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(Full, current standings can always be found here) Group 3 Results [spoiler] 54.55% FTL Rockmen (Battle) 54.55% The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Fi’s Farewell 50.00% Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Vector to the Heavens 45.45% Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Lullaby … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2009-2012: Group 5
The livestreams have finished and all (or most) of the news is in. Those of us around the rest of the world can take a breath and reflect on everything we’ve learned. If there’s something you missed in the flurry … Continue reading E3 2021 in Review
(Full, current standings can always be found here) Group 2 Results [spoiler] 60.87% Street Fighter X Mega Man Street Fighter X Mega Man OST – Claw Theme (Vega) 56.52% Journey Threshold 56.52% Katamari Forever Scorching Savanna High School Performance 52.17% … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2009-2012: Group 4
(Full, current standings can always be found here) Group 1 Results [spoiler] 60.00% Flower Purification of the City 56.00% Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Dark Impetus 52.00% Star Ocean: The Last Hope The Incarnation of Devil [Next-Gen Remix] 48.00% Kirby’s … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2009-2012: Group 3
By popular demand, here’s a thread to discuss the first all-digital E3 now that we’ve seen all the streams, made all the memes, and killed CHAOS. Let’s talk about the highlights, the lowlights, and everything else. There are still some … Continue reading Post-E3 2021 Discussion Thread
It’s time for group play! We have 1,866 songs this time, in 24-song groups. That means 77 full groups, plus a 78th group of 18. For the group stage, vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2009-2012: Group 2
It’s the final day of E3 2021, and you can expect another day full of trailers and reveals, plus the official E3 2021 awards show. E3 Broadcast Preshow, held daily from June 12 to 15. (11 AM EDT/8 AM PDT) … Continue reading E3 Streams Live-Chat for June 15, 2021: Nintendo, Bandai Namco, E3 Awards, and More
Woah, did you know a brand new console was coming out this week? Yeah, neither did I. This week is incredibly light which is pretty typical as the industry seems to carve out this time of year to focus on … Continue reading New Game Releases 06/15/21 – 06/21/21
It’s time for group play! We have 1,866 songs this time, in 24-song groups. That means 77 full groups, plus a 78th group of 18. For the group stage, vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2009-2012: Group 1
There are 10 — ten! — events scheduled for Day 3 of E3. Here they are: E3 Broadcast Preshow, held daily from June 12 to 15. (11 AM EDT/8 AM PDT) Verizon presentation, which Verizon says is about how 5G … Continue reading E3 Streams Live-Chat for June 14, 2021: Take-Two, Capcom, Indie Showcase, and More
The throwback character battle started here continues with the second half of the first round. As before, we’re taking the character battle brackets from the first GameFAQs character battle exactly as they were. Notes from last round: The character with … Continue reading 2002 Throwback Character Battle, Round 2
Today is the official second day of E3 2021. Xbox and Bethesda are holding their first merged conference, the Future Games Show is entering its second year, and Warner Bros. is showing off the upcoming Left 4 Dead-alike Back 4 … Continue reading E3 Streams Live-Chat for June 13: Xbox, Square Enix, the PC Gaming Show, and More
The E3 streams continue today with the official kickoff of E3, plus livestreams from Ubisoft, Devolver Digital, and others. (Please note that some streams overlap in the schedule. Tough choices will have to be made!) Presentations marked with an asterisk … Continue reading E3 Streams Live-Chat for June 12, 2021: Guerrilla Collective, Ubisoft, Devolver Digital, and More
The summer of gaming news and streams centred around E3 began yesterday with the kickoff of Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest. Today brings three streams for you folks to live-chat: The final presentation of Netflix Geeked Week, with information about … Continue reading E3 Streams Live-Chat for June 11, 2021: Netflix Geeked Week, Koch Media, and IGN Expo
The year is 2002, and the Internet looks very different than it does today. Except for Gamefaqs, which looks almost exactly the same as it always did. Back in the day, Gamefaqs ran its very first character battle to choose … Continue reading 2002 Throwback Character Battle, Round One
We made it, the Summer months have arrived and it’s time to cut loose, gather in giant crowds, eat until our stomachs burst, but not TOO much because we still want to look good in our bathing suits. Then, once … Continue reading New Game Releases 06/08/21 – 06/14/21
It’s that time again! All songs originating from games released between January 1st 2009 and December 31st 2012 are eligible. This covers the last few PS2 stragglers, the back half of the DS and PSP, most of the back half … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2009-2012: Nominations
Three years ago today the much beloved New Game Releases AKA Tuesday New Games column debuted right here on The Avocado. To celebrate, please enjoy this remastered version of that original column, back when I was a spry 37 year … Continue reading New Game Releases REMASTER 06/05/18 – 06/11/18
Welcome back to your monthly report of game news, where I do my best to compile everything into one convenient ad-free place, so you don’t have to worry about the pesky cracks that info can fall through at other publications! … Continue reading Game News Roundup: May 2021
Hey folks! We’re back after a multi-month hiatus to record Episode #76 of the GamesCast this weekend, the 5th or 6th of June. (We’re based in Eastern time.) The main topic of discussion will most likely be games that won … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #76
In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: Kirby’s Dream Land provides a friendlier vision for what a platformer can be. Last month, I talked about Sonic The Hedgehog, … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1992: Kirby’s Dream Land
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