Archive for Category: Columns

  • Mid-Boss: Dino-scores

    Columns Columns by Stuart Gipp on Comments2

    Hello, Sodies. It's been a while. What are we doing here now? Hey, new digs! Eh, I kinda miss the old place. What can I say, I like blue. So what're we talking about? Scoring systems? SCORING SYSTEMS!

  • Gamera Obscura: Asmik-kun Land

    Columns Columns by Jeff Day on Comments4

    Over 8 million people purchased Halo 3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sold a whopping 12 million. And Nintendo can't defecate out Pokémon and "Wii Insert Random Thing To Do Here" games fast enough to

  • Retro ≠ Good: Castlevania

    Columns Columns by Christian Porter on Comments8

    Some games have aged well and are still fun to this day. Then there's Castlevania.

  • … of the Month: The (8001050F) PS3 Kill Switch.

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on Comments10

    By the time you read this, I can only hope this horror is a fading memory. For now, however, I am suffering through truly the grimmest day in my gaming life. Without delving too deeply into my personal struggle, let me recap exactly what is going on.

  • Versus Mode: Rare, Fanboyism, Demos, and More

    Columns Columns by GameCola on Comments4

    GameCola writers Zach Rich and Paul Franzen discuss whether you should earn Trophies for watching movies, which franchises Rare should revisit next, and more.

  • Oh, the Humanity!: Fire Emblem Anime

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments2

    Hello everyone, and welcome to "Oh, the Humanity!", the column that reviews videogame-based movies (and sometimes books). Today, I'm going to talk about Fire Emblem, an anime series based off the fir

  • testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

    Columns Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on

    Hello everyone! It's time again for the latest installment of "testgame.exe: Making the Adventure!" No new plot this month (sadness!), but instead I've given you a bunch of new graphics and animation

  • Flash Flood: Games IN SPAAAAACE!

    Columns Columns by Nathaniel Hoover on Comments6

    Nathaniel reviews Flash games set IN SPAAAAACE! Certain things explode.

  • Gamera Obscura: Biometal Unitron

    Columns Columns by Jeff Day on Comments1

    This month, let's take a quick look at Biometal Unitron, a game released in 1999 for the Neo-Geo Pocket Color. Remember that little handheld console? One of the many portable systems that was trounced to death by the Game Boy like a wild puma on a steaming plate of Hamburger Helper?

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

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on Comments6

    This is only the second edition of "Minus the Pudding," but already I find myself wondering if, instead of playing these games, I'd be better off playing with actual pudding. Actual pudding may not have the solid AI of the day's top videogames, and it certainly has less replay value (eww), but it is delicious, and it's a lot more entertaining than most of the Xbox Live Indie Games I've been playing over the past several weeks.