Archive for Category: Columns

  • You Learn Something New Every Play: Tomb Raider

    Columns Columns by Brian Vanek on

    Not many people I know like the Tomb Raider series.  I don't know why.  The main character is very likeable and attractive.  The plot is all about exploring.  Oh well, I'll keep playing it as long

  • Preserving the Plastic: Gaming Collectibles

    Columns Columns by Allec Johnson on

    Every hobby now-a-days has some form of paraphernalia to keep the hobbyist busy at all times.  T-shirts, action figures, posters, music, etc., can all be forms of gaming related junk to get your mitt

  • … of the Month: Gameism

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    People who hate those of a particular gender are considered sexist. People who show distaste towards those of a particular race are racists. What, then, are people who hate or show distaste towards people who play video games, or people who play a particular type of video game? The answer is quite simple -- those people are gameists.

  • Your Top 10 Favorite Games: Ted Gleason

    Columns Columns by Ted Gleason on

    Ted Gleasons's top 10 favorite videogames.

  • How to Be a Gamer – Part 1: In the Beginning…

    Columns Columns by Stuart Gipp on

    Hey, stupid!  Want to be a gamer? Well, this new sugar-free feature can help!  Just follow this simple step-by-step course, and you too will know your "Dynamite Headdy"s from your "Yoshi's Story"s.

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    Games for the Casual Gamer: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

    Columns Columns by Julie Kozarsky on

    The senior trip to Florida was great; nothing could beat the fun in the sun that I shared with 300 of my closest friends.  So in a futile effort to recreate the sun-baked and unrestrained atmosphere

  • Versus Mode: Turtles in Time vs. Hyperstone Heist

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    I didn't even know that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist existed until Matt gave it to me as a birthday present last year. He didn't even know that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist existed until he saw it for sale at GameStop last year, and decided to give it to me as a birthday present. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, on the other hand, we had been playing together for years. To me, this bets a couple of questions: How could a Ninja Turtles title for a major console have slipped by the radar of two video game fans who were just as obsessed with TMNT as the next 80's born boy? Could it be because we knew that Nintendo is what Segain't, or could it be that there is something terribly wrong with The Hyperstone Heist? The truth lies somewhere between these two choices.

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    The Gates of Life: Episode 11 – WTF??

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    Random Passerby: It's a tree... why the hell are they having problems deciding which way to go around it?

  • Dear Readers: Awesome Ideas for Mario and Sonic

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    Man, Nintendo should totally bring me onto their staff; I've got some pretty awesome ideas for new games that make use of some of their (and Sega's) older titles. Hopefully no one's come up with them before, but if they have, oh well! They're new to the GC universe, and that's obviously what matters.

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    Advice for the Sensitive Gamer #10

    Columns Columns by Jenna Ogilvie on

    Jenna Ogilvie offers advice about finding gamer girls, breaking an addiction to RPGs, and more.