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AVoCADo GamesCast
by Merve, The Kappa, and friends
The AVoCADo GamesCast is a (roughly) bimonthly gaming podcast hosted by Merve and edited by The Kappa, two people who love video games a little too much. Join them and their Internet friends as they gush about their favourite games, dissect current events, revisit gaming history, speculate about future events, and make a lot of really stupid jokes.
Episodes
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Episode #123: Brutal!
Merve and Jarathen run down the gaming showcases of late summer 2026, get edgy with Chaos;Head Noah, take up farming in Fields of Mistria, and go on a Big Walk. [Recorded September 11, 2026] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at...
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Episode #122: Ten Years!!!
It's the podcast's 10-year anniversary! Join us for a retrospective on the games we played in 2016. [Recorded July 19, 2026] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #121: Frigidaire Kiryu
In this episode, the gang covers Summer Game Fest 2026. [Recorded June 19, 2026] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #120: Secret Chavs and Sweaty Sweats
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at...
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Episode #119: Invisible Tom Hanks
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with...
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Episode #118: Upgrading Your Jockstrap
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]...
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Episode #117: The Capital of Antarctica
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and…
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Episode #116: One Cheek: The 2025 Year-End GamesCast
The gang discusses their favourite, least favourite, and most surprising games of 2025. [Recorded December 14, 2025] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #115: Motherflipper, Those Are Auks!
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with...
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Episode #114: A Tale of Two Egmonts
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every…
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Episode #113: Goons Per Second
The gang gets together to talk about Summer Game Fest and the Nintendo Switch 2. Shout out to Rollin Bishop! [Recorded June 22, 2025] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #112: It’s Never Dante’s Inferno
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....
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Episode #111: Cheetahs and the Last Berserker
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and...
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Episode #110: Bill Santa Fe, World Explorer
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…
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Episode #109: Rage Against the Reducible Fraction
The gang reviews their 2024 predictions and makes predictions for 2025. [Recorded January 18, 2025] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #108: Catgirls for Hire: The 2024 Year-End GamesCast
The gang reviews 2024 in gaming and discusses their favourite, least favourite, and most surprising games of the year. [Recorded December 29, 2024] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #107: Top Shortage
The gang discusses the RPGs of 2024. [Recorded November 24, 2024] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #106: Douglas & Dewey
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at...
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Episode #105: The Dingo Steak Dangle
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #104: From the NCAA to the UN
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast.…
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Episode #103: Voluntary Isekai
The gang shares their favourite "7/10" games, chats about unionization, and gets trapped once again talking about Kingdom Hearts. [Recorded July 21, 2024] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #102: Wet Dads
The gang discusses Summer Game Fest 2024, learns all about the dairy industry, and pops a mountain of throat lozenges. [Recorded June 16, 2024] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #101: The Papier-Mâché Computer
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show…
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Episode #100: Fully Losing the Game… in the Coolest Way Possible
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #99: The Ribisi Spectrum
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....
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Episode #98: The Phantom Burp: The 2023 Year-End GamesCast
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]...
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Episode #97: I Know that Person from the Internet!
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every...
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Episode #96: Growling at Hashiba
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...
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Episode #95: Cram Your Face Full of Chunks
Merve and The Kappa talk about the road ahead for Nintendo and Sony, Unity's fee restructuring debacle, and Bethesda's latest RPG, Starfield. [Recorded September 17, 2023] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #94: Put Timothée Chalamet on a Barge
The gang chats about Game Boy nostalgia, Baldur's Gate 3 discourse, virtual trading card games, and a couple of recent indie gems. They also preview the remainder of 2023. [Recorded August 27, 2023] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at...
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Episode #93: The Norwegian Heavy Water Plant Sabotage
The gang discusses the degradation of the Internet and its implications for the games industry. Also on this episode: Viewfinder; Pikmin 4; weird mobile game ads; and much, much more. [Recorded July 28, 2023] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at...
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Episode #92: The Dostoevsky Shooter
Merve and The Kappa dissect Summer Game Fest 2023 in depth. [Recorded June 16, 2023] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #91: The Redfall of the Sea
The gang talks about broken PC ports, the UK CMA's ruling on the Microsoft/Activision merger, and what's going on in GTA V roleplaying. [Recorded May 14, 2023] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #90: Tsundere Writers
Baka! It's not like we want you to listen to this episode. But just in case you're really desperate and need to, you can hear us talking about the games that came out in the first couple of months of 2023. And if you want more, we also discussed where we want our favourite franchises to go next....
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Episode #89: Yeah, I’m a Dirty Little Pig
Merve and The Kappa take a trip to the library to discuss Blacksad: Under the Skin, The Lord of the Rings Online, Arcane, and their predictions for 2023. [Recorded January 19, 2023] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at...
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Episode #88: The Ultracup: The 2022 Year-End GamesCast
Merve and The Kappa run down the most important gaming news stories of year, proving how little they know about both medicine and soccer in the process. They also discuss their favourite, least favourite, and most surprising games of the year. This episode additionally features members of the...
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Episode #87: Esther Was Alone
It's not a crossover episode, but we do talk about a lot of different topics! Give this episode a listen to hear our thoughts on Pokémon leaks, Blizzard's business dealings, Volition being absorbed into Gearbox, the Game Awards 2022 nominees, and of course, a very special Project Sonic Watch…
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Episode #86: The Mystery of the Rotoscoper
In this year's annual Halloween episode, Merve and podcast newcomer Colonel Mustard chat about their favourite mystery games and what makes them tick... tick... tick... [Recorded September 24, 2022] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at...
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Episode #85: Cuphead 434, or in which a Party of Stout-Hearted Gentlepeople Discuss the Finer Points of Benign Stomach Acid
The gang discusses PowerWash Simulator, Hades, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and Silt. They then talk about guides, walkthroughs, and instruction manuals. [Recorded August 9, 2022] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #84: I’m Am Gigli
There were a lot of streamed promotional events about video games this summer! The gang is here to dissect all the Keigh-3 action and discuss the highlights, the lowlights, and the midlights of all those showcases. This episode also features the triumphant return of the Project Sonic Watch to the...
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Episode #83: Moose Milk
It's soapbox time! Merve and The Kappa deliver some piping hot takes on the PlayStation Plus revamp, Square Enix's recent business moves, discourse about diversity in games, video game trailers, the Entertainment Software Association, and dining in Canada. [Recorded May 22, 2022] AVoCADo…
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Episode #82: Get Rekt, Your Honour
Tere sõbrad! We give a shout-out to our Estonian fan base before discussing the ups and downs of the Warhammer franchise, what makes the new Kirby game so much fun, and balance in multiplayer games. We then interview our very special guest, YouTuber and Twitch streamer MP, about his content...
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Episode #81: Temple of a Deadman
It's the MerveCast, chumps! Merve decides he's going to force all his friends to talk about exactly what he wants to talk about. It goes about exactly as well as you'd expect. The gang then talks about February's big gaming announcements, discusses some recent and not-so-recent video games that...
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Episode #80: MS Paint, Game of the Year
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #79: Speedrunning the Greek Alphabet: The 2021 Year-End GamesCast
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #78: Luuke
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] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #77: The Richard Garriott Appreciation Hour
The gang discusses the works of Richard Garriott, the Steam Deck, and non-traditional sports games. [Recorded August 1, 2021] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #76: The Blindfolded Knife Fight
The Kappa takes over as host to discuss that games that eventually won us over. [Recorded June 6, 2021] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #75: Hungry Moms
The gang breaks down the Balan Wonderworld demo, discusses "gaming moods," and gets really caught up on gaming in space. [Recorded January 30, 2021] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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Episode #74: Tales of Vapourwave
The gang looks forward to the rest of 2021 and tries to guess which games will make their release dates. [Recorded January 17, 2021] AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
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The AVoCADo GamesCast is a (roughly) bimonthly gaming podcast hosted by Merve and edited by The Kappa, two people who love video games a little too much. Join them and their Internet friends as they gush about their favourite games, dissect current events, revisit gaming history, speculate about future events, and make a lot of really stupid jokes.
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