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Pixelated CHAOS

Paul, Peter, and Maylee get sticky and show the making of the sausage while introducing the BRAND NEW #GamingNews format and LIVE chat politics, patents, original overwatch, and upcoming games. Paul embraces the chaos and raves about visor and text based PROXIMATE from Cain Maddox. Then Rani returns to review the overwhelming but addictive isometric shooter Kill Knight from Playside Studios. And lastly the team returns to remind us of the INDIE DEV NIGHT happening NEXT THURSDAY (Nov 17th 6-9pm) at Netherworld’s Lost Souls Karaoke.

Nippy Nuns

At the top there is the key art of Frostpunk 2 of a person wearing goggles reflecting flames, at the bottom is the key art from Indika of the protagonist, a young woman in a black hooded nun habit surrounded but older nuns ghoulishly laughing. The older nuns have gold halos around their heads. The text Nippy Nuns in Ice and flames with halos features in the middle, and the Zed Games podcast and 4zzz Podcast logos sit in the bottom and top left of the image respectively.
This week on ZedGames: Special Guest Tom from Netherworld/ZedGames joins Maylee and Paul as they talk Gaming News, Reviews, Community, and Culture. Maylee injects news into your ear holes and then the team discusses the exciting topics – Nintendo game sales, horror visor game Proximate from Cain Maddox, and SAVE&SOUND. Paul gets guilty in the “not a hardcore nunnery RPG” Indika from Odd Meter Games, and Maylee reviews Frostpunk 2 – a different game living in the shadow of the original – from 11 Bit Studios.

Spooky ZedGames: Totally Scary

Zahra, Hazel, and returning Special Guest Tom from Netherworld coming spookily at you this week from Zed Towers. This week Paul screams the weeks #GamingNews into the void of space, and then the team talks Borderlands Beneficence and upcoming events at Netherworld:

Then Special Guest Tom from Netherworld spookily reviews the re-release Silent Hill 2: RENEW, and the team plays some spooky Gamer Focused True or False.

INTERVIEW

Image of Allard Laban and dog via Jackbox Games on the left and the gnome and headless knight from Keyfairy of Tex Barnes and Mars Bleach with a microphone in the foreground. In the background images from Jackboot and Keyfairy with the text Interview and the Zed Games and 4zzz Podcast logos.
Image of Allan Laban via JACKBOX GAMES and Gnome and Headless Knight via KEYFAIRY.COM.AU

This week on Zed Games Hazel and Zahra with special guests Tex and Mars from Owl Machine talk the week in Gaming News from Caroline. The team then chats with Tex Barnes and Mars Bleach about their upcoming game Key Fairy. Paul then manages to pitch to Jackbox Games CCO, Allard Laban at this year’s PAX and interview them about the upcoming Jackbox game Survey Scramble.
And mixed in are some promos from Ascending Inferno from Oppolyon Studios and Fishbowl from Imissmyfriends.studio.

Swapping Spit @PAX

Two images from the game Neva take president where the protagonist in a red cape holds a young white wolf like creature with horns on the left, and then the same but an older version on the right. Dugtrio Alola form is in the bottom left and the pax logo and zed games logo are in the bottom middle and right. The text “swapping SPIT @ PAX” is in the bottom foreground and the 4zzz Podcast Logo is in the top right.

This week on Zed Games, Paul and Maylee swap more than PAX tales before Zahra brings us the week in psychically enhancing #GamingNews and the team talk Game Freak freaky leaky news.
Paul gets the feels playing Neva from Nomada Studio. And Alexis drops in and the team talks the indie presence at this year’s PAX Aus. Plus some extra interviews in between from the developers from Away From Home (Squishy), Drăculești (Fine Feathered Friends), and Game Over (Jacob Houston)

A Cup of Tea For Someone Else

Paul, Zahra, and Caroline battle the void before Maylee brings us the week in Gaming News and the team talks The Sims microtransactions. Paul dressed up to paddle some balls in Pinball Spire from Apparition Games. Then Zahra double dips with two reviews. Firstly, they put on their gardening shoes in Pikmin Bloom from Niantic Labs and then struggle with the puzzle in Coral Cove. And don’t forget some of us will be down at PAX next week!

Plucky Creatures

This week on Zed Games… Zahra, Hazel, and Paul start us off with confirmation that Zahra’s brain is indeed blue from all the Sonic they consume, then Tobi brings us the week in Gaming News. Zahra interviews Deola D’brown from MADE Concepts and their PLAYGRND Showdown and their eGame competition happening at the Brisbane Showgrounds 21st and 22nd September. Paul ages rapidly in the multi-aesthetic/dimentional The Plucky Squire developed by All Possible Futures. Zahra channels their intergalactic conservationist flute player while reviewing Creatures of Ava from Inverge Studios. And Paul shares the haptics in Astro Bot.

Crabavan

This week Hazel and Zahra take the reins, talking what they’ve been playing before Maylee brings us a doozy in Gaming News and the team discusses the disappointing PS5 Pro announcement. Paul then enjoys jumping off cliffs in safety while reviewing Caravan Sand Witch from Plane Toast. Then Hazel and Zahra get crazy/crabby while reviewing the crab based cartoony soulslike Another Crab’s Treasure from Agro Crab.