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 mega-busting on the go with the portable Mega Man series. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #15: Mega Man (Portable)

Happy Friday Avocadoans! 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 mega-busting through the history of Mega Man! … Continue reading Franchise Festival #14: Mega Man (Console)

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 building a relationship with Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons. Note that all … Continue reading Franchise Festival #13 Harvest Moon

Background In 1979, the I.R.M. Corporation was founded. It would later change its name to Capcom. Throughout the 80s Capcom published games for arcades and home console systems with hits like Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Mega Man 2, and 1942. In … Continue reading Franchise Festival #12: Street Fighter

Happy Friday Avocadoans! 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 dispelling the fog of war surrounding Warcraft. Noah … Continue reading Franchise Festival #11: Warcraft

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 sinking our teeth into Dino Crisis. Background Survival horror was hitting … Continue reading Franchise Festival #10: Dino Crisis

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 choosing to learn about Mass Effect. Background Bioware was founded in … Continue reading Franchise Festival #9: Mass Effect

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 racing to keep up with the history of Nintendo’s Mario … Continue reading Franchise Festival #8: Mario Kart

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 peeling back the layers of mystery that surround PC game … Continue reading Franchise Festival #7: Myst

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, Avocadoans! In this weekly column, we discuss and explore the development history of favorite game series from the past thirty years. Previous entries can be found here. This week, we’ll be filling in a map … Continue reading Franchise Festival #6: The Elder Scrolls

Welcome to Franchise Festival, where we discuss and explore the history of popular video game series. Previous entries in this ongoing series can be found here. This week we’ll be taking a look at one of the most endearing portable … Continue reading Franchise Festival #5: Professor Layton

Welcome to the newest installment of Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss esteemed series in gaming history. Previous entries can be found here. This week we’ll be looking at Shantae, a series of platformers that has only seen four … Continue reading Franchise Festival #4: Shantae

Welcome to Franchise Festival, which is shaping up to be something of a Friday tradition here at The Avocado. Perhaps I should have called it Franchise Friday? In any case, you can find earlier entries here. I’m throwing this together … Continue reading Franchise Festival #3: Donkey Kong Country

Welcome to the second installment of our series documenting and discussing beloved franchises in video games! In a structural change from the last Franchise Festival entry, I’ll be going into a bit of depth here with regard to the history … Continue reading Franchise Festival #2: Persona

Welcome, Avocadoans! As I was taking my afternoon stroll today, an idea occurred to me for a fun new diversion here on The Avocado – why don’t we get down into the nitty-gritty of what we like and don’t like … Continue reading Franchise Festival #1: The Legend of Zelda