AVoCADo GamesCast

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.

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]

09-20
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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]

08-03
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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. [Recorded May 25, 2025]

06-23
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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]

04-21
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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 a two-hour spoilercast on recent immersive sim Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. [Recorded February 23, 2025]

03-30
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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, 2024]

02-22
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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]

02-04
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Episode #107: Top Shortage

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

12-15
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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]

12-05
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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]

11-11
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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]

09-30
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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]

08-15
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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]

07-08
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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]

06-03
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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]

05-11
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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. [Recorded January 20, 2024]

02-14
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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]

01-17
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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]

12-18
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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 November 5, 2023]

11-28
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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]

10-21
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