Zed Games

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 [https://www.zedgamesau.net/news/queensland-games-festival-switch-2-heist-and-more]. Zahra then rummages through the trash to pay the rent talking Trash Goblin [https://www.trashgoblingame.com/] from Spilt Milk Studios [https://www.spiltmilkstudios.com/]. Then the team recaps their wonderful time at Queensland Games Festival. Timestamps and Links: * 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games * 05:08 - #GamingNews [https://www.zedgamesau.net/news/queensland-games-festival-switch-2-heist-and-more] * 12:44 - Trash Goblin [https://www.trashgoblingame.com/] from Spilt Milk Studios [https://www.spiltmilkstudios.com/] * 18:54 - Queensland Games Festival Recap * 20:52 - QGF: Lone Pine [http://bangbangbang.io/lone-pine] from Bang Bang Bang Interactive [https://www.bangbangbang.io/] * 22:39 - QGF: Bumper Bout from Rocco Loria (Rockalot) [https://rockalot.carrd.co/] * 23:30 - QGF: The Hare and the Wreath [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKv94qQAogG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==] from Lili Piri [https://lillypiri.com/] * 25:11 - QGF: Slime Time [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3143740/Slime_Time/] from Flow State Games [https://linktr.ee/FSGames] * 26:27 - QGF: Dungeon Pizza from Growing Games * 27:22 - QGF: Isle of Feathers [https://www.isleoffeathers.com/] 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 [https://linktr.ee/7081edits] 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 [https://handy-games.com/en/games/oddsparks/] before jumping into the week in #GamingNews talking: Frosty Games Fest [https://www.frostygamesfest.com/], Summer Games Fest [https://www.summergamefest.com/], and more! Tom takes a jab at boxing games to work on his footwork in Leftovers KO! [https://www.mtnanim.com/games] from Mountain Man Animation [https://www.mtnanim.com/]. Then the team talks the upcoming Queensland Games Festival 2025 [https://www.queenslandgamesfestival.com/] at the Brisbane Powerhouse [https://maps.app.goo.gl/Sw66bfanQyxEoJbi7] on Saturday 14th June 2025, where will be hosting AMPLIFY GAMES [https://www.queenslandgamesfestival.com/amplify-games/] and steaming it live on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/live/9vS_i-FllFQ] and Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/zedgamesaus]! Timestamps and Links: * 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games * 04:50 - #GamingNews * 15:30 - Leftovers KO! [https://www.mtnanim.com/games] from Mountain Man Animation [https://www.mtnanim.com/] * 24:13 - Queensland Games Festival 2025 [https://www.queenslandgamesfestival.com/] and AMPLIFY GAMES [https://www.queenslandgamesfestival.com/amplify-games/] at the Brisbane Powerhouse [https://maps.app.goo.gl/Sw66bfanQyxEoJbi7] Games we will be hosting at Queensland Games Festival 2025 [https://www.queenslandgamesfestival.com/] through AMPLIFY GAMES [https://www.queenslandgamesfestival.com/amplify-games/]**: * Lone Pine [http://bangbangbang.io/lone-pine] from Bang Bang Bang Interactive [https://www.bangbangbang.io/] * Bumper Bout from Rocco Loria (Rockalot) [https://rockalot.carrd.co/] * L8R SK8R [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3046610/L8R_SK8R/?beta=1&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAachxL-Eo6BIkMI5t_N0YMiIhC-j79RTMUztz_bA1uDYVlUykyvKYwP9TvlUSw_aem_GJ3y6bRPRr6W2A8OCnm3GQ] from Alex Driml [https://www.instagram.com/busalonium/] * The Hare and the Wreath [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKv94qQAogG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==] from Lili Piri [https://lillypiri.com/] * Yum Cha [https://www.quokkagames.com/shop/p/yum-cha] from Jonathon Cheung [https://www.quokkagames.com/ourstory] * Rodent Rollers [https://mobster-lobster-games.itch.io/rodent-rollers] from Mobster Lobster Games [https://mobsterlobstergames.carrd.co/] * Aqueducks [https://www.aqueducks.com.au/] from Reid Marsh + Jack Reboul * Stellar Scavengers from Tem * Slime Time [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3143740/Slime_Time/] from Flow State Games [https://linktr.ee/FSGames] * Dungeon Pizza from Growing Games Other Games coming to Queensland Games Festival 2025 [https://www.queenslandgamesfestival.com/]: * Carmen Sandiego [https://carmensandiego-game.com/] * Hordes of Fate [https://www.spitfireinteractive.com.au/] * Memo to the Underlord [https://memototheunderlord.com/] * Bravest Coconut [https://www.bravestcoconut.com/] * Cooked [https://www.cookedgame.com/] * Key Fairy [https://keyfairy.com.au/] * Cast n Chill [https://www.wombatbrawler.com/cast-n-chill] * Isopod [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/Isopod_A_Webbed_Spinoff/] * Moonbrella [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3433800/Moonbrella/] * Bumpabout * Candy Crawler [https://candycrawlergame.com/] * Trash Heart [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1877260/Trash_Heart/] * Momento [https://playmomento.com/] * Chunk [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3219950/Chunk/] * Tempopo [https://tempopogame.com/] * Rita [https://sporktank.com/#games] * ANGEL [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2884840/Angel/] * We Forlorn Few [https://www.knifedgegames.com/] * Delverium [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2710040/Delverium/] * Isle of Feathers [https://www.isleoffeathers.com/] * Schrodinger’s Cat Burgler [https://abandonedsheep.com/] Games Listed in #GamingNews; Frosty Games Fest [https://www.frostygamesfest.com/]: * Mars First Logistics [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532200/Mars_First_Logistics/] * Letters to Arralla [https://www.littlepinkclouds.com/] * Toroa: Skycall [https://www.toroagame.com/] * Junklands [https://www.deadleafgames.com/junklands/] * Bones: Wandering Soul [https://www.bonesthegame.com/] * Cast n Chill [https://www.wombatbrawler.com/cast-n-chill] * Tempopo [https://tempopogame.com/] * Key Fairy [https://keyfairy.com.au/] Summer Games Fest [https://www.summergamefest.com/]: * Resident Evil Requiem [https://www.residentevil.com/requiem/en-uk/] * Lies of P: Overture [https://www.liesofp.com/en-us/dlc-overture] * Dying Light: The Beast [https://dyinglightgame.com/the-beast/?lang=en] * Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver [https://brasslionentertainment.com/] * Killer Inn [https://www.square-enix.com/killer-inn/en-gb/] Xbox Games Showcase [https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/events/xbox-games-showcase] * Keeper [https://www.doublefine.com/games/keeper] * Outer Worlds 2 [https://outerworlds2.obsidian.net/enter] * Persona 4: Revival [https://www.sega.com/persona/persona-4-revival] Upcoming Games: * Wizard of Legend 2 [https://www.humblegames.com/games/wizardoflegend2/] * The Alters [https://11bitstudios.com/games/the-alters/] * Gex Trilogy [https://gextrilogy.com/] * FBC: Firebreak [https://www.remedygames.com/games/firebreak] * Kity Builder [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622310/Kity_Builder/] * Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond [https://shadowverse-wb.com/en/] * Hell Clock [https://www.madmushroom.gg/games/hell-clock] * The Colony: New Haven Chronicles [https://store.steampowered.com/app/506710/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 [https://linktr.ee/7081edits] 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 [https://www.zedgamesau.net/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 [https://uvula.jp/to-a-t] from Uvula LLC [https://uvula.jp/]. Then Tom closes his eyes to play the beautifully crafted claymation adventure The Midnight Walk [https://www.fasttravelgames.com/games/the-midnight-walk] from MoonHood [https://www.moonhood.se/]. Timestamps and Links: * 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games * 04:34 - #GamingNews * 15:53 - to a T [https://uvula.jp/to-a-t] from Uvula LLC [https://uvula.jp/] * 22:59 - The Midnight Walk [https://www.fasttravelgames.com/games/the-midnight-walk] from MoonHood [https://www.moonhood.se/] 📸 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 [https://linktr.ee/7081edits] 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 [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2946390/Jump_the_Track/] from Seed by Seed [https://store.steampowered.com/developer/seedbyseed]. Then Rani pulls out all the curses, covens, and cards in the classroom to play Curses & Covens [https://www.onethousandrats.com/curses-and-covens] from One Thousand Rats [https://www.onethousandrats.com/]. 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 [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2946390/Jump_the_Track/] from Seed by Seed [https://store.steampowered.com/developer/seedbyseed] * 20:43 - Curses & Covens [https://www.onethousandrats.com/curses-and-covens] from One Thousand Rats [https://www.onethousandrats.com/] * 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 [https://linktr.ee/7081edits] 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 [https://whichwayup.info/] 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 [https://whichwayup.info/] from Turtle Flip Studio * 16:26 - Tribute to Cameron Davis AKA Gazunta Viva Piñata [https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/games/store/viva-pinata/BSXSL6WBJ0V7], Rose & Dahlia Comic [https://web.archive.org/web/20240204143340/https://rosecomic.com/] * 24:20 - Upcoming Events: Indi Dev Night [https://www.netherworldarcade.com/event/indie-dev-night-2/] & QLD Games Festival [https://www.queenslandgamesfestival.com/] This podcast is powered by Pinecast [https://pinecast.com].