Archive for Category: Columns
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Dear Readers: Who Has Time to Play Games?
Columns by Paul Franzen on
I don't know about you guys, but I sure haven't been playing many video games lately. (Is it just me, or is this not the first time I've started off a "Dear Readers" with those words? Crazy.) What with schoolwork, transferring to another college, saving money for and purchasing Christmas gifts, and just being an all around loaf, it seems like I've gone an entire month without saving the world. Oh sure, I've died a few times in Way of the Samurai, rediscovered how annoying Legend of Mana is, punched a few deserving small children in Fable (honestly, can't they just quit making fun of me for not breaking the barrels?), and started to play the new GoldenEye (I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far -- look for a review next issue), but most of this month has been spent on things much less important than video games. For this, I am sorry.
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… of the Month: Puffy AmiYumi
Columns by Matt Gardner on
Japanese Pop Band That You Can Listen to While Playing Games With Crappy Soundtracks of the Month: Puffy AmiYumi Now, I'm sure everyone reading this has already heard about Puffy AmiYumi (they are si
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Digital Championship Wrestling: Diddy Kong vs. Blanka
Columns by Paul Franzen on
Paul: Hello everyone again, and thanks for inviting us into your computer rooms on this cold December night! I'm Paul Franzen alongside Eric "guys, move back up the screen, I got stuck behind a wall a
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Games for the Casual Gamer: Ford Racing 2
Columns by Julie Kozarsky on
College has robbed me of my pride, my joy, and my baby: my car. I love my silver 1999 RAV-4, and knowing that it lies dormant in a garage 300 miles from me is heartbreaking. Occasionally, my mom takes
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Versus Mode: Carmen Sandiego vs. The Oregon Trail
Columns by Paul Franzen on
I had a bit of trouble coming up with a topic for Versus Mode this month, inasmuch as I haven't actually been playing any videogames lately; but I believe the subject I've conceived is a worthy one.
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The Gates of Life: Episode 18 – An Intimidating Structure
Columns by Matt Gardner on
Large Stone Wall: Whooooooooooooo aaaaaaaaaaaaaaam IIIIIIIIIIII? Whyyyyyyy aaaaaaaaaaaam IIIIIIIIIIIIII aaaaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaaaall?
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… of the Month: Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie Soundtrack
Columns by Matt Gardner on
If you are asking yourself right now "What does the Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie soundtrack have to do with video games?" then you clearly have not read the title. And you're an ass.
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Great Moments in Gaming #4
Columns by Stuart Gipp on
Playing Abe's Oddysee, you are tramping around Rupture Farms, experimenting with the buttons. You press a certain button combination and a flatulent sound is heard. Your brain goes into joy-spasms. Did --- did the lead character just FART? You try it again. Abe farts again. You cry tears of joy. Then you find a sleeping enemy and fart on him. He instantly wakes up and fillets you. You don't care --- ABE CAN, NAY, MUST FART AT WILL. When you find out that flatulence is integral to beating the game, you just laugh even harder.