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...
May 11, 2017•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 62
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 d...
Apr 26, 2017•1 hr 50 min•Season 5Ep. 61
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 legio...
Apr 08, 2017•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 60
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...
Mar 31, 2017•3 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 59
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 als...
Mar 17, 2017•2 hr 56 min•Season 5Ep. 58
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 ...
Mar 12, 2017•2 hr 37 min•Season 5Ep. 57
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...
Feb 19, 2017•1 hr 59 min•Season 5Ep. 56
Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 55 Skazz had been playing one of Ram’s favorite games, Deus Ex. Hes having a hard time getting into it so Ram tries to sell it to using a weird cake analogy and tales on how to abuse the game. Skazz has also been playing on private Vanilla World Of Warcraft servers,we talk about how nice the first version was ad Blizzard business practices. We also discuss other MMO’s out there including what Ram wants from an MMO We have a brief discussion into the TV...
Feb 01, 2017•1 hr 47 min•Season 5Ep. 55
Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 54 Skazz has been playing a 2d side scrolling beat em up Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds, that features dropping time machines on people and characters from other tv series. TheSuffolkRam has been channeling his inner bureaucrat by stamping passports and detaining people for money with Papers, Please. Skazz has been watching James May build lawnmowers and telephone with his last BBC series The Reassembler, we also discuss TV series presented by the oth...
Jan 14, 2017•1 hr 49 min•Season 5Ep. 54
Sorry for the sound quality, we had heavy rain on the roof of our studio. Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 53, our 2016 Christmas special! now with added jingle bells! Ram has been playing in a monochrome world of Betrayer, featuring maidens in red and wind masking footsteps, while battling corrupted conquistadors and skeletons. Skazz talks about the physical release of Armello, the developers League of Geeks, and the stuff that was promised and not delivered. We also discuss the evil...
Dec 24, 2016•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 53
Sorry for the sound quality in this episode, we had heavy rain on roof of the studio. Welcome to episode 52, In this episode Bard a has returned from the grave, but is still his happy cheery politically correct self. TheSuffolkRam had been playing dishonored 2, a game where you don’t play as a 10 year old girl but can punch a lot of people, it also causes Ram to lose the ability to form words. We discuss why we would buy Garrett from Thief 1-3 and Corvo a drink and the great voice artist Stephen...
Dec 17, 2016•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 52
Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 51 In this episode, after his visit to our studio last podcast, Kim has left us after drinking all the tea. TheSuffolkRam has been blocking roads for hours, trying to tip cars and suffering a patriotism overdose with Farming Simulator 17, which does not feature flying hay bales, but does have pigs who breed very quickly. We also reminisce about our antics in Euro Truck Simulator 2 and why its good that sims don’t have in game insurance. Rams also been ...
Dec 09, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 51
Welcome to Episode 50 of the Rand(Nerds); podcast. TheSuffolkRam has been playing a game involving visual programming with SpaceChem. Skazz meanwhile has been reliving the glory days while hunched over due to short cables with the new NES Classic. We discuss how Lycos went crazy and started making wearable technology and how there site trolls people and Kim Jung Un makes a guest appearance Notes: Visualize programming and combine atoms with Spacechem If you’re lucky you may get one for Christmas...
Nov 23, 2016•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 50
Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 49 This podcast we’re back livestreaming, but we’re sans Bard. So back to the old times with just Skazz and TheSuffolkRam trying to hold it together and avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. Skazz has been learning to touch type with Z-type, a top down shooting that involves typing very fast correctly to destroy space ships by typing accurately. Ram has been accidentally killing fireman, building canteens to prevent riots and quickly building fences to prev...
Nov 05, 2016•2 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 49
Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 48 Video We start off with Skazz having a rant about multi-platform gaming, or the lack of it, including a brief slip into talking about Steam Machines. TheSuffolkRam’s been playing and being terrified in the thankfully none VR supported game SOMA, We have to beep out Bards attempt at a spoiler. Meanwhile, Bard’s been tuning nail guns into shotguns in the game Smash and Grab. TSR shows his difficulties with his next phone choice with the announcement o...
Oct 30, 2016•2 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 48
Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 47 We kick off this podcast with bard discussing the upcoming expansion to Armello, one of our favorite indie games from last year, he also talks about exceed and what he like about bullet hell shooters. TheSuffolkRam has been getting augmented with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and talks about how it impressed him so far, he also talks about the problems with lets playing Invisible War. Skazz decided not to talk about Gal*gun so Bard takes over instead and...
Oct 09, 2016•1 hr 45 min•Season 4Ep. 47
Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 46 We’re back, and this time with extra camera angles! Rams been riding a horse called Good Game and dealing with non-existent voice acting in Kingdom Come Deliverance. Bard been channeling his inner Starship trooper with Earth Defense Force 4.1, fighting giant insects as an air raider, Skazz, whos also been playing the game reveals his hatred of wingdivers, but some bias may be involved. Ram has been experiencing Joy and Attacking pinata rats and hidi...
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 46 min•Season 4Ep. 46
Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 45 Welcome to a special podcast. Last episode, Skazz set both Ram and Bard a challenge to pick their top 3 games of the late 90s and early 2000s. In this episode they present their choices to him for his approval and try to convince him why 1997-2004 was the greatest period in gaming. Notes: TheSuffolkRam’s 90s choices MechWarrior 3 ( intro ) Thief: The Dark Project ( Intro ) Half life ( Intro ) Bard’s 90s choices Discworld ( intro ) Dungeon Keeper 2 (...
Apr 29, 2016•3 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 45
Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 44 Video Once again we apologies for bad audio, Rams having issues with his Zoom H1, and also for Bard’s coughing. Bards been building lead lined beach ware and dealing with sharks with legs in order to plum the depths with Subnautica, he also very briefly mentions another game Deadbolt. Ram brings up a game hes never spoken about on the podcast before. He been having sunglasses fitted inside his hear with Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and in doing so rev...
Apr 03, 2016•2 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 44
Welcome to the Rand(Nerds); Podcast episode 43, In this episode, TheSuffolkRam’s has been panic breaking after thinking he was going to crash into a sun, and has alsp died in the cold of space with Elite: Dangerous. He also revealed one of his weird fetishes related to Sci-Fi shows. In the mean time Bard has been getting drunk and fighting Bulls, and also tries to convince us that a small outline of bricks was in fact a taven, in the online game Life is Feudal. Skazz has been obsession over Phan...
Mar 16, 2016•2 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 43
Welcome to episode 42, our delayed new year/Christmas podcast, featuring extra material not in the YouTube version! In this episode, Bard has been playing a very hard multi-player twin stick shooter with Helldivers about the USA, democracy and killing hordes of enemy’s. TheSuffolkRam has been getting annoyed with his God, assembling tetris pieces and dealing with OCD in The Talos Principle. Bard has also been disappointed with Stardust Vanguard, an otherwise fun game let down by lack of online c...
Jan 24, 2016•2 hr 38 min•Season 4Ep. 42
Welcome to episode 41, we’re missing Skazz this time as he was unavailable to record, but we will march on regardless! Bard’s been playing a number of Games Workshop games, first with Blood Bowl 2, which has caused him throw his keyboard in a fit of rage over the heavily dice rolled game and treemen getting stuck in the ground, but did enjoy playing as the Skaven. TheSuffolkRam had been playing a game about wiping out humanity with Plague Inc: Evolved, hes been acting as a stealthy virus but als...
Dec 13, 2015•1 hr 46 min•Season 3Ep. 41
Welcome to the mid life crisis episode 40, where we briefly discuss re-branding as a philosophy podcast. Bard been playing a game not about sofas or Coronation Street with One Piece Pirate Warriors based on an incredibly long running Anime. TheSuffolkRam has been playing a PC classic with Farcry, a very hard game with huge levels and full of mutants from a time when everyone used asked about a new PC: “But will it run Farcry?”. Bard also been playing DLC for his game of last year, Shovel Knight,...
Nov 11, 2015•1 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 40
After another hiatus, the Rand(Nerds); return (well bard turns up later – SPOILERS) to bring you episode 39. Both Ram and Skazz have been playing a defecation simulator with ARK survival evolved and managed to hunt dinosaurs and build a thatch house. Skazz has been been playing the new Halo game with Destiny: The Taken King and his annoyance with robot voices. Ram been watches a modern version of the x-files with J. J. Abrams Fringe, a TV series featuring and FBI agent, conman, stoned mad scient...
Oct 07, 2015•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Welcome to episode 38 of the Rand(Nerds); podcast, sorry for the quality of the audio, we had some technical difficulties. In this episode TheSuffolkRam has been playing dungeon keeper style game with Evil Genius, a game involving micromanagement and putting people in food mixers. Bard been playing a game called Lisa involving a great white flash and locking people in basements. Skazz had a nice surprised, he found he owned an Amiga A600, that still amazingly works unlike most A500’s due to leak...
Aug 14, 2015•2 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 38
In this episode Ram has been dying a pointless death in the middle of a wasteland with Neo Scavenger, involving hiding, freezing to death and plastic bags. Chalky been playing The Elder Scrolls online and talks about changes and how its now a playable game and its similarity to Skyrim, Skazz has a rant about cross platform play and how the Dreamcast managed does it better then modern consoles. Bard been watching a oldish Animal film featuring illegal street racing on other plants of unimaginativ...
Jul 24, 2015•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 37
In this episode, we’re joined by a new nerd chalky and we look at E3 2015 and pick some of our choice games. We have a look at the possible new Shenmue 3 game, funded by kickstarter, (forklift driving and accurate weather unconfirmed) we assess dog like monsters with The Last Guardian and game in the style of Ico. Their are two shock revelations, Skazz is surprised by the xbone now being backward compatible and Ram has a shock about Final Fantasy 7. We look at the disappointment of both the PC g...
Jul 10, 2015•1 hr 49 min•Season 3Ep. 36
In this episode, Skazz has finally got around to getting a PS4 and has been enjoying co-op shooter Destiny and been trying to Race The Sun, Ram has a shameful secret of playing The Sims 3 including getting his Sims writing sheep related books, Bard tells how his Sim became a serial killer. Bard been watching gambling themed anime Kaiji, Ram looks forward to fallout 4 with Skazz lusting over the new Sony point and shoot RX100 4, we reminisce about the days of dial up, and how many ISP Skazz has b...
Jun 25, 2015•1 hr 56 min•Season 3Ep. 35
We’re back! After a long hiatus while Skazz found a new office, we have now returned. We currently using a limited set up so sound quality wont be quite up to standard. Ram been playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent and having some horrific monster encounters. Bard has been watching people walk into horses and growing a beard with The Witcher 3. Skazz has been covering people and ground with ink in Splatoon (at least when his copy hadn’t been stolen) and going mad with the classic beat em up growl. ...
Jun 11, 2015•2 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Welcome to episode 33 were we discuss how famous we’re not yet, Bard been playing that would make Jack Thompson proud, Hotline Miami 2. Ram finally catches up to the rest of the world by watching Breaking Bad (Warning spoilers if you’ve still not caught up). We look at steam new streaming service, and how it will affect gaming. We discuss trolling livestreams, shit community pages and bad DRM practices. We pay tribute to Terry Pratchett and discuss his books and implication for the Discworld uni...
Apr 03, 2015•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 33
