Archive for Category: Columns
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Dear Readers: Stupid Things Developers do to Ruin Their Awesome Games: Part 3
Columns by Paul Franzen on 
1 In these Tough Economic Times, there is one thing that you, the GameCola fan, know you can have absolute faith in: GameCola itself.
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Flash Flood: Videos Inspired by Final Fantasy
Columns by Nathaniel Hoover on 1 My mission with this column is simple: to inform people about various Flash games and animations, be they amazing, appallingly atrocious, or astoundingly average. I'm not in it for the money (besides,
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Attack of the Clones: Sonic the Hedgehog (Part 1)
Columns by Stuart Gipp on 4 It's no secret that the success of the Sonic formula opened the floodgates to a host of imitators, with mascot-based platformers almost threatening to drown console owners in the nineties. Many of th
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Quantum Geek: Episode 15 – Zelda for Dummies
Columns by Michael Ridgaway on 2 "All right, I'll go over this one more time: get out your Deku Stick, run to the lit torch, set your stick on fire, then run to the unlit torch and light it." Tom had no idea how Alli could be so bad
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Gamer Girlfriend: Cate West and the Vanishing Eyesight
Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on 2 OK, I admit it, it’s been a long time since I played my DS. I’m not entirely sure why—I just lost the urge to play at some point. It might have happened sometime around the end of my Animal Crossing phase, or perhaps in the middle of my Diner Dash phase. At any rate, I stopped using it, and didn’t pick it up again for about eight months.
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Oh, the Humanity!: The Wizard
Columns by Michael Gray on 1 I went to the movie store yesterday to see what kind of movies they're making for kids nowadays. The movie that was being promoted was WALL-E, a cinematic masterpiece that preaches against the evils
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Versus Mode: Piracy, the Word “n00b”, and More
Adam Ryland from Grey Dog Software and GameCola's Colin Greenhalgh discuss current events in gaming. Topics include videogame piracy, whether "n00b" belongs in the dictionary, and more.
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The Ten Reasons: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Part 3)
Columns by Michael Gray on Welcome to "The Ten Reasons," where I discuss ten reasons why I like or dislike a game. This month, I'm finishing my discussion of Mario Luigi: Superstar Saga for the GBA. I'd like to thank my Lord
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Inside the Guide: Rollergames and Taipei
Columns by Michael Gray on 1 Hello everyone, and welcome to "Inside the Guide," the article that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the art of making guides for videogames. It's June, everybody! That means all you kids are out
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The Gates of Life: Season Two, Episode 5 – Build-a-Ship
Columns by Matt Gardner on Render: You like to build things, don’t you, gnome? You’re going to build me a ship. One that’s much bigger and much cooler than the one you destroyed. Depending on how good a job you do, I’ll decide whether to kill you or not.