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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

Versus Mode: Early Game Music, Military Recruitment, and More

Columns by GameCola on February 1, 20092

random.access's Jeff Day and GameCola's Meteo Xavier discuss early videogame music, army recruitment, EGM's closing, and more.
Sonic Unleashed (X360)

Reviews by Zach Rich on February 1, 20091

GameCola Faithful, I may have made a horrible mistake. One year ago, when I was a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed lad of 17, I wrote my first article for the ‘Cola, celebrating an obscure Nintendo 64 gam
Mega Man 6 (NES)

Reviews by Meteo Xavier on February 1, 20093

It may be yet another repetition of the same old game, but at least it's not Mega Man 5.
[NSFW] Mega Man X (SNES)

Reviews by Meteo Xavier on February 1, 2009

Note: Honest to God, if we told you why we're posting both versions of the Mega Man X review by Meteo X, we'd be incarcerated on the spot and flaming ants would march into our anuses in what could be
Mega Man 3 (NES)

Reviews by Meteo Xavier on February 1, 20095

So, me and newcomer Nathaniel Hoover, the poorest Meteo Xavier clone I've ever seen (though, in his defense, not the poorest I've ever created) are splitting the un-reviewed Mega Man games between tw
Mega Man 2 (NES)

Reviews by Nathaniel Hoover on February 1, 20095

Mega Man 2 is widely regarded as the best [Mega Man / NES / video] game of all time. There's no way to write a positive and original review when all the good adjectives have already been exhausted by
Dear Readers: The Gates of Life: Season Two

Columns by Paul Franzen on February 1, 20092

I had a fantastic idea—no, really, it was the best—for my "Dear Readers" column this month, but, after listening to this month's GameCola Podcast, now I have to throw it away, because I have to talk about how awful The Gates of Life isn't.
… of the Month: The NEW Gates of Life

Columns by Matt Gardner on February 1, 2009

All right folks, I just have a couple things to clear up, and then I’ll let you be. I won’t even demand you post this month! Of course, you still have to post, but I’m not demanding it. Just do it. Or else.
[NSFW] GC Podcast #2: With Apologies to the GameCola Staff

Podcasts by Michael Ridgaway on February 1, 20093

We make fun of just about everyone who writes for GC.
Caution: Zombies Ahead

News Posts by Michael Ridgaway on January 29, 2009

The sad thing is, if I actually saw that, I'd probably turn around immediately and start preparing for the coming zombie apocalypse.