Category: Podcasts

Games are Weird, PAX Aus and Lance Reddick Passes


 

Games are Weird.

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/03/new-peppa-pig-games-tribute-to-the-queen-has-players-losing-it/

 

Peppa Pig’s latest video game World Adventures has a bizarre memorial to the departed monarch Queen Lizzy.  Why is the dead queen jumping in muddy puddles with small children? Why is she a human talking to a talking pig? Why is there such an abrupt tonal shift from this to the in memoriam, which includes Peppa Pig herself in the photo? Is Peppa Pig super sad that her BFF The Queen kicked the bucket?  The internet seems baffled by this inclusion.

PAX AUS

https://aus.paxsite.com/en-us/info/news/pax-2023-badges-available-today.html

PAX Australia is the biggest gaming convention in Australia and is happening from the 6th to the 8th of October 2023 in Melbourne and tickets are on sale now!  It’s the 10th anniversary of PAX Aus so if that sounds like something you want to get in on, a limited amount of early bird tickets are available now.

 

Lance Reddick Passes

And sadly Lance Reddick passed away on March 17 from natural causes at the age of 60.  Known and loved for his acting and video game voicing, appearing in Horizon Zero Dawn, Payday 2, Quantum Break, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, an unreleased Hellboy game and maybe his most well known role, Commander Zavala from Destiny.

 

And now for the game releases

 

March 24

Resident Evil 4 Remake- PC, Playstation, Xbox Series X

The Crown of Wu- PC Playstation and Xbox

EA Sports PGA Tour- PC, PS5 Xbox Series X

 

March 27

9 Years of Shadows- PC

 

March 28

Crime Boss: Rockay City- PC

Drop – System Breach – PC

Kana Quest- Switch

The Last of Us Part 1- PC

Shattered Heaven – PC

Sifu- Xbox

Simon the Sorcerer – Origins- PC

 

March 29

Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure DLC- PC, Xbox Series X

 

March 30

 

Anyaroth: The Queen’s Tyranny – PC, Switch

Dredge – PC, Playstation, Xbox and Switch

666


In our not so special 666th episode Rani, Paul, and Caroline talk news. Rani flips open the gaming book Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin to regale us with another book review. Followed by the patented DOUBLE review from Paul, who plays mix and match with body parts in Birth, and afterwards mix and match with souls in My Lovely Daughter.

SEASON of C64

This week in Zed Games Zahra is in control with Maylee and Cam as crew, guiding us through the relaxing and interesting world of SEASON: A letter to the future in their review, Cameron tells us all about the Commodore 64 and it’s very vibrant and inventive community who still love this piece of gaming history, and Paul keeps us all up to date with the news.

Short and Fast


This week Zed Games goes the whole hog with news, reviews, community, and culture as CAMERON brings in the hottest in this week’s gaming news! CAROLINE gives us the quick and dirty in a review of The Fantastic Kitty Rue, AND the entire team makes sure YOU ALL ARE INFORMED on the latest in Sonic culture with a discussion of the recently released Sonic Prime series.