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This is the first 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 – Early Years – Nominations
Enter stage left, a man in weaver’s clothes. NICK BOTTOM My attempts to stage a play have gone… not well. Perhaps I’ll change the setting! Revolutionary France? A space station? Oh, I know! Gangster-era Chicago! Enter, a FAERIE. ROBIN GOODFELLOW … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Five
Here we are at the tail end of Summer and the first days of Fall; the kids are going back to school, we’re trading in our iced mocha’s for pumpkin spice latte’s, and the 4th quarter battle is about to … Continue reading New Game Releases 09/04/18
Enter stage right, a woman clothed in startling red. She poses dramatically, then looks around, moves further upstage and poses again. On stage, a group of Roman townspeople gawk at her in awe. TAMORA I is I, Tamora, Queen of … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Four
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What games have the most enjoyable form of busywork (or ‘grinding’)? What games have the most tedious? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Is Stuck with Busywork
Enter, stage right, three witches, in full makeup, unidentifiable to the audience. They gather around a cauldron. THE WITCHES Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble, If you ask what we see in here, We can tell … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Three
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. Enter from right a short man, slightly rotund, in a garish purple suit. Elton Owen John It is … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Two
Good afternoon, everyone. I’m LibraryLass, filling in this week on Let’s Read an Old Magazine. Dragon Magazine (later just Dragon), along with its sister publication Dungeon, for many years formed the in-house arm of TSR, promoting not only D&D … Continue reading Let’s Read Dragon, April 2004
Ahh, Autumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. And Gif identification. 1- Post a SFW GIF 2- Identify the source 3- ??? 4- Profit Continue reading Identify This Gif
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy franchises from the last several decades of gaming history. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be weightlessly drifting through the history of Lunar. Dates refer to the first … Continue reading Franchise Festival #27: Lunar
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 7
Ohhh, Avocadohedrons! It’s time for another puzzly bit of confusion from your own best friend, Prestidigititis! But as always, we gotta start things off right with last week’s solutions, so here they are: [spoiler] FRIED + A = FRIDAY RUG … Continue reading So You Think You Can Think: Puzzle #4
Welcome to Thursday! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about your favorite gaming urban legend. Tomorrow, be sure to visit Franchise Festival at 9:00 AM EST for our discussion … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Nothing But A Rumor
Stuff was afoot in the kingdom of Luponn! Shakespearean references! Intrigue, suspicions, oh my! (Please excuse the lack of flavor text, you guys. Hols is very busy, and I’m running on no sleep, but I wanted to get the day … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day One
Well we’ve certainly hit a big week! We’ve got some big new releases, some big ports and re-releases, and some big expansions. Everything this week screams “big”! You could even call it a very kiwami week for video games…kiwami means “extreme”. … Continue reading New Game Releases 08/28/18
The nobles of the kingdom of Luponn Were used to days of merriment and nights Of moonlit trysts in woods where faeries fawn— They thought the earth a thing for their delight. But secrets undergrew the kingdom’s heart, Like creeping … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves Sign-Ups
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: Has video game character ever reminded you of someone you know? (including pets) Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Thinks We’ve Met Before
For an emotional support cat, Piggles hadn’t been of much use lately. Sure, she had done her best to rub up on everyone she could and there were some who appreciated her efforts, but it just wasn’t seeming to make … Continue reading Werewolves 69: A Nightmare on Werewolf Street – Day 4
You mothers get up , c’mon get down with the gifness…. 1- Post a SFW GIF 2- Identify the source 3- ??? 4- Profit! Continue reading Identify This Gif
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy franchises from the last several decades of gaming history. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be piecing together the 1s and 0s of BIT.TRIP. The most important source … Continue reading Franchise Festival #26: BIT.TRIP/Runner
Welcome back to the weekly D&D and Tabletop RPG thread! General discussion topic for the week: What kind of player are you? Matt Colville put out this video (it’s a couple years old now) about different player types. (By the … Continue reading AvocaD&D and Tabletop RPG Thread: Curse of Strahd Campaign Journal, Week 6
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