The Action Points Podcast! Episode 103: Authorship Engines Are Go!
In this episode: Aaron is on a little trip to Sydney, so he podcrashes The Game Engine Podcast, and also get Andrew, John and Paul all over our show. While […]
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Mother 3 Chapter 3: The Suspicious Peddler
We’re getting into the meaty parts of Mother 3 now, as our discussion arrives at the animal-abuse themed chapter. There’s very little that’s as affecting as a monkey in a […]
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 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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 93: Squidkids Grow Up Into SplatE3ns (FIXED)
In this episode: Guess who’s been playing Splatoon? It’s all of us. But mostly Evan. Evan is a squid now. We just have to accept that fact. A delicious, crunchy, […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 88: Virtual Fighting and BAM 7 with Daniel Chlebowczyk and Perfect Legend
In this episode: Aaron and Evan checked out Battle Arena Melbourne 7 and had a chat with organizer Daniel Chlebowczyk and digital butt-kicker extraordinaire Perfect Legend. The lovely Kat joins […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 85: Ask Dan Anything
In this episode: It’s time for another podcast host interview! This time we quiz Dan about his not-so-secret origins, things that he loves, and his special moves. In our weekly […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 84: DLCs and Expansion
In this episode: This time we talk about DLCs and expansions: what’s wrong, what makes bad DLC, what makes good DLC and our favourite expasions. We also talk about whitewashing […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 83: Long Genre Silver
In this episode: We chat about genres: what we love, exceptions to what we don’t usually like, and what we think we should like but can’t get into. We also […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 82: Freeplay with Dan Golding
In this episode: We are joined by Dan Golding, director of the Freeplay Independent Games Festival as we discuss the history and role of Freeplay and how it has changed […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 80: Getting Nostalgic with Ken Lee (If Living Is Without You)
In this episode: We are joined by Ken Lee from the Hyper PixelCast as we discuss nostalgia in media. We also talk about what we get nostalgic about, remakes, licensed […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 78: Ask Adam Anything
In this episode: It’s time for another podcast host interview! This time Adam takes the hot seat as we quiz him about anything that comes to mind: Malaysia, his TED […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 77: Circling 2 Years of AP
In this episode: We celebrate 2 years of the podcast with a massive circlejerk, reminiscing about some favourite past episodes and generally giving ourselves pats on the back. I’d love […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 76: Morgan Jaffit and (the) Hand(s) of Fate
In this episode: We are joined by Morgan Jaffit of Defiant Development to talk about their latest project: Hand of Fate. In addition to discussing the game and how it […]
Mother 3 Chapter 2: Thief Adventure
The mysterious group which has tinkered with forest animals as if they were toys has set its sights on the hearts and minds of the townspeople… …However not everyone is […]
Review: Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds (PC)
Phantom Breaker is a fighting game series that has been difficult for fans outside of Japan to get a hold of, but thanks to the Steam release of Phantom Breaker: Battle […]
Citizens of Earth: An RPG in the key of EarthBound
I’m only a few hours into Citizens of Earth, and already I’m overjoyed. EarthBound lives on! It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of the Mother Series (EarthBound being […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 69: 2014 Recap
In this episode: We get the band together again to fight for the freedom of gerbils everywhere. Or we just got together one afternoon and chatted about stuff that we […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 65: Shooting Kewpie Mayo Everywhere is Dangerous
In this episode: Now that we’re done with PAX on the podcast, it’s time to talk about things that aren’t videogames. So we talk about some videogames. Damn. We chat […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63c: PAX Aus 2014 Part 3 – PAXtravagant Lifestyles
In this episode: It’s the third and final part of our podcast coverage of PAX Australia 2014. We talk about some more games we checked out and final impressions of […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 64: Wrestlin’ Crits with Al Caynes
In this episode: We interrupt the PAX Australia 2014 coverage to bring you this interview with Al Caynes of Hittin Crits, Senyac Games and El Luchador Fantastico Grande. I checked […]
PAX AUS 2014 Indie Games Roundup
Welcome to the first of (hopefully) many PAX Aus reports from the Action Points Crew! Head on over to the podcast to hear interviews with all these developers, or read […]
Guest Post: My husband forced me to go to PAX. And I loved it.
This guest post is courtesy of Kat Ritchie, Evan’s wife, who felt she would like to reflect on her experiences of PAX Aus 2014 as someone who doesn’t feel as […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 63a: PAX Aus 2014 Part 1 – PAXtraterrestrial Beings
In this episode: In part 1 of our PAX Aus 2014 coverage, we recap the PAX weekend sounding really tired but also pretty pumped from all the cool stuff that […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 62: Couching Trigger, Hidden Drag-and-Drop
In this episode: We haven’t had an episode without a guest for while, so we get rambly as we talk about some couch multiplayer games that we’ve been playing. Evan […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 58: A Rush of Rabbits to the Head with Kevin Chen
In this episode: Go play Rabbit Rush. Just go. Once you’re done, come back and listen to us chat with the designer, Kevin Chen. We talk about the game, the […]
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 […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 57: Phantasmal Fears with Joe Chang
In this episode: We chat with New Zealand based developer Joe Chang of Eyemobi and currently Kickstarting a procedurally generated horror game, Phantasmal. We also talk about horror games in […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 56: Smashing Hedrons with Jason Kotzur-Yang
In this episode: We speak with Brisbane-based board game designer and host of the Tablepop podcast, Jason Kotzur-Yang. We talk about his design process and setting goals for Hedron (successfully […]
A brief history of Mother
I am in fact referring to Nintendo’s Mother series, whose most visible legacy is a strange assortment of items and characters scattered through the Super Smash Bros. games. Remember Ness, Lucas […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 52: Fighting Particular Times with Paul Sztajer
In this episode: We had a chat with Paul Sztajer of SeeThrough Studios about their story-driven physics puzzle video game, Particulars, and also Paul’s involvement in board game design with […]
Review: Curtain, by dreamfeel (PC)
Warning: SPOILERS follow for Curtain, by dreamfeel. If you’d like a fresh experience that costs whatever you feel like paying, head over to their website and download Curtain. You won’t […]
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 51: Ninja Pizza Girls and Board Games with Jason and Nicole Stark
In this episode: Apologies for our lackluster audio in this episode as we had a few Skype Issues (TM). Nonetheless, we had a wonderful chat with Nicole and Jason Stark […]
Rabbit Rush – An Action Points Playthrough
Evan winds his way through the enigmatic and wonderful, Rabbit Rush. Caterpillar Lane are a group out of RMIT and their game is well worth your time. Download. Play. Enjoy. […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 46a: Oz Comic Con 2014
In this episode: In this mini-episode, Evan and Aaron give a recap of Oz Comic Con 2014 and surprisingly some of the video games they played there, including Super Smash […]
Screencheat beta playtest! Cheating’s the best!
Watch us flail around blindly in the broad daylight! The Action Points Crew got to shoot each other in the multiplayer, split-screen FPS Screencheat. This video was recorded during the […]
Touch Winners: Dream Quest
I’ve previously written about using the deckbuilding mechanic to represent progression in a role-playing game here, here and here. Personally, I’m still working on a design which has this as […]
The internet: Destroying the generation gap since 1995
“You still play Minecraft?” The 5 year old boy from our church forgets that Minecraft wasn’t around when I was his age. His confusion mirrors that of my students. They […]
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 […]
Touch Winners: Calculords
There’s a class of number puzzle where you’re given a string of numbers and you have to arrange them into a working equation using either any or a certain set […]
The Action Points Podcast! Episode 41: A Crooked Mile In Sheep’s Clothing
In this episode: Spoiler Alert! We have some post-game discussion about Episodes 3 and 4 of The Wolf Among Us, punching Jack, and our wishlist of properties that we would […]
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 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 […]
Race the Sun (PC) Review
Evan talks about another highlight of his recent gaming binge. He raced the sun. And lost.
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 […]
Early 2014 Gaming Goodness…. or “The Indie Time Sink”
Are you prepared for this year’s nominations for GOTY? Are you confused as to why a musician would call himself “Game of the Year Edition”? Are you even hearing yourself […]
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 […]
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 […]
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