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128 entered, 16 (bit) remain. Results from Round Three: The characters who received the most votes overall was Mario with 75 votes. The character who received the most votes among those who did not advance was Sonic the Hedgehog, who was beaten … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Round Four
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 assembling all of the information available on the Suikoden series. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #20: Suikoden
128 entered, 32(X) remain. Results from Round Two: The characters who received the most votes overall were Link and Samus at 75 votes each. The character who received the most votes among those who did not advance was HK-47, barely losing his round … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Round Three
Welcome to Thursday, my dear Avocadoans! What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what game series has been ruined for you and why? Please also join us tomorrow for a … Continue reading The Weekly Games Thread Had A Good Thing Going… Once
128 entered, (Nintendo) 64 remain. Results from Round One: The character who received the most votes overall was Luigi — unsurprisingly, given he also received the most votes in the nomination thread. The character who received the most votes among … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament – Round Two
Summer is starting to heat up, and not just the weather. There are quite a bit of games coming out this week so hopefully you should find something you like, after all what are you going to play at the … Continue reading New Game Releases 07/10/18
Here’s the second half of the first round! Pictured: Characters who will not be appearing in this tournament. To vote in this bracket: Please add an upvote to the character in each matchup you’d like to see advance. Please don’t add … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament – Round One Part Two
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What sidekick/supporting character/villain would you like to see get their own game? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Wants the Spotlight
You guys nominated a whopping 371 video game characters for this tournament! From that field, exactly 128 characters received five upvotes or more. I’ve arranged them into eight brackets of sixteen, trying to split the characters up by franchise as … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament – Round One Part One
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 hunting down the most interesting details about the Far Cry series. With … Continue reading Franchise Festival #19: Far Cry
Happy Thursday, Avocadoans! And you know what Thursday means – time for a new weekly games thread. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about games or game moments … Continue reading The Weekly Games Thread #2 is “Ha Ha” Funny
Remember when GameFAQs used to do these? Actually, they probably still do, but who goes to the front page of GameFAQs any more? Anyway, this is a simple idea: nominate your favorite video game characters. Post one character per comment … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament – Nominations
Heya AvoGamers! I apologize for the short notice, but we want to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this weekend, and we want to have you participate. We have a strong preference for the afternoon of Sunday the … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #38
It’s a holiday week here in the United States and the game release slate seems to reflect that. Not a whole lot is coming out, and the stuff that we’re getting is mostly just ports and re-releases. Don’t worry, things … Continue reading New Game Releases 07/03/18
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What are your favorite objects to break/pummel? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread is ready to BREAK STUFF
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 doing what the Pokemon series does best and spinning off of … Continue reading Franchise Festival #18: Pokemon Spinoffs
Happy Thursday, Avocadoans. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite storyline that went nowhere? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Going Nowhere Fast!
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
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
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
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