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Welcome to Thursday, my Avocado comrades! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt (inspired by the series I’ve been writing about for Franchise Festival), what is your favorite narrative twist in a … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Twisting Again, Like It Did Last Year
The woman had been waiting for her order for what felt like days. She had asked to speak to the manager, she had paced back and forth like a caged zoo animal, and she had even left some withering reviews … Continue reading Werewolf 79: The War on Xmas – Day 5
Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop RPG thread! Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop RPGs that you nerds might be into. Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop RPG Thread: Curse of Strahd Campaign Journal, Week 22
With 2018 coming to a close and Christmas just around the corner, most game companies have taken the next few weeks off, well, except people releasing games for the Switch. There are something like 40 games coming out in the … Continue reading New Game Releases: 2018 Buyer’s Guide – Part 2
When P.I. Emerson came to, he found his arms and legs tied to four different sleds. He thought he recognized the pair of figures standing over him, but as he tried to call out to them, the words were garbled … Continue reading Werewolf 79: The War on Xmas – Day 4
With 2018 coming to a close and Christmas just around the corner, most game companies have taken the next few weeks off, well, except people releasing games for the Switch. There are something like 40 games coming out in the … Continue reading New Game Releases: 2018 Buyer’s Guide – Part 1
Ebony Scrooge had finished her shift at Starbucks and was about to drive to charity event. She hated these things, but since becoming a barista, she was a bit less picky about the gigs she took. If singing at this … Continue reading Werewolf 79: The War on Xmas – Day 3
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What is the best gaming-related gift you’ve received? What about the best you’ve ever given? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Is About Giving
In the back of an empty Sears, an impossibly pretty man is tied to a chair with decorative garland. A trio of figures stand around him, beating him with a stocking filled with change from the tip jar. “This could … Continue reading Werewolf 79: The War on Xmas – Day 2
Seasons’ greetings, fellow bean brewers! It seems that our sit-in protest at the public nativity scene didn’t go as planned. Turns out it was just a shanty town, and a few of our members froze to death. Chaining them to … Continue reading Werewolf 79: The War on Xmas – Day 1
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be creating our own path through Craftworld with LittleBigPlanet. I only made … Continue reading Franchise Festival #41: LittleBigPlanet
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as big or as small of a list as you would like below but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not open up your own or fill up the OT … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Video Games 2018
“So we got a grande vanilla latte and a tall skinny latte with a shot of espresso. Will that be all? Okay, that’ll be $9.48. Thank you. Happy holidays!” …Are they gone? Close the door, Gwennifer. Okay heathens, we’ve been … Continue reading Werewolf 79: The War on Xmas Signups
Other countries: They’re all around us. Many of them don’t speak English. It’s not their fault, they were born overseas! But how does one speak with them? Like that dummy on the left in the picture up there. He’s tried … Continue reading So You Think You Can Think: Puzzle 13, “French for Beginners”
It’s that time of year, folks! We’re prepping to record the year-end AVoCADo GamesCast community extravaganza, and just like last year, we’re trying to involve as many community members as we can. We’re going to use a similar format as … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast 2018 Year-End Extravaganza Sign-Ups
Welcome to the Weekly Games Thread #2. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite gaming crossover? Don’t forget to join us in Franchise Festival tomorrow as we look … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Crossing Over
There’s a lot more space in the headquarters of the Syndicate investigation room. With only 6 agents still on the case, the remaining agents were spread out. Distrustful of one another. Watching warily. All except Queequeg. Queequeg didn’t come into … Continue reading The W-Files Day Six
Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop RPG thread! Here’s a place where we can talk about Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop RPGs that you nerds might be into. Tell us about the games you’re playing, speculate … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop RPG Thread: Curse of Strahd Campaign Journal, Week 21
(Art by Julie Baroh) Welcome to the *CG thread, where we talk all manner of Card Games – Collectible, Trading, Living, and otherwise! Feel free to chat amongst yourselves about the card games you’re playing or anything card game-related that … Continue reading The Collectible Card Game Thread – Reprints (Part 1)
Agent Zecko was a promising agent. Sure he was occasionally clumsy with his service weapon but what’s a few accidental discharges in the course of duty? Agent Zecko was a good agent. Right up until the stiletto penetrated the base … Continue reading The W-Files Day Five
It’s the last hurrah before the game companies put their games into cold storage for the Christmas break. It looks to be a pretty great week for indies, so after you spend some time killing yourself out at the mall … Continue reading New Game Releases 12/11/18 – 12/17/18
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