Happy Thursday! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, if you could decorate your living space like one game, what would it be? Don’t forget to participate in the Video Game … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Spending a Lot at the Home Improvement Store
Happy Thursday, friends. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite re-design of an old character or place in a newer game or remake? Please be sure to … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is New-Fashioned
Happy Thursday, Avocadoans. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is something you would like to know more about in games? Maybe we’ll all learn more today! I’m also happy … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Learning from You
Happy Thursday, folks. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, pitch a sequel to one of your favorite classic games (classic as defined by you, of course). Don’t forget to check … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 has Sequelitis
Happy New Year, friends! The Franchise Festival podcast launched this morning and will be published on the first of the month throughout the year. While the textual versions of this endeavor – published here at the Avocado – cover the … Continue reading Franchise Festival Podcast: Season 1 Episode 1
Happy Thursday, Avocadoans. I seem to have slept on this thread. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what games or game-adjacent gifts (including board games of course!) did you give … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Home for the Holidays
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. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is from MobyGames. Please consider supporting that website, as its volunteers tirelessly catalog … Continue reading Franchise Festival #80: Souls
Happy Thursday, Avocadoans! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, who is your favorite new game character of 2019. Don’t miss out on tomorrow’s Franchise Festival (the last of the year), … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Is New Here
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 uncovering the nooks and crannies of SSX. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is … Continue reading Franchise Festival #79: SSX
Happy Thursday, Avocadoans! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, and a tie-in to today’s “Best Game(s) of 2019” category of The Pits, I would like to ask: what is your … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Contemplating the Past
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 swallowing whole the history of Yoshi. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is from MobyGames. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #78: Yoshi
Happy Thursday, folks. Sorry for the late post! What games are you playing this week and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what’s your favorite stuff to break in a game? Please also join us for … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Is Breaking Stuff
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 exposing the ancient aliens at the heart of sword-and-sorcery epic Might and Magic. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #77: Might and Magic
Happy Thursday folks! (and a Happy Thanksgiving to US readers!) What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, when you are overwhelmed by content and unsure what to play (but still want … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Stuffed
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 absorbing the DNA of Parasite Eve. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is from MobyGames. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #76: Parasite Eve
Happy Thursday! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is a game you love to play in spite of it provoking anxiety or fear in you? Please also pop into … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread#2 Persists in the Face of Anxiety
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 hijacking the history of Grand Theft Auto. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is … Continue reading Franchise Festival #75: Grand Theft Auto
Happy Thursday! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what are some combinations of food/drink and games that you enjoy? Don’t forget to join us tomorrow at 9:00 for Franchise Festival … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Parched
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
