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Awful tutorials, confounding gameplay, questionable character design, and gacha mechanics. Hard to believe it's one of my favorite games, but it is. Here's why...

GC Podcast #182: Patently Absurd

You've been served!

[NSFW] Metroid Fusion (GBA)

The big N didn't do too many horrid things to Samus...

Disregard Canon, Acquire Representation: Naoto Shirogane is a Transman

Why accept the canon explanation when the story could be so much more interesting?

Enviro-Bear 2000: Operation: Hibernation (PC)

In 2009, Justin Smith ventured forth with a game that would change the gaming industry forever. A title that would blow the fish out of the water. A game for FREE that beats the living daylights out o

Gamer Girlfriend: Friends Don't Let Friends Play (Crappy) Facebook Games

It all started when I got a message from GameCola's own Kate Jay. "Hey Vangie," she said, "I know you don't usually play Facebook games, but you might want to give this one a try. It's really a lot of

Garry's Mod (PC)

When is a game not a game?

[NSFW] Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled (DS)

So dutifully trying to be Chrono Trigger it's both admirable and depressing at the same time.

Shall We Date?: Wizardess Heart (iOS)

The Harry Potter dating sim we've all been waiting for! Kind of.

[NSFW] Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1)

A fan of the Final Fantasy series? Maybe not after you play this one...

Latest Articles

[NSFW] Alan Wake (X360)

Reviews by Travis Combs on February 1, 20115

I want you to play this game so badly, all the way from beginning to end. I want to sit next to you while you do it and talk about the experience the whole time. I want to post on every message board
Gamer Girlfriend: An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse

Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on January 31, 20114

Who would have known that there was such a fine line between "gamer" and "part of the videogame mafia"?
New Videogame Releases for the Week of January 30, 2011

News Posts by Paul Franzen on January 31, 20111

Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2, Alien Breed 3: Descent, Capsized, Gabrielle's Ghastly Groove, and more.
Cleverbot Considers: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Columns by Nikola Suprak on January 28, 201110

We here at GameCola have quite the history with automated chatbots. Back when our editor Paul Franzen was young and naive, and his beard was but a baby and not the epic nest for birds and vagrants it
Sony Reveals PSP Successor

News Posts by Paul Franzen on January 27, 20111

Not to be outdone by Nintendo's press conference last week, today in Tokyo, Sony officially unveiled the successor to the PSP: previously known as the PSP2, and currently codenamed "NGP" (for "Next Ge
Avenue Flo: Special Delivery (PC)

Reviews by Vangie Ridgaway on January 26, 20111

Avenue Flo: Special Delivery falls pretty squarely into what I would term the "Marshmallow Fluff" area of gaming. It's sweet, and relatively insubstantial; enjoyable but not profound. The most success
Be Careful What You Search For #53

Comics by Terrence Atkins on January 25, 20111

Another set of real Googles people Googled, which somehow Googled them to GameCola.
What the Crap?: When This Baby Hits 88 MPH

Columns by Mark Freedman on January 24, 2011

Kids these days and their YouTubes and their Vice City mods. In the video I'm about to show you, we see some Marty McFly-like character in a plain red shirt driving around Grand Theft Auto: Vice City in a DeLorean.
New Videogame Releases for the Week of January 24, 2011

News Posts by Paul Franzen on January 24, 2011

Two Worlds II, Dead Space 2, Lord of Arcana, Breach, World of Tanks, and more.
Gamera Obscura: Block Carnival

Columns by Jeff Day on January 22, 2011

Happy New Year! So, what did you do to celebrate New Year’s Eve?