The Action Points Podcast

TAPP 152 - Like Taking A Warm Bath

In this episode: 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 break from the maddening world. We mention and talk about Overcooked 2, Slay the Spire, On Happiness Road, The Breaker Upperers, Octopath Traveler, Voltron: Legendary Defender, LEGO Voltron, Technobabylon, Thor: Ragnarok, Titanic, the 3rd Mobile Suit Gundam Movie, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2, Wash Day, Sweet Blue Flowers, Bao and The Incredibles 2, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, Cockblockers, Taiko no Tatsujin, and Behind The Screen. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points [https://twitter.com/action_points] and @victorypointers [https://twitter.com/VictoryPointers], and on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheActionPointsPodcast] and Google+ [https://plus.google.com/115445297603857190456/posts]. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime [https://twitter.com/ehronlime],  @MostStrange [https://twitter.com/moststrange],  and @pinkytweets [https://twitter.com/pinkytweets]. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod [http://incompetech.com/email.html] is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US].

TAPP 151 - Hello 2018

In this episode: 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 flourishes in board games to simulated props in video games. We talk about Magic Maze, Azul, Ex Libris, Food Chain Magnate, Florence, A Way Out, Sea of Thieves, Dragon Blaze, Gunbirds, Tengai, Super Daryl Deluxe, Genital Jousting, Stardew Valley, Astro Bears Party and Danmaku Unlimited 3. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points [https://twitter.com/action_points] and @victorypointers [https://twitter.com/VictoryPointers], and on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheActionPointsPodcast] and Google+ [https://plus.google.com/115445297603857190456/posts]. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime [https://twitter.com/ehronlime],  @MostStrange [https://twitter.com/moststrange],  and @pinkytweets [https://twitter.com/pinkytweets]. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod [http://incompetech.com/email.html] is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US].

TAPP 150 - Best of 2017

In this episode: 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 that came out in 2017. This is really, really, really late, but I still wanted to get this out because it's been stuck in the backlog for so long. 2017 was certainly a year. We've made it to episode 150 now, and it's taken us 5 years to get here. I was pretty tired out from doing the podcast, and the long breaks due to various issues certainly didn't help; but listening to the end of this one, with the reflection on the year gone by has made me kinda hopeful for getting back into it. We'll see. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points [https://twitter.com/action_points] and @victorypointers [https://twitter.com/VictoryPointers], and on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheActionPointsPodcast] and Google+ [https://plus.google.com/115445297603857190456/posts]. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime [https://twitter.com/ehronlime],  @MostStrange [https://twitter.com/moststrange],  and @pinkytweets [https://twitter.com/pinkytweets]. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod [http://incompetech.com/email.html] is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US].

TAPP 149 - Enjoying the End

In this episode: 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 episodes we recorded at the end of 2017 though. This one's about post-apocalyptic fiction and games, and enjoying the end. In our roundup: Aaron read Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side, The Ancient Magus' Bride, and Goldie Vance, and played Secrets and Crossfire; Evan's been playing Destiny 2, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, and Blue Reflection; Dan has been playing Super Mario Odyssey, watching Stranger Things 2, Punisher, Victoria and Thor: Ragnarok, and played Monument Valley 2. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points [https://twitter.com/action_points] and @victorypointers [https://twitter.com/VictoryPointers], and on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheActionPointsPodcast] and Google+ [https://plus.google.com/115445297603857190456/posts]. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime [https://twitter.com/ehronlime],  @MostStrange [https://twitter.com/moststrange],  and @pinkytweets [https://twitter.com/pinkytweets]. Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod [http://incompetech.com/email.html] is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US]. Links for the things we talked about: Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side [https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Other-Side-Si%C3%BAil-Vol/dp/1626924678] The Ancient Magus' Bride [https://myanimelist.net/anime/35062/Mahoutsukai_no_Yome] Goldie Vance [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28953805-goldie-vance-volume-1] Secrets [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/200847/secrets] Crossfire [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230059/crossfire] Destiny 2 [https://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/home] Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus [http://store.steampowered.com/app/612880/Wolfenstein_II_The_New_Colossus/] Blue Reflection [http://store.steampowered.com/app/658260/BLUE_REFLECTION__BLUE_REFLECTION/] Super Mario Odyssey [https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/super-mario-odyssey-switch] Stranger Things 2 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/] Punisher [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5675620/] Victoria [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5137338/] Monument Valley 2 [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/monument-valley-2/id1187265767?mt=8] Thor: Ragnarok [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501632/]

TAPP 148 - PAXtenuating Circumstances at PAX Australia 2017

In this episode: We went to PAX Australia 2017 to check out the latest and greatest indie videogames and happenings in local boardgames design. Feel free to send us any feedback at mail@theactionpointspodcast.com. You can also follow us on Twitter as @action_points [https://twitter.com/action_points] and @victorypointers [https://twitter.com/VictoryPointers], and on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheActionPointsPodcast] and Google+ [https://plus.google.com/115445297603857190456/posts]. You can also find us on Twitter as @ehronlime [https://twitter.com/ehronlime], @adam_holdswater [https://twitter.com/adam_holdswater], @MostStrange [https://twitter.com/moststrange], @pinkytweets [https://twitter.com/pinkytweets] and @melodatron. [http://twitter.com/melodatron] Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod [http://incompetech.com/email.html] is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US]. Override Function by Art of Escapism [http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Artofescapism/Arena_Electronic_Music/Override_Function] is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/] (CC BY-SA 4.0) Links for the things we talked about: (In the Snowy) Winter's Wake [http://winterswake.com/], from Cheeseness [https://www.patreon.com/Cheeseness] Necrobarista [http://www.necrobarista.com/], from Route 59 Games [http://www.route59games.com/] Projection [http://www.shadowplaystudios.com/], from Shadowplay Studios [http://www.shadowplaystudios.com/] Star Wars Wayang Kulit [http://poskod.my/street-notes/star-wars-characters-beautifully-created-wayang-kulit/] Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption [http://store.steampowered.com/app/691280/SINNER_Sacrifice_for_Redemption/], from Dark Star and Another Indie [http://anotherindie.com/game/sinner/] Paperbark [http://www.paperbarkgame.com/], from Paper House Ysbryd Games [http://www.ysbryd.net/] Masquerada: Songs and Shadows [http://www.masquerada.com/] Florence [http://mountains.studio/], from Mountains Hand of Fate 2 [https://www.defiantdev.com/hof2.html], from Defiant Development Hand of Fate: Ordeals [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/216381/hand-fate-ordeals] from Defiant Development and Rule & Make [https://www.ruleandmake.com/] Treasure Hunters Fan Club [http://treasurehuntersfanclub.com/] Ticket to Earth [https://www.robot-circus.com/games/ticket-to-earth/], from Robot Circus Tabletop Game Designers Australia [http://tgda.sitelio.me/] on the web, on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/TGDAus/] and on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/TGDA] Dice Hard [http://thevideoshop.com.au/dicehard/] The Brigade [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/213503/brigade] Ark Angel Games [http://arkangelgames.com/] The Campaigner [http://thecampaignermagazine.com/] Adelaide Tabletop Game Design [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472619316381332/about/] Knuckle Sandwich [http://knucklesandwich.biz/] Rumu [http://rumugame.com/] Desertopia [http://www.gamtropy.com/] Hiding the Moon [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.CellXU.RyotaroStudio.Tengu.HidingTheMoon&hl=en] Carta [http://cartathegame.com/] Codenames Duet [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224037/codenames-duet]