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
Now that we’re halfway through 2020, I’m sure that over the new few weeks we’ll have plenty of discussions about the best or most interesting pop cultural experiences we had in the first half of the year. But the first … Continue reading The Worst Pop Culture of 2020 So Far
The halfpipe is a test of endurance. The goal is for the team to remain inside the halfpipe for as long as it possibly can. Great strength is required to remain inside the pipe without slipping, and marbles without sufficient … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E2 Halfpipe
Hey folks! As promised, here’s the last of the big summer gaming live-chat threads before the Ubisoft and Xbox events in July. Let’s chat about Cyberpunk 2077! Continue reading Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Wire Live-Chat
Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this Saturday, the 27th of June, early in the afternoon EDT. There will be two topics of discussion: Recent allegations of sexual misconduct and employee abuse in … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #65
Continuing the endless sequence of digital game conferences this summer, today at 11 AM EDT we have New Game+ Expo, a showcase for (mostly) Japanese developers and publishers, including Idea Factory, Atlus, and Spike Chunsoft. The video embedded above is … Continue reading New Game+ Expo 2020 Live-Chat
It’s finally here. We’re ready to begin Marble League 2020, the Internet’s premier marble sports tournament. 16 teams will go head-to-head in gruelling contests of ball-on-ball action. Those 16 teams are: Team Galactic [Hosts] Raspberry Racers Hazers Green Ducks Savage … Continue reading Marble League 2020 E1 Balancing
This is it. It all comes down to the Lap Race. Graze of Glory sits atop the standings with a comfortable lead. Can anyone catch them? Let’s find out. Milky Madness has a comfortable lead for most of this race’s … Continue reading Last Marble Standing E6 Lap Race
Hey folks! Have you ever wondered how we put together a podcast? Well The Kappa and I are here to explain how. We also spend some time discussing our tastes in games and where we think the industry is headed. … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #64: Really Complicated Holes
Yesterday we saw 20 teams vying for a chance to compete in the 2020 Marble League. Today, the four teams that automatically qualified are going head-to-head in a friendly round, just for kicks. Let’s check in on them and see … Continue reading Marble League 2020 Friendly Round
