Archive for Category: Columns
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Dear Readers: The Janish.
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 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 by Jenna Ogilvie on Jenna Ogilvie offers advice about sweating at night, going to college, and more.
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Versus Mode: Crazy Taxi vs. Simpsons: Road Rage
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 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
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… of the Month: GameCola Stationary
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.
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Advice for the Sensitive Gamer #6
Columns by Jenna Ogilvie on Jenna Ogilvie answers questions about her staff picture and stuffed animals.
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Versus Mode: GTA vs. Hit and Run
Columns by Kay Leacock on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a pretty awesome game. Your goal is to complete "missions" given to you by various people and the mob. These missions can include races, purchases, drug deals, and lots of other things. You can run around on foot, or drive around in various vehicles to get to where you need to go and do what it is you need to do. You can also drive around in other people's cars. As you run over things and cause mayhem, a little counter goes up. When this counter reaches it's maximum level, you are busted by the cops.
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The Gates of Life: Episode 6, Part 2 – Dugo’s Dilemma
Columns by Brian Wolf on While Barin and Najen slept below deck, Dugo watched as white curls disappeared among the black sea. The morning dawn provides warming rays of light, but the chill ocean breeze quickly counters the warmth. Hours pass, and the Black Isle, along with promises of imminent doom, approaches beyond the horizon.
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Dear Readers: Please Send Me Stuff for the Janish!
Columns by Paul Franzen on So you wanna write for GameCola? Here's your chance to shine! We're looking to pump up our Second Annual New Year's Awards Special with numerous guest reviews. If you've got the interest, the talent, and the testicular fortitude to bare your soul in the best goshdarn gaming newsletter that the Internet has to offer, drop me a line and I'll fill you in with more details.