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Welcome to Giftmas! By the end of the day (10/9), you should know who you’re getting a gift for this year, and an idea of when it should be shipped by (depending on where it’s going). Which means it’s on … Continue reading Gift Brainstorming!
Given that we are fast approaching my favorite holiday, I thought I’d spend four Night Threads highlighting some of my favorite, but lesser known, horror games. Our third game is…Darkwood! Published in 2017 after years in early access, Darkwood is … Continue reading The Darkwood Night Thread
A Series of Accidents is A Series of Accidents is a chronological read-through of the books of Kurt Vonnegut. You can check out earlier articles in the series here. Happy Birthday, Wanda June is the best known of Vonnegut’s generally … Continue reading A Series of Accidents #8: Happy Birthday, Wanda June
After a day’s walk across a subdued wilderness, you suddenly sight a collection of ragged-looking structures. “HELLO?” yells the Warrior of Darkness. “MY PARENTS ARE DEAD.” There’s no answer. “Kehaar will fly over,” says Kehaar. He does so, while the … Continue reading Werewolves 134: Escape from Thrash Island – Day 3
Morbius the Living Vampire #6 Writer – Len Kaminski Artist – Ron Wagner My friend went to Gettysburg to tour the battlegrounds for a week and during her downtime, she looked around the local shops, one of which was a … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Morbius the Living Vampire #6 ( Feb 1993)
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 10/20/2020
Please welcome today’s contestants: Maddie, a pediatric neurology resident, does all kinds of dancing; Carlos, a civil engineer, went to a lot of movies last year; and Kristin, an attorney, has mother-daughter tea parties. Kristin is a three-day champ with … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 20
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: All are welcome! However, please be respectful that this discussion is specifically about issues and topics related to lesbian, gay, bi- or pansexual, trans, queer, questioning, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Hello! And welcome to the bracket. You can follow along at https://challonge.com/MovieTrailers. Hopefully you’ve seen most/all of these clips as part of the elimination rounds. If not, please take a moment to watch the trailers before you vote. At the … Continue reading Best Theatrical Film Trailer, Round of 64
Not today. Doubtful next week or the week after. Too busy. I’ll leave this placeholder so you can comment. Sorry, but work intervenes sometimes. Continue reading All Things Cricket: October 20th
The final week of playoffs continues, as we advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post, or for roughly 24 hours. You can listen to a playlist … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 16
Season 24Written by Stephen WyattDirected by Nicholas Mallet In a 2009 poll, “Paradise Towers” was voted the eighth-worst Doctor Who story of all time. In 2013 it had a burst of popularity and ascended the list a whole two places. … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S24E02 “Paradise Towers”
Darkness Falls In my prefatory paragraphs about the The Legend of Korra I made note that the response to the show was similar to the response to The Last Jedi. A mixture of indignation at changes to the world’s lore, and for some, awe … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “Darkness Falls” & “A Light in the Dark”
Bonus prompt: scariest scene in a non-horror film Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/20)
If you’re all alone, pick up the phone, and call… … Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, Ajax Ghost Exterminators! (Phone number: Gooseflesh 9000.) In the cartoon short “Lonesome Ghosts” (1937), ghosts call up our trio because they’re bored and want to … Continue reading Lonesome Ghosts Day Thread (10/20)
The book for October will be Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, and John Totleben’s Saga of the Swamp Thing Volume One. This volume collects issues 20-27, including the “The Anatomy Lesson”. Feel free to read a long and post your thoughts … Continue reading Classic Comic Book Read-a-long – Saga of the Swamp Thing Volume 1
*Three weeks until the new consoles arrive* We’ve got a slow week, folks. I mean, there’s new Pokemon content, so it’s not like we’re left with nothing, but still, no major new releases make this a week you can likely … Continue reading New Game Releases 10/20/20 – 10/26/20
Well, it’s been a month since part 6 of this series, and I can only apologize for the delay. But at last it’s back, and today we’re going to talk about my favorite part of the Standard Model (if only … Continue reading A Primer on Particle Physics, Part 7: Leptons and Neutrino Oscillations
Horror doesn’t have a huge presence in the realm of comics but there’s some good representation out there from various publishers and even the Big Two have a history with them going back decades before superhero publishing took over. Which … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 20: Your Favorite Horror Comic Book Property
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business of … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The films of the Walt Disney Studio. White Fang
