Archive for Category: Columns

  • The 2003 GameCola Videogame Awards

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    The 2003 GameCola Videogame Awards!

  • … of the Month: Irata’s Quest: Doomed Isle

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    A little while back, I was informed by my good buddy Paul that the ruler of Mean Hamster Software was having troubles coming up with the storyline to a video game he wanted to create, entitled Irata's Quest: Doomed Isle. Paul immediately went to the first person that came to mind to tell him the news, and after that person shot him down, he came to me. I got myself in touch with Mean Hamster's fearless leader, and before you knew it I had become the Robin to his Batman. We've been working out the basics of creating the game (in other words, he has been explaining how making a game for the Atari 5200 works) and sooner or later we will have ourselves an actual game. At this moment in time the game is going to be something like Legend of Zelda, only with an emphasis on puzzle solving rather than monster defeating. There will be multiple characters for the player to control in order to get passed various types of puzzles, as well. As more details are created by myself and the Overlords of the Mean Hamster, there very well may be an update or two in GC in the future; but for now, this tiny amount of information will have to be settled for.

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    Advice for the Sensitive Gamer #8

    Columns Columns by Jenna Ogilvie on

    Jenna Ogilvie offers advice about becoming Paul Franzen (with superpowers), meeting Cassandra from Soul Calibur, getting friends interest in gaming, and more.

  • Versus Mode: Mario 1 vs. Mario 2 vs. Mario 3

    Columns Columns by Kay Leacock on

    HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Well, another year down, and so is another year's worth of games.  But, for the sake of the classics, we're going back a bunch of years, and we're gonna look at some classics.  Now

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    The Gates of Life: Episode 8 – Always Follow Your Lizard

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    Apul: North is as good a direction as any. At least it'll take us closer to the straight between here and the Red Isle. If we are really lucky, maybe we'll meet on of those mineral hunters you were talking about, Barin.

  • Your Top 10 Favorite Games: Aaron Waters

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    Aaron Waters's top 10 least-favorite videogames.

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    Dear Readers: The Janish.

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    Dear Readers,This is it, gamefans. This is the issue you've all been waiting for: the WrestleMania of GameCola. Or, if you don't fancy yourself a fan of the fake fights: The Super Bowl of GameCola. (Not that I'm one to endorse football in any way -- I'm just trying to provide a decent analogy for you.) This, the January issue of 2004, is the biggest, most important issue of the past twelve months, and you are mere moments away from diving head-first into it. Are you ready?

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    Dear Readers: Please Send Me Stuff for the Janish!

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    I trust that you all read my "Dear Readers," column last month. If you missed it, I basically said that GameCola is looking for your guest reviews and top 10 lists for our super-duper January extravaganza issue (interested in writing either? Contact me via pfranzen@gamecola.net.). After writing that month's column, I realized that I'd forgotten something. In last year's New Year's Special, we started featuring a few new monthly columns. These new columns were written by new staff members, and we started them in the January issue to add to that particular issue's mystique.

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    Advice for the Sensitive Gamer #7

    Columns Columns by Jenna Ogilvie on

    Jenna Ogilvie offers advice about sweating at night, going to college, and more.

  • Versus Mode: Crazy Taxi vs. Simpsons: Road Rage

    Columns Columns by Kay Leacock on

    Well, here I go again: another article based upon my recent addiction to Simpsons game spoofs. But, hey, what do you want? If I play a game, I'm gonna write about it. And it seems that, as of late, the games I play the most are the Simpsons ones. So here we go, again, with another Versus Mode based upon a Simpsons parody. This time, the parody is of Crazy Taxi for the Sega Dreamcast. Oh -- by the way -- at the end of this article, there is a poll for the special New Year's Versus Mode in January... look around down their for details.