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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...

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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN)

Reviews by Michael Gray on January 29, 20104

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was supposed to be the greatest game ever. I mean, in the N64 days, the Zelda series was rocking my socks. Ocarina of Time was a stellar 1998 release. It was fol
Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Feature Presentation

Columns by Eric Regan on January 28, 20102

The time the entire WORLD has been waiting for is finally upon us. No, not "world peace," or any of that other selfish stuff! It is the RETURN of the GREATEST videogame column of 12 generations! Tho
Dance Dance Revolution S (iPhone)

Reviews by Matt Jonas on January 28, 20102

"Dancing," they call it. It's more like smashing your feet really hard on a metal box in time with arrows that are barely in time with the music. The spacing for your feet on the dance machine is awfu
New Videogame Releases for the Week of January 25th, 2010

News Posts by Paul Franzen on January 26, 2010

Mass Effect 2, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Blood Bowl, Tatsunoko VS. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, TNA: Cross the Line, Marines Modern Urban Combat, and more.
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth Demo

Videos by Nathaniel Hoover on January 26, 20103

Michael Gray, who may also be a ninja, somehow managed to acquire an exclusive copy of the demo.
Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of the Leviathan (PC)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on January 26, 20102

The awesomely-acronymed Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of the Leviathan is—if you haven't been paying attention to the adventure games scene, videogame news in general, or GameCola.net—the third in
Eternal Sonata (X360)

Reviews by Christian Porter on January 25, 20107

Eternal Sonata had a lot of promise. Not only was it a much-needed RPG on the Xbox 360, but it looked like it was going to break the J-RPG mold by blending action-RPG elements with a turn-based RPG fr
Inside the Guide: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Wii-Ware)

Columns by Michael Gray on January 24, 20105

Welcome to "Inside the Guide," the column on GameCola that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the world of writing guides for videogames. Today, I'm going to discuss my guide for Phoenix Wright: Ac
Eight New Endings for Swords and Monsters

News Posts by Paul Franzen on January 24, 2010

Swords and Monsters, the Xbox Live Indie RPG released in late 2008 by Triple A Studios, has recently been updated to offer eight more alternate endings, in addition to the three the game had previousl
The Artwork of Phoenix Wright

Blog Posts by Michael Gray on January 23, 20101

You might not know this, but Capcom released a few Phoenix Wright art books in Japan to coincide with the various game releases. They contain things like all the artwork in the games, concept art, nev