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Rand(Nerds); Episode 139

Welcome to episode 139

Skazz has been going old-school with playing the early Call of Duty’s, we discuss the impact of CoD on the gaming scene, it good and bad points and scripting as a story telling tool.

TheSuffolkRam has been reliving classic Half-Life 2 style game with the Mod/Stand alone game Transmission: Element 120. he talks about getting back into half-life, dodgy AI and half-life Alyx.

We also briefly discuss season two and three of Attack on Titan

We also discuss Ram’s office and his impeding spider infestation, as well his life as an essential worker. Dangerous ladders, and what to do in a plane crash.

Notes:

Skazz has been getting his shooter fix the Call Of Duty 1, 2, 4: Modern Warfare 1 Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3.

Ram has rekindles his Half Life 2 itch with Transmissions: Element 120

Thanks for Listening, Come watch our next Livestream on the 23rd May 2020 at 21:30 GMT+1 on our YouTube channel  and Twitch

Cheers

TheSuffolkRam and Skazz

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Rand(Nerds); Episode 138

Welcome to episode 138, continuing lock down

Skazz has got round to trying out the Final Fantasy 7 remake and now has a somewhat different opinion to last week. He talks about what they have expanded and added, and how it feels more like busywork than an enjoyable expansion.

TheSuffolkRam is still playing Green Hell, the semi-hardcore survival game, now going hunting and exploring more of the world. Plus some of the new neat features hes found in the game.

Ram has been surprising himself by watching the Star Wars show The Mandalorian. available on Disney Plus.

We discuss Ram’s return to work, Slow mo Max Payne fever dreams, EA’s development cycle

Notes:

Skazz mixed feelings after playing more of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Still surviving in Green Hell.

A good Star Wars series: The Mandalorian

Thanks for Listening, Come watch our next Livestream on the 23rd May 2020 at 21:30 GMT+1 on our YouTube channel  and Twitch

Cheers

TheSuffolkRam and Skazz

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Rand(Nerds); Episode 137

Welcome to episode 137, still in Lockdown

Skazz talks about the first part of the Final Fantasy VII remake, how they’ve changed the game combat, improved the graphics and extra story information

Ram has been surviving in the Jungle in Green Hell, building huts and getting poisoned by spiders

Ram has also been watching the furry dream Beastars, with bizarre rabbit physiology

We discuss Ram’s new cycling hobby, plus a brief refresh on Animal Crossing

Notes:

Great reboot Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Die by spider in Green Hell

Do you want a Rabbit in a bikinis try Beastars

Thanks for Listening, Come watch our next Livestream on the 25th April 2020 at 21:30 GMT+1 on our YouTube channel  and Twitch

Cheers

TheSuffolkRam and Skazz

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Rand(Nerds); Episode 136

Welcome to episode 136, Our first lockdown episode

We discuss how we’re coping with isolation and staving off the cabin fever.

Skazz has been completing day-to-day tasks for cute animals in the perfectly timed release of Animal Crossing.

TheSuffolkRam has taken a trip back in time with the old-school style game BattleTech , leading a mercenaries mech company in this turn-based game.

Plus we talk about Panic buying Warhammer models and magnetization, Ram game-making exploits and how to survive isolation.

Notes:

Repopulate your deserted island with Animal Crossing

Lead your mercenary in Battletech

Plus, behold! ram Badly Painted Magnetic Riptide

Thanks for Listening, Come watch our next Livestream on the 11th April 2020 at 21:30 GMT+1 on our YouTube channel  and Twitch

Cheers

TheSuffolkRam and Skazz

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Rand(Nerds); Episode 135

Welcome to episode 135, this episode Skazz celebrating his two-week anniversary.

We kick off learning about Rams Student days including being locked out and toilet roll chicken. Also a bonus tractor potential injury incident.

When we finally get onto games, Skazz admits to returning to the updated Sea of Thieves but only briefly

TheSuffolkRam has been conserving oxygen and discovering communists on distance world in Lifeless Planet

We also give a brief shoutout to Ai Dungeon, a role-playing text-based adventure where the DM is controlled by an AI.

We discuss the very poorly played game of Plague Inc. that we are all living through at the moment, including TheSuffolkRam’s mothers panic buying

Notes:

Once again, Skazz has been sailing in Sea of Thieves

Like jumping puzzles? you’ll like Lifeless Planet

Let the AI guide you in AI dungeon

Cheesy space marine player, introducing the Kroot Conga Line

The scary future of AI with unicorns!

Thanks for Listening, Come watch our next Livestream on the 28th March 2020 at 21:30 GMT on our YouTube channel  and Twitch

Cheers

TheSuffolkRam and Skazz

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Rand(Nerds); Episode 134

Welcome to episode 134, with wedding bells in the air, as Skazz has got married! To celebrate, we’re joined with two guests. ex-nerd bard, and all the way from Denmark, Zabermoul.

The guests start, with Bard talking about Sea of Thieves and some of the changes since we last played.

Zabermoul has been rekindling his love of the old Burnout games with Dangerous Driving, created by some of the same devs, with gameplay like the classic entries in the series.

Skazz has been playing very little due to wedding distractions, but he’s still playing Final Fantasy VIII and the Nintendo Switch version of Monopoly. He also talks about Neverwinter Nights series of games.

Ram has been hitting Zombies with multiples of weapons in Dead Island: Definitive Edtion.

We also discuss the complex situation with children not existing after marriage, and are ostrich’s really chickens?

Notes:

Bard wasn’t dreaming, Chicken Limbo was real

Check out Zabermoul channel

Online piracy in Sea of Thieves

You too can plan your perfect wedding!

If you liked the earlier Burnout games, try Dangerous Driving

Hate fun and your friends/family? now you can experience the horrors of Monopoly on the Nintendo Switch

Smash Zombies in Dead Island: Definitive Edition

Thanks for Listening, Come watch our next Livestream on the 14th March 2020 at 21:30 GMT on our YouTube channel  and Twitch

Cheers

TheSuffolkRam, Skazz, Zabermoul and Bard

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Rand(Nerds); Episode 133

Welcome to Episode 133

We kick off surprisingly discussing farming as a career, and then onto a number of topics before finally getting into a game we’ve been playing.

TheSuffolkRam has been trying to find soup and not kill his crew in 60 Parsecs.

Skazz has been playing FFVIII for complicated Valentine reasons, He talks about the remaster and the in some cases better mechanics of the game compared to others in the series.

Also, we are amazed by sewing machines working, build the quality of various machines. Ram talks about his achievements involving models. Plus, is your child a hacker?

Notes:

Save your crew, don’t forget the coup and always pack a spade in 60 Parsecs!

The underrated gem Final Fantasy VIII Remastered

The best thing about Norwich – The Puppet Man now on Youtube

West midlands police guide to id young children hacker, now disputed (watch for the autoplay video)

Watch a swearing Canadian man pull apart tools with AvE

Have your mind blown with how a sewing machine works

Thanks for Listening, Come watch our next Livestream on the 29th February 2020 at 21:30 GMT on our YouTube channel  and Twitch

Cheers

TheSuffolkRam and Skazz