Join us for the first ever live edition of the POGcast by Palms Off Gaming at the recent Auckland Card Show held by The Card Show Company in partnership with Geek Culture. Today, we have two of the key people who helped to wrangle this event together - Steve Guinee and Matt Rogers.
Josh Diffey is co-owner and founder of Coburg based gaming paradise The Gaming Arena - a business built on the passion of table top games like Warhammer and Dungeons and Dragons as well as TCGs like Star Wars Unlimited and Magic: The Gathering.In this episode, we chat with Josh about how The Gaming Arena came to be, his time as a Warhammer coach, and the current ecosphere of TCGs.
Jake Matthews – Australian UFC Welterweight contender and owner of JM Collectables – steps out of the octagon and onto the mic to talk about his journey into professional fighting, how he got hooked on trading cards, and his surprising passion for all things Tolkien.
Rubee and Cassa are the Creators and Hosts of Australian Magic: The Gathering Podcast and Commander Show Cozy Magic Club.
Alongside Rubee and Cassa on the CMC Podcast is co-host and friend Nigel Victus chatting topics from the LGS environment to which Planeswalkers deserve a Smash or Pass.
Umit Berkant is the owner and founder of Blacklist Cards & Collectables - an LGS in Thomastown just around the corner from POG HQ!
In this episode, Umit breaks down how he went from Facebook seller to store owner, the highs and lows of store ownership, and cracks some One Piece TCG with Darcy 🎴
Swadsy dropped by to have a chat while he was in Melbourne for Midnight's TCG Collectables Expo. Talking all things Pokémon and content creation in this one!
Palms Off Gaming Affiliate, Meme Queen, and PokeFiend, @six9tales jumped on the mic to Address her fans, her alpha wolf compulsions, and to crack some packs on camera.
Production wizard, PokeTuber, and Wartortle enthusiast, Watto Rips made his way down to beautiful Thomastown to visit us at POG HQ and have a bit of a chat on mic about his channel's impressive growth, his collecting goals, and a bit of what he does at his production company Onix Productions
Jordan Dunbar, Vocalist of Melbourne metalcore band Starve and big ol' Magic: The Gathering nerd, dropped by to have a chat about his music, the state of Wizards of the Coast, his passion for Commander, and to have a bite to eat from the Palms Off Gaming Spaghetti Draw™.
#podcast #tcg #mtg #magic #magicthegathering #commander #mtgcommander #metal #melbourne #metalcore ~~~~~~~~~~Show notes~~~~~~~ TCGroup Insta: https://www.instagram.com/tcgroupau/ TCGroup Webstie: https://www.tcgroupau.com.au/ ~~~~~~~~~~Socials~~~~~~~~~~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/palmsoffgaming Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/palmsoffgaming TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@palmsoffgaming ~~~~~~~~~~Buy stuff~~~~~~~~~ Website: https://palmsoffgaming.com.au/ ~~~~~~~~~~Credits~~~~~~~~~~~ Host: Darcy Silinzieds Producer & Editor: Jacob Smith Thumbnail Art: Nick Van Lier POG Theme: Tough Break
Kristijan and Aneta Damjanoski, owners of TCGroup Australia located in Epping, VIC, popped by with just about every booster box available on the Australian market right now.
Hao Phu is owner of Melbourne based streetwear brand Kokaine, half of HaoYouPhill and collector of 1st Gen 1st Edition Pokémon cards. In this ep, Darcy chats with Hao about Kokaine's evolution, Hao's love for cars, how AusPost sucks, and his collaboration with US car vlogger illiminate Hao and Darcy also tuck into some English 151 🎣 Get 20% off on all threads over at Kokaine when using www.kokaine.com/discount/POG #tcg #151 #jdm #fashion #streetwear #pokemon #pokemontcg #palmsoffgaming ~~~~~~~~~~Show notes~~~~~~~ Hao's Insta: www.instagram.com/haophu_ Hao's YouTube: @HaoPhu CGC Cut Card Errors controversy: youtu.be/E30rOQnzoiw?si=MAVGX1JM7Gnn6mEy Jake Del Marco's episode: youtu.be/frRMsS4MK30?si=g3lae6iBd9AWTTVw ~~~~~~~~~~Socials~~~~~~~~~~ Instagram: www.instagram.com/palmsoffgaming Facebook: www.facebook.com/palmsoffgaming TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@palmsoffgaming ~~~~~~~~~~Buy stuff~~~~~~~~~ Website: palmsoffgaming.com.au ~~~~~~~~~~Credits~~~~~~~~~~~ Host: Darcy Silinzieds Producer & Editor: Jacob Smith Thumbnail Art: Nick Van Lier POG Theme: Tough Break
Walt & James are the co-hosts and creators of Australia's only MTG Commander podcast! From trying to sell Darcy on the game of Commander to openning up a Magic: The Gathering: Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth booster box - this episode something every Magic fan new or old will enjoy :)
Stefan Salamone is a name that is often brought up in conversation around pop culture and anime tattooing. Finding his niche during the Pokemon Go! boom back in 2016 which blew up demand for his work.
Scotty and Jason of TRA Collective popped on in to chat about how their new store is going, letting the big one(s) get away, and the upcoming card collecting convention TRACON. ~~~~~~~~~~Socials~~~~~~~~~~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/palmsoffgam... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/palmsoffgaming TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@palmsoffgaming ~~~~~~~~~Buy stuff~~~~~~~~~ Website: https://palmsoffgaming.com.au/ ~~~~~~~~~Credits~~~~~~~~~~~ Host: Darcy Silinzieds Producer & Editor: Jacob Smith
Founders of Card Bot and friends of Palms Off Gaming, Chris and Steph, dropped in to chat how Card Bot started, how they landed on TCG vending machines, and what cards they've been collecting along the way.
Beau Ingleton is a Tattoo Artist working out of Living Canvas in Eltham, VIC and was the designer of the Oni Mask Binder and Windbreaker. On today's ep we chat with Beau about his career as a Tattoo Artist, break open a Panini Prizm Booster Box, how Technology and AI effects his workflow, and his process for coming up with the Oni Mask design. SPECIAL BONUS FEATURE: Faith the lovely black lab also joins Darcy and Beau on the episode to eat her stick and distract the humans.
The lovely Danni and Jesse of PokeBox AU came around to talk what it's like been growing their card shop and to open some Pokemon VSTAR Universe and some Weiss Schwarz Disney 100 Years Of Wonder.
Chris Mackertich, frontman of Melbourne heavy band @DREGGMUSIC , came down to the Palms Off Gaming Office to crack open some Pokémon Crown Zenith ETBs and chat music, the industry, and what Dregg are up to next!
Twitch streamer Andstar_ came down to POG HQ to chat Pokemon TCG releases, the recent update to Twitch's Partner payments, and to show us how it's down cracking open a box of Silver Tempest.
Ed Reiss is well known in Australia for his directorial and camera op chops having worked with names like The Veronicas, Peking Duk, Alpha Wolf, Northlane, The Amity Affliction, and heaps more amazing artists. Ed is also a massive Magic The Gathering nerd, so we treated him with a box of Dominaria Remastered to break open!