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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

Virtual Console (February 2008)

Columns by Myrtle T. Blinkin on March 1, 2008

Your Aunt Martha likes wolves. She adopts them, you know, has at least six or seven of them. They tear up her house something awful, though, and piss all over her furniture.
No More Heroes (Wii)

Reviews by Sprite Monkey on March 1, 2008

Sunday, Feb. 10th, 2008 at 5:20 p.m.Dear LiveJournal,Today was the first day I went out on the town dressed as a cross between Johnny Knoxville and an anime nerd. I took my trusty "beam katana" with m
Burnout Paradise (PS3)

Reviews by Andy Patterson on March 1, 2008

I was once in a traffic accident, you know. A small fender bender, in which I slightly dented the back bumper of the white van driving in front of me during a hectic Belfast rush hour. The driver and
Wally Bear and the NO! Gang (NES)

Reviews by Rick L on March 1, 20082

There are a whole host of things you can say "No" to. Drugs. Alcohol. Your mom. Jamming a butter knife square into your genital hole. You can also say "no" to Wally Bear and the No! Gang. Yes, that's
The Secret of Monkey Island (PC)

Reviews by Carl Houghton on March 1, 20085

"Hi! My name's Guybrush Threepwood, and I want to be a pirate!" And with that, a legend was born. Well, actually, if you ask me, the legend was born when that simply amazing theme tune kicks in when y
Low-Rent Adventures in Japan: Bed, Bath, and… Beranda? [NSFW]

Columns by Richo Rosai on March 1, 2008

Bed, Bath, and... Beranda? Anyway, n00d pix of my girlfriend.OK, so I've been typing like 10 hours a day for the last several days. And today being no exception, let's let some pictures do most of the
testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on March 1, 2008

So how's everyone doing this month? Good? Great! I bet you're all here to check up on your favorite monthly article about the production of a little point-and-click adventure game we like to call
Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumb Feature Presentation

Columns by Eric Regan on March 1, 20081

Welcome back to the monthly gathering of words that makes even the grumpiest of people burst into sheer bliss! That's right—the Psychic Thumbs are back with even more in-depth coverage of the games you will...or probably will not be...playing in the upcoming months!
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)

Reviews by Colin Greenhalgh on March 1, 20081

I started playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village on February 10th. It is now the 20th. I awoke to find my face covered in blood, a pen in my hand...and this letter in front of me. It reads:
Digital Championship Wrestling: Jaster Rogue vs. Manny Calavera in a Hell in a Cell Match!

Columns by Paul Franzen on March 1, 2008

HellowrestlingfansandwelcomeonceagaintoDCW,andOH MY GAWD, "Captain"ERICREGANISBACKBEHINDTHEBOOTHWITH ME.