The aquathlon is a hybrid event consisting of a regular sprint followed by an aquatic race. The twist is that all four marbles from each team race at once, with the third-place marble marking a team’s completion of the race. … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E14 Team Aquathlon
A great philosopher once asked, “How high can a marble jump?” I don’t know. How high can a marble jump? Today, we’ll find out. Like in the inferior human high jump, marbles get a running start before attempting to launch … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E13 High Jump
The full title of this episode is “Japanese Games Released in 2019 about Murder Victims with Their Eyes Gouged Out and Protagonists Voiced by Greg Chun in the English Dub.” But don’t worry, we don’t just talk about Judgment and AI: … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #66: … Greg Chun …
After a two-month hiatus, Marbula E is back! This time we’re off to the streets of Berlin for some exciting German auto racing. Can anyone catch up with Mercedes-Benz on their home turf? Let’s see if two solid months of … Continue reading Marbula E Race 4 “Berlin”
Greg Woods describes the relay run as an event that combines speed and teamwork. This is an accurate description: marbles have to go fast and perform proper handoffs. That’s really the core of it. Nothing else to worry about, I … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E12 Relay Run
This year, the JMRC has developed a new event for the Marble League: the Black Hole Funnel. It’s a test of endurance, rather than speed or finesse. Like an actual black hole, the funnel draws marbles toward its core, from … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E11 Black Hole Funnel
there is no joy. only marble. marble go fast in straight line. vroom vroom. Some, like whoever wrote the preceding paragraph, might consider the 5M sprint a boring event. But the joy of watching a come-from-behind victory is undeniable. Let’s … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E10 5M Sprint
Heya AvoGamers! Sorry for the short notice, but we’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this Sunday, the 2nd of August, in the late afternoon/early evening Eastern time. Here’s what we’ll definitely discuss: Recent summer gaming … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #67
The sand mogul race is as much a test of strategy as it is a test of speed. It isn’t simply a matter of rolling down the hill as fast as you can; selecting the optimal route across the sand … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E9 Sand Mogul Race
Marbles are good at one thing: rolling. The triathlon asks: What if marbles had to be good at three things? Let’s find out, shall we? The Marble League triathlon dispenses with the order of the typical triathlon by placing the … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E8 Triathlon
This is Xbox’s second summer stream. The first, back in May, was a third-party showcase. Today’s event will reportedly focus mostly on first-party titles. Due to Microsoft’s recent spate of studio acquisitions, this could prove to be very interesting. What … Continue reading Xbox Games Showcase Live-Chat
This summer’s I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-E3 streams continue with Bandai Namco’s press event, set to feature news on upcoming games Scarlet Nexus, Captain Tsubasa, and DLC for My Hero One’s Justice 2, among others. Tune in at 7 PM Eastern for the goods … Continue reading Bandai Namco: “Play Anime Live” Live-Chat
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (LUPIN the Third ～峰不二子という女～) is a 2012 13-episode action-comedy psychological thriller produced by TMS and directed by Sayo Yamamoto. Veteran writer Mari Okada served as the series’ primary writer. It is the … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Lupin The Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Our orbicular athletes have shown off their speed and finesse. Now it’s time for a test of raw strength. Welcome to block pushing. The first four runs don’t produce much in the way of interest. But in Run #5, the … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E7 Block Pushing
Marbles can roll, revolve, and rotate. They’ve even been known to slide. But one thing they cannot do is jump. That doesn’t stop them from overcoming hurdles, though. As one wise glass ball once said: “The only way out is … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E6 Hurdles
We’re trying WordPress’s new podcast player embed for this episode, which features me, The Kappa, Lutair, and Lovely Bones. Hopefully it works. As you can see from the episode description in the embed, this episode covers some serious topics. There … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #65: In Light of Recent Events…
We know marbles can run. We know marbles can slide. We know marbles can shake. But can marbles soar? That’s what the long jump event aims to answer. In this contest, each marble travels down a steep track and then … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E5 Long Jump
Hello, and welcome to The Avocado’s live-chat for Ubisoft’s long-delayed E3 replacement presentation. The French video game publisher has a lot of games to show off, including Watch Dogs: Legion, Hyper Scape, and the recently-leaked Far Cry 6. What else … Continue reading Ubisoft Forward Live-Chat
If English physicist Isaac Newton were alive today, surely he would see the Marble League as the greatest possible tribute to his work. No other competition, on YouTube or other, inferior channels, succeeds at capturing the essence of his three … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E4 Newton’s Cradle
Heya AvoGamers! Sorry for the short notice, but we’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this Saturday, the 11th of July, early in the afternoon EDT. There will be three topics of discussion: What you’ve been … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #66
One of the Marble League’s most beloved and most nail-biting events is back. Funnel endurance tests how good our orbicular athletes are at fighting the twin forces of elliptical orbits and gravity. In contrast to race events, the last marble … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E3 Funnel Endurance
