Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, please tell share your favorite facial animations in a game! Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Gets a Facial
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering party 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 #49: Party Games
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about our favorite video game trees. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Likes Trees
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering Soulslike titles. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #48: Soulslike
Chris and Hamilton are joined by special guest Nadia Oxford, author of the Maverick Hunter’s Field Guide, to talk about Mega Man X (1993). Along the way, they learn about Capcom’s difficulty growing Mega Man past its 8-bit roots, discuss … Continue reading Franchise Festival S4E4 – Mega Man X
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite video game books. While you’re here, don’t miss the great gaming articles published by Avocado members … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Starts a Book Club
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite game that takes less than 2 hours to play. Feel free to include ones where – … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Short
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering spy/espionage titles. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #47: Spy
Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite video game studio. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Makes Your Favorite Games
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering archival/museum titles. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #46: Archival/Museum
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering visual novels. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #45: Visual Novel
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about (1) your favorite video game genre and (2) your least-favorite video game genre. While you’re here, don’t miss … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Genre-Savvy
Chris, Hamilton, and Spencer talk about the first Mega Man game developed after the departure of creator Akira Kitamura: Mega Man 3! Along the way, your hosts discuss yet another troubled development period, a bewildering localization, and what happens when … Continue reading Franchise Festival S4E3 – Mega Man 3
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering adventure games (not to be confused with action-adventure games). What are your Top 5? What works for you in this … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #44: Adventure
Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what are your favorite (or least favorite) examples of hair in video games? Yes, this prompt was partially inspired by the … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Hairy
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering cozy 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 #43: Cozy
Hey everybody! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss great user interface (UI) design in games. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Intuitively Designed
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about one of your favorite cameos of a character in a game outside their original series. Please note that … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Features A Cameo
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering fitness 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 #42: Fitness
Happy Thursday, y’all. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what’s your favorite climactic sequence in a game? Given the potential for spoilers here, you can block out spoiler text by … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Is Climactic
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering space operas. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #41: Space Opera
