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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

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (SG)

Reviews by Kyle Ogilvie on January 1, 2004

The funk is leaving Funkotron! Earthlings are running amok! The Funkopotamus has hid!
[NSFW] Shin Megami Tensei (SF)

Reviews by Aaron Waters on January 1, 20041

Shin Megami Tensei owns.
Super Adventure Island (SNES)

Reviews by Matt Gardner on January 1, 2004

As with most wannabes, it just doesn't live up to what it was imitating.
Carbonated News (January 2004)

News Posts by Paul Franzen on January 1, 2004

- Well it sure took them long enough. Sega is in the process of suing Electronic Arts over EA's 2001 Simpson's Road Rage. Sega is claiming that Road Rage was designed to "deliberately copy and imi
Submissions (January 2004)

Fan Submissions by GameCola on January 1, 2004

Comments, e-mails, artwork and more from GameCola’s readers.
Dear Readers: The Janish.

Columns by Paul Franzen on January 1, 2004

Dear Readers,This is it, gamefans. This is the issue you've all been waiting for: the WrestleMania of GameCola. Or, if you don't fancy yourself a fan of the fake fights: The Super Bowl of GameCola. (Not that I'm one to endorse football in any way -- I'm just trying to provide a decent analogy for you.) This, the January issue of 2004, is the biggest, most important issue of the past twelve months, and you are mere moments away from diving head-first into it. Are you ready?
Submissions (December 2003)

Fan Submissions by GameCola on December 1, 2003

Comments, e-mails, artwork and more from GameCola’s readers.
Dear Readers: Please Send Me Stuff for the Janish!

Columns by Paul Franzen on December 1, 2003

I trust that you all read my "Dear Readers," column last month. If you missed it, I basically said that GameCola is looking for your guest reviews and top 10 lists for our super-duper January extravaganza issue (interested in writing either? Contact me via pfranzen@gamecola.net.). After writing that month's column, I realized that I'd forgotten something. In last year's New Year's Special, we started featuring a few new monthly columns. These new columns were written by new staff members, and we started them in the January issue to add to that particular issue's mystique.
Tobal No. 1 (PS1)

Reviews by Allec Johnson on December 1, 2003

I've played plenty of 3D fighting games in my time, but no other title has made the impression on me that Tobal No. 1 has. Tobal was a sleeper hit that somehow fell deep into the cracks of gaming hi
Mad Maestro! (PS2)

Reviews by Allec Johnson on December 1, 2003

Mad Maestro! sets itself apart by being a refined member of the rhythm family.