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00:54:29

Rand(Nerds) Episode 277 - Against the Storm

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2025/10/18

Welcome to Episode 277We kick off with thinking how we will ensure the people of the future will still be able to enjoy the Podcast after the end of all humanity, and how close we are to s*it hitting the fan.We discuss Rams dreams of being a bouncer and which long running online games.We eventually get onto games with Ram playing a rouge lite city builder in Against the storm, a very deep game with an angry queen and not to rams taste We also discuss football player intelligence, games workshop

01:19:52

Rand(Nerds) Episode 276 - 2025 24-Hour Live Stream Recap

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2025/10/04

Welcome to Episode 276Still recovering from the 24-hour live stream, Skazz and Ram review the games they played that night (day?), including some new and some old, and give their thoughts on them.First up is Back 4 Blood, the spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead sharing some of the same developers. A fun zombie game, but with some bizarre multiplayer lobby system choices and issues with public players and bots once again carrying the team.Next up was Full Metal Furies, a game we've played in a

01:04:02

Rand(Nerds) Episode 275 - Genesis Alpha One

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2025/09/06

Welcome to Episode 275This podcast starts off a bit differently, with Skazz asking a question to Ram; Why do we play games?After discuss what sort of games we enjoy and why, we also talk about our gripes with modern gaming, spilling over into discuss about film series and what breaks our immersion.This then nicely moves on to what Ram has been playing; Genesis Alpha One (Deluxe Edition). Hoping it would scratch the same itch as Empyrion Galactic survival, unfortunately the game play is a bland and

00:58:43

Rand(Nerds) Episode 274 - Drag x Drive, Thief Simulator

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2025/08/23

Welcome to Episode 274, and what will eventually be the greatest podcast know to humanitySkazz kick us off by talking about a Drag x Drive, a game that Nintendo have recently allow games to play for free for 24hrs. It might show a return for motion controllers. Taking advantage of two mouse like controllers of the switch 2. along with intuitive and fun game play, we discuss the lobby system and how people are not given the game a chance Ram has been breaking into houses in a very unlucky

01:14:33

Rand(Nerds) Episode 273 - Splatoon 3 DLC Side Order,...

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2025/08/09

Welcome to Episode 273In this episode, we explore the idea of replacing Skazz with an AI and dive into the UK's new age verification laws, discussing why they're both misguided and poorly conceived. We also examine Steam's recent decision to remove certain games from its platform due to pressure from payment processors.On the gaming front, Skazz has picked up the expansion pass for Splatoon 3, which features two DLC packs: "Inkopolis" and "Side Order." Focusing

00:57:29

Rand(Nerds) Episode 272 - Sid Meyer Beyond Earth

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2025/07/26

Welcome to Episode 272We're still hear, and still haven't fadedWe kick off with Skazz revealing the mad griding he's been doing in order to unlock upgrades on Heros of Hammerwatch, we discuss the game further talking about the levels and upgrades available for the Heros Ram has been playing a game that was gifted to him by Skazz; Sid Meyer Beyond Earth, the spiritual successor to the incredibly popular Alpha Centauri. Despite the poor reputation, Ram has been having a good time with it

00:50:12

Rand(Nerds) Episode 271 - Control, Sheep

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2025/07/12

Welcome to Episode 271We start off this episode with Skazz once again throwing Ram off his game, which leads us into discussing how the Anthropic AI Claude did when it was put in charge of running a shop. Including ordering tungsten cubes and trying to perform in person delivery'sSkazz talks about one his children recent birthday and their growing PS2 game collection, along Skazz himself discussing how hes trying to reduce his games list. He's also picked up another version of Control to

01:01:35

Rand(Nerds) Episode 270 - Remedy games and voice acting

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2025/06/28

Welcome to Episode 270We kickoff with Skazz expertly trolling Ram before discussing Skazz's ID troubles ram shock over an emptying Highstreet.Ram shares his simple fix for what he considered S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2's biggest problem, the voice acting, this leading to a deep dive on voice acting's crucial role in game immersion and how poor performances can instantly ruin the experience. We explore related complaints about cut-off dialogue in games and Skazz's struggles with reading in-game

00:51:34

Rand(Nerds) Episode 269 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of...

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2025/06/15

Welcome to Episode 269We begin with Skazz providing updates from our previous episode discussions, including how to acquire Kane & Lynch, which leads into a conversation about Games for Windows Live and the equally problematic Windows Store.Moving on to games, Ram has treated himself to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and is returning to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. He provides a brief history of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, including how ambitious it was and discusses many of the features that had to be cut

01:25:46

Rand(Nerds) Episode 268 - Pacific Drive, Kane and...

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2025/05/31

Welcome to Episode 268Ram discusses his recent pig acquisitions and shares insights into breeding and managing pedigree animals.Moving on to gaming, Ram has been driving around in a beat-up vehicle trying to navigates and collect resources in a mysterious zone in Pacific Drive. He talks about the zone's dangers, from strange creatures to bizarre storms, praising the game's extensive difficulty options and the compelling stories it generates, though he wishes he had access to a bed for

00:57:46

Rand(Nerds) Episode 267 - Stranded: Alien Dawn

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2025/05/16

Welcome to Episode 267Skazz tell his woes of removing processors from motherboards and nearly breaking his PC, but has now successfully managed to upgrade his machine. we also learn about Ram 'Methods' of repairing PC.Ram gives us an update of Nicktopia, and how it has completely failed as par normal. He tells tales of taming space cows, devote vegetarians, a lack of antibiotics and not balancing survival skills. He also discuss what he's learnt with his new version. We also discuss how

01:18:20

Rand(Nerds) Episode 266 - Elder Scroll Oblivion...

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2025/05/03

Welcome to Episode 266 – now featuring blurst of music!We kick off by discussing the remaster of Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. Reminiscing about the original, with Ram admitting he never quite finished the main quest, while Skazz bemoans his vampirism issues, a glitch fixable only through paid DLC. we also discuss the power of console commands and share thoughts on other Bethesda titles.Ram then talks about his new gaming PC. Although he can’t recall all the specs, and has issue with the overcooling RGB

01:06:58

Rand(Nerds) Episode 265 - Train related games, Switch 2

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2025/04/19

Welcome to Episode 265Yes, despite what Ram says at the start, it is episode 265Ram continual his descent into being middle aged by trying out some train related games and not having a lot of success, the first is a non-relaxing puzzle game Station to Station which does not gel for him. Next up he Suffers a tutorial bug in railway Empire creating a rage quit, finally picks up something more familiar with Train Station Renovation, cleaning and tidy old train stations and rather worryingly sanding

01:00:12

Rand(Nerds) Episode 264 - Hardspace Shipbreaker,...

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2025/04/04

Welcome to Episode 264We return to Hardspace: Shipbreaker, as Skazz has been enjoying a copy gifted to him by Ram, he discuss some of the issue with controller support issues, how much we enjoy chill games and being accidentally incinerated.Skazz then talk about playing through a fan remake of classic game Link Awakening, playing the "DX HD" version, he talks about suffering from scrolling trauma and Nintendo remakeWe then finish off looking at current game night game, Heroes of

01:12:20

Rand(Nerds) Episode 263 - Monster Hunter Wilds,...

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2025/03/22

Welcome to Episode 263Skazz talks about his experience with the new entry in the Monster Hunter series, Wilds, sadly hes not too keen, he talks about how the series has changed from it early days, and how it has become easier and easier with each iteration. Along with some removal of good features from the previous entry in series. including how they fixed the multiplayer mode from Rise, only to have now broken it again. He also talks about some strange graphic glitches and how the beta the game was

00:33:20

Rand(Nerds) Episode 262 - Monster Hunter Wilds...

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2025/03/08

Welcome to Episode 262In this episode we talk about Skazz excitement for the new Monster Hunter game, he does have some concerns if this game will be for him.Ram then talks about A Game About Digging a Hole, A cheap little game where you, unsurprisingly, dig a hole.We discuss the recent news of Gene Hackman death, we prove how well the podcast is recoreded, Ram use in a survival situation, Stubborn dogs and people complaining about cheap games NotesThe sad death of one of the great actor Gene

00:24:48

Rand(Nerds) Episode 261 - Fan patches keeping games...

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2025/02/21

Welcome to Episode 261A Skazz solo episode as Ram has lost his voice to a virus, and even more amazingly, Skazz is in a positive mindsetDiscussion this episode is all about fan support and modding games long after they've been released.First up, he focuses on final fantasy 7 discussing the mod manager 7th Heaven and the script to install it on a steam deck; 7th Deck. He looks at how the some of the mod improve things even adding in full voiced dialog!Skazz then moves onto discuss the original

01:09:28

Rand(Nerds) Episode 260 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth,...

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2025/02/08

https://numbermatics.com/n/260/Welcome to Episode 260We start this episode finding out why 260 is a special number and discussing what mathematicians are good for Skazz has been playing the next part of the Final Fantasy 7 remake, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, we talk how they've fleshed out the story dramatically, expanding NPC back grounds increasing the game length, we ask if this is a good thing and how the game is somewhat janky in placesRam has been playing a puzzle games based around

01:14:26

Rand(Nerds) Episode 259 - Cyberpunk 2077

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2025/01/25

Welcome to episode 259We kick this episode discussing missing the classic sodium vapor street lamp and other random lighting technologies, we also look back at how we both kinda enjoyed lock down and some hobbies picked upSkazz then talks about his replay Cyberpunk 2077, apparently Ram had also agreed to play this as first game of 2025 of which he has no memorySkazz discusses the replay value, the major changes they made since we last played and how hes enjoying a different experience playing a

00:46:19

Rand(Nerds) Episode 258 - Far Cry 6

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2025/01/11

Welcome to episode 258We kickoff by discussing how where going to make a name for ourselves in 2025 and if Ram can be extradited We then move onto games, Ram's been playing Far Cry 6, we have a brief talk about the series and its spin offs before talking about this game mechanics including finding stuff on the maps, ammo tyeps anti frustration features, cockfighting and Ubisoft being UbisoftWe also look at Steam year in review and discuss possible horse ownershipNotesStory's about what life

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