Zed Games

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Hazel and Caroline take no prisoners jumping straight into the week in #GamingNews talking Game Updates, Meta VR Shutdown, Global Game Jam Rundown, and MOAR! Caroline gets to the point into a double feature - firstly clicking away for population control in 'Execute' from Payne Robinson AKA Peebly, then aids the AI and causes a climate crisis in 'Faceminer' fro...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul plays with buttons, Caroline caffeinates, and Tom stays sane playing games before bouncing into the week in #GamingNews with; ASUS leading price rises, EBGames(NZ) closures, Sonic founder passes, and more. Paul then gets handsy grabbing stuff for friends playing 'Untitled Hand Game: Titled Edition' from Ottersea Studio, and Tom digs through the trash and...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra and Hazel farewell 2025 and celebrate the first few hours of the new year of 2026. Jumping into a surprising amount of #GamingNews including; GOG goes back to its roots, Game Birthdays, and MOAR! Zahra and Hazel share a wirmy, wiggly, squirmy, adventure while playing the cute and squishy game 'Wirm' from Sbug Games. Then Paul drops into the abstract worl...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Hazel, Natalia, and Tom quack about Christmas music before jump into the week in #GamingNews. Then the team runs down each player's Game Of The Year with; 'Silksong' from Team Cherry, 'Cast N Chill' from Wombat Brawler, 'Baby Steps' from Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, and Bennett Foddy, 'Tempopo' from Witch Beam, 'Split Fiction' from Hazelight, 'Isopod' from...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra sets up with a stacked deck with Peter, Natalia, AND Hazel chat holiday family (key)board games before jumping into the week in #GamingAwards, #GameAnnouncements, and some #GamingNews. Natalia then indulges in the hype, beat, and rhythm of 'Unbeatable' from D-CELL Games. Followed by Zahra teleports around while taking the wheel in the crossover kart race...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul presses buttons and talks Metroid and Switch sales before pulling Caroline and Tom into the week in #GamingNews. Paul gets inspired to play (and then avoid) 'Many Nights a Whisper' from Deconstructeam and Selkie Harbour. Tom gathers some Member Berries to snake on while playing 'MARVEL Cosmic Invasion' from Tribute Games. And Caroline and Paul take biolog...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Tom, and Natalia talk the challenge of the game of life before getting into a slew of events, social restrictions, RAM shortages, Excel Championship, and more in this week’s #GamingNews. Natalia grabs the mail before jumping into a break in reality while reviewing the thrill seeking, speed chasing, and butt clenching rogue-like game 'Haste' from Landfal...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul, Hazel, Zahra, and Caroline get into Gaming Garments and Gear while talking the week in #GamingNews before pulling out the smorgasbord of mini games with exciting escapades, perilous quests, magical music, and perspicacious payment plans to whittle away your weekend while playing; Caroline comes to grips with 'Cell to Singularity: evolution never ends' fr...

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....

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...

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 previ...

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 visc...

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...

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 Foo...

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...

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 Be...

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....

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 che...

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 'Dra...

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 l...

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 towe...

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 A...

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 thei...

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 str...

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...