• The Vana’diel Diaries (March 2007)

    ...1 40th level and I’m still finding myself dragged into the Crawler’s Nest. I joined a party with Moesizlack (bwaa!), Kyyra, Buddah, Stedron and a rotating DD in the secret...

  • Fisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue (NES)

    ...number. If you like mazes and can tolerate the back-asswards emergency force of the Little People, then you’ll like this game. I wouldn’t like to live there, though, because I...

  • Inside the Guide: Pajama Sam: Life is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff!

    ...you, totally free, provided you are stupid enough to fall for this scam. So please send me your name, address, social security number, pet goldfish, and that new Spongebob DVD,...

  • 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....