Archive for Category: Columns

  • The 2010 GameCola Videogame Awards

    Columns Columns by GameCola on Comments16

    GameCola's favorite games from 2010! Please don't make fun of us.

  • Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumb Feature Presentation

    Columns Columns by Eric Regan on

    So, it's a new year. A new year of super-amazing thumbs coming at your FACE! Better put on some protection, because this is going to be one furious and FANTASTIC year for the THUMBS!! We are starting

  • Impaired Closed Captioning: Super Mario Galaxy 2

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments2

    Impaired Closed Captioning strikes again, this time with Super Mario Galaxy 2.

  • Versus Mode: Bad Games, Good Games, Single-Player Games, and More

    Columns Columns by GameCola on Comments2

    Grey Dog Software's Adam Ryland and Liquid WoW's Steve Hamner discuss whether single-player games are on the outs, whether companies should bother to release bad games, the Game of the Year for 2010, and more.

  • Flash Flood: Holiday Mashup

    Columns Columns by Nathaniel Hoover on

    Well, it's that time of year again when people grasping for writing ideas start out their articles with, "Well, it's that time of year again." Christmas is/was in the air, there's a Kwanzaa in progres

  • Gamera Obscura: Santa Claus no Takarabako

    Columns Columns by Jeff Day on

    Don't you know that it's Christmas time at GameCola? Ah, that lovely time of year when families get together and share peace and love amongst one another. It's about chestnuts roasting on an open fire... a delectable turkey in the oven... and an endless supply to egg nog for one and all. The holidays are a time to reflect on the past year and all the bounties that you've been given (and -- heh -- get a few new nifty gadgets under the decorated tree).

  • Top of the Heap: Games in Which You Kill Santa

    Columns Columns by Christian Porter on

    Some people celebrate the Christmas spirit a little differently than others.

  • Quantum Geek: Episode 20 – In Which a Banana Pun Is Very Carefully Avoided

    Columns Columns by Michael Ridgaway on Comments2

    Rick was aghast, though not for reasons one would think. Yes, he was extremely worried about his friends stuck in his creation and could do nothing but watch as his they struggled through the games, but that seemed like a distant memory now. Tom was waltzing his way through The Secret of Monkey Island, completely ignoring all of the puzzles, and it was working. As a child Rick had spent days trying to figure out where to use every item and clicking on each and every object on screen just in case it might be important, whereas Tom just reacted as he would in the real world (or at least, a completely fictional real world). Need a ship but Stan the Salesman is in the way? Knock him off the dock and steal it. Need a crew? Promise anyone who comes along they can have the ship when you’re done. Don’t know where you’re going? Just follow the obviously glowing outline of the ghost ship. At this moment, Rick both admired and hated Tom for his ingenuity.

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    Gamer Girlfriend: Alley Cat 2: Rise of the Ninja Kitty

    Columns Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on Comments2

    I think they should make a game about my cat. Her life is an adventure unto itself. See, most cats just like to take it easy. Their daily routines involve a lot of sleeping, and lounging, and the occa

  • Minus the Pudding Special Edition: Indie Games Winter Uprising

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on Comments4

    Hello everyone, and welcome to "Minus the Pudding," where I have to get this intro out of the way now, because I have friggin' fourteen games to talk about today. Why's that? Because today, we're going to be talking about all of the games featured in the "Indie Games Winter Uprising." The Uprising (or, maybe THE UPRISING, because how much cooler does that look?) is an attempt on the part of certain XBLI developers to make sure everyone know that, hey, sometimes, good XBLI games are released, too, in addition to all the penis massagers The way they're doing this is by flooding the service with a whole bunch of good games, all at the same time, which is pretty much the opposite of what normally happens.