AVoCADo GamesCast

In this edition of the AVoCADo GamesCast, Quinley Thorne is back from Atami, The Kappa is on Bungie Death Watch, and Merve attempts to shoot and solve puzzles at the same time. [Recorded April 26, 2026]

In this thoroughly yassified episode, Merve and Bloomed Wings take on DLSS 5, modern TV tech, and Giovanni Ribisi's career. They also discuss Path of Mystery: A Brush with Death, The Spirit Lift, Mario Tennis Fever, and Pokémon Pokopia. [Recorded March 22, 2026]

Special guest Ben Ward, designer and writer on Earth Must Die, joins the gang to talk about the D.I.C.E. Awards, Bluepoint's closure, the Avatar franchise, and Bethesda games. We then interview Ben about the development and creative inspirations of Earth Must Die. [Recorded February 22, 2025]

In this episode, Merve and The Kappa discuss tabletop gaming, Big Hops, and search engines. They also review their predictions for 2025, make predictions for 2026, and get hyped for upcoming games. [Recorded January 25, 2025]

The gang discusses their favourite, least favourite, and most surprising games of 2025. [Recorded December 14, 2025]

In this long-delayed and highly-anticipated quasi-Halloween episode, the gang discusses Electronic Arts going private, how to think about shōnen stories as an art critic, and the linguistic complexities of talking about Canada’s birds. [Recorded October 19, 2025]

Merve and The Kappa have a wide-ranging discussion on Destiny 2 expansions, Donkey Kong Bananza, adult content and payment processors, and how the AI bubble is affecting the gaming industry. [Recorded August 3, 2025]

The gang gets together to talk about Summer Game Fest and the Nintendo Switch 2. Shout out to Rollin Bishop! [Recorded June 22, 2025]

Merve and The Kappa discuss the Borderlands pricing controversy and the Marathon plagiarism situation. They also talk about Many Nights a Whisper, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Back 4 Blood, Doom: The Dark Ages, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Civilization VII, Urban Myth Dissolution Center, and much more. [Recorded May 25, 2025]

Merve and The Kappa are once again bad at remembering video game titles. In this episode, they cover recent troubles at GameStop, the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation, Assassin's Creed Shadows, and more. [Recorded April 6, 2025]

Merve and The Kappa have been playing some big RPGs and open-world games, and they take some time to talk about them. After that, the two of them tackle the ethics of stories about vigilantes, go on a controversial rant about games award shows, and ponder Peter Molyneux's career. Finally, they do a two-hour spoilercast on recent immersive sim Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. [Recorded February...

The gang reviews their 2024 predictions and makes predictions for 2025. [Recorded January 18, 2025]

The gang reviews 2024 in gaming and discusses their favourite, least favourite, and most surprising games of the year. [Recorded December 29, 2024]

The gang discusses the RPGs of 2024. [Recorded November 24, 2024]

Halloween in December? It's likelier than you think! In this episode, Merve and The Kappa discuss diabolical games, North American tourism, and their gaming hells. [Recorded October 13, 2024]

The gang discusses Skyrim modding, what's going on at Annapurna Interactive, the PS5 Pro, and the state of live service games in 2024. [Recorded September 14, 2024]

Merve and The Kappa discuss Diablo IV, Clickolding, Krafton's acquisition of Tango Gameworks, Bungie layoffs, the closure of Game Informer, and why you might be better off not playing football in a football video game. [Recorded August 13, 2024]

The gang shares their favourite "7/10" games, chats about unionization, and gets trapped once again talking about Kingdom Hearts. [Recorded July 21, 2024]

The gang discusses Summer Game Fest 2024, learns all about the dairy industry, and pops a mountain of throat lozenges. [Recorded June 16, 2024]

In this episode: Amazon Prime's Fallout; the Prytania Media disaster; worrying industry statistics; Children of the Sun; Princess Peach: Showtime!; Dragon's Dogma 2; and, eight years late to the party, ReCore. [Recorded April 21, 2024]

100 FREAKIN' EPISODES! The gang marks the century milestone by reflecting on the podcast so far and opening the mailbag to answer listener questions [Recorded March 17, 2024]

The gang predicts what's going to happen in 2024. Is this the year of the Ribinaissance? The GamesCasters certainly seem to think so. Elsewhere, the gang talks about AGDQ 2024, shares their most anticipated titles of the year, and questions the use of spreadsheets, much to Merve's chagrin. [Recorded January 20, 2024]

The gang reviews the 2023 Game Awards and discusses industry layoffs. They then chat about their favourite, least favourite, and most surprising games of the year. This episode additionally features members of the community talking about their top 3 games of the year. [Recorded December 17, 2023]

Hop in a time machine to hear what the gang thought about The Game Awards 2023 before they aired. They also discuss some of what they've been playing lately and exchange some recommendations. [Recorded November 26, 2023]

In the first half of this episode, the crew plumbs the depths of Moria, examines recent layoffs at Bungie in the broader context of the entertainment industry, and expresses disdain for harem manga protagonists. In the second half, they have a spoiler-ific roundtable about Starfield. [Recorded November 5, 2023]