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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

GC Podcast #32: Crossover Games

Podcasts by Alex Jedraszczak on November 27, 2010

With the vaguely recent news about a Phoenix Wright/Professor Layton crossover, we here at GameCola had a podcast about crossover games!
Gamera Obscura: Rhyme Rider Kerorican

Columns by Jeff Day on November 25, 20102

Over 8 million people purchased Halo 3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sold a whopping 12 million. And Nintendo can't defecate out Pokémon and "Wii Insert Random Thing To Do Here" games fast enough to
Sprite Flicker: Turkeyvania

Comics by Nathaniel Hoover on November 24, 20103

A webcomic by Nathaniel Hoover.
The Desert Bus is on the Road

News Posts by Christian Porter on November 24, 2010

I'm a bit late in getting this information out there, but the good people over at Desert Bus for Hope (desertbus.org) are currently in the middle (actually probably at the tail end by now) of their ma
Epic Mickey Doesn’t Look Horrible

News Posts by Paul Franzen on November 23, 20106

I've had this weird kind of inverted bell curve of interest regarding Epic Monkey. It looked super-interesting when all we had was concept art like this, then I stopped caring when Warren Spector rev
Did I Spell “Matryoshka” Right?

News Posts by Paul Franzen on November 23, 2010

On the heels of Costume Quest, Double Fine's downloadable RPG about trick-or-treating, the Tim Schafer-lead company has announced and released a new trailer for Stacking. Stacking is, of course, a vi
K-On! Houkago Live!! (PSP)

Reviews by Matt Jonas on November 23, 20102

I love K-On!, and I love this game—let's get that out of the way right now.It doesn't take a genius to realize that K-On! was at one point the most popular current anime in Japan. So after the succe
Versus Mode: The Next-Gen, FMV Games, XBLI Garbage, and More

Columns by GameCola on November 22, 2010

XBLI developer Robert Boyd and GC staff writer Christian Porter discuss whether we're ready for the next-gen, FMV games, garbage on XBLI, and more.
Another Time Travel Game Announced!

News Posts by Paul Franzen on November 22, 20101

Atlus announced today that it's bringing the time travel-centric RPG Radiant Historia to the U.S. next February. Why should you be excited? What, are you new? Time travel, man! Time travel! That's som
New Videogame Releases for the Week of November 21, 2010

News Posts by Paul Franzen on November 22, 2010

Donkey Kong Country Returns, Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, Splatterhouse, Gran Turismo 5, Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time, Michael Jackson The Experience, Drawn to Life Collection, Spelunker HD, Auditorium, Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earrings, Silly Bandz, and more.