Avocado Gamescast

The gang makes predictions for the year ahead and talks about their most anticipated games of 2022. They also discuss coffee and doughnuts. [Recorded January 23, 2022]

We discuss the 2021 Game Awards, 2021 gaming news and trends, and our favourite, least favourite, and most surprising games of 2021. [Recorded December 27, 2021]

Merve and The Kappa discuss a very special speedrun. They then spend a couple of hours talking about the games they've played in 2021. [Recorded November 6, 2021]

The gang discusses the works of Richard Garriott, the Steam Deck, and non-traditional sports games. [Recorded August 1, 2021]

The Kappa takes over as host to discuss that games that eventually won us over. [Recorded June 6, 2021]

The gang breaks down the Balan Wonderworld demo, discusses "gaming moods," and gets really caught up on gaming in space. [Recorded January 30, 2021]

The gang looks forward to the rest of 2021 and tries to guess which games will make their release dates. [Recorded January 17, 2021]

We run down 2020's gaming news and discuss our favourite, most disappointing, and most surprising video games of the year. [Recorded December 20, 2020]

Merve and The Kappa discuss the commercial performance of Marvel's Avengers and break down the games that most influenced them. [Recorded November 28, 2020]

We sit down with podcast newcomer ThoughtsThoughtsThoughts to get her thoughts on Mass Effect and Kingdom Hearts. [Recorded November 8, 2020]

It's our fifth annual Halloween episode, where we attempt to discuss our worst software and hardware disasters. The spookiest thing about it is our inability to stay on topic! [Recorded October 17, 2020]

It's our first sequel episode! We have fun mashing together video games and discussing the results. We also discuss this year's most epic mashup: Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax. [Recorded September 26, 2020]

We discuss streaming, conventions, the weird side of YouTube, and the highs and lows of the short-lived streaming platform Mixer, with the inside scoop from Admirax. [Recorded August 22, 2020]

We talk about Grounded, Fire Emblem, Ghost of Tsushima, July's Ubisoft and Microsoft press conferences, and the Nintendo Gigaleak. [Recorded August 2, 2020]

We discuss some games you might have missed this year and last. We also talk about pop-punk and bad art. (Some might consider the "and bad art" superfluous.) [Recorded July 11, 2020]

We discuss recent allegations of abuse and misconduct in the games industry. We also talk about some of this summer's E3 replacement streams. (Listener discretion advised.) [Recorded June 27, 2020]

Merve and The Kappa talk about what they've been playing lately, how they put a podcast together, their taste in games, and where they think the industry is heading. [Recorded May 31, 2020]

The gang discusses video game crossovers. [Recorded May 3, 2020]

It's time for a showdown! In this episode, we take a look back at The Avocado's favourite games of 2019 and pit them against each other in a tournament to determine the objectively* greatest video game of 2019. (*Objectivity not guaranteed.) [Recorded April 12, 2020]

In our 61st episode, we provide a guide for newcomers to gaming: what to buy; where to get it; how to set it up; and most importantly, how to play it. We also have some advice for people who are returning to the hobby after a few years away. [Recorded April 1, 2020]