PAX AUS 2014 Special: Part Two
Interviews with: Tripod, Wargaming (World of Tanks), Disparity Games (Ninja Pizza Girl), Witchbeam Studios (Assault Android Cactus), Flat Earth Games (Towncraft/Metrocide) & Digital Confectioners (Depth).
Plus: Alanah gives us an overview of the New 3DS!
Aired 12 November 2014.
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Note: Due to a technical issue, the first 2 minutes of the podcast is lo-fidelity. The rest of the episode is in sparkling hi-fi!
Ben Marrinan, game designer at Halfbrick Studios joins us for a live chat about his new game Radical Rappelling.
Alanah and Jody review the terrifying Alien: Isolation.
Aired 22 October 2014.
Alanah went to EB Expo and returns to talk about some unreleased games including The Order: 1886, Mortal Kombat X, Evolve, Far Cry 4, Until Dawn and Assassin’s Creed Rogue.
Jody reviews Halloween-themed adventure game Costume Quest 2.
Aired 15 October 2014.
E3 special! We discuss and react to the announcements and news of the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo.
In studio: Jody Macgregor, Candi Payne, Alanah Pearce & Razor.
Aired 11 June 2014.
This week: Alanah and Razor cut through layers upon layers of media hype to provide a thorough analysis of Watch Dogs. (PC/PS3/PS4/360/XB1)
Plus, a preview of the forthcoming Magic: The Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014.
Aired 4 June 2014.
With Alanah Pearce, Jody Macgregor and Razor.
Reviewed: Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC/PS3/PS4/360/XB1) & Transistor (PC/PS4).
Aired 28 May 2014
Choose your weapon! Choose Your beard! Jody boldly reviews War of the Vikings (PC).
Lee conjures a review of Warlock 2: The Exiled (PC/Mac/Linux) out of thin air.
Alanah provides a rundown on Trials: Fusion (PC/360/XBONE/PS4).
Aired 23 April 2014
Zed Games Podcast – Episode 216
Platform: 3DS
Developer: Azrest
Website: www.yoshisnewisland.nintendo.com
Australian classification: G
It’s not hard to immediately dismiss Yoshi’s New Island as a thoughtless kid’s game. The chalk-inspired art style looks like the wall of a nursery, the soundtrack sounds like a toddler’s nightly lullaby and the introductory cut-scene starts out by telling you babies come from storks. The short journey does contain some of the more alluring platforming elements from the 1995 original, but you’re probably better off just pulling out the SNES and playing that one over again instead.
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.
Last week, Mindscape Asia Pacific and Red Cross Australia teamed up to promote Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and educate gamers on the importance of donating blood. The first 3 hours of the game were playable, but gamers still managed to donate enough blood to save 30 lives throughout the course of the evening. The event was a resounding success, and totally fitting for Lords of Shadow 2, being that you play as Dracula – a blood-sucking vampire.