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Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Hazel, Zahra, and Peter talk seasonal and social gaming events before blindly walking into a the camel of disappointing big event management companies all while chatting the resurgence of Homestuck in the week of #GamingNews. In gaming reviews, Paul gets a buzz out of playing Time Flies from Playables, and Zahra checks out developer Pepperbox Studios and their games Kaamos - a puzzler roguelike - and it's successor - a horror themed walking simulator - Vartio. In Community Events, not only are we throwing another 'INDIE DEV NIGHT' at Lost Souls Netherworld on Thurs 28th Aug featuring local indie developers; Mobster Lobster, Little Nebula, Underlord Studios, Ben and Harry, Chunky Quail, Dillon Steyl, ANTD Interactive, Rat Shed, and Growing Games ... it's #RADIOTHON at 4zzz with a bunch of prizes up for grabs if you subscribe between the 8th and 17th of August - so what are you waiting for?! Head to 4zzz's website to support us and SUBSCRIBE (also name us as your favourite show)! Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 05:32 - #GamingNews 16:30 - Time Flies from Playables 20:02 - Kaamos from Pepperbox Studios 24:54 - Vartio from Pepperbox Studios 28:18 - Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Netherworld Thurs, 28th Aug 6-9pm 30:00 - RADIOTHON! Subscribe to 4zzz! Produced and recorded by Hazel for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited. Backing Music for the RADIOTHON! segment provided by Pocketbeats Music from Pixabay.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra tries to corral the full studio joined by Caroline, Peter, and Natalia head to the doctor to check out the Bees, Beans, Zest, Edumacation and a strange warm inner glow. #GamingNews follows talking OneUp Returns, Showcase Sumarry, and more (like Go Play 2025 and 4zzz's RADIOTHON!!)Then Natalia cranks it up talking their PlayDate experience, and Zahra struggles to climb through White Knuckle from Dark Machine Games w/ Zahra Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 02:30 - #GamingNews 08:19 - Go Play 2025 09:57 - RADIOTHON 11:38 - PlayDate w/ Natalia 19:22 - PlayDate Season 2 w/ Natalia 29:41 - White Knuckle from Dark Machine Games w/ Zahra Produced and recorded by Zahra at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Audio and Cover Image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited. Backing Music provided by Pixabay from Melody Ayres-Griffiths, Timothy Kulig, Nicholas Panek, and NiKneT_Art

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Maylee, Zahra, and Tom get into the week of #GamingNews talking Payment Prohibition, Age Embargo Avoidance, and a Sony Suit. Then pulling on the puppetry performance, Tom cleans up while wiping off the fear sweat playing My Friendly Neighborhood developed by Ducky Dev Games. While Zahra nurtures some flora and fauna while desperately trying to remain on task playing Desk Garden developed by Siesta Studio. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:50 - #GamingNews w/ EVO Timelineand Excel Sports 13:56 - My Friendly Neighborhood from Ducky Dev Games 25:30 - Desk Garden from Siesta Studio 📸 ID: Full sized human male puppets hang on the concrete walls of a storage room with a single light harshly lighting them (from 'My Friendly Neighborhood') while several cubed gardens float in the air. The text Muppet Growth is in the centre with the 4zzz Podcast and Zed Games logos in the top and bottom right respectively. Produced and recorded by Maylee for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited. Backing music for the Desk Garden segment provided by Pixabay from Ribhav Agrawal

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul slips on a potassium based fruit accelerator pedal, and throws Zahra straight into a chest thumping extravaganananza of #GamingNews talking Splitgate 2's Great-Gate and "Payment Processor" forcing censorship. Paul then writes a love letter to the Aussie Noir Pulp Adventure, point and click thriller The Drifter from Powerhoof. Zahra needs a late night snack and gets caught staring into the microwave while playing Midnight Snack from BaconSlayer, before the whole studio goes bananas talking Donkey Kong Bananza from Nintendo. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:45 - #GamingNews 13:28 - The Drifter from Powerhoof 23:08 - Midnight Snack from Desborde Games 26:49 - Donkey Kong Bananza from Nintendo 📸 ID: The image is framed by the microwave controls from 'Midnight Snack', within the microwave screen is Donkey Kong from 'Donkey Kong Bananza' smashing through the ground with the protagonist from 'The Drifter' looking shocked in the bottom right with the text 'Bananza of Death' in the top. The 4zzz Podcast and Zed Games logos are in the top and bottom right respectively. Produced and recorded by Paul for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games a full studio of cool cats headed/herded by Zahra, including; Hazel, Tom, and Natalia! Together they talk the week in #GamingNews and all that entails. Tom does a early access double feature; skirting copywriter infringement while casting 'Bigify' at Grumblebort's wizarding school in the PS2 era styled game Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate from The Szymanski Brothers John, Evan, and David. AND the chaos of cooking in the speedy roguelike deck builder for the refractory cook in us all in Omelet You Cook from SchuBox Games. Then Zahra jumps in late to talk the nostalgia filled city sim mobile and PC game TheoTown from Lobby Divinus and BlueFlower Timestamps and Links: 02:46 - Welcome to Zed Games 05:50 - #GamingNews 13:00 - Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate from The Szymanski Brothers John, Evan, and David 19:37 - Omelet You Cook from SchuBox Games 26:26 - Hungry? Now you are 28:16 - TheoTown from Lobby Divinus and BlueFlower Produced and recorded by Zahra for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited. Backing music for the 'Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate' segment provided by Denis Pavlov from Pixabay

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Maylee and Peter let Natalia out of the box for the show to talk about getting down with the computer upgrade sickness, the future of vault diving, and the week in #GamingNews. Maylee then plays favourites while exploring the star studded voice actor filled love/hate dating sim, Date Everything from Sassy Chap Games. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 07:25 - #GamingNews 21:10 - Date Everything from Sassy Chap Games Produced and recorded by Maylee for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country . Album cover design and podcast edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul and Tom introduce a newbie to the microphone Natalia, before jumping into a totally happy and uplifting week in #GamingNews. The team grabs the tissues to talk generally and literally around the complicated, arthouse, big budget, star studded game Death Stranding 2 from Kojima Productions and the new quality of life changes in the sequel. And lastly the team grabs their favourite fishing rods and work laptops to head out and idle the day away playing Cast and Chill from Wombat Brawler. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:46 - Welcome Natalia: Favourite Game 02:27 - #GamingNews 13:21 - Death Stranding 2 from Kojima Productions 26:20 - Cast and Chill from Wombat Brawler Produced and recorded by Paul for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Hazel, and Peter spruik the 4zzz merch before jumping into the week in #GamingNews with Science saying games promote edufication, Nintendo Museum Expands, and Spartan Survives. Then Peter embraces the whimsy, gets curious, and grabs a stickerbook to get cozy in Pilo and the Holobook from Mudita Games. Paul goes yo-yo crazy in the yo-yo-vania Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo from Pocket Trap. And Zahra gets a serious case of the Mondays while finding themselves in the game The River from bokchoi.. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 03:48 - #GamingNews 12:53 - Pilo and the Holobook from Mudita Games 17:53 - Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo from Pocket Trap 24:22 - The River from bokchoi. Produced and recorded by Zahra for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Maylee, Zahra, and Caroline talk gaming, bloodsports, LARPing, and anticip… …ation before meandering their way into the week in #GamingNews. Zahra then rummages through the trash to pay the rent talking Trash Goblin from Spilt Milk Studios. Then the team recaps their wonderful time at Queensland Games Festival. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 05:08 - #GamingNews 12:44 - Trash Goblin from Spilt Milk Studios 18:54 - Queensland Games Festival Recap 20:52 - QGF: Lone Pine from Bang Bang Bang Interactive 22:39 - QGF: Bumper Bout from Rocco Loria (Rockalot) 23:30 - QGF: The Hare and the Wreath from Lili Piri 25:11 - QGF: Slime Time from Flow State Games 26:27 - QGF: Dungeon Pizza from Growing Games 27:22 - QGF: Isle of Feathers Produced and recorded by Maylee for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Peter, and Tom throw wood and get meta talking Mario Kart World and Oddsparks before jumping into the week in #GamingNews talking: Frosty Games Fest, Summer Games Fest, and more! Tom takes a jab at boxing games to work on his footwork in Leftovers KO! from Mountain Man Animation. Then the team talks the upcoming Queensland Games Festival 2025 at the Brisbane Powerhouse on Saturday 14th June 2025, where will be hosting AMPLIFY GAMES and steaming it live on YouTube and Twitch! Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 04:50 - #GamingNews 15:30 - Leftovers KO! from Mountain Man Animation 24:13 - Queensland Games Festival 2025 and AMPLIFY GAMES at the Brisbane Powerhouse Games we will be hosting at Queensland Games Festival 2025 through AMPLIFY GAMES**: Lone Pine from Bang Bang Bang Interactive Bumper Bout from Rocco Loria (Rockalot) L8R SK8R from Alex Driml The Hare and the Wreath from Lili Piri Yum Cha from Jonathon Cheung Rodent Rollers from Mobster Lobster Games Aqueducks from Reid Marsh + Jack Reboul Stellar Scavengers from Tem Slime Time from Flow State Games Dungeon Pizza from Growing Games Other Games coming to Queensland Games Festival 2025: Carmen Sandiego Hordes of Fate Memo to the Underlord Bravest Coconut Cooked Key Fairy Cast n Chill Isopod Moonbrella Bumpabout Candy Crawler Trash Heart Momento Chunk Tempopo Rita ANGEL We Forlorn Few Delverium Isle of Feathers Schrodinger’s Cat Burgler Games Listed in #GamingNews; Frosty Games Fest: Mars First Logistics Letters to Arralla Toroa: Skycall Junklands Bones: Wandering Soul Cast n Chill Tempopo Key Fairy Summer Games Fest: Resident Evil Requiem Lies of P: Overture Dying Light: The Beast Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver Killer Inn Xbox Games Showcase Keeper Outer Worlds 2 Persona 4: Revival Upcoming Games: Wizard of Legend 2 The Alters Gex Trilogy FBC: Firebreak Kity Builder Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond Hell Clock The Colony: New Haven Chronicles 📸 ID: A character with a health and stamina bar below him is wearing boxing gloves while facing off against a moustache wearing junk food character (from Leftovers KO!). It is riding a wave with an explosion going off behind it. Looming in the background is the Pink Sugar Glider from the Queensland Games Festival logos. The text So Many Games Fest is under the 4zzz Podcast logo in the top right, with Jack Black as the Great Fairy, and the Zed Games Logo are in the bottom left, and right respectively. Produced and recorded by Zahra at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul and Tom talk first thoughts, first feelings, and first emotions while handling the Switch 2 before talking #GamingNews and the gamut of game events currently on show. Paul then tries to take care of boy with companion dog and his T shaped life in the caring and quirky narrative adventure to a T from Uvula LLC. Then Tom closes his eyes to play the beautifully crafted claymation adventure The Midnight Walk from MoonHood. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 04:34 - #GamingNews 15:53 - to a T from Uvula LLC 22:59 - The Midnight Walk from MoonHood 📸 ID: A range of clay modelled spooky creatures surround a boy with a Pot head walking towards a glowing Switch 2 with a eyeless figure with a tall had sitting behind it under a large open book acting as a roof (from The Midnight Walk). There is a cutely designed T posing boy with a dog next to him wearing a Japanese school outfit and a red bag hanging from one arm (from to a T) in the foreground following the pot headed figure. The Zed Games and 4zzz Podcast logos are in the bottom right and top right respectively. Produced and recorded by Paul for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Maylee, Caroline, and Rani gather to talk Dinkum and fireflies before jumping into the week in #GamingNews talking Apple Acquisitions, Psions, Capcom Expansion, Backrooms comes to Cinema, plus more. Then Paul craves some pachinko/peggle with a dystopian edge Jump the Track from Seed by Seed. Then Rani pulls out all the curses, covens, and cards in the classroom to play Curses & Covens from One Thousand Rats. Before the team runs out of the studio to get to the Indie Dev Night at Lost Souls Karaoke and play all the new and upcoming games developed in Brisbane. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 05:50 - #GamingNews 15:15 - Jump the Track from Seed by Seed 20:43 - Curses & Covens from One Thousand Rats 28:16 - Indie Dev Night @ Lost Souls Karaoke Produced and recorded by Maylee for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Hazel and Zahra talk self care and the Warfare grind before jumping into the week in #GamingNews talking the @ebgames Switch 2 Launch Update, Thronglets, Bionicle Fan Game Shutdown, plus more. Then Zahra gathers the clan to duke it out floating about in Which Way Up: Galaxy Games from Turtle Flip Studio. Paul brings us a heartfelt Tribute a year after the passing of Zed Games personality and huge hearted friend Cameron Davis. And the next Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke - 6pm Thursday May 29 - featuring; Tempopo, Schrodinger’s Cat Burgler, Moonbrella, Lone Pine, Jaws of Space, What The Tide Brought In, Aqueducks, Dungeon Pizza, plus more! AND 14th June the Queensland Games Festival @Brisbane Powerhouse Timestamps and Links: 02:52 - #GamingNews 12:14 - Which Way Up: Galaxy Games from Turtle Flip Studio 16:26 - Tribute to Cameron Davis AKA Gazunta Viva Piñata, Rose & Dahlia Comic 24:20 - Upcoming Events: Indi Dev Night & QLD Games Festival This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Maylee, Tom, and Zahra explore the olfactory game experience before jumping into the week in #GamingNews with; Delays, Paid Switch 2 Midnight Launch w/ EBGames Australia, plus MORE! Then Maylee is kind to themselves and takes it easy while playing Islanders before Paul explores the settings menu in the series prequel Doom: The Dark Ages from Bethesda. Timestamps and Links: 06:32 - #GamingNews 15:57 - Islanders 25:32 - Doom: The Dark Ages from Bethesda This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul, Caroline, and Rani AKA Ray-nigh hyperfocus on the Brizvegas Bus DLC before jumping to the week in #GamingNews and the rising prices of houses… and consoles, GTA VI 2026, GoW, 3DS Louvre Tour Ends, and Fortnight Returns to USiOS. Then Paul turns dad mode and counts his steps in the puzzle based rogue-lite Blue Prince from Dogubomb. Rani then chooses not to sing before mashing at the beige clacky keyboard in the retro visual novel S4U: CityPunk 2011 and Love Punch from U0U Games. And don’t forget to submit your locally made games to the Queensland Games Festival 2025! Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - #GamingNews 10:05 - Blue Prince from Dogubomb 19:40 - S4U: CityPunk 2011 and Love Punch from U0U Games 29:51 - SUBMIT your games to QGF202 📸 ID: On the right several doorways are open in tandem, the area is framed by surrounded objects. A boy stands at the end of the hallway opening another door into bright light (from Blue Prince). On the left is the text Blue4U with a screen showing several open windows with a fractured image of an anime styled girl holding a finger to her mouth (from S4U). The Zed Games and 4zzz Podcast logos are in the bottom right and top right respectively. Presented by Paul, co-announced by Caroline and Rani, and edited by Tobi. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.