Archive for Category: Columns
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Flash Flood: Dinosaurs
Columns by Nathaniel Hoover on With the proliferation of Flash games and animations out there, it’s a wonder more people aren’t reviewing them.
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The Gates of Life: Season Two, Episode 3 – Why Rivers Isn’t the Captain
Columns by Matt Gardner on 
1 Rivers: We’ll run in, and I’ll fuse the enemies to some trees to incapacitate them, while you rescue Render and Enrique.
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testgame.exe: Making the Adventure
Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on 2 Hello, hello, and welcome to this month's edition of testgame.exe: Making the Adventure! I guess you guys are pretty used to this by now, but there's not too much new stuff this month, but those thin
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Inside the Guide: DuckTales
Columns by Michael Gray on 2 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. Some of you may remember that last month, I Irished up
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Gamer Girlfriend: Virtual Cheating
Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on 3 Here’s a question for all you seasoned gamers out there: In the world of videogaming, where are the hypothetical “lines in the sand” with respect to sportsmanship and fair play? In other words, what does (or does not) constitute, well, cheating?
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Mid-Boss: Biggest Disappointments in Gaming
Columns by Stuart Gipp on 1 During his extensive life of gaming, Mid-Boss has had more than his fair share of disappointments. Primarily, his dissatisfaction has grown from an excess of hype or foolish enthusiasm toward games that turned out completely unworthy of the esteem forced upon them.
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Captain Eric’s Cheat Codes for Life
Columns by Eric Regan on 1 Captain Eric Regan offers advice on how to afford new videogame controllers, friends who are sore losers, and more.
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… of the Month: Replay Value
Columns by Matt Gardner on 3 What do ya’ll mean when you give games high scores for “replay value”? I’ve written a lot of reviews in my day, and I’ve wondered from time to time about exactly what it means to give a certain score in a certain category.
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Versus Mode: Review Ratings, Sonic, the GameCube, and More
Former GC writer Christian Porter and current GC writer Eric Regan discuss review ratings, the fall of Sonic, online gaming, and more.
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Dear Readers: Stupid Things Developers Do to Ruin Their Awesome Games: Part 1
Columns by Paul Franzen on 1 I hope you all enjoyed GameCola's first-ever April Fool's Day extravaganza! In case you missed it, GC writer Zach Rich took over GameCola.net, rechristened it "Zach Rich’s Slightly Carbonated Extravaganza for the Hard of Hearing,"