Competition is heating up at the 2019 MarbleLympics, and it’s time for a classic: it’s Usain Bolt’s favourite event – the 5 meter sprint! This appears to be the simplest event of the tournament, but looks can be deceiving. There’s … Continue reading MarbleLympics 2019: Event #5 – 5 Meter Sprint
My apologies for getting this up a day late. Our marbles have no time to waste in this event, yet another race. But this time around, there’s a twist: it’s a team race! Teamwork is required to get three of … Continue reading MarbleLympics 2019: Event #4 – Gravitrax Slalom
It’s the first day of May, and it’s beautiful and sunny outside, so what better time is there to talk about the night-time urban fantasy manga series Midnight Occult Civil Servants? Everyone knows that government jobs are super-exciting, but they … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 1st, 2019)
Historically, balancing has been one of the less interesting events of the MarbleLympics. The whole point of the exercise is, well, not to fall off. The stakes aren’t particularly high; falling a few centimetres isn’t going to damage a marble. … Continue reading MarbleLympics 2019: Event #3 – Balancing
Sarazanmai is the latest work from the twisted mind of Penguindrum creator Kunihiko Ikuhara. This anime series is a magical boy story that tells the tale of three delinquent middle-schoolers who get transformed into kappas. The series is currently available … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 24th, 2019)
“Funnel Race” is more than a bit of a misnomer. The point of the event is to finish last, which if anything makes it the exact opposite of a race. But semantics don’t lessen the excitement of what is one … Continue reading MarbleLympics 2019: Event #2 – Funnel Race
Heya Guacs! It’s episode #47 of the AVoCADo GamesCast. In this episode, we chat about GTA V roleplaying, talk about how to train for a speedrun, throw shade on some memes, debate the validity of the “gamer” label, and have … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #47: It Turns Out We Don’t Live in a Society
Hello folks, and welcome to the start of what might become regular coverage of the Marblelympics at The Avocado, depending on reader interest. We begin with the opening ceremonies, a relatively sedate stop-motion affair compared to what’s about to follow. … Continue reading Marblelympics 2019: Event #1 – Underwater Race
Fruits Basket is a shōjo manga series about an orphan girl who goes to live with some of her male classmates, only to discover that they’re possessed by animals of the Chinese zodiac. It is one of the best-selling manga … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 17th, 2019)
Carole & Tuesday is the new anime series from Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo mastermind Shinichirō Watanabe. Set in a future where humans have colonized Mars, it tells the story of two girls from very different backgrounds who meet and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 10th, 2019)
Heya Guacs! In this episode of the GamesCast, I chat about Google’s new Stadia platform, Microsoft’s and Nintendo’s business strategies, and EA Game Changers with Lovely Bones, Ben, Wolfman Jew, and our faithful editor, The Kappa. Enjoy! You can listen … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #46: Ludic Combinatorics
Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this upcoming weekend (the 13th or 14 of April), and we’d love for you to join if you’re available. (For those of you who are wondering, Episode … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #47
The spring anime season is now upon us, and more so than past seasons, it looks to be chock-full of sequels and remakes, like Bungo Stray Dogs 3.a(featured in the header image), Attack on Titan 3 Part 2, and a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 3rd, 2019)
Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka is a Japanese seinen manga series about a group of magical girls that must resume the fight against a violent race of beasts called the Disas three years after an earlier, bloody war with them. An … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 27th, 2019)
Girly Air Force is a light novel series about an invasion by a mysterious group of combatants known as the Zai and the technology used to repel their assault: a force of female android air force pilots known as Anima, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 20th, 2019)
Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this upcoming weekend (the 23rd or 24th of March), and we’d love for you to join if you’re available. We have a preference for Sunday, but we … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #46
Run with the Wind is a novel by Shion Miura about a group of Kansei University students who train to run the Hakone Ekiden, a 200 km relay marathon held annually in January. It has been adapted into a live-action … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 13th, 2019)
Heya Guacs! In this episode of the GamesCast, I discuss video game exploration with Andy Tuttle, Mr. Glitch, and podcast newcomer Lovely Bones. We also talk about Disney parks, the February Nintendo Direct, Reggie Fils-Aime’s retirement, and disappointing games with … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #45: Hillys & Hengsha
Hi folks. Apologies for the delay in getting this thread up. The Price of Smiles is a currently airing anime series about the young princess of a kingdom known as Soleil. Orphaned at a young age, she’s thrust into a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 6th, 2019)
The Promised Neverland is a manga series about a group of children who live a happy, comfortable existence in an orphanage, albeit cut off from the outside world. Everything seems fine until they discover that there’s more to their existence … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 27th, 2019)
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is exactly what its title says: it’s a light novel series about an office worker who is killed in a stabbing incident and gets reincarnated in a fantasy world as a slime, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 20th, 2019)
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