Archive for Author: Paul Franzen
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Tales of Monkey Island: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood (PC)
Reviews by Paul Franzen on 
7 Tales of Monkey Island: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood is the Mostly Harmless of this series. By saying this, I don't mean, specifically, that the designers decided to off the main c
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Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games
Columns by Paul Franzen on 6 This is only the second edition of "Minus the Pudding," but already I find myself wondering if, instead of playing these games, I'd be better off playing with actual pudding. Actual pudding may not have the solid AI of the day's top videogames, and it certainly has less replay value (eww), but it is delicious, and it's a lot more entertaining than most of the Xbox Live Indie Games I've been playing over the past several weeks.
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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS)
Reviews by Paul Franzen on Hello, my name is Lizo. Even though I'm Paul. No, I know, this is confusing—stick with me here. I, i.e. Lizo, have just finished playing Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and it seems like a review is in o
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New Videogame Releases for the Week of February 1st, 2010
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 1 White Knight Chronicles International Edition, Chime, Fret Nice, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, Dawn of Heroes, Sushi Go Round, Puzzle Chronicles, and more.
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Sam & Max Season 1 for $5
News Posts by Paul Franzen on To build anticipation for the pending announcement of the pending release of their new Sam Max game, Telltale has announced that, through midnight tomorrow, they'll be offering the first season of t
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Nintendo Announces New Pokémon Game
News Posts by Paul Franzen on According to IGN, Nintendo recently announced that it's developing a new main-series Pokémon game for the DS, to be released in Japan later this year. By "main-series," I mean that it won't be a new
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New Videogame Releases for the Week of January 25th, 2010
News Posts by Paul Franzen on Mass Effect 2, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Blood Bowl, Tatsunoko VS. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, TNA: Cross the Line, Marines Modern Urban Combat, and more.
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Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of the Leviathan (PC)
Reviews by Paul Franzen on 2 The awesomely-acronymed Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of the Leviathan is—if you haven't been paying attention to the adventure games scene, videogame news in general, or GameCola.net—the third in
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Eight New Endings for Swords and Monsters
News Posts by Paul Franzen on Swords and Monsters, the Xbox Live Indie RPG released in late 2008 by Triple A Studios, has recently been updated to offer eight more alternate endings, in addition to the three the game had previousl
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Earn PS3 Trophies for Watching TV?
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 3 If you're like me, you've often wondered: What's the point of watching TV anymore? In fact, what's the point of doing anything, anymore, if it doesn't boost my gamerscore? If what I'm doing doesn't