Zed Games

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Hazel, Zahra, and Natalia talk Queensland Games Festival after glow and recovery, THEN hellah #GamingNews. Then the team pulls out the flared jeans, high heel, oversized glasses and sparkly jackets to groove and dance through 'Rhythm Paradise Groove' AKA 'Rhythm Heaven Groove' from Nintendo and then chatting all about rhythm games. Timestamps and Links: 00:00...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul and Zahra humble children while recovering from this years Queensland Games Festival before also talking about the same Festival and more in the week in #GamingNews. Paul takes over talking highlights and trends in this years Steam Next Fest with; 'About Fishing' from The Water Museum, 'Blood Dungeon' from Messhof, 'Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Peter, and Maylee talk the week in #GamingNews before delving deep into what to expect walking into this years Queensland Games Festival at the Brisbane Powerhouse Saturday 27 June - 10am to 6pm and the games coming to chat with us downstairs at the Amplify Games Space including; 'Matchstick: Cosmic Flame' by TechnoMyth (@technomythgames), 'Doubtbound'...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Joy (@Mythical_Water), Río Robayo (@rio_robayo), and Alex (@busalonium) join Natalia and Hazel to talk ideal video games, #GamingNews, and more... But mostly about this years Frosty Games Fest (@frostygamesfest) Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 04:28 - #GamingNews 11:16 - Frosty Games Fest 12:18 - Freeline by Piers 15:07 - Slayblade by Henry'...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra (they/them) and Hazel (she/her) are joined by returning quack-pots Reid Marshall (they/them) and Jack Reboul (he/him) from Corkscrew Games to celebrate the launch and release of 'Aqueducks' and an overview of their upcoming board game 'Tag! You're Undead'. Then the team talks #GamingNews and the extensive showcases and game highlights of the past week. T...

Episode Notes: RECORDED LIVE - This week Zed Games celebrates the third of 26's Indie Dev Night featuring loads of local devs showing their stuff including; 'Dungeon Pizza' from Growing Games, 'Aqueducks' by Corkscrew Games, 'Lone Pine' by Bang Bang Bang Interactive, 'Oath for Glory' by Sleep Deprived Studios, 'Deathbed' by Devil Juice, 'Descend' by Fizzy Games, 'On The Hearth' by Earl Grimm Games...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul is joined by Maylee and Natalia are dressed to impress talking price increases, game failures and futures, and so much more in a massive week of #GamingNews. Paul and Natalia chat the ins and outs of the nostalgia, music, film, and generational differences while playing 'Mixtape' from Beethoven and Dinosaur. Maylee gets out the figurative aeronautical lic...

Episode Notes: This week on Cat Games Zahra and Catoline are joined by Martin to celebrate the launch of local game 'Schrodinger's Cat Burglar' from Abandoned Sheep. Plus some #gamingnews and upcoming events... But mostly it's about the cat. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:01 - Interview w/ Martin from Abandoned Sheep 15:45 - #GamingNews 21:44 - Schrodinger's Cat Burglar from...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Hazel and Petalia (AKA Peter and Natalia) catch up over [REDACTED], sharing, and making friends before talking Nintendo Price Changes, Subnautica Leak, Paid ARG, and more in the week in #GamingNews. Peter takes us on a journey cloned by the capitalistic overlords in the survival builder 'StarRupture' from Creepy Jar. Then the team talks the upcoming games exhi...

Episode Notes: This week Paul takes over on Zed Games backed by Zahra and Tom to talk the joys of Edutainment, an avalanche of games, and a cloudy week in #GamingNews. Then things take a turn for the strange while Paul gouges his eyes out playing with gems and cards in 'Forbidden Solitaire' from Grey Alien Games, then he jumps into the deep end of 80s CGA match three puzzles and secrets playing 'T...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Maylee, and Tom live the dream talking 'Tomodochi Life', 'Sol Cesto', and the week in #GamingNews. Tom get underwhelmed in the balls to the wall mishmash 'ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN' from suda51's Grasshopper Manufacture Inc, and Zahra gets thocky while typing in fear playing 'Blood Typers' from Outer Brain Studio Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed G...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Hazel is EXCITED to share the studio with Zahra and Natalia talking the week in #GamingNews and recapping the most recent Indie Dev Night and all the games that got to show at Netherworld after last week's show... Including; 'Matchstick: Cosmic Flame' from TechnoMyth, 'Schrodinger's Cat Burglar' from Abandoned Sheep, 'The Isle of Lost Bees' from Triple Bee Gam...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul pushes buttons while the team NOT at the Indie Dev Night taking place at the time of recording (AKA Hazel and Maylee) talk #GamingNEWS. Then Paul takes us by the hand through the greek mythological rogue-like tower defence game 'Minos' from Artificer before comforting us with the aesthetically pleasing, cleaning and decorating, cozy home game 'Hozy' from...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra is joined by Caroline and Maylee get tropically fruity in the studio talking 4zzz's April Atonement, and next week's Indie Dev Night. Talking games; Maylee gets lost in the minutiae of 'Town to City' from Galaxy Grove and Caroline scratches an incremental itch playing 'Scritchy Scratchy' from Lunch Money Games. Oh and don't forget our mainstay - the week...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Hazel and Zahra get out the holy banana to talk 4zzz's #AprilAtonement, the upcoming #IndieDevNight, #AprilFoolsRoundup, and some real news in the week in #GamingNews. Zahra and Hazel take a sidestep into the Sonic fandom to talk the new podcast series 'Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles'. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:0...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul and Caroline lament on lack of sleep and mass of steam sale games bouncing off their frontal lobe. Paul then struggles with the poison of AI, layoffs, and more in this weeks #GamingNews. Then Caroline gets cozy yet uncomfortable playing 'Pokémon Pokopia' from Omega Force and Game Freak. The Paul doesn't review the seizure of public domain, early access in...

Episode Notes: Join us this week on Zed Games Zahra is joined by Peter, Maylee, and Jono from Quokka Games as Zahra pushes Jonathon 'Jono' Cheung into the deep end of the #GamingNews with a run down of the Independent Games Festival Awards 2026 , Nvidia AI backlash, 'Subnautica 2' internal shinanigans, and more. Then the team talks Quokkas, games design, and more with Quokka Games' Jono and Zahra...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Natalia, Hazel, and Maylee are joined by special guest Rio getting excited about Women for a special International Women's Day Episode and priming us all with a special track from Jane Wai and the upcoming game 'Slumbering Woods' from Chunky Quail Games. Then talking the minutia of Australia's new age verification laws, Heat Machine Unionisation, Valve gets hi...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul and Tom bow down to the monstrosity of the Steam Next Fest Demo overlord but avoiding it entirely and talking #GamingNews with; Sony snubs PC , Resident Evil 9 reception , Quitting 'Highguard' , Not 'Letting It Die' die, and MORE ! Then Tom searches for more while playing 'Resident Evil Requiem' from Capcom and then Paul talks about a bunch of random thin...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Natalia leads a full house with Caroline, Hazel and Mara/Niosis and Tex from Owl Machine talking Xbox reshuffle, Discord verification backlash, News Nibbles and more in this weeks #GamingNews! Then Caroline takes the unenviable position of reviewing 'Keyfairy' in front of its makers Mara and Tex from Owl Machine. Then Hazel takes the reins to interview Mara/Ni...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra has an aneurysm introducing old Zed Games voice Adrian to Peter and Caroline, talking OG gaming experiences and the week in #GamingNews. Then the team talks everything you missed when you didn't turn up to the first Indie Dev Night of 2026! Lastly Zahra brings us the best in gamified body doubling playing 'ON-TOGETHER Virtual Co-Working' from Gigapuff. T...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Paul, Caroline, and Tom embrace the overwhelming chaos of life, love, and the week in #GamingNews. Then Paul grows horns, rips his jeans, and serves some burgers playing the feminist, slice-of-life, narrative rhythm game 'Dead Pets' from Akupara Games. And Caroline gets culty while being a lamb in 'Cult Of The Lamb' from Massive Monster Studios and its new flu...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Hazel, and Natalia talk comfort games before walking into the wall of this week's #GamingNews. Zahra chains jumps, dashes, and glides while getting their low poly wings playing 'Valkyrie Saga' from Public Void. Then the team gets hype talking next week's Zed Games x Netherworld's INDIE DEV NIGHT coming Thursday 12th Feb 6-9pm AEST with so many games to...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Peter and Tom bond over the stress and horrors of moving, then turning on the ESP, connecting with the spirits to talk the week in #GamingNews - psychically brought to us from Paul through the aether. Then Tom grabs the joystick, pulls on a leather jacket and dons some cheap shades to play 'Terminator 2D: No Fate' from Bitmap Bureau before Paul manages...

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra, Peter, and Natalia get super cool and put on some shades to talk the week in #GamingNews. Zahra takes a leaf out of Dr Seuss finding things, rings, knowers of the known, Venn diagrams, and clearing their name in the board game 'Things In Rings' from allplay. Natalia then double dips crying on public transport while playing 'and Roger' from TearyHand Stu...