Rand(Nerds) Episode 271 - Control, Sheep

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 complete, we muse on the possibility of completing the game without using the launch/shield power (aka the power of concrete). Skazz also make a prediction for his game of the yearTheSuffolkRam has returned to a late PS1 era game called Sheep, lemming inspired, you have top guide a herd of daft sheep through dangers to get them back to the alien home planet. Ram assumed it as a Japanese game bases on the insanity of it all, but is shocked by it being British madeWe have a debate of our preferred MGS games with a divide over MSG2 and MSG3, we both agree however MGS4 was bad and why David Hayter is the only voice actor for solid snake. We also discuss other Hideo Kojima games including Death Stranding and his upcoming horror game ODNotesSee how well an AI does running a shopConcrete flinging fun in ControlDespite all the hallmarks saying otherwise, British made herding game SheepWhich is better MGS2 or MGS3? Upcoming horror game from Hideo Kojima ODInfected with nanomachines? make use of ambrosiaWe look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast on 17th July 2025, at 18:30 GMT+1