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2020 has been a good year for video games, and few are as original and frankly strange as Vanillaware’s Thirteen Sentinels: Aegis Rim. A sweeping anime epic and quasi-real-time tactical experience, it defies easy categorization but nevertheless leaves a strong … Continue reading Review: Thirteen Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a strikingly simple Halloween bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite video game scare! Doesn’t have to be a horror game – just let … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Scared
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Quiz Type: Forced Order Quiz Note: Sets include names from at least two different … Continue reading Triviacados: Thursday, October 29, 2020
The boat reaches the dock at Thrash Manor just before sundown. All the windows are dark. You climb awkwardly out of the boat and march inland. Darkness comes, and with it the needling voice of Lord Edwin Thrash, M.D. “Ahh, … Continue reading Werewolves 134: Escape from Thrash Island – Days 7, 8 and 9
Today’s discussion topic is the School of Illusion Wizard subclass. Illusionists are masters of trickery and deceit, using magic that dazzle and befuddle their enemies and to make the impossible seem real. Illusion spells are some of the most open … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop Gaming Thread: Call of Cthulhu: The Signing Revolution
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
Apologies folks, jake is having computer troubles, so I’m filling in for her today. Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. … Continue reading Triviacados: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Let’s talk about our five favorite games from each platform, in anticipation of the next-gen launch in only two weeks! List and discuss your favorite five (or more!) titles from Microsoft’s Xbox One, released in 2013, as we leave Kinect … Continue reading Five Finger Discount: Xbox One
Your good friend the Narrator is dealing with some especially fiendish paperwork on this day, and so he entreats you to simply imagine that you row your boat back around the island, and that things are most uneventful until nightfall. … Continue reading Werewolves 134: Escape from Thrash Island – Day 6
*Two weeks until the new consoles arrive* Happy Halloween everyone! We’ve got a bunch of frightfully good games this week that are sure to chill you to the bone and leave your wallet begging for mercy. With the new consoles … Continue reading New Game Releases 10/27/20 – 11/02/20
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Quiz Type: Forced Order Quiz Note: Q and X have been omitted. Can you … Continue reading Triviacados: Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Welcome to Monday’s edition of the Weekly Games Thread! I’m dw, and I co-host this thread with my good friends Lovely Bones and Wolfman Jew. I planned to write something longer for this, but it’s 5:30 AM as I’m typing … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Gets Goosebumps
Finals: Katamari Damacy Lonely Rolling Star 13 14 Ico Castle in the Mist By the margin of a single vote, our winner is Ico – Castle in the Mist! A sparse, haunting track that perfectly captures the atmosphere of its … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2001-2004: Final Results (and Housekeeping)
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Quiz Type: Forced Order Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results … Continue reading Triviacados: Monday, October 26, 2020
As the sun sets, Mike the famous travel writer stands up from your hastily-assembled campfire. “I’ll be right back,” he says. “I have to go over behind that hummock and, uh, rate some of the rocks.” Assuming he’s going to … Continue reading Werewolves 134: Escape from Thrash Island – Day 5
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results (as a %) in … Continue reading Triviacados: Sunday, October 25, 2020
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Quiz Type: Forced Order Quiz Note: EXAMPLE: “British actor who plays Lord Voldemort in … Continue reading Triviacados: Saturday, October 24, 2020
Hey everyone, let’s have a reasonable amount of fun! Play like this: Post a Safe For Work (or hidden behind spoilers) GIF Identify the source ??? Profit! This is a welcoming game for everyone, so please do not post sexualised … Continue reading Identify This GIF!
It all comes down to this! Which song will reign supreme? Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post, or for roughly 24 hours. You can listen to a playlist of today’s … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2001-2004: Finals
They weren’t all happy days. Who was the losing candidate in the United States presidential election of 1952? Four years later he also lost the rematch. Of the two films with four-letter names to win the Academy Award for Best … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: The 1950s
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Quiz Type: Forced Order Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results … Continue reading Triviacados: Friday, October 23, 2020
