• Steam Heroes (XBLIG)

    ...is one of my biggest videogame pet peeves. <soapbox>The difficulty from a game should come from the gameplay itself, not from the fact that the game just broke itself.</soapbox> Once...

  • Captain Eric’s Cheat Codes for Life

    (Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the July 2009 issue of GameCola, back when GameCola was published in a monthly online magazine format.) Captain Eric Regan offers GameCola...

  • What’s On My Tablet?

    ...mobile sequel. The gameplay is ridiculously fun, is faster-paced, and offers a wide variety of new plants, time travel-themed areas, and quests. Unfortunately the lag is palpable, the UI is...

  • [NSFW] One Whole Unit Blood (PC)

    ...bunch of the lower enemies, but highly impractical in a LOT of situations the game offers. The Shotgun. Probably the closest thing to trustworthy the game offers, but it is...

  • Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (GCN)

    ...with progression in mind. You’ll be able to upgrade your character, weapons, and other items along the way. This offers a pleasant experience, since your combat effectiveness against the strongest...

  • Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back

    ...sign of something different, but SQ:VSB handles the source material with respect and offers up some darn fine adventure gaming, so my enthusiasm is perfectly justifiable regardless. For example: Beatrice...

  • TripleA (PC)

    ...versions which can be found at GameTableOnline. However, these options aren’t particularly enticing: the first is based solely on Classic and offers severely limited multiplayer, while the GTO version requires...

  • Tennis in the Face (iPhone)

    In Tennis in the Face, Ace tennis star Pete Pagassi gets addicted to an energy drink called Explodz. He’s arrested trying to steal a case of it, then after rehab...

  • Brink: Apparently Not a Racing Game

    ...of racing game that offers “high-octane thrills” and “true-to-life damage modeling” and “hot girls in bikinis.” I mean, it’s called Brink, for God’s sake; what else could it possibly be...

  • The 2010 GameCola Videogame Awards

    ...Vangie Ridgaway: This year’s Heavy Rain offers a bevy of innovations that make it well worth playing. The most significant innovation, of course, is the extent to which player actions...