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Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Maylee, Tom, and Peter jump straight into the week in #GamingNews talking the nominees for 'The Game Awards 2025', Steam enters the Console Wars, and much more! Then Maylee takes off the super suit and gets into upper management playing 'Dispatch' from Adhoc Studios, and Tom gathers some studs and gets the party started playing 'LEGO® Party!' From SMG Studio. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:04 - #GamingNews - The Game Awards 12:45 - Dispatch from Adhoc Studio w/ Maylee 23:26 - LEGO® Party! from SMG Studio Upcoming Events February Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next in FEBRUARY! Produced and recorded by Maylee 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.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Peter, Caroline, and later Natalia celebrate Zahra's 31st BIRTHDAY!! YAAAAAY!!! Then a bunch of layoffs and other stuff in the week in #GamingNews ... yaaaaay... check our website. Then Natalia and Zahra chat with a heap of developers from the teams who showed games at our recent Indie Dev Night including; Riley from Sbug Games, Piers, Cohan and Alana from Grey Cult Games, Tex Barnes from Owl Machine, Elias and Santtu from Pepperbox Studios, and Eris and Josh from Delta Phase Games. Then Peter drops in and out of the cozy yet "satisfactory" game 'Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure' from from Massive Miniteam. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:39 - #GamingNews 08:16 - Wirm from Sbug Games 11:02 - _HyperRouter _ from Piers 14:01 - Heavy Magic from Grey Cult Games w/ Cohan and Alana 17:05 - Key Fairy from Owl Machine with Tex Barnes 19:15 - Jane Wei Composer of Key Fairy - 'We're Engaged! The Part Where I Run Around Collecting Stars and Try Not To Die' 21:45 - Dice of Kalma from Pepperbox Studios - Discord Link 25:40 - Sugarrr! and Delta Rummy from Delta Phase Games w/ Eris Alar and Josh Huf 28:21 - Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure from Massive Miniteam w/ Peter Upcoming Events February Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next in FEBRUARY! Produced and recorded by Zahra at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Sbug, Piers, and Owl Machine Audio: Recorded and Edited by Natalia. Grey Cult Games and Peppercorn Studios: Recorded by Zahra. Podcast Audio and Cover Image edited by Tobi for distribution with Creative Broadcasters Limited. Backing Music provided by Pixabay from Grand_Project - Diamond backing the Heavy Metal segment, Timothy Kulig - Drone Digging Backing Pepperbox Studios Segment, and Tony Vodnik - All I wanna Do (positive pop) backing Delta Phase Games Segment.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Hazel takes the soldering iron in hand to talk Console Mods, Jailbreaking, and more with Natalia, and Hazel from 'Tranzmission'. Then Hazel and her older brother Alec take some time to reminisce about old school Xbox mods from her childhood. And Ben from 'The Brown Couch' talks making your own controllers with friends. AND International Correspondent and previous Zed Games host Adrian brings us a Tokyo Games Show 2025 Retrospective, interviewing attendants about how to make YOUR game stand out at conventions. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:07 - Tokyo Games Show 2025 Retrospective w/ Adrian 08:10 - Console Mods and YOU 14:11 - Hazel’s PSP Mods 21:07 - Jailbreaking Consoles 26:30 - Repair 32:00 - Old School Xbox Mods w/ Alec 39:54 - Building Arcade Controllers w/ Ben Tokyo Games Show 2025 Segment Interviewees Be My Horde from Polished Games Dangen Entertainment New Game Plus and Events Engine Upcoming Events February Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next - Feb 2026 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 provided by Pixabay from Oleg Brnic - Disco Funk Expresso, Oleg Brnic - Jazz Expresso, Denis Pavlov - Old Bookie Jazz Blues B3 Hammond Organ, and Douglas Gustafson - Infinite Cosmos

This week on an especially spooky Zed Games Zahra, Maylee, and Tom flex their nimble fingers to get some news nibbles talking the week in #GamingNews. Tom then takes a swing at marriage and the grim reality of 'SILENT HILL f' from NeoBards Entertainment Ltd. Zahra then jumps into a double feature talking low-fi, nostalgic, cabin horror game 'Rental' from Lonely House, then wanders through the visceral and auditory experience of 'Welcome To The Dark Place' from Zeekerss. And in calendar worthy events... Indie Dev Night is happening NEXT WEEK!! With a heap of local games including; 'Heavy Magic' from Grey Cult, 'Wirm' from [Sbug Games], 'HyperRouter' from Piers, 'Key Fairy' from Owl Machine, 'Dice of Kalma' from Pepperbox Studios, 'Kokato Dispatch' from Kobiko, and 'Sugarrr!' and more from Delta Phase Games. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:44 - #GamingNews 10:24 - SILENT HILL f from NeoBards Entertainment Ltd. 18:15 - Rental from Lonely House 20:11 - _Welcome To The Dark Place from Zeekerss 23:39 - Indie Dev Night Upcoming Events: November Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next - Thurs 6th Nov 6-9pm 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 Mikhail Smusev from Pixabay

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra and Natalia are joined by Junebug, one of the developers at Sbug Games. After talking the week in #GamingNews the team rolls into a review of 'Isopod' from Sbug Games and the team talks to Junebug on 'Isopod's development. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 02:10 - #GamingNews 11:32 - Isopod from Sbug Games 23:24 - Interview with Junebug from Sbug Games Upcoming Events November Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next - Thurs 6th Nov 6pm 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.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul, Tom, and in the flesh Natalia return from PAX Aus, but before they get into that a run up of the week in #GamingNews talking legacy directors leaving Xbox and Ubisoft, Heart Machine finishing up, Pokémon Data Leak, plus more. Then Paul, Tom, and Natalia talk all things PAX Aus including; 'Delphinium' from Cinnadev, 'Cow Chess' from Lab Lab, 'Pro Jank Footy' from Umbrella Gaming, 'Tingus Goose' from Sweaty Chair, 'Headlice' from Bunguin Games, 'Doggy Don't Care' from Rohan Nowell, plus MORE! Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 05:50 - #GamingNews 12:25 - PAX Aus Rundown PAX Links: Delphinium from Cinnadev Xbox ROG Ally Kirby AirRiders Cow Chess from Lab Lab Pro Jank Footy from Umbrella Gaming Tingus Goose from Sweaty Chair Headlice from Bunguin Games Doggy Don't Care from Rohan Nowell AND PAX Aus 2025 Steam Page Upcoming Events: November Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next - Thurs 6th Nov 6pm 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: It's Zed Games's 800th Episode!! This week Zahra is being a professional studio person with Jack, 4zzz's station manager! Together they talk the week in #GamingNews before passing the baton to past Zahra in an interview with previous Zed Games leaders 'Razor' Ray and 'Ezie' Ezarco. Jack then tells us of his first Zed Games memory, REWINDING us back to Episode 380 and Bea's look into Dream Daddy. Plus there's a GIVEAWAY! Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games Episode 800! 02:01 - #GamingNews - The Drifter Ep 789 11:27 - GIVEAWAY 12:18 - Interview w/ Razor and Ezie 28:38 - REWIND: Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator from Game Grumps Upcoming Events** October PAX Aus @MCEC Melbourne Fri-Sun 10-12th Oct November Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next - Thurs 6th Nov 6pm 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 Paul, Tom, and our local Naam PaxAus correspondent Natalia jump straight into the week in #GamingNews before talking fishing games. Then Natalia slices a bit out of life and all the baggage that involves in 'Consume Me' from Hexecutable (Jenny+AP), and Paul takes on the personality litmus test that is the game 'Baby Steps' from Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, and Bennett Foddy. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 02:22 - #GamingNews 13:00 - Consume Me from Hexecutable (Jenny+AP) 23:14 - Baby Steps from Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, and Bennett Foddy 32:06 - Community Events - check the notes below Upcoming Events** October SpringCon @Goodna State School Sat-Sun 4-5th Oct 9-5pm PAX Aus @MCEC Melbourne Fri-Sun 10-12th Oct The Best Worst Games in History – Harvester (1996) @Fruitbat Theatre upstairs @PAX Aus Fri, Oct 10, 6:30-7:30 PM November Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next - Thurs 6th Nov 6pm 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 Hazel takes over with Zahra and Peter following suit talking game release hypes, bugs, and pet peeves before jumping into the week in #GamingNews. Then Zahra rocks out in the rogue like rhythm game 'Fresh Tracks' from Buffalo Buffalo and Peter takes it easy in the patient cozy tabletop/a digital single player Catan-esque game 'Let Them Trade' from Spaceflower. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 05:01 - #GamingNews 14:08 - Fresh Tracks from Buffalo Buffalo w/ Zahra 15:15 - Let Them Trade from Spaceflower w/ Peter Upcoming Events October SpringCon @Goodna State School Sat-Sun 4-5th Oct 9-5pm Zed Games 800th Episode Thurs, 9th Oct, 6pm PAX Aus @MCEC Melbourne Fri-Sun 10-12th Oct November Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next - Thurs 6th Nov 6pm 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.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Maylee gets butter board fingers while Tom, Peter, and SPECIAL GUEST Siobhan jumping straight into the week in #GamingNews. Then clean up those dirty earholes to listen to SPECIAL GUEST Siobhan as she tries a book change in a seaside town selling second hand books while playing 'Tiny Bookshop' from neoludic games. And don't forget to touch some grass while checking out; PLAYGRND Showdown Final @Settlement Cove Park 19-21 Sept, Creative Coding at The Lanes 2025 @Winn Lane 26 Sept, and SpringCon 4-5 Oct. AND Tom pulls on his neon cyber ninja suit to Shinobi style kick, jump, flip while crunch, punch, and combo his way through 'Shinobi: Art of Vengeance' from Lizardcube. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:42 - #GamingNews 10:08 - Tiny Bookshop from neoludic games 16:29 - Community Events: PLAYGRND Showdown Final @Settlement Cove Park Fri-Sun 19-21 Sept 10am-8pm 17:57 - Community Events: Creative Coding at The Lanes 2025 @Winn Lane Fri, 26 Sept, 6-9pm 18:49 - Community Events: SpringCon @Goodna State School Sat-Sun 4-5th Oct 9-5pm 20:05 - Shinobi: Art of Vengeance from Lizardcube Upcoming Events September Creative Coding at The Lanes 2025 @Winn Lane Fri, 26 Sept, 6-9pm October SpringCon @Goodna State School Sat-Sun 4-5th Oct 9-5pm PAX Aus @MCEC Melbourne Fri-Sun 10-12th Oct November Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next - Thurs 6th Nov 6pm 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 Paul summons the Dark Crystal with Natalia, Caroline, and Tom Silksonging before jumping into the week in #GamingNews. Then the team faun over the atmosphere and gameplay in the game of the hour 'Hollow Knight: Silksong' from Team Cherry, before Tom talks tricks, tips, trials, and teamwork while playing - defiantly not a wheelchair basketball - based game 'Drag x Drive™' from Nintendo. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 03:34 - #GamingNews 13:28 - Hollow Knight: Silksong from Team Cherry 25:31 - Drag x Drive™ from Nintendo 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 and Maylee introduce us to this weeks special guests and bird lovers Juno and Daniel jumping straight into the week in #GamingNews. Then the team chats with Juno and Daniel as they introduce the development process of and talk the new board game for the bird lover Isle of Feathers. The game is a vertical tile builder with birds fighting for space in a limited habitat, check it out on Kickstarter (and the launch party @Netherworld, Sun 28th Sept 4-7pm). Then Maylee gets a pleasant surprised while plaything the cozy puzzle sequel 'Islanders: New Shores' from The Station. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 02:15 - #GamingNews 10:42 - Isle of Feathers from Magpie Buisness AKA Juno and Daniel 30:22 - Islanders: New Shores from The Station 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 Paul, Hazel, and Caroline catch themselves in a time loop before jumping into the week of #GamingNews talking; Elden Ring and Atari Licensing, Marxism, Acclaim Resurrection, and MOAR! Caroline gets overwhelmed while attempting to brute force the 'Turn Based Cyberpunk Action' pixel booba'd, rhythm JRPG 'Keylocker' from Moonana. And Paul puts mining and tower defence into a blender to talk planning, efficiency, and strategy while playing 'Drill Core' from Hungry Couch. And don't forget to catch up with this weeks gaming events including hitting the tabletop at Go Play 2025 happening at the State Library of Queensland THIS weekend (30/31 August). Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 03:08 - #GamingNews 13:46 - Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action from Moonana 24:42 - Desert of the Abyss (Saturnian Version) by Elektrobear and Psamathes 24:58 - Drill Core from Hungry Couch 32:18 - Housekeeping: Indie Dev Night and Go Play 2025 @State Library of QLD Sat and Sun 30th and 31st Aug Produced and recorded by Paul 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.

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Maylee and Paul talk rental bliss before jumping into the week in SILKSONG... I mean #GamingNews... talking The Geoff Keighley Report (AKA gamescom) and a bunch of stuff that Paul likes. Speaking of stuff Paul likes, Paul delves deep into his deep unconscious and the memories within while puzzling through Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between from The Voxel Agents in VR. AND NEXT WEEK IS '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. SEE YOU THERE! Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 04:06 - #GamingNews 12:46 - #GamingNews: Paul's Highlights (AKA Paul's Special List for Special People) 20:36 - Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between from The Voxel Agents 28:07 - Indie Dev Night 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 provided by Pixabay from Open-Music-for-Videos from Pixabay.

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.