Team Primary’s performance yesterday has put them in pole position for today’s race. Will that pay dividends? Let’s find out. For most of the race, it looks like either Balls of Chaos or the Green Ducks is going to take … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Momotorway GP Race 3
Team Momo takes the spotlight by hosting this week’s Marbula One race. This is an interesting course. Where you think things would slow down, they’re actually pretty fast. The curves near the start of the course don’t seem to slow … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Momotorway GP Qualifying
Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s 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 community, … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #25: “Good on Race”
Smile Down the Runway is a shōnen manga series by Kotoba Inoya about an aspiring fashion designer and an aspiring model who team up to fulfill their respective dreams. An anime adaptation by Ezo’la is currently airing. What have you … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 26th, 2020)
Greg Woods introduces this week’s video with talk of a “host’s curse.” He might be on to something, considering the O’rangers’ dire 15th place finish in yesterday’s qualifying round. But that was just for determining the starting order for today’s … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 O’raceway GP Race
We’re off to the O’rangers’ home turf for the second round of Marbula One. If you believe the rumours that the O’rangers have been juicing, then this probably feels like a bit like watching Icarus and then deciding to award … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 O’raceway GP Qualifying
Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. By popular demand, we have a new date and time: Wednesday mornings! Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #24: New Date and Time
Ride Your Wave is the latest film from Masaaki Yuasa and Eunyoung Choi’s animation studio, Science SARU. It tells the story of a surfer and a firefighter who fall in love, though their romantic bliss may be short-lived. The film … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 19th, 2020)
Happy February, gang! Thanks for sending in questions for our very first Q&A session. The Kappa, Science is Bad, Lutair, Mr. Glitch, and I answered as many as we could. Enjoy us discussing the appeal of Butterfly Soup, the history … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #58: The Affluenza Mod
After yesterday’s qualifying round, we’re playing for keeps. This is the first Marbula One race that will count towards the overall standings. The pressure is on for our round rollers. Before we even start, we’re treated to a domino show. … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Savage Speedway GP1 Race
JMR has been hyping Marbula One for weeks, and it’s finally here. In today’s qualifying round, the marbles race individually and staggered to determine the starting order for tomorrow’s big race. The bounds of performance are set in the first … Continue reading Marbula One: 2020 Savage Speedway Grand Prix Qualifying
Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s 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 community, … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #23: Scratching the Surface
The Wonderland is a coming-of-age fantasy adventure film directed by Keiichi Hara. It tells the story of a teenage girl and an older family friend who get whisked away to an alternate dimension that they must save from ruin. The … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 12th, 2020)
Marbula One is just a few short days away (here’s a trailer), but in the meantime, Jelle & Co. have been generous enough to tide us over with a bonus sand rally race, this time featuring animal-themed marbles. Let’s meet … Continue reading Animal Marble Race
Welcome to The Avocado’s live-chat for the 92nd Oscars, held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. Use this space to chat about the awards, comment on red carpet fashions, and of course, mock the presenters for their awkward, stilted … Continue reading The 92nd Academy Awards: Live-Chat
Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s 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 community, … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #22: Unprompted
Somali and the Forest Spirit is a seinen manga series by Yako Gureishi. It tells the story of a father-daughter bond that forms between a golem and a lone human girl. An anime adaptation by Satelight and HORNETS is currently … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 5th, 2019)
Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast next weekend (February 8th or 9th), with a strong preference for the afternoon Eastern Standard Time on Sunday. The format for this episode will be a little … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #58 / Submit Your Questions!
Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s 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 community, … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #21: Pragmatism
BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense. is a comedic light novel series by Yuumikan about a teenage girl who plays a VR MMO and prioritizes defensive stats to a ridiculous degree. An anime … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 29th, 2020)
Heya, Guacs! Welcome to the first AVoCADo GamesCast of 2020! This one features me, Lovely Bones, Science is Bad, The Kappa, and newcomer Demyx speaking about AGDQ 2020, Walt Disney World, gaming in the twenty-teens, and our predictions for the … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #57: Walking Unsimulators
