Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! This means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – this time we’re covering coming of age stories. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #27: Coming of Age Story
Happy Thursday Avocadoans! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss our favorite video game merchandise! Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is at the Merch Table
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! This means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – this time we’re covering battle royales. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #26: Battle Royale
Happy Thursday, y’all. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about what one game you’d use to get a friend or stranger into your favorite genre. While you’re here, … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Introducing People to Its Favorite Genre
Spencer and Chris get downright crunchy with Supergiant’s Hades (2020), working through the finer details of how its gameplay systems interact with one another to produce one of the best roguelikes of the last decade. Along the way, they explore … Continue reading Franchise Festival S3E8 – Hades
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! This means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – this time we’re covering deck-builders, a sub-genre of card games. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #25: Deck-Builder
Happy Thursday, y’all. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, pitch a franchise or intellectual property (IP) – especially a dormant one – that you’d like to see assigned to an … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Hires Help
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! This means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – this time we’re covering tower defense. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #24: Tower Defense
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s chat about Collector’s or Deluxe Editions. What makes you buy one of these (if you do)? What would you like … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Collectible
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! This means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – this time we’re covering third-person shooters. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #23: Third-Person Shooter
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, please discuss highlights from video game conventions/conferences that you’ve attended! Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is On The Con Circuit
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! This means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – this time we’re covering mystery games. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #22: Mystery
Happy Thursday y’all – what games are you playing and what do you think of them? No bonus prompt for this thread, but don’t miss Dramus18’s One Giant Leap 2015: Super Mario Maker. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Topic-Free
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! This means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – this time we’re covering sports games. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #21: Sports
Happy Thursday, fellow ‘Cados! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, please share an occupation that you’d like to see represented in a video game. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Occupied
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! This means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – this time we’re covering multiplayer games. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #20: Multiplayer
Happy Thursday y’all. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, please share your experience with a particularly vexing video game boss enemy. While you’re here, don’t miss Bones’ July Game News … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Beats the Boss
Chris and Hamilton recall the first 20 years of Sonic the Hedgehog by taking a close look at Sega’s Sonic Generations (2011). Along the way, they discuss what happened to the property over the preceding decade and why some characters’ … Continue reading Franchise Festival S3E7 – Sonic Generations
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! This means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – this time we’re covering real-time strategy (RTS) games. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #19: Real-Time Strategy
Happy Thursday, y’all. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, please share a piece of real-world knowledge you learned from playing a game. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Learned Something Today
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! This means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – this time we’re covering creative games! If building or making stuff is a key verb, it counts for this category. What are your … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #18: Creative
