Paul Franzen Archive

13June 15, 2011
Wii U Doesn’t Need a DVD Player, Dummies

The Internets have been ablaze this morning with the shocking (if you’ve never played a videogame before) news that the...

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10June 11, 2011
A Very GameCola Wedding 2: Wed Harder

I married the love of my life, Elizabeth “Lizo” Medina-Gray, on the end of the world, May 21, 2011. …Well, that’s...

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3May 26, 2011
GC Podcast #37: This Thing Came Apart

It’s that time again, GameCola faithful! On our thirty-seventh installment of The GameCola Podcast, Alex Jedraszczak, Paul Franzen, Christian Porter,...

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1May 24, 2011
Hellgate Lives?!

Hellgate: London, the one-time supposed “videogame” from the creators of Diablo, is coming back, baby! (I know at least one guy...

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1May 15, 2011
“Silver Dollar Games Not All Bad,” Says Silver Dollar Games

I received a press release in my inbox the other day—a pretty rare occurrence, perhaps because GameCola’s news coverage isn’t...

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2May 9, 2011
Brink: Apparently Not a Racing Game

This game called Brink is coming out this week. I don’t know anything about Brink. I was avoiding all news...

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8May 3, 2011
Square Enix is Definitely Prepping for Chrono Trigger 2

How else can you explain this? A few weeks ago, it came out (via the ESRB) that Square is looking...

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0May 3, 2011
The Adventures of Willy Beamish Playthrough

What’s more fun than playing a videogame? Why, if you said “nothing!”, then…I mean, what are you doing here, on...

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1May 2, 2011
Bayonetta Director Let’s-Playing His Own Game

Taking inspiration from both 14-year-olds and GameCola writers across the world, Hideki Kamiya, the director of Bayonetta, the 2010 game...

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6May 2, 2011
GC Podcast #36: Boring Gaz Problems

On this tender and poignant episode of The GameCola Podcast, Alex Jedraszczak, Christian Porter, Nathaniel Hoover, and Paul Franzen discuss...

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