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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

testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on May 1, 2007

So it’s now been exactly two years since I started writing testgame.exe: Making the Adventure for GameCola. The years have just flown by, haven’t they? I thought that, this month, I’d take a look back at the early days of testgame. No, I’m not just going to repeat the same sort of thing I did for the January issue, in which I compared early production stills in the game to what the game looks like now.
[NSFW] Be Careful What You Search For #27

Comics by Terrence Atkins on May 1, 2007

Comics inspired by actual search terms people have Googled to discover GameCola.
Submissions (May 2007)

Fan Submissions by GameCola on May 1, 2007

Comments, e-mails, artwork and more from GameCola’s readers.
Poor Player’s Paradise

Columns by Andy Zintl on May 1, 2007

So, here I am again, finding myself writing this column mere hours before the deadline. And I realize I don't have any free games to really write about—none that really excite me, anyway. I gues
Inside the Guide: Nancy Drew: The Curse of Blackmoor Manor

Columns by Michael Gray on May 1, 2007

Hello everyone, and welcome to Inside the Guide: the only column that gives you an insider's view of the art of writing videogame guides. This month I'm discussing Nancy Drew: The Curse of Blackmoor M
Sam & Max Season 1, Episode 5: Reality 2.0 (PC)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on May 1, 2007

Oh god. I really, really don't feel like writing this review again. It's a good thing I love my dear readers so much, or I wouldn't even be bothering—I feel I owe it to the unwashed masses to contin
Dear Readers: The GameCola FAQ

Columns by Paul Franzen on May 1, 2007

Progress is what we're all about here at GameCola, by which I mean you should check out the neat stuff I've been adding to the site lately. And by "neat stuff" I'm only really talking about two things—and by "two things" I mean "one completely new thing" and "one thing I sorta changed a little."
Digital Championship Wrestling: Little Mac vs. Barret in a Piranha Death Match

Columns by Paul Franzen on May 1, 2007

Hello gamefans, and welcome to yet another exciting edition of Digital Championship Wrestling! As always I'm Paul Franzen alongside "Captain" Eric Regan, and this month...DCW...goes to the extreme.
The Gates of Life: Episode 45 – Negotiate Like Some Negotiators

Columns by Matt Gardner on May 1, 2007

Rivers Duo: Look, sea bears, can’t we just work something out?
Albatross18: Season 2 (PC)

Reviews by Alex Jedraszczak on May 1, 2007

Rather than reviewing another SNES game that nobody's going to play, I decided that I would review a current game this month. And by "current," I mean that this game is my "current" addiction. In case