Archive for Author: Paul Franzen
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GameStop Makes Up for the Deus Ex Thing
News Posts by Paul Franzen on On the heels of yesterday's historic tragedy, GameStop has decided to try to make amends to it's (justifiably) jilted customer base: they're offering $50 GameStop gift cards to anyone who purchased
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Quantum Conundrum Will TAKE YOU TO THE FLUFFY DIMENSION!
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 
2 Earlier today GameSpot received a news blast about Quantum Conundrum, a first-person puzzle platformer by Kim Swift—whom you might know as the former lead developer of the greatest videogame of all
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Non-Gaming Gaming Podcasts
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on I tend to listen to a lot of podcasts—particularly when I'm doing something that I'd rather not be doing, like washing dishes, driving, or fighting in turn-based battles. Of course I listen to The G
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GameStop, Microsoft Both Kind of Dumb
News Posts by Paul Franzen on It's not unusual for The Internet to cry foul on either GameStop or Microsoft—after all, acting like they've been wronged is pretty much what everyone on The Internet lives for—but a couple news s
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Cor Blimey! Hector Will Be British Again Tomorrow!
News Posts by Paul Franzen on I'm guessing that you were all definitely convinced by our review the other day that Hector: Badge of Carnage is the game for you. (And if you weren't—bugger off. That's some new language I learned
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Bastion and Portal Crossover?!
Videos by Paul Franzen on OK, I'm guessing this probably isn't considered official canon by either series...but it's still pretty rad. The voice actor who plays the narrator in Bastion takes the CEO of Aperture Science to ta
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Telltale’s Next Game ISN’T Episodic? [updated]
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 10 Just saw a report over on Joystiq about Telltale's upcoming Jurassic Park adventure game (well, Heavy Rain-style game, but I'm not sure that counts as a genre yet). They seem to think the big news is
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Gunstacking Comes to Steam Next Week!
News Posts by Paul Franzen on What is "gunstacking," you ask? It's a feature of the new indie-developed Serious Sam: Double D, which allows you to STACK GUNS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, AND SHOOT ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME! POW POW PO
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This Week in ‘Cola: Matt Jonas Did Everything Edition
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 8 That's Matt Jonas. You may know him as the author of GameCola.net. I mean, some articles on GameCola.net. OK, I mean most of the articles on GameCola.net. It's quickly becoming a thing that, whenever
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Trine Not to Love it. Just Trine.
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 6 BOY is Trine 2 looking good: Seems like it might’ve even lost some of the goofy sound effects that were so pervasive before! Trine 2 is the sequel to our 2009 Best Downloadable Game, and it’s a mystical three-player side-scrolling romp with swords and monsters, grappling hooks, and a wizard that can create boxes and … Continue reading "Trine Not to Love it. Just Trine."