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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

Mr. T and Will Wright to Co-Star in Videogame

News Posts by Paul Franzen on April 28, 2009

This is from an honest-to-God press release, courtesy of Joystiq: The first game will see Mr. T take on Nazis and their gigantic machines in the varied universe of South American rain forests, lost an
Pong Fanfiction

Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on April 25, 2009

In putting off writing this month's "Dear Readers" column, I came across some fanfiction about Pong. I'd like to share this story with you all. It's short, so I'll just paste it right here. Click h
Birthday Wishes from Captain Eric

Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on April 23, 2009

Cheat Codes for Life author Eric Regan drew this picture to celebrate GameCola’s birthday.
GameCola turns 7!

Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on April 23, 20092

Today, in 2002—when I was a junior in high school—I created the mailing list that would become the website we all know and love today. Happy birthday, GameCola! It seems like only yesterday we we
GC Podcast #7: It’s OnLive!

Podcasts by Michael Ridgaway on April 17, 20094

Hey folks! This time around we have myself, Michael Gray, Colin Greenhalgh, and Nathaniel Hoover talking about the big news out of the GDC 2009: OnLive.
Hippie Battle

Videos by Paul Franzen on April 14, 2009

A fantastic reenactment of a battle from the SNES game EarthBound.
Wedding Invitations

Blog Posts by Michael Gray on April 5, 20091

Author's Note: This story came from "The GameCola Podcast," when we got off-topic and discussed the possibility of Edgeworth going out with Franziska Von Karma. It seems somewhat unlikely. After all,
New Mean Hamster Software Game Released

News Posts by Paul Franzen on April 4, 2009

You know Mean Hamster Software? Long-time friend of the 'Cola? Their President, John Swiderski, helped me out with an article way back in 2003, and he's participated in Versus Mode as recently as las
FileFront Back Online!

News Posts by Nathaniel Hoover on April 2, 2009

Not long ago I posted about mega download site FileFront possibly shutting down on March 30. I believed the announcement to be legitimate, but given the proximity to April 1 it could have just been a
Carbonated News: The 2009 Game Developers Conference

News Posts by Michael Gray on April 1, 20092

Welcome to Carbonated News, where we give you all the news in fits of print. The Game Developers Conference was held in San Francisco last month, resulting in TONS of videogame news. Not wanting to be