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Welcome to Episode 94 Skazz has been channeling his inner shining dragon with Shining Resonance Refrain. An Action RPG where he has to defeat an evil empire, and he believes is a hidden gem that being overlooked. TheSuffolkRam has been exploring a family house and finding out the sad fate of a very strange family in What Remains of Edith Finch. A walking simulator where you explore the stores of each person through different gameplay styles. TheSuffolkRam has started watching an series about fairy-tale creatures living in our world in ‘Grimm’. Skazz talks about the recent released film Ready Player One. he’s not seen it yet but is not keen on it based on the things hes seen on the trailer. He talks about the story and the world and the dark future in the book. We also discuss Ram’s laptop and how badly broken it is. Notes: Wield a Shining Dragons power with Shining Resonance Refrain Weird house, weird people and a weird world in What Remains of Edith Finch  All fairy tales are real in Grimm Dozens o

Welcome to Episode 93 After finishing Ys VII, skazz has moved onto playing the original turbo cd version of Ys 1. he talks about old school game design and the various differences between the each version. Middlemeister has been playing the most recent Assassin Creed  game: Origins. me talk about it changes form the rest of the series, and how Ubisoft games are designed. We also talk about pimping camels. TheSuffolkRam has been been trying to survive as a civilian in a war torn country in This War of Mine. he talks about trying to survive and losing his humanity. Middlemeister has been watching a Fringe, a J.J. Abrams series that has been talked about on Podcast before,  Middlemeister gives us his take on it. We also discuss the currently of popularity of Doctor Who Ram carry’s on with watching his foreign language sci-fi TV series with the recently released Dutch TV series The Rain. Following a group of survivors in a world where a deadly virus is spread by water. we discuss why we haven’t discussi

Welcome to Episode 92 We start off by discussing the long running Ys game series, with Skazz talking about the most recent release Ys VIII, talking about how he has to try and escape from a cursed island by making friends and enemy’s along the way. TheSuffolkRam has also been trying to escape from an island in the survival game The Forest. We talk about how to create atmosphere in games using the environment and NPCs and how a driving force is needed help encourage playing survival games. We then move onto discussing our steam summer sales purchase, and for a strange change Ram has been purchased more then Skazz. We go through our lists, Skazz has been having a fighting game addiction and we discuss what controller he recommends.  Ram has a more diverse selection including a couple that annoy Skazz We then move onto TV, with ram first talking about Travelers. created by Stargate producer Brad White. Following a group of people from the future travelling into the past to save themselves. When then move on

Welcome to Episode 91 We kick off with us discussing Ram loudly updating dell laptop, and the joys of Windows update and how electronic devices are made, plus the joy of fixing other peoples PC’s. TheSuffolkRam talks about our first game this week: The Room. Like a reverse escape room where he has to try and break into first a safe and then into the boxes within. We also discuss Ram’s first try at streaming on Twitch. Skazz has a shock when Ram reveals hes never heard of the game Flashback, before moving onto discussing the various fighting games hes been playing including BlazBlue and Tekken Tag Tournament. We talk about our recent 24 hours live stream, what we liked and our plans for changes going forward. Ram then talks about the recent Netflix series Altered Carbon, a classic style Sci-Fi about human consciousness being able to freely transfer between bodies and the implications on society. We also talk about how much we love speed running witch devolves into a discussion of the upcoming Fallout 76 and ho

Important Announcement: Sorry guys, I Screwed up. I forgot to release  this podcast before our 24 hour live stream so we talk about something  that’s already happened. Sorry Welcome to Episode 90 We carry on discussing Shroud of the Avatar from lost podcast with  Bard discussing the deck system, and Skazz talking about been crafting  and  breaking into musician guild and stealing pianos. We also talk  about how users have help developed the game, and the friendliness of  the community. TheSuffolkRam has been playing as a French revolutionary ere falcon  in Aviary Attorney. A visual novel heavily inspired by Ace Attorney with  a nice drawing style based on Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (of course i  knew that, no Googling involved…..). You defend people at trials and end  up taking a part in the revolution. Skazz and Bard have also been playing Wizard of Legend. a 2D rouge-lite pixel art game. And we talk about about Bloodstain. We also discuss out 24hou

Welcome to Episode 89 Both Skazz and Bard have been playing Shroud Of The Avatar, primary  developed by Richard Garriott of the Ultima series. An MMO with offline  features. The pair discuss the game virtues, and the annoyance of games  trying to guess your preferred class. As well as crazy fall damage and  weird looking NPC’s TheSuffolkRam has been dipping into a couple of games. The first is  Jalopy, a game involving travelling across Europe with your uncle in a  car the always on the verge of breaking down, featuring a boot  organizing simulator. Secondly, he been balancing his time keep a city safe and avoiding  the Mafia in This is the Police, trying to earn 500k in just 180 days. We talk about our 24 hour livestream planned for June, and how we are going to torture each other with games. TheSuffolkRam talk about upcoming Russian game Atomic Heart a Soviet era game with lots of freaky looking mad robots. Skazz talks about Monster Hunter XX coming to the switch in t

Welcome to Episode 88 Bard has still been playing CRPG with Shadowrun: Dragonfall and  Shadowrun: Hong Kong. A cyberpunk meet fantasy RPG based on the tabletop  game. Featuring blind ghoul samurai and dragon business leaders. He  talks about the differences between the games and his preferred game  play style. Skazz has finally finished Doom 2016, but the big question is; on  which platform? He talks about some of the bugs on the different  platforms. We also discuss the Nintendo Labo and his kid thoughts on it.  He also talks about the battle royal game Radical Heights, style after  an 80s game show which reward ‘smashing through the window’ gameplay and  we discuss the weirdness between fanbases. TheSuffolkRam has been revisiting Alien: Isolation. an Horror games  based on the first alien film, he talks about the learning AI of the  alien and the immersive gameplay. Plus the nerds have a brief discussion  of the plus and minis of the Alien films. R

Welcome to Episode 87 We start off with TheSuffolkRam trying to not talk about Farcry 5 but hes end up doing so anyway. Bard then kick us off property with discussing two CRPG: Arcanum and Divinity original sin 2. First up is Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.  A Victorian era steampunk, where you can play as a special person. We  talk about the beautiful music and how to do a steampunk in a world  properly. Skazz talks about Nier Automata,  previously discussed by Middlemeister, Skazz misses the fact he is  unfortunately not able to shout at him about the game. He gives a  different view on the game by discusses how the story didn’t effect him  and how and the characters throughout didn’t work for him. Bard then carries on with talking  about his other CRPG hes been playing Divinity Original Sin 2. He talks  about the strange cast of characters such as an undead skeleton called  Fane and a human with a deamon in her head. He talks about the depth

Welcome to Episode 86 Bard starts us off this podcast talking about the latest DLC for  Armelllo, the turn bases tabletop like strategy games which we discussed  a few episodes ago. He discusses the new characters including the previously kick starter exclusive ones, as well as the unlock system within the game and some of the general improvements. Skazz has still been playing game amazingly, this time with Dragon  Born Xenoverse a 3D arena fighting game based on the Dragon Ball series.  We also discuss arcade game machines in the home and how well some  games have aged over time. Both TheSuffolkRam and Middlemeister have been playing Farcy 5 game  set in rural Montana fighting Religious fanatics. We discuss how the  game has been updated and the removal of elements from previous games  for the better. and unwelcome addition of micro transaction. We move onto TV series with Ram watching another Spanish series El  Ministero Del Tempo , following a group tr

Welcome to Episode 85 We’re a bumper podcast this week with both Middlemeister and long  missing nerd Bard makes a return, along with his unique sense of humor. Skazz kick us off with by talking about playing Phantasy Star  Universe, He tells stories of dodgy AI that perfectly replicates online  players, racist robots and horrible gameplay and prince Charlies robot  form. Bard has joined the dark side and switched to playing Overwatch. The  team based multiplayer FPS from Blizzard, he talk us through the classes  and his love of tracer. When then move onto Middlemeister, who has been placing Wolfenstein  2: The new colossus. We discuss the story line and characters and the  good and bad sides of Bethesda games. Ram has been arming teachers and beating up depressed people in  Rimworld, hears the story of his colony including people being  kidnapped, the possibility of cannibalism and fires in food stores. We then move onto an Anime that Skazz has been watc

Welcome to Episode 84 A Short episode this week as both Skazz and TheSuffolkRam have had  computer issues that has prevent much game playing this week. This  continual into our actual podcast itself. We start by comparing various computer issue, Skazz has been having  fun with Linux, Firefox and Gnome shell. While Ram has been having  problems with Windows 10 decided it did not like USB ports. We then get onto actually games, Ram has been trying to record a Lets  Play that failed, so he unleashed his inner retailer with Another Brick  in The Mall. Running an out of town mega stores whilst also creating  specialty shop stocking soda. Skazz has also been playing Immortal Redneck livestrream and talks  about the built in twitch integration and fighting his way to tops of  pyramids with the gaming public trying to trolls him. We learn Skazz method of controlling children by withholding games and how they are bypassing them. Following on from our last month discussion o

Welcome to Episode 83 Middlemeister returns for a guest appearance in his cardigan!  TheSuffolkRam kicks us off talking about Delta Force Land Warrior, a  game from the ancient year of 2000 that is not very good and makes us  feel old. but does help us have nostalgia over old game mechanics. We  also find out Ram’s early mission creation days. Middlemeister has been playing recently released switch version of  an indie game called Owlboy. A Metroidvania style game with great story,  art and music. Following the life of useless owlboy Otis and his fight  against pirates. Skazz has been technical issues with his PS4 preventing from him  playing the game he would like, he talks about his steps to fix his  PlayStation. But his problems lead him to using an old laptop and  installing SteamOS. We talk about the good and bad of the OS and some  ways around a few of its issues. Ram has also been playing through Abzu, a game main

Welcome to Episode 82 Skazz kicks us off by talking about Monster Hunter: World, He talks  about the simplified mechanics and his dislike of them, but also how the  map system has improved. And also team combat. TheSuffolkRam has been fighting to not be eaten in Tooth and Tail, An  RTS game designed to be played with a controller. He talks about the  unique mechanics and method of playing the game, plus the dark backstory  of the world. Skazz and TheSuffolkRam have both been getting back into Pen and  Paper RPGs, They have a look through what in the Dungeons and Dragons  Starter Set as well as the Player Handbook, and Skazz talks about other  systems with White Box and Basic Fantasy. We talk about the  advantages and disadvantages of pen and paper over computer games. We also spend some time discussing Morrowind Notes: The beautiful music of dear leader with the North Korea Satellite!  Want to try a Monster Hunter game, Monster Hu

Welcome to Episode 81 Apologies in advance for the quality of the Audio, something was making an annoying background hum that we could not figure out. We kick off with TheSuffolkRam discussing his experiences with the  Steam Link and Steam Controller, setting it up and trying games with it.  He also talks about problems with different resolutions and firewalls. Ram has also been playing Life is Strange: Before the Storm, the  prequel to the first game (there will be SPOILER for the first game). he  discusses the development of the main character Chloe Price and the  “Backchat” system replacing the previous games time manipulation powers. We look at the recent announcement of the Nintendo Labo cardboard  accessories for the switch. We talk about the target market and our  thoughts on its value for money. We discuss Skazz streaming trials and his “problem” with PC’s. We  talk about problems with threat progression in

Welcome to Episode 80 and a Happy new year! TheSufoflkRam kicks off with some spoilers for the previous  dishonoured game by talking about Dishonoured: Death of the Outsider, We  talk about the special power of the main character including stealing  peoples faces and talking to rats. as well the joyful loss of the chaos  system. Skazz has been playing previously discussed game The Long Dark, he’s  not found it quite as challenging as when Ram played it but is looking  forward to trying it at a hard difficulty. We compare our hauls from the recent steam sale, Skazz has been  reserved this time by only buying 80 games compared to Ram’s pathetic  haul of 24. We then talk about the big news of the recent Intel hardware hack  that been found with Spector and Meltdown. We badly describe how the  attack works and what this means for the average user. Plus how people  should be concerned about the Internet of Things. We then look at our game o

Welcome to a festive episode 79 Ram kicks us off talking about Her Story, trying to find out the  story of a murdered man by watching interview tapes and searching  databases. Skazz talk about his latest toy, the Sen-Pi. a retro gaming emulation  box based on Lakka Linux. He tell us about how he broke it in just a  few minutes and problems he has setting up hardware. Ram then talk about another communist dystopian world with Beholder,  like paper please it involves deciding people fates and enforcing  Draconian government rules and regulations. Plus you can send your  children to a gulag. Ram then talks about the return of The Grand Tour, how the series has  improved and the changes from the last series. We then move into a talk  about streaming services and weird editing in iTunes. Plus we find out the ‘result’ of Skazz’s Splatfest! And we get Ram’s Rant on sports on TV. Notes: Find the truth about a missing man in Her Story Want a retro console, but scared of the

Welcome to episode 78 We start with Skazz talking about the latest (i.e. ongoing during the  broadcast) talking about the latest splatfest, this time with the  question of Book or Movies. This leads onto a discussion of the merits  of books over films and into a big discussion of the hobbit and Lord of  Rings adaptions of Terry Pratchett book. Ram has been feeling the pressure with underwater java based survival  sim with Farsky. He tell story of drilling for iron, fighting sharks,  looting his own corpse, magic food, losing submarines and turning into  Andrew Ryan. Skazz returns back to Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds Overdrive which  has just been released on the Switch. A side scrolling beat the up game  where you can drop time machines on people. This leads into a discussion  on the bad design of the Nintendo Pro Pad We then move onto the news that Valve are going to be dropping  Bitcoin as a form of payment on Steam. We talk about the future of the &n

Welcome to episode 77 Straight from the streets of Lowestoft, Middlemeiseter has returned! Skazz kicks us off talking about  Skyrim on the Nintendo switch, and we can revel it is still broken! We  talk about the ports and improvements in the quality since the technical  problems of the original release, We discuss archers and our tactics in  Oblivion/Skyrim, scaling cliffs, creepy child adoption practises,   determined NPC’s  and dealing with vampirisim. He then moves onto Mario Odyssey and  its problematic motion controls, hes talks about the game design issues  and the new hat mechanic. We also talk about the Splatfests and how we  deal with the decisions of which side to take via science TheSuffolkRam has been make good use  of his hand by playing Hacknet, another hacking simulation game. He talk  about how the game nicely simulates using a terminal and creating the  feel of being an actual hacker and why consistency in simulations are  

Welcome to episode 76 Ram kicks off with playing city skylines, he tell us about his  various city hes fromed, and how they ended in variouse form of  diasters. once again hes hit by power abd rubbish issues Skazz has been playing Doom on the switch, we taslk aboiut comparing  game versions between dioffrent systems, and the incrdiable power now  aviable in small systems we also discuss it lack of goats Ram been watching Stranger Things, a Sci-Fi/Supernatural series set  in the eighty’s. We discuss child actors, and some of the… disturbing  responses from the media. We also talk about fallout games, and spending time getting into  games Notes: Follow us on twitter Like us on facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Join us on google+ Join our Steam Group Why not come join us on our next livesteam? See our YouTube channels for details Cheers TheSuffolkRam and Skazz

Welcome to episode 75 We kick off with our plans for next year for a 24 hour livestream hopefully for charity. We then get onto the main  game talk with Skazz kicking us off by  talking about command block in Minecraft, leads to his child destroying  the world. We also talk about various story from the servers we’ve  playing, including Skazz bad neighbours and Ram wish for destroying the  world. TheSuffolkRam has been playing a couple of games, first a previously  mention VR sickness inducing game Emily Wants to Play. IT’s a first  person free roaming Five Night at Freddie’s inspired game, very cheap  but very basic. Hes also been playing a text based game based round  hacking with Code 7. We also talk more Hacking games and game with  limited interfaces. Ram has also been watching season 2 of The Expanse, a hard sci-fi  series about a possible alien incursion into our galaxy and the politics  between the three main factions. Finally we talk about th