In studio: Lee, Jody Macgregor, Candi Payne, Razor and Alanah Pearce.
The dark knight returns for one last romp around Gotham City in Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4/XB1/PC). Alanah Pearce returns from self-imposed exile to help Lee and Razor review the concluding chapter of Rocksteady’s “Arkham” series. Jody reviews BiT Evolution , a retro 2D platformer that pays homage to the evolution of video games.
Aired 1 July 2015.
In studio: Razor, Candi Payne, Alanah Pearce, Jody Macgregor and Lee.
The Zed Games end of year special! We celebrate 250 episodes, and each member of the Zed Games team nominates their favourite game of the year.
Plus: Jody reviews the PC port of Valkyria Chronicles. We say goodbye to Alanah as she departs for adventures in the USA.
Aired 17 December 2014.
In studio: Alanah Pearce, Lee, Jody Macgregor & Razor
Alanah and Razor talk Destiny (360/XBONE/PS3/PS4).
We discuss the Mojang/Microsoft buyout.
Jody reviews Hack ‘N’ Slash (PC)
Aired 17 September 2014
In studio: Lee, Razor, Alanah pearce & Jody Macgregor
We preview split-screen deathmatch game Screen Cheat (PC).
Alanah talks more about unreleased games she played at Gamescom.
Aired 27 August 2014
In studio: Jody Macgregor, Alanah Pearce, Lee and Candi Payne
Our newest contributor Jessica Merceica reviews Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
Lee justifies his recent purchase of a Wii U while being ruthlessly mocked by Alanah.
Alanah reviews Gods Will Be Watching (PC), a “minimalistic point and click adventure about being a terrible person”.
Aired 6 August 2014
Platform: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Website: http://southpark.ubi.com/stickoftruth/en-AU/home/index.aspx
Australian classification: R18+
First and Foremost, South Park: the Stick of Truth is the perfect fan service. Right down to the walls of bodily fluids and shattered cue-balls you’ll find jammed inside Mr. Slave’s anus, it’s true to the show – disgusting, vulgar and consistently hilarious. Unfortunately, it’s a whole lot less effective as a turn-based RPG.
We celebrate 200 episodes!
Snippets from some of our favourite interviews, including:
Tripod, MC Lars, Ben Ely (Regurgitator) & Yahtzee (Zero Punctuation).
The Zed Games crew names their favourite Games Of The Year!
In studio: Razor, Lee, Candi, Jody & Alanah
Aired 18 December 2013
Zed Games Podcast – Episode 200
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This week’s podcast contains 4 tracks from 7BIT HERO’s EP “We Eat Loot”, courtesy of Hans/7Bit Hero!
Aired Wednesday 27 February, 2013
We talk to Hans Van Vliet of 7BIT HERO ahead of the EP launch at State Library of QLD this Saturday night. We also hear 4 tracks from the EP “We Eat Loot” http://7bithero.com
Lee and Alanah suit up to review CRYSIS 3!
Plus, our thoughts on the PS4 reveal.
1. MOONBASE COMMANDER – Ekisaitobaiku
2. 7BIT HERO – Come On, Stand Out
3. 7BIT HERO – Side Quest
4. 7BIT HERO – Playing Games With My Heart
5. 7BIT HERO – Main Menu Screen
6. DRAGONFORCE – Holding On
CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has officially been confirmed and is already slated as a “must see next generation RPG”.
The game is said to cover three different plot levels:
Outside of completing missions or mini-games, there will be no chapters or acts to slow you down. It’s set in a world that is said to be a whopping 20% bigger than Skyrim and will take 30-40 minutes to completely cross on horseback without a single loading screen. There are hugely significant weather effects that could influence your travel, too – clouds are fully modded as real and volumetric instead of being paint on a skybox.
On the ground, monsters and bandits alike will savagely attack anyone they deem hostile. If you go to a town and choose not to save them from attacking from bandits, the village might end up abandoned when you next return.
Along with an enormous world that Geralt seems to have significant influence over, crafting, combat and inventory systems have all been completely re-worked. It is set to release in 2014 and will be the conclusion to the trilogy. Pick up this months Game Informer magazine for more information!
Over the past week, I’ve been lucky enough to wreak some poorly engineered wrath on numerous cities in the SimCity Closed Beta. The new SimCity is set to release in March and if the Beta is anything to go by, the official game is going to glue a lot of us to our computer screens.
The beta starts off with an overly lengthy and honestly fairly dreary – but necessary – tutorial. It teaches you how to attract people to your city, how to raise or lower your taxes, how to zone industrial, commercial and residential areas, and alerts you of things your town is missing. You’ll need a power plant, a sewerage plant, police, hospitals, schools, a town hall, public transport centres and even parks and recreational areas to attract wealthy Sims. Each building or zone you place will build itself from the ground up right before your eyes and handy stat trackers will tell you exactly how prosperous your city is becoming.
Everything you need for a fully functional city is fairly straightforward, easy to find and even easier to become familiar with. The thing that really makes the game addictive is the constant demand for more, more, more. You’ll repeatedly be told, as mayor, that you desperately need more industrial zones to employ your local Sims. Then, there’ll be a higher demand for residential areas, a demand for more fire stations, more police stations and more schools. Nothing is ever perfect, nothing settles for even a moment, so you’ll be building and building and building until you get to a point that makes you sit back and go, ‘huh, I wish I lived here.’
And, when the full game comes out, I’m pretty certain I will be living in front of my computer screen.