The Action Points Podcast

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Our second podcast of 2018 appears in the 9th month of the year. We chat about stuff we've played or seen recently, retro gaming on PCs, and media that we use to relax and take a bre…

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Our first podcast of 2018 appears in the 5th month of the year. We mainly just chat about games we've played, and how they provide aesthetic pleasure: from the thematic fits and fl…

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So hey we recorded this in December before we got to a bunch of cool stuff that came out after that. It's also focused on stuff we first encountered in 2017, not necessarily stuff th…

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It's been a while! We took a long time between episodes as Aaron has been away, and getting back into editing after a month+ not doing so just made things worse. Here are some episod…

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We went to PAX Australia 2017 to check out the latest and greatest indie videogames and happenings in local boardgames design.

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We are back after a break for September (and a bit of October) and we are talking about barriers to entry. In our roundup: Dan played Caverna, talks Star Trek Discovery and The Orvil…

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It's our second episode of us playing Microscope together. After setting up the region of the Basket of Wells and some of the key events surrounding the War of the Four Daughters, we…

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It's a very special episode as we try something new. We get together to play a game of Microscope, which is a game where you create a timeline of events together, which will act as w…

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We are joined this week by guests Brenton Roberts and Sasa LeStrange to talk about cosplay and fashion. In the roundup, Evan's been reading My Brother's Husband and Revolutionary Gir…

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We are joined by good pal Sye again to talk about our (not so recent) trip to Albury for Bordercon 2017 and all the fun games we played there. In our news-focused roundup, Evan and J…

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(Sorry about the delay and the audio quality. It's all Aaron's fault.)

We discuss hidden gems: things we love that aren't as popular as we think they should be. In our roundup: Jacks…

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We discuss our unpopular faves: things we love that most other people don't. In our roundup: Dan and Jackson have been watching Sense8; Jackson and Evan have been watching Dear White…

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We were at GX Australia 2017 and recap what we did there, the games we saw, and all the things we love about the convention. In our roundup: Evan has been playing more Nioh and watch…

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We talk about mashups and crossovers; why and how they work and our favourite ones. In our roundup: Dan was really into the letters L and G, watching Logan and Legion and building so…

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We talk about villains that we love to hate, love to love and the role of tragedy and pathos in boners. In our roundup: Dan went to the circus, played In the Name of Odin and Dice of…

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We tackle the topic of genre and medium labels and how we deal with the stigma attached to certain labels when we try to share our hobbies with others. Also in our roundup: Dan visit…

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We are joined by ol' pal Ken Lee to chat about something that we all need and love: food. We discuss the representation of food in various media: the mechanical applications in games…

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We start off our first recording session of 2017 with a big catch up on what we've been up to during our holiday breaks, including some big life events.

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We follow up on Part 1 and recount the things we loved from the back half of 2016, as well as our overall favourites.

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We talk about worldbuilding and settings that we enjoy, covering what makes worldbuilding effective and fictional setting we would like to live in. In our roundup: Aaron talks about …