Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this upcoming weekend (the 23rd or 24th of February), and we’d love for you to join if you’re available. Generally we prefer to record in the afternoon … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #45
Hey listeners! Episode #44 of the GamesCast is finally here! Tune in to hear me, The Kappa, Wolfman Jew, Pulprobot, and Science is Bad discussing Super Bowl LIII, the Anthem demo, Dead in Vinland, Kingdom Hearts, and much, much more. … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #44: Danthem
The Quintessential Quintuplets is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Negi Haruba. It tells the story of an ordinary high school student who has to tutor five badly-behaved identical quintuplets from a rich, prestigious family. The manga has … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 13th, 2019)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is a 1980’s manga series written and illustrated by famed animation director Hayao Miyazaki. It is set in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future where most of Earth’s formerly habitable land is corrupted, and warring … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 6th, 2019)
Hey folks! Welcome to the final Japanese pop culture thread for the month of January. I apologize for the delay in getting it up. Today, I’m spotlighting Kingdom Hearts III, the long-awaited conclusion (?) to the Kingdom Hearts trilogy (?), … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 30th, 2019)
Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this weekend (the 2nd or 3rd of February), and we’d love for you to join if you’re available. Our strong preference is for recording early in the … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #44
Tune in for the first episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast recorded in 2019! In this packed episode, The Kappa, Mr. Glitch, Ben, and I discuss everything from speedrunning to Shigeru Miyamoto to Sonic the Hedgehog. We also prognosticate about what’s … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #43: One Shaft, Four Prongs, All Party
Boogiepop and Others is a light novel in the Boogiepop series about a series of mysterious disappearances at a Japanese high school. The teachers say the missing kids are just runaways, but the students suspect something more sinister and supernatural. … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 23rd, 2019)
Welcome to this week’s Japanese pop culture thread! Today I’m spotlighting Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, a romantic comedy manga series about two high-performing high school student council members who are too proud to confess their love for one another. The … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 16th, 2019)
Heya AvoGamers! I apologize for the late notice, but we’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this weekend, and we’d love for you to join if you’re available. We have a preference for recording in the … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #43
The new winter anime season has begun, and it’s time to take a look at what’s available to watch. From what I can tell, it’s a relatively sparse season, though it does feature two series about female air force pilots … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 9th, 2019)
Annual charity speedrunning marathon Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) is back, raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. You can watch the marathon here. Some upcoming schedule highlights (all times PST and subject to change): N++ 2-player co-op at 8:22 … Continue reading Awesome Games Done Quick 2019
Happy new year! Welcome to the first weekly Japanese pop culture thread of 2019! I’m going to do a full run-down of the winter anime I’m interested in next week, so for now, let me ask you: what were your … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 2nd, 2019)
Thanks for your patience! The AVoCADo GamesCast 2018 Year-End Extravaganza is finally here, featuring yours truly, Otakunomike, Science is Bad, The Kappa, Gougagna, Gilles De Raisin Bran, PT, and a whole lotta butts. We run down the year’s gaming news, … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #42: Attacking Butts: The 2018 Year-End GamesCast Extravaganza
Hi Score Girl is a romantic comedy manga series by Rensuke Oshikiri that ran for eight years and ended its run this September. It tells the story of Haruo Yamaguchi, a slacker and obsessed gamer who gets caught in a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 26th, 2018)
Granblue Fantasy began life as a mobile game: a turn-based RPG for Android and iOS released in 2014. The game quickly ballooned in popularity and has since become a full-blown franchise. An anime series based on the property aired last … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 19th, 2018)
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 open up your own or fill up the OT … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Video Games 2018
It’s that time of year, folks! We’re prepping to record the year-end AVoCADo GamesCast community extravaganza, and just like last year, we’re trying to involve as many community members as we can. We’re going to use a similar format as … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast 2018 Year-End Extravaganza Sign-Ups
Hey folks! Welcome to this week’s Japanese pop culture thread, brought to you by Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san, a comedy web-manga series about… well, the title tells you pretty much all you need to know. An anime series based on the … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 12th, 2018)
Sorry for the hasty thread. I was busy at work and forgot to put one up. You know the drill. Talk about what you’ve been watching/playing/eating/reading/listening to lately! Or not lately. I’m not your boss. (Header image from Noragami, just … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 5th, 2018)
Yesterday, social media platform and microblogging service Tumblr announced that as of December 17th of this year, adult content would be banned from the site. This news was surprising, as Tumblr has been seen as one of the more permissive … Continue reading Tumblr’s Adult Content Ban
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