Welcome to episode 182 Skazz has completed another solo 24-hour livestream with some issues networking issues, He played almost all the way through Marvel Spider-man (PS4) fun open world game with some shit enforced stealth bit and poorly designed Mr Postive/Negative. Ram has been reliving the same day again and again in Deathloop, the new game from some of the Dishonored developers. He has been having to try and kill 8 people in a 24 hour period, the game is fun but missing an x-factor. Skazz a...
Jan 15, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 10Ep. 182
Welcome to episode 181, our 2021 Christmas Special We discuss our Christmas day Routines and Skazz children Christmas presents Ram has been trying to find a missing woman by exploring her phone in Simulacra As well as discussing games we talk about out GOTY. With Ram picking Disco: Elysium with Cyberpunk 2077 coming a close second. Skazz picks a game he hasn't discussed on podcast with Control and a VR choice with Demeo Notes: Find a woman who disappeared with a lost phone in Simulacra The insan...
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 9Ep. 181
Welcome to episode 180 Skazz has been the Marvel Avengers game release in 2020, despite some controversy, he been having fun enjoying the story and the gameplay Ram has been burning and blowing up buildings and committing heist in Teardown, A Voxel base game were almost everything is destructible We also discuss exploding Christmas trees, vegetarians curtly to plants and Catholic Bruce Banner Notes: Destiny style game in the Marvel Universe in umm.. Marvel Avengers Destructible terrain meets Hei...
Dec 11, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 9Ep. 180
Welcome to episode 179 We kick off with Ram giving us a detailed description of some of the pro and cons of livestock production (yes we are a game podcast) Skazz then kicks us off properly with the Dark Souls style game Nioh: Complete Edition. we discuss are souls games really that hard and how many times your gonna die. We also revisit Zero Caliber, the VR 'Realistic' shooter we discuss last week, with Ram giving a slight correction to some information he gave out last time. Skazz also gives h...
Nov 27, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 9Ep. 179
Welcome to episode 178 Skazz talks more VR, hes been going bit mad purchasing more headsets to try different options out there. He talks the pros and cons of each, and also the differences between the controllers. We then move into game discussion, Ram has been also back in the VR with the mil-sim game Zero Caliber VR. he talks about the magic gloves, annoying disappearing gun, enemy that constantly re-spawn and dump AI squad mates We also look at FOREWARNED, Phasmaphobia but with ancient Egypti...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 9Ep. 178
Welcome to episode 177 We revisit VR, Skazz has been getting back into it with the new Air Link from Oculus that allow over the air gaming from your PC to your Quest 2. Hes had mixed results and been having 'fun' getting it somewhat working. We discuss the future of VR, both Oculus and Valve, and what we would like to see in the next version of the devices. Notes: You can check out Oculus headset here Or the Valve alternative with the Index You can Join us for our next Livesteam on Saturday 6th ...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 59 min•Season 9Ep. 177
Welcome to episode 176 Skazz has been playing Ys IX after going through the PC version of Ys VIII, we discover the amazing disguise ability of Adol and/or incompetent of the city police services. Ram has been crafting spades out of metal sheets and digging to freedom in top down 2d puzzle game 'the escapists 2'. Also he has been playing Phasmophobia in IRL by going ghost hunting in real life Notes: The pc version of the Skazz has been enjoying Ys VIII Become cursed and become better in Ys IX Bre...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 9Ep. 176
Welcome to episode 175 We kick off with a discussion on fuel shortages, panic buying and being nice to service workers. Sorry if we go on a bit... We then talk about our recent game night game, Pummel Party, a turn based board game with mini games between each turn. Similar to Mario Party. Ram has been worshiping The Great Hog and indoctrinating people in Honey, I Joined a Cult. A game similar to Prison Architect and currently in early access. Notes: Have fun ruining friendships in Pummel Party ...
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 9Ep. 175
Welcome to episode 174 We talk about finally finishing Valheim, overall we liked the game, but found the grinding part of somewhat of a annoyance. Thankfully we had Skazz and Zaber to do most of the leg work. Ram has been playing an indie survival horror game Husk, don't let the poor steam review fool you, this is actually quite a fun, if not without it problems, game. We finish our series of Cyberpunk 2077 discussions were we talk about all the endings and what we did and didn't like about all ...
Sep 18, 2021•2 hr 19 min•Season 9Ep. 174
Welcome to episode 173 We kick off with a discussion on Ram new audio set up. Skazz has been having not so great time with playground simulator Doom Eternal, so much he rage quit on stream. He talks about the mechanics they added into the game such as resource managements and transition mechanics. Ram talk about a indie escape room game with some annoying design mechanics, Escape Legacy: Ancient Scrolls, a cheap game with VR style interface and not great if your colour blind. He also talk about ...
Sep 04, 2021•2 hr 21 min•Season 9Ep. 173
Welcome to episode 172 Yes were still playing Cyberpunk, yes its still good, plus Skazz has a new graphic to enjoy it with. Skazz talks more about his new hardware and his ongoing issues with his PC, plus ram talk about how much the xBox app hates him Ram has also been playing Car Mechanic Simulator 2018, having fun dismantling cars Notes: One of our most played games Cyberpunk 2077 Repair old bangers with Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 You can Join us for our next Livesteam on Saturday 28th Augues...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 9Ep. 172
Welcome to episode 171 We dive back into CyberPunk 2077 briefly discussing our characters and the storytelling, before moving on to some of Skazz Linux gaming with Steam OS and the steam Deck, will also discuss values previous for into steam machines. We also talk about usability of the various operating systems out there. Ram has been feeling the nostalgia in Hyperspace Outlaw, an alternative history game set in 1999 re-living and old school internet with game play similar to Orwell Notes: Stil...
Aug 07, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Season 9Ep. 171
Welcome to episode 170 We revisit Cyberpunk 2077, after its shaky launch it had an number of patches. Has stability improved? Are the bugs squelched? Dose it still crash? we look at all and discuss our on going experiences with it. We talk about where the game is now and how its own hype hampered it. Skazz talk about playing it on different platforms and his experiences with each one, we look at game play and give our recommendations on how we think it should be played We also look at Valves rec...
Jul 24, 2021•2 hr 33 min
Welcome to episode 169 Ram has been living in a tent dealing with police, and Skazz has been having a non-covid related cold so not a lot of game playing going on Skazz wont talking about the new Neir game, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 even through hes got a copy, so look forward to that in the future. Instead he talks about a game from the early xBox 360 days: Lost Plant Extreme condidtions. We discuss the strange health mechanic and how crap the armored suits are in game. TheSuffolkRam has...
Jul 17, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 9Ep. 169
Welcome to episode 168 We start off talking about our 24 hours and Skazz ongoing hardware issues, we talk about the current gen of consoles andt which one you should consider buying and why Hes also been watching a live-action series from Japan, about a group of friends that find themselves in abandon Tokyo and force to play a series of games. He also been watching a live-action series from Japan, about a group of friends that find themselves in abandon Tokyo and force to play a series of games....
Jun 27, 2021•55 min•Season 9Ep. 168
Welcome to episode 167 Skazz revisits MechWarrior 5 on the console to see if they have fixed the issues. Thankfully, they have! and also as a bonus they've updated the controls on the PC, however the console has some other issues including framerates. He also discuss some of the changes to the story and gameplay on consoles. Ram has been finding what his neighbors has been hiding in his basement n Hello Neighbors. A indie stealth game with rather janky physics and poor controls, but an interesti...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 9Ep. 167
Welcome to episode 10100110 This week Ram has been having fun flying about and landing on his friends fields in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Hes talk about the excellent HOTAS support, the toggleable VR and landing on his friends field. We discuss how sims feel so much better with proper controller support. Skazz tried to play MechWarrior 5, after Ram's disappointment last episode, Skazz wanted to see if it worked better with a game pad. Unfortunately it did not work much better We also disc...
May 31, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 9Ep. 166
[Before we start, I want to apologies, early on in this episode I make a joke that in hindsight I feel is in poor taste. I'm sorry for that, I have quite a dark sense of humor and didn't think much about it at the time, but when I watched it back to make these notes I felt I had gone a bit too far. So once again sorry] Welcome to episode 165 We kick off with Ram's rat problem update, and its getting serious now involving firepower. The guys have been playing the Stadia exclusive Orc Must Die 3, ...
May 16, 2021•2 hr 7 min•Season 9Ep. 165
Welcome to tipsy episode 164 Skazz talk about a new tool to save time re-installing various OS, Ventoy is a tool to have multiple ISO of various operating systems allowing you select which one to install, so no need to carry multiple disk/pen drives. Ram has been playing a classic with Tom Clancy Ghost Recon, a classic mil-sim shooter with terrible AI, janky graphics and rocket proof leaves. We've all been playing the recently released Valheim, a viking survival simulator/MMO game with base buil...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 9Ep. 164
Welcome to episode 163 We start off by looking back to the before times and Skazz previous life as a bank robber. Skazz talks about the setting up of some classic game servers and how bad Ram is at classic arena shooters. We discuss these games and more and how they would fair with a modern audience. We look at the past and the joys of Demo disks and some earlier game journalism using video tapes and DVDs. Ram has been answering the age old question: What would happen if the current Rand Nerds L...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 9Ep. 163
Welcome to episode 162, our 1 year lockdown anniversary podcast We have a brief look back at our year in lockdown, and start with an apology for last podcast. Skazz talks about the latest released Monster Hunter game, Monster Hunter Rise. Despite being a based on the more modern 'casual' mechanical style of Monster Hunter. Skazz has been enjoying it none the less. he talks about the mechanics changes including the introduction of a more advanced grappling hook seen in previous games, and riding ...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Season 9Ep. 162
Welcome to episode 161 We catch up with Skazz's internet issues and kick off with discussing the issue with online algorithms and peoples reaction to Whapsapp changing it TOS and why people are panicking over nothing. Skazz has been playing with Linux with Loop Hero, trying to rebuild after the end and using card to change the world. TheSuffolkRam has been trying to solve a murder in Disco: Elysium having conversations with his own mind Notes: Endless RPG after the end of the world in Loop Hero ...
Mar 20, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 9Ep. 161
Welcome to episode 160 Skazz has been stabbed by to help prevent infection, and also being removed from the internet by an BT OpenReach engineer. Onto games, While Skazz has still been playing Monster Hunter Generations, The week hes moved onto metroidvania game Iconoclast. Taking on an evil church that is ruling the post apocalyptic world Ram has been having to manager a warehouse in Wilmot's Warehouse, organizing strange square icons in the most efficient way possible. Skazz talk about his tim...
Mar 07, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 9Ep. 160
Welcome to episode 159 We discuss the ongoing snow crisis in the UK, we've had literally 2 days worth of snow! Skazz hasn't been playing much in the way of games, but we ended up talking about the classic Monster Hunter games, kicked off by his attempt to get Monster Hunter Freedom multiplayer game using an emulator Ram has been unleashing his inner Kevin McCloud and Laurence Llewelyn Bowen in House Flipper. Refurbishing run down homes and selling them to strange people. Also his annoyance at th...
Feb 20, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 9Ep. 159
Welcome to episode 158 We come back to a game we played many years ago that TheSuffolkRam liked and Ska4zzi0us didn't. Warhammer The End Times: Vermintide. A 4 player co-op set in the Warhammer Old World setting. You're a ragtag group in a Empire city being attacked by Skaven. It plays like left for dead but with rat men. We talk about the randomization, the fun gameplay, the AI for bots and the Skaven and some of its neat features Aside from killing rats, Ram has been getting back into games pr...
Feb 06, 2021•2 hr 5 min•Season 9Ep. 158
Welcome to episode 157 We kick off with discussing upcoming end of the Covid-19 story arc and TheSuffolkRam retail therapy investing in sci-fi bondage elves in the form of Drukhari model from games workshop. We also talk about the news of Whatsapp changing their privacy policy and why you should not care, and what you should do if you do care Moving onto games, ram has been playing a realistic VR shooter in Pavlov VR dealing with dumb bots and annoying muscle memory. Skazz is celebrating the ret...
Jan 23, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Season 9Ep. 157
Welcome to episode 156, our first of 2021! After some light house keeping, we pretty much dedicate this episode to discussing Cyberpunk 2077. We talk about the trouble launch and the day one bugs, comparing it the CD Project red Previous game Witcher 3. We also discuss the gameplay mechanics, similarity to other titles and what we think of it so far. We also discuss the KFC console, Death to 2020, Gamers and Covid, Ram's DnD sessions Notes: Fried chicken and Gaming, a match made in heaven with t...
Jan 10, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 9Ep. 157
Welcome to episode 155, our 2020 Christmas Special We kick off our episode by discussing Skazz's wedding and the unique method of proposing. Skazz discusses getting back into the classic version of World of Warcraft after 9 years, what he liked about the original and how he didn't like the changes made to the game. He talks about his banning experiences and trying to get back into the game. TheSuffolkRam has been causing havoc among a peaceful English village by taking control of a foul fowl in ...
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 8Ep. 155
Welcome to episode 154 In the penultimate episode of 2020, we discuss our Christmas plans and Skazz's unique tree topper. Plus when do you need to upgrading a PCs We finally move onto games first off discussing We Were Here Too, the sequel to the puzzle game we played back in June, how we found it and getting stuck on puzzles. TheSuffolkRam has been playing Life is strange 2, We discuss issues with adventure game and how the stakes have been raised in compared to the previous game. Notes: Get co...
Dec 11, 2020•55 min•Season 8Ep. 154
Welcome to episode 153 We talk about on ongoing adventures in Deep Rock Galactic and Ram's rescue service. Skazz gives us an update and correction to the game he previously talked about, Genshin Impact, turns out its not an MMO but a single player game with Dark Souls style multiplier. Ram has been exploring an abandoned space station in Tacoma, another of his short walking simulator games with a neat re-wind mechanic. We also discuss other walking simulators and games with simple plain stories ...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 8Ep. 151
