• Card Sweethearts (PC)

    ...touted as a “poker/dating-sim” game, but the dating sim aspect, as I was playing it, was virtually non-existent. It’s more like “poker/build-up-to-strip-poker.” The strip poker engine seemed a bit broken...

  • [NSFW] Hatoful Boyfriend (PC)

    ...high school in Japan. OK, I guess that sounds normal enough. However, this high school is not filled with bubbly teenage girls and strapping teenage boys. Well, I mean, it...

  • Versus Mode: Adults Only Games, GamePro Pseodonyms, Wii Shortages, and More

    ...in Japanese snacks, anime toys, kanji t-shirts and various other “Wacky Things From Japan” since 1996. He’s also been involved with licensing and translating PC dating-sim games and has a...

  • Adventure Game Developer Undertakes Real-Life Adventure

    ...your readers can follow along vicariously at: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/HQ8 You can also check our official website to find out more about the adventure itself: http://www.herosquest2008.com Again, please feel free to email...

  • Featured Game Soundtrack: Arcana

    ...generic gameplay and a unique aesthetic—and that aesthetic extends to the music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdY1XET0nnw The soundtrack really captures the feel of ’90s fantasy media in Japan. It falls right into place...

  • Featured Game Soundtrack: Soul Blazer

    ...a bunch of other stuff, including the opening and ending for Mospeada, AKA the third saga in Robotech. But that’s another article for another site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pugCIPOJdMA The point is, it’s...

  • GC Podcast #96: NewSite.JPEG

    ...was recorded, the site’s relaunch was just around the corner. Join Alex Jedraszczak, Anna Bryniarski, and Joseph Martin as we talk about our excitement for the new site, as well...

  • GameCola Is Back! Again!

    ...be following the post-a-weekday format. Like the shift from email newsletter to website newsletter, or from website newsletter to Actual Internet Website, GameCola is changing it up once again. It...

  • Dear Readers: Where is GameCola?

    ...it. Phoenix Wright fanfiction by Michael Gray. The sequel to Don’t Copy That Floppy. A piece by Michael Gray on Ocarina of Time manga. A piece by Michael Gray on...

  • Dear Readers: So Long, My Love

    ...by my older brother’s movie review newsletter, then called MovieMansion, now called Frothy Ruminations. What better way to become a writer than to, well, start up my own website and...