Archive for Author: Paul Franzen

  • The 2006 GameCola Videogame Awards

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    Welcome, welcome, GameCola fans across this great globe, to our yearly awards spectactular! I'd rather just get this underway without babbling too much in what is clearly filler text, but first: You'

  • The Gates of Life: Episode 40 – Toot Toot!

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    Barin: Wait a second, Streebless; what was that I saw you waving around in the bar?

  • Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (GCN)

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    If you think about the concept behind Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy for too long, your brain could, potentially, explode. The idea is this: It's a retelling of the original three Star Wars m

  • Dear Readers: Goozex

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    So I found myself wondering the other day why, exactly, I owned a copy of Tribes: Aerial Assault for PlayStation 2. I couldn’t come up with a reasonable justification. The only one that came to mind was that I must’ve bought it so I’d have something to play on my at-the-time new and shiny PS2 network adaptor, but, if I did that...that’s sort of like buying a leash and being like “hey, I should totally get a dog to go with this.” And, to unnecessarily build upon that, it’s sort of like that dog had terrible gameplay.

  • Digital Championship Wrestling: Simon Belmont vs. Purple Tentacle

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    Howdy everyone, and welcome once again to Digital Championship Wrestling! I'm Paul Franzen alongside "Captain" Eric Regan, and on the heels of that EPIC Sonic vs. Bowser matchup we've got, for you, yet ANOTHER AMAZING DREAM MATCH!

  • Digital Championship Wrestling: Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Bowser

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    Hello everyone, and welcome, ONCE AGAIN, to Digital Championship Wrestling! As always I'm Paul Franzen, alongside "Captain" Eric Regan, and this month—I really mean it, this time! —we have one hell of a slobber-knocker lined up for ya'll!

  • The Gates of Life: Episode 39 – RIVERBUTION

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    Rivers Duo: I don’t care if you are the narrator, I make the rules now.

  • Sam & Max Season 1, Episode 1: Culture Shock (PC)

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    For every 6,000 sequels released only to cash-in on a videogame's name value (see: GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, Bomberman: Act Zero, and so on) there is—this is a rough estimate—one Sam Max Season 1,

  • The Shivah (PC)

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    If the antics of a tentacle bent on world domination or a bone (a BONE!) disguised as a cow weren't quirky enough for you, have at this: The Shivah, independently developed by Dave Gilbert using the s

  • Dear Readers: Street Cred

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    I’m on a mission, I’ve made my decision and I…remember when Green Day made good music? Those were the days. Sure, the radio is playing their new album a lot, but the radio is also playing "Bringing Sexy Back" a lot, so I have to call into question the radio's tastes.