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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

    Columns Columns by Aaron Waters on

    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.

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    The Gates of Life: Episode 7 – Into the Darkness

    Columns Columns by Brian Wolf on

    Only two sets of footprints lead into the interior of the island, but it seems that there are also two sets of smoothed-out sand, like something large was drug by whatever caused the footsteps... Hard

  • … of the Month: GameCola Stationary

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    Yeah yeah, that's right! Your faaavorite webazine has its own stationary! In a perfect world, anyway. In this godforsaken hell-hole filled with NO GAMECOLA PAPER WHAT-SO-EVER, unfortunately, we do not. But it is something that is becoming increasingly necessary, and you must admit it would be awesome. Some of the various products we could have include: post-it notes (great for reminding the GameCola staff minus Paul to actually be on time for each issue), paper (with the GC logo in the upper corner, available in a variety of colors), postcards, swimsuit calendars, greeting cards, folders, notebooks, planners, posters, etc. You name it, and if its made out of paper (or anything else really, it doesn't matter), we will put our label on it! Now, as to whether or not this idea will ever take effect.. I really don't know. If it does get off the ground, I imagine it will be in the form of Paul writing "GC" on the top of some generic yellow post-its, and writing some angry message like "GET YOUR DAMNED ASSIGNMENTS IN YOU BUFFOONS!" However it works out, it's still an amazing idea and definitely worthy of its spot in this "...of the Month: hall of amazingness.