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Top Releases: There are, if I’ve counted correctly, 48 new games this week (not including all of the shovelware that are going to hit Steam & Switch). Recently, someone asked me why I highlight so many games each week, despite … Continue reading New Game Releases 10/21/25 – 10/27/25
Here are the results of the top 8: Vivi Ornitier (FFIX) 24 Auron (FFX) 10 Kain Highwind (FFIV) 8 Terra Branford (FFVI) 21 Yuna (FFX) 14 Kefka Palazzo (FFVI) 19 Aerith Gainsborough (FFVII) 19 Cecil Harvey (FFIV) 13 The field … Continue reading Final Fantasy Character Tournament – Top 4
The rubber really hit the road last round. Except for Kefka, every remaining character was a main party member in their respective games. Here are the full results: Vivi Ornitier (FFIX) 23 Tifa Lockhart (FFVII) 17 Red XIII/Nanaki (FFVII) 15 … Continue reading Final Fantasy Character Tournament – Top 8
Top Releases: We’re two weeks into the 4th quarter of 2025 and Nintendo is poised to make this another banner year for themselves, with the release of a brand new Pokémon game, with Legends: Z-A. Following in the same footsteps … Continue reading New Game Releases 10/14/25 – 10/20/25
Welcome back! The competition was pretty fierce last round, resulting in our first tie between Red XIII and Sabin. A coin flip determined that Red XIII was the winner. Sorry, bro. Here are the full results: Vivi Ornitier (FFIX) 25 … Continue reading Final Fantasy Character Tournament – Top 16
Hey folks! We’re recording the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this weekend! This will be our annual Halloween episode, but we don’t have any particularly spooky topics planned. We’ll discuss Electronic Arts’s plan to go private, but aside from … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #115
Say what you will about Umbrella Corp, but at least they have the good sense to dress their best bioweapon up like a fashionable mobster. Continue reading Afraid and Alone #3: Resident Evil 2 Remake (2019)
This week’s prompt is brought to you by something I’ve been thinking about as I’ve played Hades II, only a few weeks out of Early Access, and The Legend of Heroes games, currently at 13 entries and counting, not including … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Has More For The Sake Of More
Welcome to the Top 32! Last round was a doozy with some unexpected surprises. Here are the full results: Yuna (FFX) 25 Golbez (FFIV) 10 Squall Leonhart (FFVIII) 8 Celes Chere (FFVI) 30 Red Mage (FFI) 17 Rikku (FFX) 21 … Continue reading Final Fantasy Character Tournament – Top 32
Top Releases: Rearrrr, puh-choom!!! Uhuhuhuhuhuhuh!! KABOOM!! Pshew! Pshew! Spherggh!! OH MY GOD, MY LEGS!!! LET’S FUCKIN’ GET ‘EM BOYS!!! Berrrroww! Budda, budda, budda!! Shrak-poom!!! Kra-kow! BOOSHHH!!!! Pe-kew!! ZING!! EAT LEAD YOU FUCKERS!!!! Battlefield 6 (PC/PS5/Series X|S) – Releases Oct. 10th … Continue reading New Game Releases 10/07/25 – 10/13/25
Welcome back to the Final Fantasy Character tourney! Part 1 of the Top 64 had some real nail-biters. Here are the results: Vivi Ornitier (FFIX) 34 Jack Garland (Stranger of Paradise: FF Origin) 1 Mog (FFVI) 17 Rydia (FFIV) 19 … Continue reading Final Fantasy Character Tournament – Top 64 Part 2
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: September 2025
Welcome to the first round of the Final Fantasy Character Tournament. Today we will be voting on the first 32 of the top 64. If you don’t see a character in today’s thread, keep in mind the other half of … Continue reading Final Fantasy Character Tournament – Top 64 Part 1
Top Releases: We’re in the final quarter of 2025 which means that the biggest releases are starting to appear, including this week’s top release, the open world samurai game Ghost of Yotei. The follow-up to 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima, Yotei … Continue reading New Game Releases 09/30/25 – 10/06/25
The time has come to determine once and for all who is the greatest character to ever appear in a Final Fantasy game. First we have nominations. First, let’s lay down some ground rules. 1. ANY named* character that appears … Continue reading Final Fantasy Character Tournament – Nominations!
A ten-year-old remaster of a twenty-three-year-old remake of a twenty-nine-year-old game… Continue reading Afraid and Alone #2: Resident Evil (HD Remaster) (2015)
Let us discuss the Sony State of Play Continue reading Sony State of Play 9 24 25
Top Releases: I was sick this past week and thought I’d have my nine-year-old daughter watch the trailers for the Top Releases and give her thoughts. Let’s see, what’s the first game…oh no. OH NO! Silent Hill f (PC/PS5/Series X|S) … Continue reading New Game Releases 09/23/25 – 09/29/25
Heya Guacs! In this episode, The Kappa and I talk about a lot of things: Destiny 2‘s latest expansion; Donkey Kong Bananza; how payment processors handle adult content; fanfiction; tech industry layoffs; how the AI bubble is impacting the games … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #114: A Tale of Two Egmonts
Top Releases: We’re halfway through September which means that it’s time to start putting out the spooky games, I guess. Our top release is the survival horror game Dying Light: The Beast, which developer Techland describes as a smaller, more … Continue reading New Game Releases 09/16/25 – 09/22/25
One Avocadoan’s journey delving into the realm of survival horror. Continue reading Afraid and Alone #1: An Introduction – Crow Country and Signalis
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