Happy Thursday, folks. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us what you’d most like to see at E3 2021. While you’re here, be sure to check out Andy’s weekly … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Ready for E3
The Wild at Heart, a quirky 2D action-adventure game that marks the debut of US studio Moonlight Kids, was recently published by Humble Games for the PC and Xbox platforms. Writer/designer Justin Baldwin joined me via email to discuss the … Continue reading Indie Developer Interview: Moonlight Kids
Happy Thursday, Avocadoans! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite bugs in games. Please also be aware that our writers have produced a wide array of … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Bugged Out
The Franchise Festival crew explores the development, gameplay, and plot of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020). Chris, Jasmine, and Spencer discuss their favorite characters and speculate on why this game falls short of its 2014 predecessor. Listen on your … Continue reading Franchise Festival Podcast S1E22 – Age of Calamity (Game Discussion)
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, a fortnightly column where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found in the archive here. This week we’ll unfold the history of Paper Mario. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #101: Paper Mario
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about a game that lived up to your high expectations or hype for it. Please also be sure to … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Lives Up to the Hype
Happy Thursday, folks. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, do you prefer turn-based or action-oriented combat in your RPGs? Or maybe a combination of the two? Tell us about an … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Turn-Based… Or Is It?!
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite furniture or interior design in a game. Please also join us in the Resident Evil Village … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Well-Furnished
Resident Evil: Village is out in the wild now, and its short length means that a lot of folks have probably made quite a bit of progress in it. It also features any number of surprising twists, so we wanted … Continue reading Spoiler Space – Resident Evil: Village
If you have been paying attention to the business of making video games over the last decade, you know Jason Schreier. During his time at Kotaku and Bloomberg, he has consistently catalogued the vicissitudes of game development through a dense … Continue reading Review – Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry
CrossCode (2018) is a 2D action-RPG by German studio Radical Fish with a major twist: its beguiling narrative is set within CrossWorlds, a fictional MMORPG. Director Felix Klein joined me via email to discuss the game for The Avocado. What … Continue reading Indie Developer Interview: Radical Fish
Happy Thursday! And Happy Mother’s Day in advance of this weekend’s coming holiday. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your mother’s favorite game or a game that you … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Celebrates Mother’s Day
The Franchise Festival crew discusses the story, sidequests, and cut content of Breath of the Wild in the second of two episodes on Nintendo’s legendary 2017 release. Chris and Jasmine share their love of Kass while Hamilton and Spencer debate … Continue reading Franchise Festival Podcast S1E21 – Breath of the Wild Part 2 (Game Discussion)
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt inspired by the release of Returnal, tell us what you think about the roguelike/roguelite genre and favorite or least favorite titles. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Like Rogue
Happy Monday everybody! Looks like we may not have a weekly games thread scheduled for today so I’m jumping in – apologies if I’ve stepped on anyone’s toes. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread is Shadow-Dropped
Happy Earth Day everybody! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about a particularly effective environmental message you encountered in a game. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Celebrates Earth Day
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss demakes! Which projects are your favorite? What games could you imagine on an earlier hardware generation? While you’re here, … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Getting a Demake
Happy Thursday! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite video game depiction of prehistory? While you’re here, don’t forget to check out site’s other great video game … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Into Archaeology
Paradise Killer is a delightfully strange first-person detective game by the United Kingdom’s Kaizen Game Works that received rave reviews when it launched last year on Steam and Nintendo Switch. Creative Director Oli Clarke Smith joined me via email to … Continue reading Indie Developer Interview: Kaizen Game Works
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what are your favorite or least favorite game-related April Fools Day gags? Be sure to check in tomorrow on The Avocado … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Isn’t Foolin’
The Franchise Festival crew discusses the development, gameplay, and enemies of Breath of the Wild in the first of two episodes on Nintendo’s legendary 2017 release. Chris, Jasmine, Spencer, and Hamilton discover that they have very different opinions on silent … Continue reading Franchise Festival Podcast S1E20 – Breath of the Wild Part 1 (Game Discussion)
