Archive for Category: Columns

  • testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

    Columns Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on

    We have direction! A course of action! A seating plan! After a late-night brainstorming session with the one and only Paul Franzen, there are now, literally, a ton of new puzzles in the works. (Well,

  • Versus Mode: PS3’s Release Date, Gay-Friendly Guilds, Bomberman’s New Look, and More

    Columns Columns by GameCola on

    GC writer Janra Roberts discusses when the PS3 will be released, whether Blizzard should allow gay-friendly guilds, Bomberman's new design, and more.

  • Great Moments in Gaming #9

    Columns Columns by Shawn Sackenheim on

    I never played more than a demo of Michel Ancel's original Rayman, but even its limited stages thwarted what little platforming skill I thought I had. Despite my shortcomings, I found the game gorgeou

  • Dear Readers: Pride

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    You know what makes Mario Kart a good series? There’s only five of them. Mario Kart doesn’t milk its franchise for all it’s worth. Mario Kart doesn’t come out with a new title every year, with virtually no changes aside from a few new characters and maybe a new track. Mario Kart makes its launches meaningful, and each Mario Kart clearly has some effort put into it.

  • 0wning the Competition: Chip’s Challenge

    Columns Columns by Kay Leacock on

    I've got a little story to tell you today. About five hours ago, before I wrote this article, I was playing a game called Chip's Challenge. It's one of the old 16-bit Windows 3.1 games that you rememb

  • What the Crap?: Bosses

    Columns Columns by Mark Freedman on

    I can't tell you how many easy bosses I've cut through that just made me wonder what the crap was going on in the boss-designer's mind.

  • The Grass is Always…: Killer 7

    Columns Columns by Travis Combs on

    This month is the last of the games we torture each other with out of our own collection. Next month, I mean it: We're going for the complete bottom-shelf shit games for rent at Hollywood Video. Just last week I saw Chicken Little, Bionicle and approximately 400 copies of Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Official Video Game of the Movie of the Cartoon of the Card Game.

  • Low-Rent Adventures in Japan: Water on the Sidewalk

    Columns Columns by Richo Rosai on

    Today was a sunny day. For the first time in a while, there was no rain or puddles. This is good, because I don't like to walk through water. But whenever life leaves you alone, you can count on Japan

  • Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Feature Presentation

    Columns Columns by Eric Regan on

    Welcome to NEWEST and therefore GREATEST edition of the Thumbs that just so happen to be SUPER. Apparently this was a good month for gaming, because I just wasn't able to fit truly bad games into my s

  • Player Two: Year-End Lists Are a Joke

    Columns Columns by Janra Roberts on

    YEAR-END LISTS ARE A JOKE. The pointlessness of year-end lists astounds me. Every year the videogame journals, writers, newspapers and industry mags all get together and have a big circle J all over t