What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What’s your favorite depiction of platonic friendship in a game? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Remembers the Power of Friendship

Happy Thursday, friends. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite game studio or creator? Please visit Lily ‘Lovely’ Bones’ new Mid-Aughts Meltdown column on “The End of … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Salutes its Corporate Overlords

What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What are your favorite chase sequences in games? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Needs to Cheese It!

Happy Thursday, folks. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite or least favorite instance of wild tonal shifts in a game? Don’t forget to have your say in … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Has Whiplash

What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What are your favorite melancholy tunes? (hat tip to Demyx for this topic) Continue reading Weekly Games Thread is in its feelings

Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what’s your favorite instance of surrealism in games? Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for a new Franchise Festival at 9:00 AM … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Playing Multidimensional Chess

What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What settings do you always change for a game (invert axes, brightness, difficulty etc)? Are there settings that annoy you when they’re not provided? Continue reading Weekly games thread thinks the default settings are crap

Happy Thursday, friends. Today is my birthday AND I’m on vacation, but happily I’ve pre-scheduled a Weekly Games Thread post. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite place … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Taking a Stroll

What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What gaming or gaming-adjacent conventions do you go or have been to? What are your favorite activities at those events? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Goes to the Convention

Happy Thursday, Avocadoans. What games are you playing and what do you think about about them? As a bonus prompt (we’ve done before but it’s been a while), tell us about or show us pictures/video of your favorite game glitches. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Feeling Glitchy

What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: You’re planning a heist, what video game characters do you want in your crew? Here are the roles: The leader Second in command The Hacker/Gadget … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Plans a Heist

Happy Thursday, Avocadoans! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, and in recognition of our new visitors from Pajiba, what is your favorite cooperative game? Though there is no new Franchise Festival … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Cooperating

Hey guys, nearly (ugh) 40 years ago today, I came into this world. An unremarkable eight years later, I saw Super Mario Bros. for the first time. It wasn’t the first video game I played, but it’s easily the one … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Celebrates My Birthday!

Happy Thursday! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is on eof your favorite games created outside of Japan, North America, or Western Europe? Please join us tomorrow as we … Continue reading The Weekly Games #2 Thread is Escaping its Comfort Zone

What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What game tunes/sounds do make for good ringtones? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Is All About Ringtones

Happy Thursday, folks. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite game with a passive/drop-in second-player element (e.g. Tails in early Sonic the Hedgehog, Cappy in Super Mario … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Tagging Along

What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: PC gamers, what are your favorite mods? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Is Modded

Happy Thursday! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what console is better than its reputation suggests and why? Be sure to visit and vote in the Avocado’s Best Video Game Tournament … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Celebrates the Underdog

What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: Do you ever play around with the physics engine of a game? What are your favorite games in which to do this? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread likes to experiment

Welcome to Thursday, Avocadoans. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite vertically-oriented game or stage in a game? Don’t forget to visit Franchise Festival when the new article … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Growing Up