• E3 2012: The Microsoft Press Conference

    ...a new and mature direction.” I think that’s code for “let’s see how much horrible stuff we can put Lara Croft through.” First, villains open fire on her, and she...

  • Contest Results

    ...wants to turn the apocalypse into an a-cop-alypse. Congratulations to BaozakergaX! Email mgray@gamecola.net for your Steam download code, so you can play Resonance yourself and root for the police officer!...

  • Resident Evil 4 HD (PSN)

    ...Perhaps “a few” is an understatement. Capcom still plans on riding the RE4 wave for another six years or so, so they’ve sent us a review code so we can...

  • [NSFW] Oniken (PC)

    I was really excited to score this review code. I’m not necessarily an NES enthusiast the way so many neo-retro games these days are built to cater to, but I...

  • The Typing of the Dead (DC)

    ...nothing more to say about this. … Except, “Why?” Wait! Maybe this is a metaphor for Sega. The character represents the developers, feverishly typing code to prevent assimilation with other...

  • GameStop Makes Up for the Deus Ex Thing

    ...purchased Deux Ex: Human Revolution from the evil retail outlet and didn’t receive the appropriate OnLive coupon code. Joystiq also reports that they’re offering a “Buy 2, Get 1 Free”...

  • Gamer Girlfriend: Love, Jealousy, and Farming

    ...affections, but he was also a bro, dammit, and the Code of Manly Solidarity did not permit him to stand idly by while another man was being so slighted. Jealousy...

  • Spider-Man (PC)

    ...it’s very hard! You can also enter cheat codes if you get stuck, or want to get the other costumes early, or if you’re lazy like me, UNLOCK EVERYTHING! Another...

  • Madden NFL ’94 (SNES)

    ...it “in the game”? Is “it” the American football spirit, the pride and quality of the American software developer, or something more literal like assembly code? Another unsolved mystery. But,...

  • Nintendo Publishing Girls RPG, For Girls

    ...possible that it’s a deep, engrossing RPG that just happens to star a girl, and they’ve picked a really unfortunate code-name that makes it sound like it’s nothing but complete...