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This is part one of the round of 128 for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 128, Part One
It’s been a while, let’s play Truth or Dare! Some things to keep in mind: *Let’s keep this fun, not weird. Only do NSFW dares/truths if the other person is explicitly okay with it, and keep them mild at that. *Keep … Continue reading Truth or Dare Vol XVIICL
The first rule of gif club is you don’t talk about gif club. Hang on, no it isn’t. It’s to post a SFW Gif. Then identify the source, then ???, then profit! Continue reading Identify This Gif
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Great Frinkiac Challenge! I’m your hostess, LibraryLass. The rules are simple: Go to frinkiac.com, morbotron.com, or masterofallscience.com and create a meme by juxtaposing a Simpsons, Futurama, or Rick and Morty screencap with a … Continue reading Frinkiac Challenge Time, Come on Grab Your Friends
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 talon-trotting to the beat of Banjo-Kazooie‘s drum. The internet is mercifully … Continue reading Franchise Festival #31: Banjo-Kazooie
This is part two of the elimination round for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System. In this round, games have been arranged into groups of six. You can vote for as … Continue reading Best Video Games Tournament – 8 Bit Years – Elimination Round – Part Two
Falling… Falling… The air seems to normalize, and then grow thick, as the abyss seems to coalesce into form, function following shortly. You are in a cavernous room now, not unlike the one you started in during the last shift … Continue reading Werewolf 72: I Am Everything That Happens: Day 3 – “The Slough of Despond”
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 nerdy table-top RPGs that you 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 11
Thursday is puzzle day here at the Avocado, and you know what that means! It means there’s a puzzle. It also means there’s an answer guide to last week’s puzzle. [spoiler] A: leviathan, porpoise, sea turtle, starfish: SEA CRITTERS B: … Continue reading So You Think You Can Think: Puzzle 8
Welcome to the Weekly Games Thread #2, folks. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite implementation of a physics engine in games? Don’t forget to check in … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Improbably Bouncy
“Prepare for a new reality.” And then the air changes, a subtle tinge of brackish, stagnant potency infiltrates the senses. Your eyes witness the majesty of creation, a transportation to a new world, one created before your eyes. This is … Continue reading Werewolf 72: I Am Everything That Happens: Day Two – “Gelidia”
Two weeks after the release of Spider-Man and I still don’t think we’ve had anything come out to really challenge that game in terms of player engagement. Personally I’m very excited for the two new JRPGs coming this week, but I’m … Continue reading New Game Releases 09/25/18 – 10/01/18
Wassup, Guacs? It’s Episode #39 of our community’s gaming podcast, featuring me, SingingBrakeman, Ben, and newcomer Mr. Glitch, and edited by The Kappa. We not only chat about cats, foxes, and dolphins, but also analyze some recent gaming news, including … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast Episode #39: Postmodern Plagiarism
The Lion King said his goodbyes before the eighth party began. He knew it was his time and accepted it. He was ready to go to that big cloud in the sky and to shout at his son for not … Continue reading Werewolves 71: The Masque of the Red Wolf – Day Eight
Once again the nobles celebrated their victory, and once again fate punished their hubris. At the height of the party, an unlit chandelier fell on the poor Petrarch’s Possom, killing him instantly. When they removed his blue mask, they found … Continue reading Werewolves 71: The Masque of the Red Wolf – Day Seven
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: If money and feasibility was no object, what would be your dream cosplay? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Plays Dress Up
The quiet is all you’re left with, after the mass engulfs the horizon. After it runs through and over, spilling into every crevice, the darkness permeating every corner and cranny and crevice with its inky appendages, the only thing you … Continue reading Werewolf 72: I Am Everything That Happens: Day One – “The Whisper”
This is the second in a series of video game tournaments to determine the best video game of all time (according to the Avocado)! Because this is such a broad category, and because of the difficulty in comparing, say, arcade … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Nominations
The revelry felt much lighter today. The nobles had rid themselves of a conspirator and felt they deserved a break. The dancing and singing became almost rabid in its intensity. Most of the guests began to sway from the amount … Continue reading Werewolves 71: The Masque of the Red Wolf – Day Six
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Telltale Games, the studio that made video games into a choose your own adventure style experience, has announced that they are shutting down. I am sad that people were suddenly laid off, and I hope they get scooped up elsewhere … Continue reading RIP Telltale Games
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