Aaron’s Games Played Digest – September 2015
Here we go for September. I was in Sydney for the month, so I didn’t get to go to my regular groups but it was really nice to visit other […]
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Aaron’s Games Played Digest – August 2015
I’m hoping to do these digests monthly, although this took me way longer to write than July’s since I had a break of 2 weekends without board games in July […]
Aaron’s Games Played Digest – July 2015
How was July for board games? Pretty great. I played a bunch of great new games, especially at Mark’s New House Con and managed to play some old favourites as […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 96: Comics and Cons with Fred Atkins
In this episode: We chat about a whole bunch of comics and comic-related news as we are joined by Fred Atkins, from our friendly local comic shop and writer of […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 95: Ask Aaron Anything
In this episode: It’s Aaron’s turn in the hot seat as we get him to answer a bunch of questions sourced from our friends and enemies. Also, Aaron reviews The […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 94: Party Games Against Huge Manatees
In this episode: We get together to play a bunch of party games and discuss them. One of the games we cover is Cards Against Humanity, which is a game […]
Mother 3 Chapter 1: Night of the Funeral
“What is Mother 3, you ask? It’s strange, beautiful and heart-breaking. It was never released in English (and probably never will be), so fans created an unofficial English translation. It […]
Video Review: Alien: Isolation
Evan explores the space station Sevastopol, or its lockers and ventilation systems at least. We look at a small section of gameplay as Evan lets us know what he thought […]
Video: The Action Points Podcast looks at Walking Simulators
Evan takes a look at “Walking Simulators” You know those “games” where there’s hardly any gameplay, and you just walk through an environment? Evan presents a collection of some of his […]
Review: Hellboy Premium Format™ Figure by Sideshow Collectibles
This statue tells a story. It speaks of those who came before and of those yet to come. It whispers a tale of intrigue and incompetence. Hellboy reminds us that […]
Welcome to the World of Mother 3
Here at The Action Points Podcast, we love Mother 3. It remains the pinnacle of achievement in (J)RPG’s. Or any genre, for that matter. And I’m not one to exaggerate. Perhaps […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 50: Turning COGZ with Wesley Lamont
In this episode: We chat with Perth-based game designer and man of many talents Wesley Lamont about his upcoming board game, COGZ. There’s also some talk about game jams, Kickstarter and […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 49: Anime in Space with Michael Possingham
In this episode: It’s a rambly anime-focused chat this week as Michael joins us in the fifth chair while Dan is late to the show. We talk about anime in […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 43: Shovels to Groundhogs
In this episode: Evan and Adam gush about Shovel Knight, we spend some time (hurrr) reviewing the latest entry into the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie oeuvre: Edge of Tomorrow, and […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 40: Kickstarters and Dimension-Hopping Sociopaths
In this episode: Evan and Aaron talk about their experiences with Kickstarter and also review a whole bunch of comics, games and anime in this cozy episode. Things we talk […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 39: Madoka Movie Marathon
In this episode: WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR ALL THINGS MADOKA. Evan had us over for a marathon of all 3 Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movies – Beginnings, Eternal and Rebellion, […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 38: Free Comic Book Day 2014
In this episode: It’s a very belated recap of Free Comic Book Day 2014, and Adam gives us his perspective as a non-fan at his first ever Free Comic Book […]
A tasting platter of lovely men.
Howard Moon: I’m an explorer. Vince Noir: I thought you were a writer? Howard Moon: I do many things. I span the genres – they call me the Genre Spanner. […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 36: Plastic Nostalgia for Mother and Misery
In this episode: We talk about the finale to How I Met Your Mother, Burial at Sea, The LEGO Movie and the G.I. Jeff episode of Community and how they […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 33: Casting Wolves at Unwritten Jazz Punks
In this episode: We discuss some (very outdated) comic book movie casting news, trailers, movie adaptations of Halo, Warcraft, Magic: the Gathering and Assassin’s Creed and adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s […]
Boardgaming in Perth Redux – A Return to Cafe Myriade
I previously wrote briefly about my experience with Cafe Myriade back in 2012. Well, since last November I’ve been back in Perth again for work and I’ve been attending more […]
The Keyboard-Mashing Approach to Naming – NaissanceE, Starwhal, Nidhogg and Samurai Gunn Reviews
Today’s reviews will cover 4 games tied together by ridiculous names, a trio of which make for excellent couch-based multiplayer gaming. I’ll begin with the loneliest game I’ve played in […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 32: Madoka Covers Racy Reimaginings
In this episode: Meteor-sized spoilers once again as Evan reviews the 3rd Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie a.k.a. End Of Madoka-lion. We also talk a bit about the dust up […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 31: 2013 Recap
In this episode: We take a moment (or hour) to reflect on geek culture/media from the past year. Our hosts Aaron, Daniel, Evan and Adam discuss their favourite video games, […]
2013 Recap – Favourite Video Games (PC, Home Console, Handheld and Mobile)
I didn’t actually get to play through most of 2013’s acclaimed games (Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us, Gone Home), but I do own them (except for The Last of […]
2013 Recap – Favourite Comic Book Collections and Graphic Novels
I love reading comic books, but I don’t have a lot of space in my apartment, so I generally just wait to buy the trade paperback collections when they’re released. […]
2013 Recap – Favourite Board Games
2013 was a great year for board games. There were multiple standouts in the casual and hardcore strategy board game categories. It also marked a crazy period of expansion in […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 30: All the Spiels
In this episode: We get together to review a whole truckload of board games that we played including The Manhattan Project, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Forbidden Desert, Trains and the […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 29: Wolf Among the Small Screens
In this episode: MASSIVE SPOILERS once again, as we talk about all the TV shows and anime that ended the past 2012/2013 season. We also discuss some new and returning […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 28: A Steam-y Discussion
In this episode: Adam joins us as we discuss Valve’s announcements of the SteamOS, Steam Machines and the Steam Controller. Aaron also shares his enjoyment of the dubstep gun in […]
Make (More) Numbers Go Up: The Game(s)
Last time, I wrote about Parameters – the abstracted dungeon crawl where you click on boxes to make numbers go up (or down, in the case of your enemies). Well, […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 26: Reading Comics with Evan
In this episode: Evan was over at my place so we fired up a mic and talked about some comics we read. Comics included Porcelain: A Gothic Fairytale, Cyborg 009, […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 22: Erotic Dubstep Scallop Pies
In this episode: We have a more manga-centric comic review session, and Evan also covers some anthology comics that he’s been reading. In video games, we talk about Divekick and […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 21: Everything and Manifest 2013
In this episode: Evan catches us up on all the happenings at Manifest 2013 and we review everything we can! Spiel de Jahres 2013 winner Hanabi and nominee Augustus; Sharknado!; […]
The disappointment of Kazumi and the joy of The Last Of Us.
[Re-posted from evanritchie.blogspot.com] *** WARNING: Discussions of an explicit nature below, plus spoilers for The Last Of Us *** When approaching the world of anime and manga, there are a […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 13: The 2012-2013 TV Season Retrospective
In this episode: An extra long episode on TV – We talk about Matt Smith’s departure from Doctor Who, and look back on some TV shows that we have been […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 10: Movies, Geek Culture and Female Armour
Two episodes this week! It is because I am a horrible hack and didn’t get last week’s episode edited :( In this episode: Daniel and I have some movie talk […]
Board Games Recap: October 2012 – April 2013
It’s been quite a while since I’ve done a weekend gaming recap or written pretty much anything solely board game related. In fact, the last six months have been really […]
In which I clarify what it means (to me) to be a gamer, and the value of freemium games.
A while ago, in conversation with fellow podcaster/blogger Evan, I found myself needing to clarify something I had said on a whim. ‘I am not a gamer’ I proclaimed, and […]
Make Numbers Go Up: The Game
I just finished a cute little Flash game called Parameters. It is essentially a total abstraction of the mechanics behind many computer RPG and ARPG games. It looks like this: […]
A Field of Stone Hydras
I was playing Duels of the Planeswalkers, the intro level Magic: the Gathering computer game, when I encountered this amusing situation: I was playing Liliana’s deck against the Hydra encounter, […]
Board Game Saturday on Wells 29 September 2012
I’m finally back in Melbourne! This means the triumphant return of Satruday Game Nights at Wells Street. However, the winds that brought my plane home also brought a heaping load […]
Returning to Ravnica
Back in Melbourne! And just in time to attend the midnight prerelease event for the latest Magic: the Gathering expansion set: Return to Ravnica! The prerelease event this time was […]
DOUBLE K IS BACK!
YOU GUYS! (Funny thing, I use “guy” as an asexual term. So is “”man”, in the context of “Hey man” or “Oh man!”. It’s not a sexist thing. Not consciously, […]
Catching up on Games
Back in the saddle! Apologies for neglecting my tiny corner of the web. I had a very good holiday in April, while Jeannie was here visiting, and I managed to […]
Board Game Saturday on Wells 31 March 2012
The last Games Night of the month of March heralded even more new games to be played, since I was weak and procured even more new games. To be fair, […]
Board Game Saturday on Wells 24 March 2012
I’ve been making pretty good progress with playing all my unplayed games so far, and unlocking the No Games Unplayed achievement. The only 2 games left on the list were […]
Gaming Long Weekend on Wells Part 2: 11-12 March 2012
Sorry for the lack of updates. It’s been a pretty busy week at work, working a couple of nights and I have neglected the updates in that time. That’s not […]
Gaming Long Weekend on Wells Part 1: 9-10 March 2012
This past weekend was a long one due to the Labor Day public holiday. We took great advantage of the extra time to get a whole heap of gaming on, […]
Board Game Saturday on Wells 3 March 2012
We kicked off March with a bang. A bang made up of board games. Nine people were present this week, which is a pretty good number to have as we […]
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