804: Mods and More

Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Hazel takes the soldering iron in hand to talk Console Mods, Jailbreaking, and more with Natalia, and Hazel from 'Tranzmission'. Then Hazel and her older brother Alec take some time to reminisce about old school Xbox mods from her childhood. And Ben from 'The Brown Couch' talks making your own controllers with friends. AND International Correspondent and previous Zed Games host Adrian brings us a Tokyo Games Show 2025 Retrospective, interviewing attendants about how to make YOUR game stand out at conventions. Timestamps and Links: 00:00 - Welcome to Zed Games 01:07 - Tokyo Games Show 2025 Retrospective w/ Adrian 08:10 - Console Mods and YOU 14:11 - Hazel’s PSP Mods 21:07 - Jailbreaking Consoles 26:30 - Repair 32:00 - Old School Xbox Mods w/ Alec 39:54 - Building Arcade Controllers w/ Ben Tokyo Games Show 2025 Segment Interviewees Be My Horde from Polished Games Dangen Entertainment New Game Plus and Events Engine Upcoming Events February Indie Dev Night @Lost Souls Karaoke every 3 months! Next - Feb 2026 Produced and recorded by Hazel for Zed Games at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited. Backing Music provided by Pixabay from Oleg Brnic - Disco Funk Expresso, Oleg Brnic - Jazz Expresso, Denis Pavlov - Old Bookie Jazz Blues B3 Hammond Organ, and Douglas Gustafson - Infinite Cosmos