions.

We discuss who the best companion in Fallout 4 is (its dogmeat) and Ram and Middlemister compare settlements

We also look at the recent release of the Nitendo Switch, what it means for gaming and general quality of it.

We also discuss The joys of VR support and sickness in portal games and Uwe Boll films.

Notes:

Tired  of American heroes saving the day? Like dodgy cover mechanics? Try Spec Ops: The Line

Find out what happened to Clementine with Walking Dead Season 3: A New Frontier

A world with mechanical dinosaurs in Horizon Zero Dawn

Rejoin the ex-mythbusters build team in the White Rabbit Project

A tv series featuring a non-blind girl The OA

A hard Sci-fi show with The Expanse

The upcoming Mass Effect: Andromeda

The latest Nintendo console you can use out and about as well as at home. The Switch

Controversial film director Uwe Boll

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TheSuffolkRam, Skazz and Middlemister

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 have changed and why Discworld is great and harry potter isn’t

Notes:

Torture clones with random physics in Happy Room

Go back in time to a classic DOS game with The Incredible Machine

Boring game? want to have some fun hacking, check out Cheat Engine

Toy with peoples live in Orwell

Pick up your own copies of the ladybird books featured and see how they changed

look at a small mech in Mechwarrior 5 trailer

Have a spare 120milion yen? buy your own mech

How Valve sees the world

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TheSuffolkRam and Skazz.

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 like the series.

We discuss the news of the death of Namco boss Masaya Nakamura and Ram come over with a Bard moment, We also talk about the upcoming relaunch of our website.

We also talk about the EU investigate into Valve and other companies about unfair pricing schemes. This lead into a discussion into cross country media restrictions.

Notes:

Join Skazz playing classic WoW with the Elysium Project

A X-Com style game set in a continuum like world with Invisible Inc.

The previous project from the creators of Westworld: Person of Interest

Another gaming giant has left us Namco boss Masaya Nakamura

The news of Valve and other are being investigated by the EU

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TheSuffolkRam and Skazz.