Annual weeklong charity speedrunning marathon Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) is back, raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year the event is being held online. You watch the marathon in the embedded … Continue reading Awesome Games Done Quick 2022
Hello! And welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, a weekly discussion space for people of colour. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued members of this … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines: Open Topic
You voted, the votes were tallied, and the results are in! We received 37 ballots for the Baer Award for the best game of 2021, and 12 ballots for the Higinbotham Award for the best game of 2020 in retrospect. … Continue reading The Pits: 2021 Video Game Results!
It’s that time of year, folks! We’re putting together the year-end AVoCADo GamesCast community extravaganza, and just like we do every year, we’re trying to involve as many community members as we can. To that end, we invite you all … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast 2021 Year-End Extravaganza Community Submissions
The Game Awards are back this year, streaming at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST, with a pre-show to begin a half-hour earlier. Please use this thread to live-chat about the festivities. Continue reading The Game Awards 2021 Live-Chat
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as big or as small of a list as you would like below but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not make your own post or fill up the OT … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Video Games 2021
You folks seem to be having a lot of fun with Artflow, which generates avatar pictures from a prompt, and WOMBO Dream, which creates paintings that you can use as phone backgrounds. Here’s a thread for sharing your creations. Continue reading A Thread for Sharing Your AI-Created Art
Merve and The Kappa discuss a very special speedrun. They then spend a couple of hours talking about the games they’ve played in 2021. [Recorded November 6, 2021] Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #78: Luuke
Here are your weekly schedules: Because I, Merve, am hosting this week while The Kappa is on vacation, I’m also going to link to the CFL schedule. Go Redblacks! Have fun pigskinning in the comments. Continue reading NFL Week 7/CFB Live Thread
I’m just going to copy-paste what I wrote two years ago, with the necessary edits: It’s October 21st, 2019 September 20th, 2021, which means Election Day is finally here. If you’re a Canadian citizen who is 18 or older, you … Continue reading Canadian Federal Election 2021
Hey folks! We’ve got another hot episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast for you, hosted and edited by The Kappa and featuring Bresson and LittleMac as guests. Tune in to hear them discussing Professor Layton, the works of Richard Garriott, the … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #77: The Richard Garriott Appreciation Hour
It’s all down to this: the final event of the 2021 Marble League. Going in, the Raspberry Racers sit atop the standings, but the Hazers and Mellow Yellow aren’t far behind, and dramatic shifts of the standings are still possible. … Continue reading Marble League 2021: Event #16 and Closing Ceremonies
Sony is putting on a 40-minute livestream today at 1 PM PDT / 4 PM EDT / 9 PM BST, showcasing upcoming titles for the PS5 console. This thread is for live-chatting that livestream. We can expect a lot of … Continue reading PlayStation Showcase 2021 Live-Chat
In today’s Marble League recap, we’re covering the Elimination Race, the Sand Rally, and Football Soccer. The Elimination Race sees the marbles racing down a Gravitrax obstacle course, knocking out the last-place finisher at the end of each round. Ball … Continue reading Marble League 2021: Events #13-15
It’s time for the final Grand Slam of the 2021 tennis season: the US Open, held annually in Queens, NY. This is your discussion space for the tournament. Feel free to use this thread for analyzing news of the event, … Continue reading 2021 US Open Discussion Thread
In today’s Marble League recap, we’re covering Steeplechase, the Sand Mogul Race, and Diving. Steeplechase sees our marvellous marbles rolling down a sandy track while trying to avoid knocking over precariously placed sticks. A lot of teams post good times … Continue reading Marble League 2021: Events #10-12
In this edition of the Marble League recap, we’re covering Hurdles, Block Pushing, and Triathlon. This year’s Hurdles competition is modified from previous versions of the event. Now instead of weighted pendulums that the marbles have to push, there are … Continue reading Marble League 2021: Events #7-9
It’s time to recap events #4-6 of the 2021 Marble League competition: Funnel Endurance; Relay; and Jousting. Here are the videos for your viewing pleasure: The Funnel Endurance is a classic event and a JMR favourite. The addition of the … Continue reading Marble League 2021: Events #4-6
Hey folks! We’re recording the 77th episode of the GamesCast this Sunday the 1st of August, and we’d love to have you participate. (We’re based in Eastern time.) We will definitely spend some time discussing both the Steam Deck and … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #77
The Internet’s premier marble sporting event is now in full swing. This year, the Marble League, formerly known as the Marblelympics, is taking place concurrently with the Humanlympics, also known as The Olympics. As if there weren’t other kinds of … Continue reading Marble League 2021: Events #1-3
Annual weeklong charity speedrunning marathon Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) is back, raising money for Doctors Without Borders. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year the event is being held online. You watch the marathon in the embedded Twitch … Continue reading Summer Games Done Quick 2021
