Archive for Category: Columns

  • Oh, the Humanity!: Mortal Kombat

    Columns Columns by Zack Huffman on

    Mortal Kombat: the movie did more than launch an irritatingly bad theme song that spent the latter half of the nineties being heard in Karate classes throughout the country. It also brought the first movie based on a video game that a majority of gamers thought was halfway decent. The thing is, most gamers have shitty taste in movies. How else would you explain the success of Japanese Anime?

  • Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Feature Presentation

    Columns Columns by Eric Regan on

    Greetings! Welcome to another entertainment-filled edition of the THUMBS that are SUPER. This month we shall be journeying all around the gaming spectrum from old to new and new to well, that which re

  • testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

    Columns Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on

    Yoooo listen up, here's a story, about a little girl who... made an adventure game... except not really because she had no idea what she was doing, and well, yeah. The end. This month's edition of Tes

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    The Gates of Life: Episode 25 – I am Hungry

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    Rivers: I know we have plenty of dried cabbages left on our ship, but maybe we should stock up on some food before leaving for our next destination, wherever that may be.

  • Dear Readers: Out of Their Minds

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    For the longest time, I couldn't play Out of This World, the acclaimed side-scroller in which, as one GameFAQs user put it, "failure is almost unavoidable." I was too scared to. Right at the beginning of the game, there are these evil slug monsters who jump completely out of nowhere and kill you instantly. They're impossible to avoid—at least, they were for a a ten-year old who'd only just recently mastered tying his shoes—and they always jolted the poo out of me.

  • Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Feature Presentation

    Columns Columns by Eric Regan on

    Welcome to the latest edition of SUPER THUMBS! No doubt to leave you in another stupor of euphoria... as it always SHOULD. This month brings some new games I have recently gotten ahold of, as well as

  • testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

    Columns Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on

    And speaking of video games, I'm sure there are just gobs of you readers out there waiting with bated breath for an update on the captivating new adventure game, TestGame.exe! Well, today just happens

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    The Gates of Life: Episode 24 – I Hate You All

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    Chapter Twenty-Four I Hate You All Narrator: As Captain Thomas "7-Eye" Render VI of Trelenodora stepped closer to the lair to see how close the Emo Dragon was to reaching them, Rivers placed his finge

  • The GameCola Interview: Greg Johnson

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    Chances are if you're reading this, you love ToeJam Earl. Chances are that you love the first one, aren't a big fan of the second one, and haven't yet had a chance to play the third one. Chances are

  • … of the Month: Sony PSP

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    The Sexiest Thing I Have Ever Seen in My Life of the MonthSony PSPI recently got a paycheck. Twelve minutes later I ordered the Sony PSP Dynasty Warriors Premium Pak whatever thing from gamestop.com.