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We kick off with a bit of a discussion of the history of iPhones models and the ups and downs of the Apple products, and how we feel phone technology has stagnated and the need to upgrade is less required. We also discuss other modern devices. 

Skazz has been playing Scarlet Nexus an action rpg with psychic power fighting the strange ‘others’, you play two characters with separate stories with an interwoven plot

Ram has moved on from being a hospital administrator to being in charge of a university with Two Point Campus (yes he gets the name wrong), charging students lots of money for sub par facilities including sharing beds and sink-less bathrooms.

Ram spy’s antics, the real cloud computing, modern pig technology, being made to feel old and the modern high street

Notes

The history of iPhhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhoneones

CT scan of airbud

Fight against the others in Scarlet nexus

Great value deals for the above game

Bankrupt people for the vague hope of a future wealth in Two Point Campus

Also check out our next game night on Wednesday 8th May at approx 20:30 GMT+1 on Twitch

Welcome to Episode 241

We kick off by reveling in the changing weather and talk about our favourite time of year,

Zaber has been continuing his play through of Jedi Survivor, we talk about the mechanics and the slight backlash against the game compared to it predecessor.

Ram has been watching some TV shows, continuing taking advantage of his free AppleTV subscription by watching Foundation, very loosely based on the series of Issic Asimov. Ram give a overview of the series and its interesting concepts. We get into a discussion on more Sci-Fi show, plus a discussion on the disappointment of the Latest Matrix film

We also discuss Denmark law around using dashcam/CCTV footage in trials, Danish murderers, our preferred alcoholic drinks

Notes

Watch out for people named Peter in Denmark

A favorite beer of Zabers

Ram preferred cider Aspall Draught

A favorite Christmas beer Tally Ho

David Cameron likes this brewery, but don’t let that put you off

And Wychwood main beer range Hobgoblin

Maybe not as good as the first, but still a worthy game with Jedi Survivor

Series based one of the fathers of Sci Fi books, Foundation

A bit more on Isaac Asimov

Wasted potential in Matrix Resurrections

Also check out our next game night on Wednesday 24th April at approx 20:30 GMT+1 on Twitch

Welcome to Episode 240

We talk about our favorite criminal shows including Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and El Camino. Zaber also recommends Sons of Anarchy

Zaber talks about Rocket League, a football like game featuring cars and rockets, Also featuring a not often seen split screen mode, It was a favorite in the Zabermoul house, but an update require each player to have a profile and no guest accounts has caused some consternation.

Zaber has also been playing Star Wars Jedi Survivor, last years sequel to Fallen order, an third person action adventure game that he started to scratch the surface of and will return to on a future podcast

Ram has been eating people and smacking fish in Maneater, playing as a Shark on a revenge quest for her mother. Simple fun thrashing and killing fish, alligators, other sharks and people. As well as avoiding hunters, its a very simple and ok game but is quite fun.

We also learn Danish with Zaber, as well an alternative version of his name, Ram loses what little street cred he had, 

Notes

Zabermoul origin story, the love child of Sabertooth and Darth Maul

The Arabic version of Zaber name (depending if google translate it playing fair)

Who knew drugs could be so expensive

One of the best shows about drug crime ever, Breaking Bad

The excellent prequel Better Call Saul

The non so great sequel movie El Camino

A Zaber fav with Sons of Anarchy

And the spin off Mayans M.C.

Car, rockets and footballs, what else to say? Try out Rocket league

An unfortunate update making Rocket League less fun

An enjoyable sequel in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

And its predecessor Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Swim around and eat people as a shark in Maneater

Also check out our next game night on Wednesday 10th April at approx 20:30 GMT+1 on Twitch

Welcome to Episode 239

Zaber is unfortunately away today, so we once again welcome back Skazz

After
our normal rambling, we kick off talking about the sad news of the
death of Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and character designer
of Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest. Skazz gives a brief talk about the
various Dragon Ball series and his opinions on it.

Related to
above Skazz has also been playing Dragon Ball Z: Kakarov. A RPG that
follows the Dragon Ball Z series story line with an interesting upgrade
mechanic and how he feels its a game built for the the hard core Dragon
Ball fans.

Ram has been manipulating the stock market and doing
some dodgy deals in The Invisible Hand. A first person game where you
are a stockbroker trying to make huge amounts of money with careful
trades and perhaps some dodgy dealings, as well as owning property and
getting rapidly promoted.

We also discuss the stresses of married
life, Avoiding the government heavy’s, making people feel old, using
Tesla chargers to power up attacks and Ram has to prove he exists

Notes

Leaving us too soon, Akira Toriyama

Akira Toriyama most well known series Dragon Ball Z

A game following the tv series in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarov

Be a dodgy stockbroker in The Invisible Hand

The half life version of pugs

Also check out our next game night on Wednesday 27th March at approx 20:30 GMT on Twitch

Welcome to episode 238

We have problems saying the name of our first game, Tiny Tina’s Wounderlands. A spin off of Borderlands themed around a tabletop RPG board game. It has great voice acting and humour. Still with the Borderland staples of randomised weapons and being very silly, but now featuring an overworld. We also talk about the main Borderlands series, the back story and its up and downs of the series.

Ram revisits a previous discussed game, Kerbal Space Program, a fantastic space sim about building rockets and launching them into space to complete missions and heading to other planets. Plus Ram fumbles explaining orbital mechanics to Zaber

We also plan our Stargate sg1 reboot, discuss the joy of potatoes and pasta, talk about how to cope with falling asleep in podcasts and sleep editing

Notes

Be the best at Bunkers and Badasses with Tiny Tina’s Wounderlands

A touching memorial from Gearbox delivered by Claptrap

Try and get into space with exploding in Kerbal Space Program

Welcome to episode 237

We kick off with discussing Valentine's Day, traditionally a day for spoiling the ladies, and we find out Denmark has a special day to follow up for the guys. it doesn’t quite have the same romantic name, we also find out Zaber would not skip games night for love.

Ram gives us a little bit of background on the concept of prepper’s, people getting prepared for the worst case scenarios but stocking up on supplies and building bunkers. This brings onto what he’s been playing in Mr Prepper. You have to build a bunker, scavenge or trade supplies and maintain a facade for the oppressive government agents. All to get to the end goal of escaping from the country. The game has been generally well received and has some neat ideas, but Ram feels it lets itself down with a grinding slog to get what you need and not being partially hard.

Zaber has been playing a horror game called Little Nightmares, playing as a small girl trying to navigate through puzzle’s with stealth to escape a nightmarish world filled with mutated people. Short but sweet and looks amazing.

Ram has been continuing making use of his free trial of Apple TV by watching For All Mankind, an alternative timeline tv series where the Russians won the race to moon, kicking off a space race with time jumps between seasons spanning it over several decades.

We also discussed the now deceased game streaming service Stadia and how elite we were at Pubg. 

Notes

Escape a Trump’s dream America in Mr Prepper

A beautiful looking yet horrifying puzzle game with Little NightmaresWhat would happen if the space race never ended? For All Mankind gives us an idea