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Welcome to Episode 253 In this episode, Skazz takes the lead as we dive into our latest Games Night experience with MudRunner. We explore the challenges of navigating through the muddy landscapes of Eastern Europe using worn-out Soviet era trucks, discussing the fun (and frustration) of getting stuck and relying on winches—either yours or your friends—to pull you free. We also

Welcome to episode 252 We start by addressing Skazz’s issues with operating systems and Ram’s annoyances with the YouTube TV app, before diving into the main topic of games. Ram shares another brief update on Empyrion Galactic Survival, where he’s finally made it into space, albeit with a few setbacks—mainly forgetting the laws of physics. He also delves into the game's cr

Welcome to episode 251 Skazz shares his thoughts on the game we recently played during game night: Nidhogg. It’s a deceptively simple 2D sword-fighting game with surprising depth in its mechanics and an incredible amount of fun. We also dive into the newly announced PS5 Pro, discussing how a stable frame rate can enhance a game’s visuals more effectively than higher resolution.

Welcome to episode 250 Skazz shares his thoughts on why he preferred the racing elements in the original Gran Turismo for the PS1, highlighting what set it apart from other racing games of its time. We also dive into the unique mechanics of the game, while exploring other iconic racing titles, like Colin McRae Rally. We reflect on the challenges of preserving classic games and the

Welcome to Episode 249 Skazz talks about the technical issues he's been having getting trying to get the PlayStation Vita to work, issues with dying memory cars, whitelisting of games and an internet killing power adapter all stand in his way to replay the Ys games Ram has been playing a game that was seemingly downloaded from creative depths of his brain and made real by a te

Welcome to Episode 248 For some reason we start this episode discussing world records, getting into the Guiness book of records, and various tv programs based around it. Not having access to his PC at the moment, Skazz has returned to Console gaming with the PS5 and trying out in-home game streaming with the Playstation Portal. He talks about his experience with using remote play

Welcome to Episode 247 Skazz has been hitting mobile gaming on his iPhone with an varitory of emulators that are now available, joined up with the Backbone, a device that attached to your phone and give you controller interface. It does have an and app and subscription services with some bullshit features tied behind it Ram has been playing early 2000s first person shooter Command

Welcome to Episode 246 Skazz kicks us off briefly discussing the emulators that are now available on apple allowing mobile gaming, as well as trying in-home streaming of the playstation 5. He decided to try an old PS4 launch title with Killzone: Shadow Fall. Discussing the changes to the gameplay, adding a less then successful stealth feature to the game. As well as annoying tutor

Welcome to episode 245 We kick off this episode with Skazz telling us about his sea exploits by going to see a visiting Spanish Galleon, which has turned up a bit late for the armada We have some disturbing conversations with chat gpt, and discover the truth about sheep military prowess We discuss a game we had issues actually playing, Dawn of War: Soulstorm, we discuss when we pl

Welcome to Episode 244 We start off discussing Ram re-wiring techniques after Skazz's wife has an accident with a hedge trimmer. Ram also talks about his visit to the Pig and Poultry fair to see all the pig related sex equipment and tractors. Moving swiftly on, Skazz has been playing Hi-Fi Rush, developed by recently killed off studio Tango Gameworks, a third person platformer