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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

Poor Player’s Paradise

Columns by Andy Zintl on March 1, 2007

Well, it's that time of the month again. Yes, that's right: It's the time when all the broke readers of GameCola look to The Poor Player's Paradise for their temporary amusement until they have enough
Top of the Heap: Health Education Games

Columns by Christian Porter on March 1, 2007

A game's Informativity score does not factor into its overall score; Informativity is merely an indicator of whether the game is actually helpful from a health-education standpoint.
Games for the Casual Gamer: Rayman

Columns by Danielle Symonds-Yemm on March 1, 2007

Those of us in UK universities (OK, well, a lot of us) are lucky enough to benefit from Reading Week: a week in which students are advised to hit the books in order to brush up on their skills, acquire more knowledge, and basically, NOT procrastinate over looming deadlines. Um, oops....
Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Feature Presentation

Columns by Eric Regan on March 1, 2007

Welcome to the newest and therefore, by definition, GREATEST Super Thumbs anyone has ever laid eyes upon. In this edition we will be traveling to some different eras in the world of PC gaming! And let
testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on March 1, 2007

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a young reader (or was it an old reader?), named...I forget his name. Let's just call him Reader. Well, Reader lived by himself in a log cabin in
Cheat Codes for Life

Columns by Zack Huffman on March 1, 2007

Zack Huffman offers advice about pre-ordering games, getting your wife into gaming, PC games to try out, and more.
[NSFW] Be Careful What You Search For #25

Comics by Terrence Atkins on March 1, 2007

Comics inspired by actual search terms people have Googled to discover GameCola.
Sam & Max Season 1, Episode 3: The Mole, The Mob and the Meatball (PC)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on March 1, 2007

Take everything I said about the last two games and subtract about two hours of gameplay. .... .... .... .... What, that's not good enough? Jeez. You people. I can never please you people. If it's not
Clubhouse Games (DS)

Reviews by A.E. Baxter on March 1, 2007

If there's one game for the DS that truly has something for everyone, it's Clubhouse Games. This all-in-one title from Agenda was originally developed as "42 All-Time Classics" in Japan. Just as the
Cooking Mama (DS)

Reviews by Steve Hamner on March 1, 20071

I've come across some pretty bizarre games since I started playing way back in the days of Space Invaders and Pong, but this one right here is angling for the title of strangest yet. Cooking Mama: a g