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  • Contact (DS)

    Reviews Reviews by Matt Gardner on

    In most role-playing games, you take on the role of a particular character and play as him throughout his adventure, commanding his every action.  But really you are just a player, controlling a char

  • EVE Online (PC)

    Reviews Reviews by Matthew Fraser on

    I think a lot of gamers will not have the patience to bother with this snoozefest.

  • Dear Readers: 7 is Above Average!

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    As part of my endless quest to produce as few of my own words as possible while still calling myself a "writer", I’d like to draw everyone’s attention to a comment posted by Matt Gardner in our review of Club House Games in last month's 'Cola.

  • … of the Month: More GameCola Merchandise Ideas

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    OK, just for everyone’s info, there is now new GAMECOLA merchandise! Go check it out. Some of the ideas from last month have been used, such as the bumper sticker that says “7 is ABOVE average!” So congrats and thanks to anyone whose ideas were used.

  • Shadowrun (SNES)

    Reviews Reviews by Alex Jedraszczak on Comments1

    So, after last month's review, I started thinking about other games with Western influences. At the top of my list was Shadowrun—a game I particularly remember for being impossible to play. With te

  • Inside the Guide: Anticipation and Backgammon

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on

    Hey, everyone, and welcome to a special "board games" edition of Inside the Guide, the only article where you get an insider's view on the art of writing guides for videogames. You folks out there in

  • Top of the Heap: Games Nobody Remembers Based on Licenses Nobody Remembers (Part One)

    Columns Columns by Christian Porter on

    All the big game developers know that nothing makes real money like a high quality, innovative game. Unfortunately, they’re also painfully aware that nothing makes a quick buck quite like shoving a temporarily popular cartoon/film/TV show into a mediocre videogame based vaguely on that license. Some of these licenses will be remembered and their videogames forgotten (e.g., Lethal Weapon), and, for some, the game will be remembered while the original license will be forgotten (e.g., Maniac Mansion), but sometimes both game and license are so worthless that both are forgotten. These are but a few of such forgettable game and license pairs.

  • Games for the Casual Gamer: Puzzle Bobble

    Columns Columns by Danielle Symonds-Yemm on

    My review is going to be short this time. You know why? Because I'm in the presence of evil. Yep, evil is on my very cell phone. Which means that wherever I go, it will never leave me alone. Unless I hit the delete button, but you know evil—it will not allow you to do such a thing.

  • Versus Mode: Reviews, the GameCube, Nintendo Fanboys, and More

    Columns Columns by GameCola on

    GC writers Michael Gray and Christian Porter discuss writing videogame reviews, the death of the GameCube, Nintendo fanboys, and more.

  • Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Feature Presentation

    Columns Columns by Eric Regan on

    Super Thumbs had some technical difficulties this month. But no matter! It STILL is AMAAZING. Please enjoy this month's YAHOO! GAMES IMAGES-ONLY SPRING SPECTACULAR! Literati (PC-Web) Captain Super Thu