• Inside the Guide: Anticipation and Backgammon

    ...games, you know, a game pak that contains a number of freeware games, like solitaire and free cell. One of the games in the game pak was “Backgammon,” and so...

  • Gamer Girlfriend: I Am the Shock Rat

    ...but somehow, it always seemed to balance itself out with the number of othercharacters I had taken with me. I ended up coming in second or third place for most...

  • Quantum Geek: Episode 3 – This Mortal Coil

    ...his assassin and a number of other soldiers who had appeared. Once the danger had passed, he regained enough control of himself to realize that he was, in fact, alive....

  • Best- and Worst-Reviewed Games of 2008

    ...win anything in our year-end awards. Worst Reviewed Game of 2008 Jewel Knight Crusaders (PC) Score: 1.1 Review by: Matt Gardner Link: https://gamecola.net/2008/02/jewel-knights-crusaders-pc/ From the review: “…the game comes off...

  • Braid (X360-XBLA)

    ...What does have to do with this game is the time twisting aspects of the puzzle solving. Within each stage is a number of puzzle pieces scattered across the land.3...

  • Gamer Girlfriend: Gamer Boyfriend

    ...looking for a girl (or guy, should you prefer) to share your hobby with: 1. Find a Good Girl. This is probably the hardest part, but it’s also the most...

  • The 2008 GameCola Videogame Awards

    ...In real life! In real life. Readers’ Choice: Wii Wheel Last Year’s Winner: N/A Best Multiplayer LittleBigPlanet (PS3) And here’s award number three for LittleBigPlanet. The game’s as solid a...

  • [NSFW] Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)

    ...to design side-scrollers. I mean, we could run a list of 10 ideas this game used to legendary effect. … Well, why don’t we? 1. Searching for power-ups in mirror...

  • Blaster Master (NES)

    ...good portion of my childhood. Being fairly long for an NES game, and requiring a good amount of knowledge of level layout and boss strategy, it has a great number...

  • Rock Band 2 (X360)

    ...I tasted was much like what I had tasted in the previous game. In fact, outside of a few cosmetic changes, Rock Band 2 looked exactly like Rock Band 1....