Archive for Author: Paul Franzen
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XBL Community Games: A Fading Melody
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on 
1 Some people describe A Fading Melody as a Braid rip-off. I think those people are wrong. I like to think of it as "Braid inspired." After all, we can't just call all artsy 2D platformers Braid rip-off
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The Only Adults Who Play Animal Crossing are Pedophiles.
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on I'm pretty sure that's what this article is saying, anyway.
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Scenes From Phoenix Wright: The Musical!
Videos by Paul Franzen on 1 Enjoy!
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Breakfast and Reality TV
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on First, a video about Breakfast: The Game. Next, a reality TV show about gamers.
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The Gates of Life: Season Two, Episode 2 – Bad is Better
Columns by Paul Franzen on 1 Sparkly treasure? Princesses?! Forget that crap—this gang is going on a RAMPAGE! First stop, Helpless Gnomes’ Island.
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Dear Readers: How to Spell GameCola
Columns by Paul Franzen on 1 My name is Paul. I'm not going to tell you my last name. Or where I live, or where I work, or anything else you might be able to use to identify me. I can't afford to take that kind of risk. If they knew who I was, I'd be dead—or worse than dead, really, with a giant slug in my brain controlling my movements, my speech, my everything.
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XBL Community Games: Doodles, Love, and Falling
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on Community Games on Xbox Live are the best, and I say that mostly because: 1) They cost like a dollar or two each, and 2) The indie developers who make them sometimes do interesting things. 2 is not al
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Now available on Xbox Live Community Games
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on You know I'm not making that one up, because I have the game's trailer to prove it. From the game's official description: "Chug your beer as fast as you can!
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New Indy Game to Include Old Indy Game
News Posts by Paul Franzen on Since we seem to talk about classic point-and-click adventure games a lot here at the 'Cola, I thought I'd pass along this bit of news I just came across—the new Indiana Jones game that's coming out
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Dear Readers: The Gates of Life: Season Two
Columns by Paul Franzen on 2 I had a fantastic idea—no, really, it was the best—for my "Dear Readers" column this month, but, after listening to this month's GameCola Podcast, now I have to throw it away, because I have to talk about how awful The Gates of Life isn't.