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I’m 95% certain that all of these are coming out this week since none of them are ports of games made by French developer Delphine (I’m looking at you Flashback and Another World). Speaking of, there are a TON of … Continue reading New Game Releases 06/26/18
I was going to do another round of LGBT+ trivia on Friday to close out Pride Month, but there was a minor dust up at Learned League yesterday over a temporarily rainbowfied version of the usual logo, and that inspired … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: LGBT+
You count your drawers at the end of the day, and again come up several hundred dollars short. “Guys,” says Rick, patiently, “Sears needs this money.” “Let’s just fire them all,” says Bridgette, frustrated. “We already did that once this month,” … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 4
This is a thread for discussing Summer Games Done Quick 2018, an annual week-long charity speedrunning marathon that supports Doctors Without Borders. (A companion event called Awesome Games Done Quick takes place in January and supports the Prevent Cancer Foundation.) … Continue reading Summer Games Done Quick 2018
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: Have you ever solved a mystery in a game before its reveal? (please use spoiler tags as necessary) Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Already Figured It Out
I’ll take domestic hydrological geography for $600, Alex. The Ohio river forms a significant part of the northern border of two U.S. states. Name either. Name any of the three tributaries that form the headwaters of the Missouri River. These … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: American Rivers
Searching for the address in the newspaper, you drive through downtown Lunapool. It’s a weird town, home to a museum that used to be a library, a library that used to be a bank, a KFC, a Taco Bell, and … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 3
1- Is this thing on? 2- Hey, I’m back 3- Oh yeah, GIFs. Post ’em, Identify sources 4- ??? 5- 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 catching all the facts about Pokemon! The article will be … Continue reading Franchise Festival #17: Pokemon
It turns out sleeping in a box truck at night in a Florida summer is terrible. You all toss and turn, hearing the anole lizards skitter across the thin metal of the outside. The air tastes like socks. Outside, you … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 2
Well, we’re coming to the end of our first adventure. I realize that it’s been a long time since our last update, so I won’t go into all the details. The team, pictured in the header image,[footnote]I made these images … Continue reading AvocaD&D: Campaign 1 Retrospective and Campaign 2 Preview
Greetings Avocadoans! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what are you favorite games to play with friends or family? Be sure to join us tomorrow in Franchise Festival as we discuss … Continue reading The Weekly Games Thread is Feeling Friendly
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 strikes your fancy. This … Continue reading The Collectible Card Games Thread – Hit the Deck
As long as stuff continues to happen I’ll keep asking questions about it. What is the most recent entry in the following (ordered but incomplete) sequence: Sir Barton, Whirlaway, Citation, Affirmed? Per a June 2018 agreement to end a long … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
June 19, 2018. Morale is low in the SARPA facility beneath Rochester as you proceed directly from the PowerPoint presentation about time travel to the time machine. Before that was a PowerPoint presentation about life in Florida in 2009. It … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 1
This is not about the controversial 1915 D.W. Griffith picture or any of the more recent films that share that title. Instead, it is about events related to the “births” of various extant sovereign nations. This island nation gained its … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Birth of a Nation
Both of the big games of the week come out on Friday, which is a bit odd I suppose. Video game release dates are fickle as you will find out at the end of this post. Mario Tennis Aces … Continue reading New Game Releases 06/19/18
This would make more sense closer to Bastille Day, but I was reading about it last night and I want to strike while the mental iron is hot. What sartorial name was given to the class of revolution minded commoners … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: The French Revolution
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: With E3 over and done, what games do you plan to buy in the next six months? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Looks to the Future
The year is 2018. The recovery following the Great Recession has been uneven, and retail outlets are under constant threat from online sales. They’re fighting back as best they can – coupons, sales, BOPIS – but one store has gone … Continue reading Werewolves 64 Signups: Sears
Lawrence Jacoby’s fascination with the Pacific islands was well known, so nobody was surprised when he left a note that said “gone to Hawai’i, back soon” on the door of his office. They were suspicious that he left two such notes. … Continue reading Wrapped in Plastic Day 6: The trail narrows, Diane.
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