I did not quite have the time to research and fully put together a header this week, so I thought I’d share something instead. A friend of mine from a similar online community where we discussed politics, the news, and … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Reflects
Good morning everyone! Thanks to those of you who responded last week when I checked in about the headers. Sounds like there’s still some interest in the weekly lookbacks, but I might break it up with some other topics periodically … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Gets Scientific
Good morning, Politicadoes! Hope you are waking up to this Wednesday and ready to tackle the day. Now that we’ve had a month-ish of Wednesday PTs looking back on Avocado history, I figure it’s a good time to check in: … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Checks In
Bit by bit, we’re making it through January. And hopefully having a better time of it than the House Republicans. Let’s see what’s happened on this day in the past: 2022: Biden gave a speech on voting rights. Fauci caught … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Settles into a Groove
Will Henry, creator of the Pits-award winning comic strip Wallace the Brave, has been kind enough to agree to join us today for an Ask Me Anything! Wallace the Brave is a daily newspaper comic strip featuring the adventures and … Continue reading Ask Me Anything with Will Henry
Happy Wednesday, Politicados! May we all have a good day Politicadoing. I’ve been continuing to take a look at Avocado history… But when I was doing this, I got my dates mixed up and was perusing January 3. Rather than … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Got Dates Mixed Up
It’s the last Wednesday Politics Thread of the Year! As 2022 draws to a close, I hope you’re able to remember the good times and move beyond the bad. Let’s look back at this day in Avocado history to see … Continue reading The Last Wednesday Politics Thread of 2022
Happy summer solstice, southern hemisphere Avocados! And happy winter solstice to those of us in the north! Hope you can take a few moments to appreciate the shortest/longest day of the year. Let’s check out what we were talking about … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Is Celebrating the Solstice!
12/14 Hello everyone! Cordyceps here, taking over duties for the Wednesday PT from SaragossaManuscript. I thought for the Wednesdays ahead, we could look back at what was happening in politics (and The Avocado) in years past. So let’s see what … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Looks at December 14
Surely I can’t be the only one with thoughts on this movie. Continue reading Spoil Sports: Black Adam
Morning, all! Cordyceps subbing in for today’s PT. Instead of getting overwhelmed with current news for the header, I decided to get overwhelmed with old news for the header instead, and looked at previous April 26 PTs. Let’s see what … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Looks Back
Despite being in its prime target demographic, I never got into Dragon Ball. As a young, action-loving, Toonami-watching kid, for whatever reason I never gave much consideration to the adventures of Goku and friends. I dabbled here and there in … Continue reading Late to the Party: Dragon Ball (Pre-Z)
On April 3, 1971, children across Japan gathered around televisions to watch the debut of an exciting new superhero, who would launch a franchise that endures 50 years later: Kamen Rider. To celebrate, I thought I’d share an overview of … Continue reading Even if There is no God or Buddha: 50 Years of Kamen Rider
I love dragoons. I just need to get that out first. So much of my interest in this game stems from my love of the design of dragoons. As long as I’ve been into RPGs, Final Fantasy V has forever … Continue reading Late to the Party: Final Fantasy V
Sometimes you have to buck the trend — in a good way! Faced with rising cases of COVID, North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County decided to stop waiting for state governor Roy Cooper to issue more stringent warnings and announced their own … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Goes Rogue
There’s been a lot happening in the Star Wars galaxy lately, so it seemed like a good time to gather Avocado Star Wars fans to discuss and share thoughts on what we hope to see in the future. !!!Spoilers follow, … Continue reading Let’s Talk Star Wars
Cordyceps here, filling in for an absent Tuesday PT. Let’s hope this works correctly. There’s been a lot going on! You probably know most of it! Biden was elected, Trump is not conceding, people are crying voter fraud. It’s all … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Goes Local
Welcome to the final installment of The Avocado Plays Suikoden 2! Here, we will talk about the final piece of the game — from the death of Luca Blight to the ending. Of course, conversation about any and all parts … Continue reading The Avocado Plays Suikoden 2: Part 3
It’s time for the second part of The Avocado’s discussion of Suikoden 2! This week, we’ll talk about the middle chunk of the game: The aftermath of the assassination of Annabelle up through the climactic final battle with Luca Blight. … Continue reading The Avocado Plays Suikoden 2: Part 2
Welcome to the first part of The Avocado’s discussion of Suikoden 2! Today, we’re going to discuss the opening segment of the game: The introduction of our central characters, the beginning of the war, the Hilltop Conference, and the assassination … Continue reading The Avocado Plays Suikoden 2: Part 1
There’s been some interest recently amongst Avocados in the Games Threads about playing the classic PS1 RPG Suikoden 2, and so today I wanted to kick off our “game club” for the game. So please join us in playing (or … Continue reading The Avocado Plays Suikoden 2! Part 0
