This week we talk about the launch of the Zed to Zed forums. We talk a little pizza. Brandon gets around to getting some decent gamerscore for a change; and Randy, he's got a pest control problem.

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Hosts:

• Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements / Xbox / Twitter
• Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements / Xbox / Twitter

Guests:

• Randy Roaches - News
• Nick aka "Weasel Pizza" - TrueAchievements / Xbox / Twitter

0:00:00 - Intro

0:22:57 - Talkings Zeds with Weasel Pizza

0:45:00 - Recap

1:12:41 - Listener Feedback

1:37:19 - News

2:02:47 - Knobs & Discos, Backwards Compatibility, Zombie News Corner

2:16:39 - Crandy's Rant: The Lost Audio Files

Referenced during the show:

• Real life minifig cosplay #creepy
• Pokemon dressed up in their evolved forms - buy the prints here (Jo's favourite)
• Zed to Zed forums launched Aug 1
• ZedtoZed gamertag challenge CORRECTION: The birthday tag challenge was originally conceived by spankynspronkle, not zzUrbanSpaceman.
• Zed to Zed Leaderboard
• Zed to Zed: Great Random ToDo List Challenge signup
• Playing Zed Challenge #2 with angelsk and Buckmarley155 - I fell asleep!
• Community Playing Zed September challenge (Wolfenstein: The New Order)
• Playing Zed August Challenge with angelsk and Big Ell
• Nintendo stocks plummet
• Spotify on the Xbox One?
• Destiny's last patch on last gen
• #BringBackTarragon campaign
• FYI: There's also Lego Dimensions (no digital on the One or 360)
• Windows phone recommendation for Feedtothelions $25 (US only)
• Adam Boyes joins Iron Galaxy
• Xbox GwG rules! PS sux ;)
• Telltale's Batman has crowd play
• Life is Strange live action adaptation
• FYI: If you're not watching Stranger Things on Netflix, you should!
• Pokemon live action movie
• New Sonic game in 2017
• Remedy working on CrossFire2 campaign
• Disney Infinity Closure Timeline
• #KillAllZombies
• Eyedol added to KI Season 3 (Crandy's lost audio)
• Rock Band 4 Rivals mode adds achievements (Crandy's lost audio)
• Final FYI: Tarragon is an audio genius! But if you want to help out with the podcast editing, please get in touch.

 

All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen. Show notes by Jo Carter.

Songs and sounds that have been used in the show:

• "Jive Bot", “Tally Screen” (x2), “Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)” by Jake Kaufman from the games Mighty Switch Force! 1 and 2, developed and published by WayForward Technologies
• "Game Cool Dubstep Mode Logo" by Sparximer
• Epic Voice Announcements by RJBANKSWA
• The Russian Trolololol song

 

Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms