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Scribblenauts (DS)

Reviews by Christian Porter on January 13, 201010

You can’t swing a dead cat recently without hitting a game that purports to have “emergent gameplay” or “endless possibilities limited only by your imagination.” But, until now I’ve been...
Top of the Heap: Girl Games

Columns by Christian Porter on January 12, 20102

Girl Games If you’ve been using the Internet long enough, you probably have a picture of what a “girl gamer” is in your head. They can usually be identified as...
Top of the Heap: Games Starring Musicians

Columns by Christian Porter on June 11, 20101

If there’s one thing popular musicians like to do, it’s branch their careers out into acting to prove to the world that they’re multifaceted renaissance men/women. Of course, more times...
Zombie Sniper 3D (X360-XBLI)

Reviews by Christian Porter on June 7, 20107

Every now and then the promise of a sub-$3 game will overtake me and I’ll browse through the Xbox Live indie game selection to see what’s available. Though, I usually...
Speak American: Episode 1

Videos by Christian Porter on June 3, 20103

Welcome to “Speak American,” where we take a look at several games from all genres, formats and generations that have one thing in common—they all have the poor taste to...
Poor Player’s Paradise

Columns by Christian Porter on April 7, 20105

In this flagging economy you need escapism, and you need it on the cheap. I’m just the cheapskate who’ll find it for you. Deal-seekers (Over $20) PS3 owners could do...
Retro ≠ Good: Castlevania

Columns by Christian Porter on March 8, 20108

Panthro, Cheetara, Tygra, Wilykat, Wilykit. Not pictured: a yiffpile. Nostalgia is a very powerful force. It’s what makes Thundercats seem like one of the awesomest shows ever when you think...
Eternal Sonata (X360)

Reviews by Christian Porter on January 25, 20107

Eternal Sonata had a lot of promise. Not only was it a much-needed RPG on the Xbox 360, but it looked like it was going to break the J-RPG mold...
Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (SMS)

Reviews by Christian Porter on July 17, 20133

This classic GameCola article was originally published in February, 2008. Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars is the strongest entry into the Alex Kidd series, in that it’s the only one...
GC Podcasts #30-31 on YouTube: Don’t Age, Metroid

Videos by Nathaniel Hoover on October 29, 20151

...as long as it doesn’t involve any amount of audio from the Spike TV Video Game Awards. These two podcasts feature some combination of Alex “Power Bomb” Jedraszczak, Christian “Long...