Archive for Author: Paul Franzen
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Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games
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3 Before I get started with making fun of other people's Xbox Live Indie Games, I have a big announcement to make:
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An Open Letter to Bill Roper (from a Crazy Person)
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 1 Every once in a while, we here at GameCola get e-mails from people who want us to promote their stuff. Sometimes it's merely a press release for an upcoming videogame; other times, it's a shamed comp
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Violent Videogames Are Still Legal for All (in the U.S.)
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 3 Today marks the end of California's long-running quest to keep violent videogames out of the hands of minors by way of force. This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its decision on Brown v. Th
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[NSFW] Saints Row: The Third is a Game for Psychopaths
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 4 I initially watched this gameplay demonstration of Saints Row: The Third with the audio turned all the way down, so maybe I missed some key explanations regarding how all the townsfolk in this game
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Good Riddance: Turtles in Time Getting Delisted in the U.S.
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 6 And so ends the sad story of one of the most disappointing games from the past decade. Joystiq reports that Turtles in Time: Re-shelled—the remake of the classic SNES game that added terrible graphics and removed great music and levels—will be delisted from the PlayStation Network as of June 30. (Other sites are reporting that it’ll … Continue reading "Good Riddance: Turtles in Time Getting Delisted in the U.S."
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Phoenix Wright: The Musical is a Real Thing
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 1 To get the bitter taste of the worst thing that has ever happened to anyone out of your mouth, I've got something that's pretty much the opposite of that: Phoenix Wright, the musical. No, not that mus
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Wii U Doesn’t Need a DVD Player, Dummies
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 13 The Internets have been ablaze this morning with the shocking (if you've never played a videogame before) news that the Nintendo Wii U won't have DVD player support. Nerds frothing with the notion tha
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A Very GameCola Wedding 2: Wed Harder
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on 13 I married the love of my life, Elizabeth "Lizo" Medina-Gray, on the end of the world, May 21, 2011. ...Well, that's not really true; apparently it was actually just supposed to be "Judgement Day," wit
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Hellgate Lives?!
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 1 Hellgate: London, the one-time supposed “videogame” from the creators of Diablo, is coming back, baby! (I know at least one guy who’s gonna be happy about this.) Details are scarce, but so far we know that: 1) It’s going to be free-to-play, and 2) That’s because no one would ever pay to begin with! Hey-o! Closed beta … Continue reading "Hellgate Lives?!"
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“Silver Dollar Games Not All Bad,” Says Silver Dollar Games
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 2 I received a press release in my inbox the other day—a pretty rare occurrence, perhaps because GameCola's news coverage isn't so much...actually news coverage, as it is coverage of things that I per