Happy New Year, friends! The Franchise Festival podcast launched this morning and will be published on the first of the month throughout the year. While the textual versions of this endeavor – published here at the Avocado – cover the … Continue reading Franchise Festival Podcast: Season 1 Episode 1

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is from MobyGames. Please consider supporting that website, as its volunteers tirelessly catalog … Continue reading Franchise Festival #80: Souls

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be uncovering the nooks and crannies of SSX. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is … Continue reading Franchise Festival #79: SSX

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be swallowing whole the history of Yoshi. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is from MobyGames. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #78: Yoshi

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be exposing the ancient aliens at the heart of sword-and-sorcery epic Might and Magic. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #77: Might and Magic

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be hijacking the history of Grand Theft Auto. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is … Continue reading Franchise Festival #75: Grand Theft Auto

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be charting the course of Uncharted. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is from MobyGames. Please … Continue reading Franchise Festival #74: Uncharted

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be ticking and tocking amidst the history of Clock Tower. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #73: Clock Tower

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be exploring all three dimensions of Castlevania‘s latter-day home console entries (and one portable … Continue reading Franchise Festival #71: Castlevania (3D)

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be exploring the linear hallways and sprawling towers of Castlevania‘s 2D entries. Cover art, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #70: Castlevania (2D)

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be scrupulously unspooling the second half of the Ultima story, covering roughly 1992 to … Continue reading Franchise Festival #69: Ultima (Part Two)

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be meticulously typing out the first half of the Ultima story, covering roughly 1980 … Continue reading Franchise Festival #68: Ultima (Part One)

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be phonetically belching out the history of Wario Land. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #67: Wario Land

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be solving the mystery of Danganronpa‘s history. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, is from MobyGames. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #66: Danganronpa

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be examining the hard-won battles and diplomatic triumphs of Civilization. Cover art, unless otherwise … Continue reading Franchise Festival #65: Civilization

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be paging through the mouldering tomes which comprise The Legacy of Kain‘s historical corpus. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #64: The Legacy of Kain

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be taking cover from an onslaught of facts about Call of Duty. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #63: Call of Duty

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be building the history of BoxBoy box by box. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #62: BoxBoy

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be digging through the ruins and rumors of Mega Man Legends. Cover art, unless … Continue reading Franchise Festival #61: Mega Man Legends