Archive for Author: David Donovan
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China, Part 4: The Unboxening
Blog Posts by David Donovan on 
1 What's inside the mysterious Chinese RPG Wind Fantasy 6?
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China, Part 3: Schrödinger’s Bootlegs, Ancient Sayings, and…Games That Look Pretty Good?
Blog Posts by David Donovan on 1 The best and the worst that Chinese PC developers have to offer.
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China, Part 2: PC Gaming, Merchandising, and Intellectual Property Armageddon.
Blog Posts by David Donovan on 2 In Part 1 of my look at gaming in China, I discussed the ambiguous legal status of game consoles: the PS3, 360, and Wii remain a special niche for dedicated gamers. But if the ban on consoles achieved
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China, Part 1: The Land That Consoles Forgot
Blog Posts by David Donovan on 6 Greetings, GameCola readers. You may remember me from such articles as my review of the DS homebrew game Powder, my relentless fangasming over the works of Nihon Falcom, or, more recently, my total di
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The Miner’s Journal, Part I
Columns by David Donovan on I’ve recently figured out how to make paper from the reeds growing down by the lagoon, so I’ve decided to write a record of my experiences in this strange world. I know not why I feel compelled to do this when I have far more pressing and practical concerns. Perhaps I just need a project to keep myself sane, or, failing that, a means of gauging the rate at which I am losing my sanity. Or perhaps one day someone else will stumble upon this journal and find some clue that I missed, some answer to how and why and what this place is.
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Aquaria (PC)
Reviews by David Donovan on 1 I totally had Aquaria figured all wrong. But for once it was one of those happy moments where I get to say "This is better than I thought it would be" rather than the all-too-common "I want my
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Samorost 2 (PC)
Reviews by David Donovan on 1 Knowing the inclinations of the rest of the GameCola staff, I'm putting myself in extreme danger by saying what I'm about to say. But the time has come to confess a terrible secret:It's been a long
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Sorcerian (PC)
Reviews by David Donovan on 9 Don't let the bearded character on the box fool you—this is 100% '80s JRPG.
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King’s Bounty: The Legend (PC)
Reviews by David Donovan on 3 A major highlight of the earliest LAN parties I attended was the hotseat game of Heroes of Might and Magic that someone always had running off to the side. Well, it was a highlight for everyone els
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Ys Seven (PSP)
Reviews by David Donovan on 4 Every review of an Ys game begins like this, but let's cover the basics once again for any newcomers. Yes, Ys is a word; no, you are saying it wrong. And yes, the latest entry in the series really i