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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! I

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

Welcome to Episode 132, the return of the table! We start up talking about Outlast, we completed our final part of our let’s play and give our final thoughts on the game. Skazz then talks about Dauntless, the free to play Monster Hunter clone with cross-play, but with some quite bad flaws. He then moves onto the ‘Dark Souls of Run and Gun shooters’ in cup head, he personally doesn’t find it as tough as everyone says and has some issues with the game style. TheSuffolkRam has been playing Kona, a walking simulator set in 1970 rural Canada investigating strange going on’s and looking for a murderer. Moving onto TV, Ram has been watching Amazon Prime’s new series, Picard, 20 years on after the supernova that destroyed Romulus, Picard finds a new reason to go back into space. We also discuss Golfing, Bojack Horseman and Vegans. Notes: Join Ram and Skazz as they take on Mount Massive in Outlast, Part 1 and Part 2 The monster hunter clone Dauntless Run and Gun in Cuphead I see frozen people in Rural Canada in Kona A

Welcome to Episode 131, this episode using battery power so against the clock TheSuffolkRam has been playing Borderlands 3 using Stadia, he talks not just about the game, but also the experience of using the streaming service. He also talks about playing Destiny and how he’s an elite player. After a small stutter with Dragonquest XI, Skazz has been playing a demake of a game he only played recently with the Pocket edition of Final Fantasy 15. Ram has been experiencing bullet time by rewatching the late 90s sci-fi classic with The Matrix We also discuss our listing habits and the various subscription services we partake of. Notes: Guns with legs in Borderlands 3 Both Skazz and Ram have been enjoying Destiny 2 Can you make it further then Skazz in Dragonquest XI A compressed FF game with the Console version of the Pocket Edition of Final Fantasy XV Dodge bullets in The Matrix Thanks for Listening, Come watch our next Livestream on the 1st February 2020 at 21:30 GMT on our YouTube channel  and Twi

Welcome to Episode 130, our first podcast of 2020, and to celebrate the new decade, we’re doing a special episode for the occasion. TheSuffolkRam and Skazz have been picking their games of the decade 2010-2019. The rules being they must new games or series released between those years. They are allowed one cheat game that breaks those rules. For our first games, Skazz kick off with Destiny the multiplayer shooter from Bungee, the markers of Halo and Marathon, saving the universe from Aliens. meanwhile, TheSuffolkRam has been experiencing bleak Russian Sci-fi with his first choice, the Metro series. Moving onto our next choice Skazz has gone for a blast from the past with a game he discussed on our very first Podcast, Hyperdimension Neptunia. Ram follow suit by discussing Dishonored. Midway through our lists Skazz relive his Armored Core fantasy with the 2019 release Daemon ex machina. Ram similarly picks a game series that finished last year with Telltales The Walking Dead adventure game series. We then move

Welcome to Episode 129, our 2019 Christmas Special Skazz has still been fighting the internet and making our favorite dictator Kim in The Sims 4. Turns out he doesn’t like Donald Trump, and has some surprising stories in his Sim Life. TheSuffolkRam has been suffering a pretentious developer in Awkward Dimension Redux. A game that feels like the author watched some Unity tutorials, copied them and published them. We then move onto our Christmas Activities: First starting with ‘letters’ from our ‘listeners/viewers’, plus we look at our Steam libraries and how much of our lives we need to dedicate to finishing them. Finally, we move onto our Game of the Year, We Look through our games list from the previous year and pick out a few Honorable mentions (Skazz has a weird definition of ‘honorable mention’). We discuss our shortlist and make our final choices. Notes: Make your own dictator in The Sims 4 The best of teen pretentious in Awkward Dimension Redux Find out how much of your life you would need to dedicate t

Welcome to Episode 128 After youtube worries, we finally make a start with a beer can opening competition. Skazz kicks us off with a lads road trip in Final Fantasy XV using google Stadia and has been stuck in technical support hell over an annoying save bug. Other then that he been having a grand old time in Top Gear meets Final Fantasy TheSuffolkRam has been saying an emotional farewell to not just one of his favorite games series, but a character he’s been following for many years in The Walking Dead: The Final Season. When we find the end to Clementine’s story, also some reflection on the dead Telltale Studio. We also talk about Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales new social media site WT.Social. its aims and the problems it may face. Notes: Final Fantasy meets road trip in Final Fantasy XV, perhaps wait until Square Enix and Google has stopped arguing over has the bug The end of Clementine’s story in The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Good News, you can still purchase it on various platforms. A possible chall

Welcome to Episode 127 TheSuffolkRam kicks off with demonstrating some bad mathematics and a discussion on how we listen to podcasts. Skazz tells us about Google Stadia, the new game streaming from… well um, Google… He talks about the tech, control pad, pricing, game content, requirements, and pricing. we also discuss some of the potential downfalls and complaints. Ram has been killing people in creative ways and dressing up as a pumpking in Hitman 2 We also talk about Tesla Cybertruck Notes: Possibly the future of gaming? Google Stadia Elon Musk loving polygons with the new Tesla Cybertruck How will you kill everyone? explore in Hitman 2 Like programming and music? this is for you.. Thanks for Listening, Come join us on our next podcast live stream on the 7th December 2019 at 21:30 GMT on our YouTube channel or our Twitch Channel Cheers TheSuffolkRam and Skazz

Welcome to Episode 126 We kick off with discussing the game we played for Halloween, Outlast, we discuss how a great story can have poor execution and poor environmental storytelling, and how other games do it better. As well as some of the better animation and moments. TheSuffolkRam starts talking about a game he didn’t end up playing with Bear With Me, an old school style point and click adventure in a Noir style with an interesting premise but some poor writing and design choices. He then moves onto a more interesting game with Inside, an indie game with both and interesting style and story open to interpretation and some beautiful animation and lighting effects. He then talks about I Am Monther, a sci-fi film released this year with some fantastic CGI and an old fashioned storyline Notes: Cliche survival horror game Outlast. Plus check out our let’s play here Very old school style point and click adventure in Bear With Me An excellent example of environmental storytelling in Inside. Low budget but excelle

Welcome to Episode 125 Skazz Kicks off the podcast proper talking about committing bicycle suicide and maiming his polygonal person in Lonely Mountains: Downhill. TheSuffolkRam has been stacking bales badly and bemoaning the lack of interactions with animals in Farming Simulator 19. Skazz has also briefly played some of We Happy Few to Ram surprise, we discuss the differences to our play-styles and where the game went wrong. We also discuss My Little Pony, Rooms of death, lift shafts, the sea, why doors and the most dangerous thing in the world, powering future Rand(Nerd); episodes, our campaign to rename engineers to Tech Priests and Ram’s embarrassing confession. Notes: Polygonal physics fun flinging yourself down a mountain in Lonely Mountain: Downhill Play with crops and animals in Farming Simulator 19 Behold TheSuffolkRam’s stacking David Mitchell explains farming Get terrified of lift shafts with Mr Matt and Mr Chay Thanks for Listening, Come join us on our next podcast livestream but following us on ou

Welcome to Episode 124 We kick off discussing TheSuffolkRam new career as a Bass Guitarist and piss off some violinists TheSuffolkRam kicks us off by discussing toddler simulator Among The Sleep, the beer then kicks in and we end up discussing action films, pubs, placements of washing machines, how to solve Brexit and our global warming survival plan. Skazz has been playing a game needing a re-release in Brutal Legend saving a band by upgrading headbangers, he then moves onto the disappointing Jump Force a limited three-on-three fighting game. With very little background knowledge we take the dangerous move to discuss the ongoing censorship of china related criticisms, featuring Blizzard censorship of the winner of a heath stone tournament and Disney deleting Winnie the pooh We then move onto a film review of El Camino, the Breaking Bad film set directly after the final episode of the series. He also talks about listening to the audiobook Eisenhorm: Xenos by Dan Abnett We also discuss why Skazz is banned from

Welcome to Episode 123 TheSuffolkRam has returned from the muddy fields of his Land Rover show, he talks about how segregation is alive and well in car shows and the new defender and some stupid ‘features’ of his car. Ram has finally moved on from We Happy Few and moved onto underwater survival sim Subnautica. Previously discussed by Bard many years ago, we discuss turning fish to bottles and drowning people. Also how Ram has no idea how to make a room. Skazz gives his final thoughts on Daemon X Machina and how flying ruins everything, and what he wants from a mech game, he also talks about Astral Chain. He then talks about the awful port of Dragonquest to the switch and the quality of the sprites compared to the original We also discuss Jesus’s nationality and who make the tea on Elvis’s private island, region locking plus how mad divers are. Notes: Love 4×4’s? perhaps like Ram you’ll fall in love with the new Defender Avoid the leviathan in Subnautica Fancy being terrified by hydroelectric dams? here a sele

Welcome to Episode 122, Skazz is solo this time as TheSuffolkRam was an idiot and doubled booked an Land Rover event, so this podcast will be a more shorted affair Skazz talks more in depth about Astral Chain, the game he mentioned last podcast. He then talks about Daemon X Machina an arcade mech similar to the Armored Core series and a game hes been looking forward to for some time. Notes: The newest game from Platinum games with Astral Chain An arcade mech game with Daemon X Machina Thanks for Listening, Come join us on our next podcast livestream but following us on our YouTube channel or our Twitch Channel Cheers Skazz

Welcome to Episode 121, Our 6th birthday podcast As is tradition, we kick off discussing nothing in particular including mafia dons, being stuck outside Skazzs house and the dangers of combine harvesters, as well of buying computer chairs and recently open shops near TheSuffolkRam job. Skazz has not being playing many games due to being kicked off YouTube and surprisingly not for something he said, but he has been able to play Astral Chain bonding humans and daemons like creatures together with a weird control system. TheSuffolkRam is still playing We Happy Few having moved onto the next act, He briefly discuss how the game changes things up for the next section and how he has encountered some more bugs. He also been playing the classic Red Dead Redemption and talks about theme horse naming and his disappointment with auto aim. Ram has been watching new and slightly disappointing Sci-Fi series ‘Another Life’ featuring Battlestar Galactica actress Katee Sackhoff We also talk about classic shooter Timesplitters

Welcome to Episode 120 We kick off with talking about Skazz’s going cold turkey on sugar. We also discuss the UK sugar tax and companies reactions to removing out lovely sugar For a brief change, we start off talking car racing with TheSuffolkRam regaling us about his visit to the British Touring Car Championship and how he found the day. Plus, a bonus talk on other sports TheSuffolkRam has still been playing We Happy Few, he gives a brief update and some of the strange things hes been doing. Skazz has nearly finished his Ys game playing by playing Ys 7 and currently Ys 5, the most disliked of the Ys games. Skazz discuss if the reputation is valid based on playing an English translation. Ram has been watching part three of Money Heist, which follows on from the first two after the gang succeeded in robbing the Spanish Mint, one of the group get captured and held for torture. Ram also play with dragon-fire by discussing the ending of Game of Thrones Notes: You too can go see a few seconds of cars going around

Welcome to Episode 119 We kick off with discussing the one and only technique to hack anything as shown to us by Hollywood, plus some more traditional methods. We also talk about the further decline of brick and mortar stores. and the advantages and disadvantage of e-books TheSuffolkRam has been revisiting an game he’d played previously with ‘We happy Few’ a survival game set in an alternative 1960 England were we lost the war and the population have taken to swallowing happy pills in order to cope. Its no surprise that Skazz is still playing the Ys series of game with Ys 6: VI: The Ark of Napishtim, hes been testing to see if a bug with cut scenes not playing on linux happens on this version of the game as well. We also discuss steam machines and where it all went wrong Ram has been watching the recent Amazon tv series ‘The Boys’ based on the comic of the same, if shows us a world  were if superheros were real but also a bunch of dicks+ Notes: Remember to take your Joy in We Happy Few Play with cut-scen

Welcome to Episode 118, Once again, sorry for the audio issues, we through we had sorted but failed to.. Skazz kicks us off talking about replaying Final Fantasy 7, and how going back to an old favorite game is sometimes a bad idea. We discuss how going back to games our tastes have changed and how viewing old games with modern eyes is sometimes not a good idea TheSuffolkRam then talks about running a citys emergency services in 911 Operator and the trial and problems with bad interfaces. We also look at the news that Frank Spotnitz (Man In The High Castle) is traing to adapt the Eisenhorn series of Warhammer 40k book to the TV. We discuss how well the 40k universe does and does not lend itself to being adapted and how we hope they don’t change the source material. We also discuss our future as cameo artists in films, and the last of the splatfests – order vs chaos. Notes: Relive FFVII, but be careful what you wish for Save the city with 911 Operator Can the creator behind ‘The Man In The High Castle’ bring W

Welcome to Episode 117, sorry for any popping noises in the audio. We kick off with a debriefing on our 24hour livestream discussing all the various games we played and our thoughts on them. Including: Farcry New Dawn, Full Metal Furies, Amnesia A Machine for Pigs, Late Shift, Overcooked, Monster Hunter Universe, and Return of the Obra Dinn TheSuffolkRam talks about a game that didn’t make it to the livestream, but he purchased so is determined to play: Football Manager 2018. Despite knowing next to nothing about football, but alot about making number go up, he tries his hands at managing Norwich City Football Club and gets to meet Delia Smith Skazz has been playing numerous games. First up Samurai Showdown, a fighting game that heavily discourages button mashing. Then, most recent installment of the Mortal Kombat series, Mortal Kombat 11. Skazz talks about the inclusion of the story’s and weather that’s a good or bad thing. Skazz has also been playing the game the formed the metroidvania genre of games types

Welcome to Episode 116 We kick off by discussing the new Apple Monitor Stand and our lack of technical ability TheSuffolkRam has returned to a game he talked about 2 years ago, Code 7, a story-driven hacking game set in a semi-dystopian future with new mechanics. Including a new programming mini-game for a little robot. Skazz has been playing the original Final Fantasy 7 on the Xbox One, plus a slight deviation into the remake. He has also been avenging his father from the Chinese mafia in Shenmue Ram has been watching the latest Amazon release, Good Omens. Starring Martin Sheen and David Tennant as an Angle and a Daemon trying to save the world from Armageddon. We discuss how similar a TV series should be to a book and Neil Gaiman promise to Terry Pratchett We also discuss our upcoming 24 hour Livestream on June 22nd, Ram butchers an SQL command and we explain why you shouldn’t use the command sudo rm -rf/, also, the importance of keeping the blue smoke in Notes: Story based hacking game Code 7 Classic JRPG

Welcome to Episode 115 This episode, TheSuffolkRam has been playing an indie puzzle/horror game with Fibrillation HD Skazz has played classic open-world sandbox game Crackdown, taking down evil gangs as a genetically modified cop Ram has been going completely out of his knowledge zone by watching Detective Pikachu, mainly because of Ryan Reynolds. He discusses how the films work for a person who has only passing the knowledge of the universe and how the big bad is obvious. We also discuss: completely forgetting memorial day, dog texture packs, shooting things, website design and the classic sites of our youth. Plus Ram reveals a dirty secret Notes: Creepy indie game Fibrillation HD Destroy the gangs in Crackdown Deadpool as a cute yellow electric thing in Detective Pikachu Explore the ancient sites of Lycos, Yahoo and Ask Jeeves, Thanks for Listening, Come join us on our next podcast livestream but following us on our YouTube channel or our Twitch Channel Cheers TheSuffolkRam and Skazz