27 July 2011
in Studio: DJ LAME, Lee & Razor.
This week we spoke to Tim Colwill from www.r18games.com.au about the outcome of last Friday SCAG.
We talked about what we’ve been playing, including Bastion, Limbo and Champions Online.
1. DJ TYRANT & SELECT – Left vs Right
2. EBOLA – nintendo Dubstep
3. TERBUJURKAKU – Everybody Kombat Now
4. TUGBOAT – Hip Hop Medley #1
20 July 2011
This week DJ LAME, Lee and Razor were joined by Jody Macgregor from RAVE’s Control Freak to discuss the week’s gaming news.
1: LITTLE COMPUTER PEOPLE – Little Computer People
2: CADENCE WEAPON – Grim Fandango
3: INFINITE LIVEZ – R Yeah
4: TEAM TOOTHPASTE – Broken Toy
5: PLAY IT LOUD! – Ninjas On Powerthirst
6: OH NO ft MEDAPHOAR – The Ride
13 July 2011
Presented by Lee and Razor.
This week we spoke about EA consuming independent publisher Popcap (Bejewelled, Plants Vs Zombies); XBOX Live game Trenched; new trailers for Batman: Arkham City & Bioshock: Infinite; and why staff are leaving popular RPG studio BioWare.
1. S/TRACK – Super Mario Bros. 2 Overworld Theme
2. MOOSEBUTTER – John Williams is the Man
3. S/TRACK – NES Disney Afternoon Medley (Darkwing Duck, Talespin, Duck Tales)
4. BITIUM RIBBON – Day of the Tentacle Cover
5. RUBIJAQ – Dust
6. ANDY EXPANDY – Battledeath
7. LOWKI – Tetris
8. RANDOM – Das Model (Kraftwerk Cover)
Auscon Games are looking for RPG GM’s for the next convention happening October 1 & 2 at RNA Showgrounds.
Email [email protected] to get involved!
06/07/2011
This week:
We spoke with local chip artist SLATO. Check him out at the Mana Bar tomorrow night!
DJ LAME, Razor and Lee spoke about Team Bondi’s recent troubles, and the unrest growing in EVE ONLINE.
6:00 MR SPASTIC – On=1 Get Spastic
6:05 OH! DEE – Contra Hard Corps
6:25 USK – Lololo Step
6:40 SLATO – Goodnight Monsterland (Live)
6:50 DOT.AY – Vampire Nosebleed
6:55 REDINHO – Lightning Strikes
June 29 2011
1: LOWKI – Tetris
2: CRANK DAT – Super Mario
3: TI – What you know about NES (Twister Beats 8-Bit Remix)
4: POKEMON – Red/Blue Opening Theme (RAC Blue Satellite Mix)
5: FIGHTER X – Doom
6. PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS – Gamin’ On Ya
7: KID KANEVIL – Nahmsayin’
8: COMPUTOR ROCKERS – Return of the Computor Rockers
9: TRAXMAN – Pacman Juke
22 June 2011
This week Razor, Lee and DJ LAME spoke about the LA Noire, the 3DS Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake and Mortal Kombat.
1: REDINHO – Boy Racer
2: KEITH APICARY – Sonic The Hedgesong
3: SWELL SESSIONS – Legend of Zelda Tribute
4: GREEN NOSE – Ghosts and Goblins
5: RUBIJAQ – Pale Face
6: LAMBORGHINI – Vendetta
15 June 2011
This week Razor and Lee discussed E3 highlights from EA and Ubisoft’s press conferences.
Lee gave us his review of Duke Nukem Forever [360/PS3/PC] (Don’t buy it)
Razor spoke about his experience with Rift [PC]
1. MC HAWKING – Rock Out With Your Hawk Out
2. JIMMY WONG – Super Mario Bros Acapella
3. MARIO WORLD S/TRACK – Overworld Theme
4. DR SPIN – Tetris
5. STREET FIGHTER 2 S/TRACK – Ryu Stage Theme
ZEDGAMES EPISODE 69
This week:
Razor presented a special musical episode, featuring chiptune, nerdcore and game themes.
01. MC LARS – We Have Arrived
02. TEAM TEAMWORK – Ante Up (by MOP)/Battle Theme FFVII
03. WEIRD AL YANKOVIC – White and Nerdy
04. LORDS OF THE RHYMES – 9 Fingered Frodo
05. MC CHRIS – Fettes Vette
05. ADRIAN HOLOVATY – Mario 2 Theme Gypsy Style
06. INVERSE PHASE – Fucked 6502
07. NOTUBE4U – Sweet Child ‘O Mine
08. KICK ACID – Computer Lame
09. JIMMY WONG – Mario Theme Acapella
10. PORTAL S/TRACK – Still Alive (End Credits Song)
11. DAY OF THE TENTACLE S/TRACK – Opening Theme
12. GOD HAND S/TRACK – End Credits Song
13. SNOW/JACKSON 5 – Informer/ABC (DJ HERO 2)
14. GRANDMASTER FLASH/KOOL + GANG – Jungle Boogie/The Message
15. RANDOM – Das Model (Kraftwerk)
16. ULTRACYD – Heartical Chip
ZEDGAMES – Episode 68
25/05/2011
Presented by DJ LAME & RAZOR
This week:
DJ Lame and Razor spoke about E3 and what we’re looking forward to seeing there, including:
Star Wars: Old Republic
Street Fighter X Tekken
Gears Of War 3
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Mass Effect 3
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
GTA5
Saints Row 3
Mario 3DS
The Last Guardian
Battlefield 3
Batman: Arkham City
Assassins Creed: Revelations
Nintendo’s Project Café
1. BITIUM RIBBON – Day of the Tentacle Theme
2. OH! DEE – Contra Hard Corps
3. KEITH APICARY – Dreamcast 2 Song
4.TURBUJUR KAKU – Everybody Kombat Now
5: TUGBOAT – Remix Medley #1
6: TI – What U Know About NES? (Twister Beats Remix)
The week in Gaming:
The Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O-Connor has released a draft set of guidelines for an R18+ rating for videogames. These guidelines have been distributed to Attorneys General of each state ahead of the SCAG meeting in July.
A games collector from Thailand is selling his collection of every Final Fantasy game ever released across every console for $15,000. The collection is made up of over 70 games, some of which are extremely rare.
PSN store will not be back online today as recently advised by Sony. Instead, it appears the original prediction of the end of May will be the case.
Trion Worlds have announced that a free cross server character transfer will be available for new MMO RIFT. They are hoping this will normalise server populations.
ZEDGAMES – Episode 66
11 May 2011
Presented by DJ LAME & RAZOR
This week: DJ Lame and Razor presented commentary on the week’s gaming news.
1. BITMUCH – Rastafari Anthem
2. MARTIN LEUNG – Tetris (Live)
3. RUBIJAQ – Dust
4. ADRIAN HOLOVATY – Mario 2 Theme Gypsy Jazz Style
5. JIMMY WONG – Mario Theme Acapella
6. GROUNDISLAVA – Planetary Destroyer
7. AFRICA HI-TECH – Gangslap
8. DAY OF THE TENTACLE S/TRACK – Opening Theme
Sony are now blaming hacker organisation Anonymous for the PSN breach which compromised the personal details of nearly 80 million users. Sony claim that files that were left deliberately on the server as a calling card contain the message “We Are Legion” which is Anonymous’s slogan. This comes after members of Anonymous denied involvement in the breach, which is the biggest intrusion of private information in history.
Capcom’s senior vice president has written on the company’s forums that the PSN outage has cost the company hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars in lost revenue.
Sony have announced that the majority of services will be back online from 31 May. Thet are implementing a Welcome Back program to compensate PSN users for the lost time which includes a month of Playstation Plus, PSN’s premium service, as well as other free content. Existing Playstation Plus customers will receive further benefits.
An MMO based on the Marvel universe has been announced for release sometime this year. The game is based on the animated Super hero Squad license and will allow players to play as their favourite Marvel Heroes. At this stage the game is called Super Hero Squad Online and it is reported that there will be no monthly subscription fee.
Valve have implemented a video replay feature into Team Fortress 2. Players can now save replays of their previous life and view the action from any angle, including POV’s of everyone on the server. The content is also fully editable. Creative TF2 players are encouraged to enter the SAXXY AWARDS, which are open until the 19th of May and features categories like “Most Inventive Kill”, “Most Pwnage” and “Best Cinematography”.
The next installment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise is called Revelations and scheduled for release this November. Ezio will return for the final time, though rather than being set in renaissance Italy, the adventure is shifting to the Middle Eastern setting of the original game. Gameplay trailers are expected at this years E3.
Mass Effect 3, previously scheduled for release late this year, has been pushed back to Quarter 1 2012.
Brink, a game best described as a hybrid of Mirror’s Edge and Team Fortress 2, launches tomorrow. For those who are eager to try out the game early, The Mana Bar is hosting a preview event tonight until midnight.
It’s been reported that the Australian release of The Witcher 2 has been edited to fall under the MA15+ rating. The edited content has to do with a scene in which the player is granted the option to accept sex as a reward. This option has been removed from the Australian version. The Witcher 2 is scheduled for release on 17 May.
Blizzard has dropped a hint that public Beta testing for DIABLO 3 will begin in Quarter 3 this
year. At this stage we don’t have a release date, but this news makes an early 2012 release seem likely.
Bungie, developers of the popular HALO franchise have stated that they will not be presenting material at E3 this year. This years conference is happening from the 7-9 of June, with Nintendo hoping to steal the show by showing off its next generation console.
EB Games have announced that they will be presenting a new annual games expo to be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Entertainment Centre. EB Games Expo, will be held this year on October 15 and 16 and feature presentations from EA and Ubisoft with more likely to be confirmed. The event is open to the public and tickets start at 29.95, with VIP passes also available for 99.95.
Blizzard have announced that World of Warcraft subscriber numbers have dipped to a mere 11.4 million. This is down from its peak of 12 million at around the release of the Cataclysm expansion. Blizzard executives are planning on speeding up content delivery to regain market share.
Valve have released the beta version of Portal 2’s authoring tools, allowing users to create their own levels and puzzles. Check the official Portal 2 site for more info: thinkwithportals.com