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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

Gamera Obscura: Wakataka Oozumou: Yume no Kyoudai Taiketsu

Columns by Jeff Day on May 5, 20103

This month, I present to you Wakataka Oozumou: Yume no Kyoudai Taiketsu for the Super Famicom. Yes, it's Japanese, and thank fucking goodness it stayed over there.
The GameCola Top 50 Videogames Ever Made In The Whole Of Human History (As Far As We’re Concerned): Part One

Columns by Christian Porter on May 3, 20104

Behold! Gamecola's Top 50 Videogames EVER: Part One!
New Videogame Releases for the Week of May 3rd, 2010

News Posts by Paul Franzen on May 3, 20101

Dementium II, Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake, Black Mirror 2, Iron Man 2, Lead & Gold: Gangs of the Wild West, Shattered Horizon: Firepowe, Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition, and more.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)

Reviews by Matt Jonas on May 3, 201015

Dangerous thing there buddy, that there "hype." Because hype can keep a gamer waiting through the harshest weather for eons just to finally play a game they've only been fed scraps of. Dangerous thi
Deja Vu I & II

Videos by Nathaniel Hoover on May 1, 20104

You awake in a bathroom stall with a headache, a trenchcoat, a roll of toilet paper, and NO MEMORY WHATSOEVER! What do you do?
Ys: The Oath in Felghana (PC)

Reviews by David Donovan on April 30, 20106

For the handful of weirdos who owned the TG-16, the name Ys (pronounced "incorrectly") will likely evoke fond memories of the adventures of professional prophecy fulfiller Adol Christin. Alas, the
Mega Man 10’s Downloadable (Dis)content

Blog Posts by Nathaniel Hoover on April 29, 20102

I made it a point to play the game into the ground--at this point, I hope it stays buried there a while.
Hamlet (PC)

Reviews by Nathaniel Hoover on April 29, 20105

Aside from Flash games for my Flash Flood column, I really don't play casual games; if I'm not spending two hours pulling my hair out after dying on the same boss, the game just isn't any fun. However
Mega Man 3 Videos Up!

Videos by Michael Gray on April 28, 20104

Hey there, GameCola readers. This is just a quick post letting you all know that the first five videos for GameCola's video walkthrough of Mega Man 3 from the Mega Man Anniversary Collection are now
Samurai Shodown Sen (X360)

Reviews by Matt Jonas on April 27, 20106

SNK Playmore's Samurai Spirits has been extremely popular in Japan - the original Samurai Shodown has got to be as old as Street Fighter II. I remember playing it on the Genesis and, even in my youth,