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Tag Archives: Video Games

The Action Points Podcast! Episode 28: A Steam-y Discussion

January 26, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

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 […]

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Make (More) Numbers Go Up: The Game(s)

December 17, 2013by aaronlime 2 Comments

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, […]

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Mini-Review, Video Games!

The Action Points Podcast! Episode 23: Brothers A Tale of Two Sons

October 31, 2013by aaronlime 5 Comments

In this episode: MASSIVE SPOILERS as we discuss Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons in detail. (Spoiler alert: I liked it). We also talk about some of our highest rated […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 21: Everything and Manifest 2013

September 26, 2013by aaronlime 1 Comment

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!; […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 19: Dota 2 and Ouya

September 23, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

In this episode: We have special guests Wern and Mark on to talk with us about the official release of Dota 2 and the release of the Ouya! (Apologies for […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 17b: E3, Videogames and The Last of Us

August 21, 2013by aaronlime 2 Comments

In this episode: We are joined by Adam to talk about the news and upcoming games we are excited about out of E3 2013, including The Great Microsoft Backpedal with […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 17a: PAX AUS 2013

August 9, 2013by MostStrange 4 Comments

In this episode: We talk about stacks at PAX Aus! Woo! We got to test the Oculus Rift, played some great local and international indie titles (Duet, Tasty Fish, Johann […]

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The disappointment of Kazumi and the joy of The Last Of Us.

July 1, 2013by MostStrange Leave a comment

[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 […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 11: Cartoon Adventure Times

June 11, 2013by aaronlime 1 Comment

In this episode: It’s another episode of the Action Points Podcast! I talk about making my own copy of Love Letter (there are some photos I put up on Instagram […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 10: Movies, Geek Culture and Female Armour

May 30, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

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 […]

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The Action Points Podcast! Episode 9: Storytelling in Boardgames

May 29, 2013by aaronlime Leave a comment

Firstly, apologies for missing last week. This week we have two episodes for your aural enjoyment! In this episode: We talk about storytelling in boardgames – boardgames that tell stories, […]

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In which I clarify what it means (to me) to be a gamer, and the value of freemium games.

May 9, 2013by thisausterelife Leave a comment

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 […]

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Dragon’s Crown and Those Breasts

April 24, 2013by MostStrange Leave a comment

[Re-post from evanritchie.blogspot.com] There’s a certain context missing to the debate/discussion around the sexism in Dragon’s Crown. If you haven’t read the articles or seen the trailers, here’s a recap: Dragon’s […]

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Bioshock Discussion Post-Mortem

April 19, 2013by MostStrange Leave a comment

[Re-post from evanritchie.blogspot.com] So here’s where I stand: We have gaming developing in two (or more, but we’ll stick with two for the minute) directions. One offers entertainment from narrative-heavy immersion […]

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FTL Part 2: Further Thoughts Late

September 18, 2012by aaronlime 1 Comment

I previously wrote about FTL, explaining some of the mechanics and concluding that I liked the game. Why, though? The game is fairly random, and the randomness would usually be […]

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FTL: In space, no one can hear you scream obscenities at the rebel scum that just tore apart your beautiful ship

September 16, 2012by aaronlime 2 Comments

FTL was just released yesterday, and I am hooked. It’s a relatively simple title and is essentially a roguelike with spaceships. You start off with a pretty basic spaceship, and […]

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The 2012 OR-lympic Games

September 3, 2012by aaronlime 1 Comment

So the Olympics happened. That was a thing, right? Since neither myself or my friends qualified for any of the events this time, we decided to have our own alternate […]

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