Presenters

Paul Verhoeven

Paul Verhoeven is a presenter on Triple J. Each Monday morning, he does the nerd show, Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind, on Triple J Breakfast with Tom and Alex, and he hosts breakfast when the boys are away. When he’s not gaming himself into a coma (which he does on an hourly basis), he’s writing and drawing the webcomic Lessons for Children for TheVine.com.au. He also does a weekly biographical exploration into gaming characters called Out of Character, and a weekly tech/gadget blog, also both for The Vine. He has written for Filmink, Triple J magazine, PC Powerplay and Yen. Paul hosted the web series Curiageous, has interviewed Elmo, and once almost kissed Viggo Mortensen hard on themouth. His favourite games are the Half Life titles, everything from Bioware (Mass Effect and KOTOR in particular), Broken Sword, Jedi Outcast, Portal 2, Braid, and Twinsen’s Odyssey. Yes, Twinsen’s Odyssey. That game was AWESOME.

Oh, and he also recently came third in Cleo’s Hottest Bachelor of the Year. Something the cast frequently remind him off, usually accompanied by kidney punches and yelling.

Rae Johnston

The first game Rae ever played was Donkey Kong in her cousin’s attic at the age of 4. Since then she has been a casual gamer, playing everything from God Of War to Guitar Hero. She is her current household Tekken champion.

Rae has been a performer her whole life with a background in theatre, film, television and radio. You may have seen her in commercials advertising everything from Volkswagons to tampons. Rae is thrilled to be a part of Save Point for this season.

Amali Ward

Amali has been a gamer ever since she picked up Ms. Pacman on Atari Lynx as a kid. A big lover of handhelds, Amali has had every incarnation of the Gameboy and now the DS, and is a gigantic Nintendo fan, with the Pokemon, Zelda & Super Mario Bros series being her all time favourites. Her best gaming memory is playing Mega Drive with her brothers growing up.

Amali gets a little obsessive about the games she loves: she’s the type who’s “gotta catch em all”, who painstakingly collects every star coin and unlocks every cart. Currently Amali plays games on Wii, DS, PS3, and iPad/iPhone. A big fan of technology of all kinds, Amali is about to complete a degree in Internet Communication after previously studying Computer Science.

Also a singer, Amali appeared on Australian Idol when she was 16, and is currently recording her debut album. She has also hosted the official podcast for SBS’ series Nerds FC, as well as guest hosting appearances on Channel V.

She’s looking forward to joining the cast of Save Point, and also annihilating her fellow cast members at Mario Kart.