Happy Thursday, folks. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite single character animation? Gifs welcome. I’m sorry to report that Franchise Festival #75 will be delayed until … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Animated
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be charting the course of Uncharted. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is from MobyGames. Please … Continue reading Franchise Festival #74: Uncharted
Happy Halloween, Avocadoans! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what are your favorite scary games or scary moments in non-scary games? Don’t forget to join us for tomorrow’s Franchise Festival … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Tricking or Treating
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be ticking and tocking amidst the history of Clock Tower. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #73: Clock Tower
Happy Thursday, friends. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite instance of hand-to-hand or melee combat in a game that does not emphasize this mechanic? Perhaps a … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Punching Swords into Plowshares
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be suffering like G did through the deliciously kooky spooks of The House of … Continue reading Franchise Festival #72: House of the Dead
Happy Thursday, friends. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, who is your least favorite member of a playable ensemble cast? Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for Franchise Festival at … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is a Team of Rivals
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be exploring all three dimensions of Castlevania‘s latter-day home console entries (and one portable … Continue reading Franchise Festival #71: Castlevania (3D)
Happy Thursday! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite robot or mech in a game? Also, please join us in exploring the history of Castlevania’s 3D entries … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Automated
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be exploring the linear hallways and sprawling towers of Castlevania‘s 2D entries. Cover art, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #70: Castlevania (2D)
Happy Thursday Avocadoans! What games are you playing and what do you think of ’em? As a bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite overworld map. Please join us tomorrow at 9:00 AM EST in Franchise Festival for the inaugural entry … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Advances from West to East
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. Our focus this week is Final Fantasy VII, Squaresoft’s era-defining 1997 role-playing game. WARNING: This article contains … Continue reading Late to the Party: Final Fantasy VII (1997)
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be scrupulously unspooling the second half of the Ultima story, covering roughly 1992 to … Continue reading Franchise Festival #69: Ultima (Part Two)
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite or least favorite cameo appearance of a real-world actor or public figure in a game. Don’t forget … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Features a Special Guest
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be meticulously typing out the first half of the Ultima story, covering roughly 1980 … Continue reading Franchise Festival #68: Ultima (Part One)
Happy Thursday, friends. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite game studio or creator? Please visit Lily ‘Lovely’ Bones’ new Mid-Aughts Meltdown column on “The End of … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Salutes its Corporate Overlords
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be phonetically belching out the history of Wario Land. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #67: Wario Land
Happy Thursday, folks. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite or least favorite instance of wild tonal shifts in a game? Don’t forget to have your say in … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Has Whiplash
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be solving the mystery of Danganronpa‘s history. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is from MobyGames. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #66: Danganronpa
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what’s your favorite instance of surrealism in games? Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for a new Franchise Festival at 9:00 AM … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Playing Multidimensional Chess
Happy Thursday, friends. Today is my birthday AND I’m on vacation, but happily I’ve pre-scheduled a Weekly Games Thread post. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite place … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Taking a Stroll
