Sci-Fi Novel Tournament: FINALS!
Pour one out for 1984 and Brave New World, then VOTE! Continue reading Sci-Fi Novel Tournament: FINALS!
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We pit brother against brother as we try and fail to determine who is the best
Horror Movie Tournament: Round 2
The first day of voting ended with thrills, upsets, and runaway victories. Favorites were lost, and tough decisions were made. But like the killer in our favorite franchise we have to cut down the crowd to a final victim. Once … Continue reading Horror Movie Tournament: Round 2
Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Quarterfinals
This is the quarterfinals for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue to the semifinals. From the … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Quarterfinals
Horror Tournament: Round 1
Hey friendos! The tournament officially begins after a day of frenzied nominations. I think we have an interesting competition, and hope we all get to enjoy it. Remember this is for fun. Here’s the bracket as it stands. Sorry for … Continue reading Horror Tournament: Round 1
Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 16
This is the round of 16 for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue to the quarterfinals. From … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 16
Horror Movie Tournament: Nominations
Yes folks it’s that time of year again. The leaves have fully begun to change, the air grows crisp in the morning, the days shorten, and those long fall nights are filled with chilling screams of people watching scary movies. … Continue reading Horror Movie Tournament: Nominations
Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 32
This is the round of 32 for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue to the round of … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 32
The 2100: Finding the Best Movies of the 21st Century
Hey all, this is my first tournament. Inspired by my love/hate relationship with the podcast Unspooled, I wanted to see if we could suss out our own Top 100 films for the 21st century, early going though it may still be … Continue reading The 2100: Finding the Best Movies of the 21st Century
Greatest Sci-Fi Novel Tournament: SEMIFINALS!!!
Pouring one out for Cat’s Cradle, Neuromancer, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Fahrenheit 451. Now vote! Continue reading Greatest Sci-Fi Novel Tournament: SEMIFINALS!!!
Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 64
This is the round of 128 for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue to the round of … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 64
Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 128, Part Two
This is part two of the round of 128 for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue to the … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 128, Part Two
Greatest Sc-Fi Novel: Quarterfinals!
Pouring one out for: The Left Hand of Darkness A Wrinkle in Time Snow Crash Dune Foundation Jurassic Park The Time Machine The War of the Worlds Now let’s decide who will make it to the final 4! Continue reading Greatest Sc-Fi Novel: Quarterfinals!
Greatest Sci-Fi Novel Tournament: Round 2!
Shedding tears for the 16 great books we lost. Moving on! Some real heavy-hitting matchups this time. Excited to see where it goes! Continue reading Greatest Sci-Fi Novel Tournament: Round 2!
Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 128, Part One
This is part one of the round of 128 for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Round of 128, Part One
Best Video Games Tournament – 8 Bit Years – Elimination Round – Part Two
This is part two of the elimination round for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System. In this round, games have been arranged into groups of six. You can vote for as … Continue reading Best Video Games Tournament – 8 Bit Years – Elimination Round – Part Two
Greatest Sci-Fi Novel Tournament: Round 1
Vote with ya upvotes, don’t be a jerk, you’ve all done this before. Note so no one asks me about it: I disqualified Watchmen, despite getting enough upvotes to possibly qualify. This is a tournament for novels, as in prose … Continue reading Greatest Sci-Fi Novel Tournament: Round 1
Best Video Games Tournament – 8 Bit Years – Elimination Round – Part One
This is part one of the elimination round for the 8-bit generation of video games, covering games roughly between 1985-89 including the NES and Sega Master System. In this round, games have been arranged into groups of six. You can vote … Continue reading Best Video Games Tournament – 8 Bit Years – Elimination Round – Part One
The Best Album Cover Tournament Winner
This is it, folks… the moment we’ve been waiting for for two weeks! Thanks to everyone who contributed their nominations, upvotes, and considerations throughout this run. There were a lot of surprises along the way, especially when it came to … Continue reading The Best Album Cover Tournament Winner
Greatest Sci-Fi Novel: Nominations!
Rules: Must be a novel. No short story collections (unless there’s a frame story like I, Robot). Must be a single novel. You can nominate any Dune book, but you can’t nominate the Dune series as a whole. Must be sci-fi. … Continue reading Greatest Sci-Fi Novel: Nominations!
The Best Album Cover Tournament: Championship
Welcome, Avocados, to the final round of the BEST ALBUM COVER Tournament! Thanks to everyone for their votes so far! The brackets are here, if you’re interested. Notes from Last Round: The underdog-that-could all along has been Miles Davis – … Continue reading The Best Album Cover Tournament: Championship
Best Video Game Tournament – 8-Bit Years – Nominations
This is the second 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 – 8-Bit Years – Nominations
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