Happy Thursday! Sorry for the late thread 🙂 What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite ancient/lost/precursor culture in a game. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Ancient
Happy Thursday! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is one of your favorite instances of non-traditional storytelling in video games? I’d also like to announce that Kaizen Game Works … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Rejects Convention
Happy Thursday! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite Steampunk game or games. While you’re here, be sure to check out our other recent games coverage: … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Punking Steam
The Franchise Festival crew discusses 2014 beat-’em-up Hyrule Warriors. Chris dives into the history of the Dynasty Warriors / Musou series more generally, along with the serendipity of Hyrule Warriors‘ creation, while Hamilton explains ‘Musou fatigue’ and Jasmine details the … Continue reading Franchise Festival Podcast S1E19 – Hyrule Warriors (Game Discussion)
Blue Fire is a 2021 3D action-adventure platformer by Argentina’s Robi Studios, available now on Steam and Nintendo Switch; Xbox and PlayStation versions are planned for later this year. Game Director Santiago Rosa was kind enough to take time out … Continue reading Indie Developer Interview: Robi Studios
Happy Thursday, friends. Much appreciation to Lovely Bones for covering the thread while I was convalescing last week. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt: tell us about your favorite simulation … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Simulated
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite video game adaptation of a tabletop game? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Rolls the Dice
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt: tell us about a historical fact or trend that you learned about from a video game! While you’re here, I encourage … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Anachronistic
Lair of the Clockwork God is a 2020 indie darling by the United Kingdom’s Size Five Games, available now on Steam, Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One/Xbox Series X/S. Developers Ben Ward and Dan Marshall were kind enough to join … Continue reading Indie Developer Interview: Size Five Games
Happy Thursday, friends. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about a game with charming towns or cities. That could mean a lot of different things, but in full … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Full of City Slickers
Christian, Hamilton, Jasmine, and Spencer explore the development, gameplay, plot, and localization of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Triforce Heroes. Then they debate the relative merits of building on a bonafide 2D classic and the travails … Continue reading Franchise Festival Podcast S1E18 – A Link Between Worlds and Triforce Heroes (Discussion)
Hello folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, because I am feeling rather wrung-out by various responsibilities: what games do you play when you’re tired and want to unwind? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Exhausted
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite New Game+ Mode? While you’re here, be sure to heck out Andy Tuttle’s weekly New Game Releases … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Starting New Game+
Happy Thursday, folks. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is an underused (or maybe never-used!) game concept you’d like to see more often? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Novel
Title: ActRaiser Original Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Original Release Date(s): December 16, 1990 (JP) / November 1991 (NA) / March 18, 1993 (EU) ActRaiser is an early SNES title developed by Quintet and published worldwide by Enix between … Continue reading Late to the Party: ActRaiser (1990)
Hello, fellow Avocadoans! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite instance of cave exploration in a game? Other game content published here at The Avocado this week … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Spelunking
Christian, Jasmine, and Spencer explore the story, dungeons, and bosses of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Nintendo’s crisis of confidence in the late 2000s and Skyward Sword‘s connections to From Software level design are discussed. The crew confesses its … Continue reading Franchise Festival Podcast Season 1 Episode 17 – Skyward Sword Part 2 (Discussion)
Happy Thursday, friends, and Happy New Year too! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a relatively simple bonus prompt to close out the year, tell us about one or more of your favorite … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Is Done With 2020
Turn-based roguelike Dicey Dungeons is the newest game by VVVVVV (2010) and Super Hexagon (2012) developer Terry Cavanagh, published independently for PC in 2019 and for the Nintendo Switch on December 15, 2020. My love for this game is no … Continue reading Interview with Dicey Dungeons’ Terry Cavanagh
Happy Christmas Eve, participating Avocadoans! And Happy Thursday to everyone else! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about a fond memory you have playing a game on Christmas. … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Opening Gifts
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what old game (pre-2020) did you play and enjoy for the first time this year? Don’t forget to vote in The … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Recalls Other Years
