Welcome to the Book Nook! This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism. This week’s recommended discussion: We’ve been discussing our Halloween reads all month, but here’s one last … Continue reading The Book Nook
Hello and welcome to the spookiest entry yet in Lily “Lovely Bones” Ryan’s series on video game history! This week we’ll be confronting the history of licensed video games for the first and far from last time, starting with Disney’s … Continue reading Mid-Aughts Meltdown #4: The Haunted Mansion
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: Titles are not necessarily names given … Continue reading Triviacados: Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Gregory Horror Show was a Japanese CGI anime television series created by Naomi Iwata, that ran from 1999 to 2003. The first volume of the show is about a businessman who finds himself at a creepy hotel run by an elderly and snide mouse called … Continue reading The Night Thread Stays at Gregory’s Hotel
Gwen Stacy’s first day of college is the highlight of Ghost Spider #2 brought to you by the team of Seanan McGuire and Takeshi Miyazawa. Before Gwen leaves for school, her father tells her the unfortunate news of Man-Wolf being … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Ghost Spider #2
“There Will Be Blood” Barry’s efforts to prepare Cisco for Crisis are derailed when Cisco schemes to save Barry’s life instead. Meanwhile, Ramsey Rosso uses his deadly new abilities to save his own life, while sacrificing his humanity in the … Continue reading 10/29/19 Flash and Arrow Live Chat
Hey y’all. As you may or may not have known, I have a radio show on CHIRP Radio, a little indie station out of Chicago. We’ve been digital-only for nearly 10 years at chirpradio.org (and on our mobile app, which … Continue reading Jaye Tyler’s Radio Show – Request Thread: 10/29/2019
While Nightmare on Elm Street came to be the series that would make me a horror geek, Halloween was my first true horror franchise, early stepping stones that I will always remember and thus shall be paying tribute to the … Continue reading Month of Horror Day 29: The Halloween Series Part 1/3
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 10/29/2019
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the 100th Edition of The Avocado’s weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: All are welcome! However, please be respectful that this discussion is specifically about issues and topics related to lesbian, gay, bi- or pansexual, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
It is Halloween Week! This week finishes what last week started as I recount my 5 picks for the scariest pieces of Doctor Who Expanded Universe Content. Readers beware you are in for a scare. (Shoutout to Goosebumps!) Also, I … Continue reading Weekly Who #15 Brings The Scariest Expanded Universe Stories
Welcome, one and all, to Oscars Season! There’s a long road ahead of us, and it promises to be just as messy as last year. The good news is that, at least in my opinion, the overall quality of this … Continue reading The Road to the 92nd Oscars, Part I: Fall Festival Fever
Please welcome today’s contestants: – Anthony, a plumber from Massachusetts, would not be “killed” in many languages; – Kari, a mom from California, whose family members have been on many non-J! game shows; and – Steve, a playwright from Kentucky, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 29
Hello and welcome to the weekly fitness thread. This week’s topic is: Halloween! How does Halloween affect your fitness? Do you try and put in a bit more exercise in anticipation of eating candy? Do you burn a lot of … Continue reading Weekly Fitness Thread Trick-or-Treats
Now it’s time for the knockout rounds. We’ll be single-elimination from here on out. You can see the bracket here We’ll be doing the entire top 64 this week, 16 songs per day. Feathering groups same as last time, so … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Top 64 (Part 2 of 4)
Today’s prompt: Have you ever worn a costume based on a movie? Also, what movie character have you always wanted to dress up as? I think most of us have donned a Star Wars costume at some point in our … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/29)
It’s almost Halloween so that means it’s time for another TTG! Halloween OT! I love Teen Titans Go! and love their Halloween episodes. Continue reading TTG! Halloween Day Thread (10/29)
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Boys and girls of every age Wouldn’t you like to play something strange? Come with us and you will see This, our town of Videoween This is Videoween, this is Videoween Microsoft screams ’cause they’re dead on sight This is … Continue reading New Game Releases 10/29/19 – 11/04/19
One of my favorite past times is haunting used bookstores, looking for out-of-print and forgotten classics. My taste in literature tends to run toward fantasy, science-fiction, and horror, and I find modern novels too often weighed down by bloat and … Continue reading Paperback Punk
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Today’s picture: On October 28-29, 1922 Benito Mussolini and his fascist Blackshirts carried out their March on Rome, consolidating fascist power in Italy. The culmination of three years of political ferment, it was a … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread Marches
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