Category: Games
For discussions about games of all sorts, video, board, or other as well as the place to play games with your fellow Avocados
Weekly Games Thread #2 Looks Back on 2025
Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? Since attendance might be sparse over the next two Thursdays due to the holiday season, I’d like to pitch the following prompt today: what are … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Looks Back on 2025
The Tabletop Games Thread Avoids a TPK (12/17/25)
Welcome back to the weekly Tabletop Games thread! This thread is where we can talk about all kinds of RPGs, card games, board games, etc. Whether you gather around a physical table in the real world, or use a virtual … Continue reading The Tabletop Games Thread Avoids a TPK (12/17/25)
New Game Releases: 2025 Buyer’s Guide – Part 2
With 2025 coming to a close, and Christmas just around the corner, most game companies have taken the next few weeks off. “OH MY GOD?! IT’S ALMOST CHRISTMAS!!!! What do I do? My kid/wife/husband/secret santa wanted some game about…I don’t … Continue reading New Game Releases: 2025 Buyer’s Guide – Part 2
New Game Releases: 2025 Buyer’s Guide – Part 1
With 2025 coming to a close, and Christmas just around the corner, most game companies have taken the next few weeks off. “OH MY GOD?! IT’S ALMOST CHRISTMAS!!!! What do I do? My kid/wife/husband/secret santa wanted some game about…I don’t … Continue reading New Game Releases: 2025 Buyer’s Guide – Part 1
Weekly Video Games Thread Gets a Really, Really, Really Cool Robot Suit
Shots fired at Mega Man today, I guess. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Gets a Really, Really, Really Cool Robot Suit
AVoCADo GamesCast 2025 Year-End Community Extravaganza Submissions
Hey folks! It’s year-end time, and that means we’re putting together the final GamesCast episode of the year: the annual community extravaganza! And as usual, we’re looking for community members who want to record themselves running down their top 3 … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast 2025 Year-End Community Extravaganza Submissions
Identify This GIF!
Warm up your frozen bones with some piping-hot GIFs! Here’s what to do: Remember Snail’s Golden Rule: Don’t Make It Weird! This is a light-hearted game so please do not post sexualised or objectifying images. Continue reading Identify This GIF!
The Game Awards 2025
Welp, folks, it’s that time again. Time for Geoff Keighley and the people he calls his friends, even when they’re hands crammed up a fabric facsimile of a creature, to sling a nigh-infinite onslaught of explosive, generic trailers at us … Continue reading The Game Awards 2025
Weekly Games Thread #2 is Within the Weekly Games Thread #2
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss our favorite games nested within other games. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Within the Weekly Games Thread #2
The Tabletop Games Thread Visits Eberron (12/10/25)
Welcome back to the weekly Tabletop Games thread! This thread is where we can talk about all kinds of RPGs, card games, board games, etc. Whether you gather around a physical table in the real world, or use a virtual … Continue reading The Tabletop Games Thread Visits Eberron (12/10/25)
New Game Releases 12/09/25 – 12/31/25
Top Releases: It’s the final New Game Releases of the year and we, once again, have a Nintendo title as the top release, the expansion for Pokémon Legends: Z-A…Mega Dimension! Players who purchase this new DLC will be able to … Continue reading New Game Releases 12/09/25 – 12/31/25
AVoCADo GamesCast #115: Motherflipper, Those Are Auks!
Apologies for the delay in getting this up. In this episode, Drinking with Skeletons, Colonel Mustard, our editor The Kappa, and I talk about Twitch scandals, the Saudi PIF buying EA, indie mystery picks, and what we were playing back … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #115: Motherflipper, Those Are Auks!
Weekly Video Games Thread Comes Up with an Award
I don’t think I’ve done a “Wolfman Jew rant” in a while. Fortunately, this is still pretty short, punchy, and not all negative! Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Comes Up with an Award
Game News Roundup: November 2025
Welcome back to your monthly report of game news, where I do my best to compile everything into one convenient ad-free place, so you don’t have to worry about the pesky cracks that info can fall through at other publications. … Continue reading Game News Roundup: November 2025
Identify This GIF!
This week’s Identify This GIF! theme is EXPLOSIONS! The fiftieth person to post an explosion-related GIF will win a prize!* Here’s what to do: Remember Snail’s Golden Rule: Don’t Make It Weird! This is a light-hearted game so please do … Continue reading Identify This GIF!
Afraid and Alone #7: Silent Hill 2 Remake (2024)
There was a hole here. It’s gone now. Continue reading Afraid and Alone #7: Silent Hill 2 Remake (2024)
Weekly Games Thread #2 Is Electric, Boogie Woogie Woogie
Happy Thursday, y’all! Let’s discuss what games we’re playing this week. As a bonus prompt, what are your favorite ways to manipulate electricity in video games? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Is Electric, Boogie Woogie Woogie
The Tabletop Games Thread Is a Gift (12/3/25)
Welcome back to the weekly Tabletop Games thread! This thread is where we can talk about all kinds of RPGs, card games, board games, etc. Whether you gather around a physical table in the real world, or use a virtual … Continue reading The Tabletop Games Thread Is a Gift (12/3/25)
New Game Releases 12/02/25 – 12/08/25
Top Releases: We’ve made it to the penultimate entry of New Game Releases for 2025 and damnit if it isn’t one of the biggest of the year. Nintendo continues their streak of huge releases from fan favorite properties on the … Continue reading New Game Releases 12/02/25 – 12/08/25
Weekly Video Games Thread Is Not a Reference to Karl Marx
Maybe it’s a Marx Brothers reference? You know, what’s great about writing prompts like these is that I know it’ll be hard to ever be this dumb going forward. I’ve got a floor! Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Is Not a Reference to Karl Marx
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