Archive for Category: Columns

  • Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on Comments6

    Videogames have long been considered a form of escapism, a way for us nerds to (pretend to) leave our couch, put on a pair of pants, and leave our tedious lives behind so we can instead wander around a desert for hours and hours and hours in search of a goddamn save point, because we seriously just want to go to bed, but we can't, because WHERE'S THE SAVE POINT?! It's been HOURS since we last saved and we don't want to leave our system on all night, because who KNOWS what could happen then, so we keep playing and playing and FINALLY! Look! There's a save point! Only, before we can access it, we're forced into a boss battle and DIE because the stupid boss is IMPOSSIBLE to beat, and then we have to go to our last save point, which was so long ago that we don't even remember it!

  • Gamera Obscura: Tetsuwan Atom (Famicom)

    Columns Columns by Jeff Day on

    That's right! It's time for another edition of "Gamera Obscura," where we uncover strange and somewhat obscure games. And this month, I have something fun to show you.

  • Oh, the Humanity!: WarGames

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments3

    Welcome to "Oh, the Humanity!," the column that reviews videogame-based books and movies. Today, we're going to talk about one of the earliest videogame movies ever made: WarGames, from 1983. Historic

  • Inside the Guide: NES Completion Project

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments1

    "Inside the Guide" tells you about Michael's contributions to the NES Completion Project.

  • Versus Mode: Real ID, 1 vs. 100, Rumble, and More

    Columns Columns by GameCola on Comments3

    Bob from Bob's Game, Patrick from Twin Galaxies, and Colin from Budcat/GameCola discuss Real ID, rumble, 1 vs. 100 Live, and more.

  • Flash Flood: Epic Mario

    Columns Columns by Nathaniel Hoover on Comments3

    Epic. It's a word that's tossed around more than cabers in Scotland. EPIC WIN. EPIC FLAIL. "Dude, your snow cone is epic." It's hard to tell if the Internet even knows what epic really means anymore.

  • Gamera Obscura: Pac-Boy & Mouse

    Columns Columns by Jeff Day on Comments2

    You can barely find any knowledgeable source of information on this game, it's so lost in the bowels of time. But from what I gathered from the awful introduction is that a mouse has been beating up your girlfriend and now you, in your fit of rage, are solely devoted to avenging her by squashing all mice.

  • Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on Comments2

    Forgive me, my dear readers, but after playing Enchanted Arms, I don't think I can go back to playing Xbox Live Indie Games. You might've seen this coming, considering how I described the game in my review, with phrases like "one of my new favorite videogames," "I had the freakin' time of my life," and "as he beckoned toward me with his throbbing, engorged, magically possessed right arm, I felt the waves of passion finally overtake me. 'Atsuma!' I cried, not sure if it was in pleasure or in pain. 'Take me! Take me now! Show me now what that arm of yours can really'"–you get the idea.

  • Versus Mode: Kinect, PlayStation Plus, Skyward Sword, and More

    Columns Columns by GameCola on Comments5

    Donna Nicholson from the "Pink and Deadly" podcast and GC's Michael Ridgaway discuss whether Kinect is too casual, PlayStation plus is a good deal, Zelda: Skyward Sword looks like a fun game, and more.

  • Gamer Girlfriend: Thoughts for a Rainy Afternoon

    Columns Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on Comments2

    It’s weird how things change. I was recently looking back over the archives of "Gamer Girlfriend," which date back to early 2008, and I was surprised to notice a gradual but distinct progression in the way my column has evolved over the years. Originally, it was about the crazy antics and wacky misadventures of Mike, my own dear “Gamer in Residence,” and the trials and tribulations that came from first dating, and then living with him. After a while, it was about my own tentative forays in the gaming world. “Reflections on Grand Theft Auto IV” was followed with a cute story about how I acquired my pink DS and very first game cartridges (Animal Crossing and Cooking Mama). Then came Kingdom Hearts, the first “real” game I ever played by myself. From then on, my column became increasingly focused on the games I was playing, and somewhat less on the games Mike was into.