• Nintendo 3DS System Update: What Does it REALLY Do?

    ...QR codes for level sharing. Got a new 3DS but want to keep your save data, purchases, funds and your Ambassador freebies from your old one? Simply use the new...

  • Apple Invents New Game Type

    ...business opportunities. After introducing this mind-bending new genre, the Forbes article goes on to describe Bastion. Like most RPGs, Bastion is a game where you can get new equipment and...

  • The 2011 GameCola Videogame Awards

    ...generations. It’s not the perfect remake, since there aren’t any new additions besides prettier aesthetics, but I guess not everyone was waiting for newer mechanics or anything else for the...

  • GC Podcast #170: Live from New York

    ...is in New York How do videogames use real locations? The evolution of New York City in Spider-Man videogames The Big Games of The Big Game Season Joe is finally...

  • Nintendo Announces New Pokémon Game

    ...it won’t be a new Pokémon Snap, or Pokémon Pinball, or Pokémon Ultimatum: Dance, Jigglypuff, Dance!—it’s going to be a new, honest-to-God, monster-catching/cockfighting Pokémon game, and it will probably have...

  • Dear Readers: Why People Make Bad Games

    ...should make a new GoldenEye, and unfortunately, they made a new GoldenEye. We said they should make a new Final Fight, and unfortunately, they made a new Final Fight. We...

  • The Basics: Metal Slug

    ...it added enough new features and gimmicks to make it much more than just a “mission pack.” For a start, there was the introduction of two new female characters, Eri...

  • Our New Xbox Experience

    A few days ago, Microsoft released the “New Xbox Experience.” This pretentiously-named new GUI for the 360 features a new layout, user-created games, connectivity with Netflix, and Miis. No, I’m...

  • This Yard Has Saled #8: Christmas in July

    ...that’s interesting. Yeah, these old games are my husband’s, but with the new baby, it’s time to get rid of some old stuff.” I could have mentioned something about babies...

  • Dear Readers: Pride

    ...worth. Mario Kart doesn’t come out with a new title every year, with virtually no changes aside from a few new characters and maybe a new track. Mario Kart makes...