• The Operative: No One Lives Forever (PC)

    ...real reason the Allies attacked Germany. And even the myriad nameless goons Cate guns down have plenty of personality. Although the character models aren’t as charming today as they were...

  • New Monkey Island! And Other Trailers from E3

    This isn’t meant to be a comprehensive list of everything that was announced/shown at E3 today—just the things that interest me. In no particular order: 1. Tales of Monkey Island...

  • Exile trilogy (PC)

    ...action-RPG. In other words—chess-style fighting with serious exploration. And hell’s balls, what exploration… Today, these games would be nothing special, but back in the middle of the last decade, this...

  • The Basics: Metal Slug

    ...still good to play today; it’s a shame we never saw a compilation of them both for the GBA. Side-scrollers weren’t exactly ten a penny on the NGPC, so these...

  • Dear Readers: The Last Issue of GameCola

    ...new format, switching over to a design that, hopefully, looks a little less 1997 Geocities and a little more today. Captain Eric, Kevin and I have been collaborating on the...

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    Bugs, Hugs and Other Stuff

    ...the transition, but even today, nothing’s perfect. We’ll be bringing you updates routinely to let you know what’s going on, right up until the final launch. That said, out of...

  • Carbonated News: September 2009

    ...I stopped writing the column. I meant to look up information about the Tokyo Game Show and finish the column later, but then I completely forgot about it until today....

  • Farewell to Mario

    ...on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, passed away today at the age of 76. I understand that he was in declining health and was recently placed in hospice care,...

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    My Controversial “Dear Readers” Column

    ...our industry, it would still be alive today. YOU, yes, YOU are what’s dragging down our industry. We do all the work, you get all the benefits…at our cost! So...

  • Celebrity Dating Wii

    ...celebrity pairings, like Britney Spears and Will Ferrell, or Tom Cruise and a human female! All this and more in Celebrity Dating Wii, made exclusively for the PS3. Pre-order today!...