Archive for Category: Columns
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[NSFW] Poor Player’s Paradise
Columns by Christian Porter on 
2 Since the last “Poor Player’s Paradise,” the sun has come out and the first day of summer is just a few weeks away. So, how best to celebrate this? Easy: stay the hell inside your house. It’s hot out—too hot to go screwing around outdoors like some kind of sweaty jackass. Your friends may laugh … Continue reading "[NSFW] Poor Player’s Paradise"
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Gamera Obscura: Jajamaru no Daibouken
AH, HELLO AGAIN.
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[NSFW] Top of the Heap: Games In Which You Do Battle With Poop
Columns by Christian Porter on 8 In the midst of any battle there are always warriors who stand tall and rise above the rest. Bullets, arrows, and bombs do not strike fear into their hearts because these men do not fear death. They
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Flash Flood: Thinking with Portals
Columns by Nathaniel Hoover on It's been several months since my last "Flash Flood" column, but believe me, I am still alive. That's why it's appropriate for me to make my long-awaited comeback now, in the wake of another long-awai
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What the Crap?: Difficulty Settings and Modes
Columns by Mark Freedman on 2 Why, cruel videogame industry, are we forced to play Goldilocks when sitting down to play our games? Games all have their own ideas of what Easy and Hard mean, have different rewards (and sometime none at all) for choosing a more difficult setting, and really produce a schism in groups of people who say they've beaten a game. I really don't care if you've beaten the game on "Super Easy," you shmuck!
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Quantum Geek: Episode 23 – The Calm Before the (Psionic) Storm
Columns by Michael Ridgaway on While Tom, Alli, and Emmi were preparing for their battle, Rick was preparing for his. He knew the attack could come at any time; and when it began he knew he would have to closely monitor the system for his chance to strike.
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Gamer Girlfriend: The Curse of the Hidden Object Games
Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on 1 I recently came to the end of what turned out to be an extremely counterproductive, fairly expensive, and slightly embarrassing pastime. It all started shortly after I quit my job in December to becom
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[NSFW] Gamera Obscura: Uncle Poo
UNGGGHH....
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[NSFW] Versus Mode: Anonymous, Sonic’s Design, the Wii 2, and More
Columns by GameCola on Former GC writer Zack Huffman and current GC writer Michael Ridgaway discuss Anonymous's attacks on PSN, old Sonic vs. new Sonic, the Wii 2, and more.
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The Anger Dome: Mega Man Universe
Columns by Nathaniel Hoover on 5 Mega Man Universe is canceled, and Nathaniel Hoover is...happy?