Hamilton and Chris discuss Inti Creates’ Mega Man ZX, including its origins as a potential Mega Man Zero 5 and its awkward (yet admirable) efforts to infuse the Mega Man formula with Metroidvania mechanics. Along the way, we uncover surprising … Continue reading Franchise Festival S4E11 – Mega Man ZX
Happy Halloween, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about the most scared you’ve gotten while playing a game. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Celebrates Halloween
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss claustrophobic spaces in games! Which ones do you like or dislike? Do you find any tension between the medium’s … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Claustrophobic
Happy Monday everybody! It’s about 2pm EST and I didn’t see a weekly games thread, so I’m starting one here – if the official one goes up, please migrate there and disregard this. What games are you playing and what … Continue reading Emergency Weekly Games Thread is Gaming
Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about games that we quit because they started feeling like too much work. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Found That the Juice Wasn’t Worth The Squeeze
Happy Thursday y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss our favorite spooky settings in games (they don’t have to be horror games)! Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Takes Place Somewhere Spooky
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering low fantasy games, i.e. “a subgenre of fantasy fiction in which magical events intrude on an otherwise-normal world.” (Wikipedia’s definition) … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #72: Low Fantasy
Happy Thursday everybody! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Topic-Free
Chris and Hamilton are joined by special guest Patrick of the Boss Rush Network to discuss Inti Creates’ first entry in the Mega Man series: Mega Man Zero (2002). Be sure to support Patrick’s work by visiting https://bossrush.net/, following him on Twitter using the … Continue reading Franchise Festival S4E10 – Mega Man Zero
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering adaptation games, i.e. games that adapt a story originally told in another medium. What are your Top 5? What works … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #71: Adaptation
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about our favorite video game snakes. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Eats Its Own Tail
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering cyberpunk games. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #70: Cyberpunk
Happy Thursday, y’all!! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, please tell us about your favorite downfall of a villain in a video game. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Feels Schadenfreude
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering satirical games. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #69: Satire
Happy Thursday, fellow Avocadoans! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss favorite appearances of characters outside of the franchise that spawned them – your party games, sports games, kart … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Has a Hobby
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering Lovecraftian games (AKA cosmic horror). What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #68: Lovecraftian/Cosmic Horror
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what are some of your favorite examples of interfaces or points of view becoming distorted/altered by the supernatural during a game? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Distorted
Hamilton and Chris conclude their coverage of Capcom’s Mega Man Battle Network (2001) with a close look at the game’s plot. Even as the level design grows tedious and the story meanders, boss fights remain a highlight. No need to listen … Continue reading Franchise Festival S4E9 – Mega Man Battle Network (Part 2)
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering westerns. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t like … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #67: Western
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt – since it’s my birthday – what is one of the best video game gifts you’ve received or given? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Gets One Year Older
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering mech games. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #66: Mech
