• Versus Mode: The Next-Gen, FMV Games, XBLI Garbage, and More

    ...general promotions, and they have their yearly Dream.Build.Play competition—but it would be nice to see more regular promotions of good indie games. A once-a-month dashboard ad just advertising great XBLIGs...

  • Sprite Monkey Lives!

    Hold off on that candle-light vigil, everyone! Former GameCola staff writer (and current sprite monkey) Sprite Monkey, who left our site under mysterious circumstances in the summer of 2009, has...

  • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (XBLA)

    ...the most fun combat this side of The Jeremy Kyle Show. Levels have been switched for free-roaming, and one-hit kills have been accounted for by being made blockable or nullifiable...

  • Breath of Fire III (PS1)

    More like “Breath of Fresh Air” III…except without the three part, since I didn’t much care for the first two. Let me tell you a little story. The year was...

  • Inside the Guide: Tiny Toon Adventures

    ...300 ways to get them to reproduce through parthenogenesis. Elmyra supports furry love. A few days ago, I got an e-mail from someone who needed help with this game. Here’s...

  • Submissions (December 2005)

    ...it’s not like you can effectively dress up as a 300 lb. black man, but maybe as one of the Shinra peeps. I think Tseng had facial hair. – Andrew...

  • Dear Readers: Keeping Up

    Dear Readers, Atari released its “Video Computer System” (known by most as the regular ol’ Atari) to American audiences in 1977. The next mainstream home console, the original Nintendo, came...

  • Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus (PS1)

    ...character sprites have personality and charm, and the explosions and other special effects are impressively meaty. There are 300 Mudokons to find and rescue, and some of them are extremely...

  • Your Top 10 Favorite Games: Stuart Gipp

    ...going… OK, credits rolled. That’s it. I’ve unlocked WHAT? 6. Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega MicroGame$ (GBA): This game is like playing a sugar-rush. 300+ microgames rammed into your eyeballs while...

  • Gamera Obscura: Otto’s Ottifanten

    ...from your timer is added to a little scoreboard and when it hits 300, you get an extra life and the game makes a big spectacle of it, including a...