Archive for Author: Paul Franzen

  • Digital Championship Wrestling: Stubbs the Zombie vs. Bloodrayne

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    Hello gamefans, and welcome to another exciting edition of Digital Championship Wrestling! I'm Paul Franzen alongside "Captain" Eric Regan, and tonight's main event will, in all probability, go down as one of the greatest of all time! Wouldn't you agree, Eric?

  • Sam & Max Season 1, Episode 3: The Mole, The Mob and the Meatball (PC)

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    Take everything I said about the last two games and subtract about two hours of gameplay. .... .... .... .... What, that's not good enough? Jeez. You people. I can never please you people. If it's not

  • Dear Readers: Absolutely Real Message Board Posts

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    You know I’ve been doing this for like five years, right? Five whole years. That’s probably longer than some of you have been alive. (What? No it’s not.) That’s with one Dear Readers per month, one (at least!) review per month, one Digital Championship Wrestling per month, and one Gates of Life every other month. And that’s to say nothing of my old monthly column and the various feature articles I’ve written. And that’s to say nothing of spending my off-time writing for an on-campus publication and a magazine devoted to the best sorts of drapery to hang up in your dining room. (As it turns out, the best kinds are generally the ones made by companies advertising in the magazine. Who knew!)

  • Digital Championship Wrestling: Earthworm Jim vs. Dr. Robotnik in a Pit of Acid Match

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    Hello everyone, and welcome once again to Digital Championship Wrestling! As always I'm Paul Franzen, and with me as always is my good friend "Captain" Eric Regan.

  • The Blackwell Legacy (PC)

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    Wadjet Eye Games has done it again!

  • The Gates of Life: Episode 42 – What? Really?

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    Necrostreeb: I’m the main character?! Seriously?

  • Dear Readers: MAGFest 5

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    We—we being myself and my lovely girlfriend—arrived at the convention a little before noonish on its second full day, after stumbling around town for a bit because neither of us, despite being level-headed, soon-to-be college graduated pseudo-adults, had thought to take note of where the convention was actually being held, just that it was being held in a hotel in Vienna, VA: a town that—we were quick to discover—actually has more than one hotel.

  • Dear Readers: The Janish

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    I really want to go to bed right now. It's warm. I almost said that it's warm and inviting, but then I realized how cliched that sounds. So I decided to say that it's just warm. Have I mentioned yet that I'm a little tired? I'd like to go to bed, but I can't—not until this column is finished, at least. For I, absolutely not following my own advice, have waited until the absolute very last minute to crank this puppy (wtf, is that even a phrase) out.

  • Digital Championship Wrestling: The Second Annual Dino Rikki Invitational Battle Royal

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    Here we are, ladies and gentleman, with another EXCITING installment of Digital Championship Wrestling! Here beside me is my partner in announcement, ERIC. And guest host, Paul!

  • Sam & Max Season 1, Episode 2: Situation Comedy (PC)

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    Episodic gaming just sounds like an absolutely terrible idea. It really does. I'm talking "buying a PS3 at launch and not immediately selling it on eBay" levels of awfulness. It sounds like an invitat