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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...

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Dear Readers: A Sheep Ate My Dear Readers

Columns by Paul Franzen on July 15, 20061

You know, a funny thing happened to me on the way to the Internet the other day. Well, OK, you may not find it that hysterical, but it had me in stitches, slapping my own rear end from the hilarity of it all.
Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Feature Presentation

Columns by Eric Regan on July 1, 2006

Welcome to the next installment of the most awe-inspiring and titillating article about videogames that has EVER existed! Here at the THUMBS we redefine "super OMGOMGOMGAWESOME" every month, and this
Cheat Codes for Life

Columns by Zack Huffman on July 1, 2006

Zack Huffman offers advice about making time for games, lending games to friends, and more.
The Gates of Life: Episode 35 – DIE!!

Columns by Paul Franzen on July 1, 2006

Seconds 46-47: The sword finds its mark. Genericus is defeated.
Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (DS)

Reviews by Steve Hamner on July 1, 2006

In the realm of RTS titles on the PC, few games can hold a candle to Microsoft's Age of Empires franchise for depth of play, cunning AI, strategic challenge and breadth of multiplayer options. Bringin
Mario Party 7 (GCN)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on July 1, 2006

Before we begin, a few select quotes from everyone's favorite source of opinionated fanjerks, GameFAQs: "Let's all still party like its 1999!" "We've done it all before, and it has been done before be
Submissions (July 1, 2006)

Fan Submissions by GameCola on July 1, 2006

Comments, e-mails, artwork and more from GameCola’s readers.
Dear Readers: Another n00b Bites the Dust

Columns by Paul Franzen on July 1, 2006

Do do do. Another n00b bites the dust. Though, unlike so many of our n00bs of yore, who couldn't handle the intensitude of writing one entire videogame review every single month, Shawn Sackenheim did not leave because he was lazy. Shawn Sackenheim, in all seriousness, left because of medical injury.
… of the Month: The Adventure Game Studios Forums

Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on July 1, 2006

So I've just recently discovered—after a whole year+ of using Adventure Game Studio to make testgame—that there's this whole community of people making adventure games with this software, and they're like…decent games! And I'm talking real old school adventure games too, the likes of King's Quest and Monkey Island, and such.
The Vana’diel Diaries (July 2006)

Columns by Steve Hamner on July 1, 2006

Finnegan: 23 RDM, 15 WHMGaelan: 10 WAR I've been playing FF XI for better than 60 days now, and while I am playing quite a bit, I don't feel "addicted" per se. However, I checked my total playtime ear