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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

Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Feature Presentation

Columns by Eric Regan on December 1, 2005

Welcome to another highly anticipated edition of the famed thumbs that are super! Coming at you STRAIGHT from GameCola HQ, so you know it's got to be special. This month I will be treating you with an
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)

Reviews by Richo Rosai on December 1, 2005

It is unfortunate that so many people refused to accept the change that came with Zelda II.
Cheat Codes for Life

Columns by Zack Huffman on December 1, 2005

Zack Huffman answers questions about self-motivating, not being creepy around cosplayers, and more.
Low-Rent Adventures in Japan: My Day-to-Day Life

Columns by Richo Rosai on December 1, 2005

I present to you the dullest topic possible: my daily life!
testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on December 1, 2005

So, here we are again. Another month has gone around, and TestGame has settled itself comfortably on the back burner of the stovetop that is my life. The astute reader will notice that there really is
[NSFW] Half-Life 2 (MXB)

Reviews by Travis Combs on December 1, 20052

The entire beautiful, stunning, moving, life-asserting single-player game has been crammed and jammed into my Xbox. Somehow.
Chuck Rock (SNES)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on December 1, 2005

A caveman game that isn't Caveman Games.
Silent Hill (PS1)

Reviews by Richo Rosai on December 1, 2005

One thing I did not expect to do was to become freaked out enough to turn off my console and leave my house.
Dear Readers: Discrimination

Columns by Paul Franzen on November 1, 2005

I don't know if you've noticed this, but there's discrimination in gaming. No, I'm not talking about women being represented only by either prissy princesses in need of rescue by a brave and strong man, or by barely legal teens wearing what equates to dental floss around their most private of parts. No, I'm not talking about a lack of black heroes. Or a lack of gay heroes. Or a lack of Middle Eastern heroes. Or a lack of guy heroes with guy haircuts.
Ecco: The Tides of Time (SG)

Reviews by Casey Levine on November 1, 2005

Dolphins are cool, but time-traveling dolphins that can shape-shift and battle aliens are cooler.