Archive for Category: Columns
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Inside the Guide: Games Based on Movies
Columns by Michael Gray on Hello everyone, and welcome to Inside the Guide, the article on GameCola that discusses writing guides for videogames. After messing around for a couple months, I'm back to my semi-normal format of w
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testgame.exe: Making the Adventure
Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on Hello again, and welcome to this month's edition of testgame.exe: Making the Adventure. Yaay, isn't it great how I start every single article in the exact same way? Maybe someday I should try to b
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Versus Mode: Mega Man 9, PS3’s Price, Gaming Naked, and More
Good-Evil's Andrew Raub and GC's Matthew Fraser discuss Mega Man 9 as a brand-new NES game, the PS3's price, gaming in the nude, and more.
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Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumb Feature Presentation
Columns by Eric Regan on 
1 It's that time again! The time when we look into the FUTURE of gaming and see which games we will put off buying, which games we will completely forget about buying, and which games we will tell ourselves we would never ever buy, until that crazed friend of ours talks us into it because it like totally has such sweet fps, man.
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Dear Readers: Scenes of Costa Rica
Columns by Paul Franzen on OK guys, here's the deal. I'm actually writing this way, way ahead of the deadline—about a month early, in fact, because I'm going to be out of the country the last two weeks of this month.
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Quantum Geek: Episode 5 – Tom Sandwich
Columns by Michael Ridgaway on 1 "Ugh. If I never play a Final Fantasy again it will be too soon," Tom said. "Well, I kind of uploaded all of them into the system before I lost control, so unless I get you out of there soon odds are
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Gamer Girlfriend: My Boyfriend, The Pirate King
Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on 2 Last night was an interesting evening. My boyfriend headed out to a videogame networking event around 7:00, and I had the apartment all to myself for a couple of hours. I made good use of the first hour by cleaning up the place and doing the dishes, but by 8:00, I had pretty much caved and was completely engrossed in my latest obsession, Kingdom Hearts. I know that anyone who reads this column is probably already nodding his or her head in recognition, but really, the fact that I’m even playing this game is a huge deal for me. Generally, I am loathe to venture into RPG territory, Disney characters notwithstanding. I don’t really do those kinds of action/adventure games. They kind of make me nervous.
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… of the Month: Special Guest Stars in Games
Columns by Matt Gardner on 1 Do you like guest characters in fighting games? Do you like guest characters in any genre of game? Do you just plain hate guest characters or crossovers in general?
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The Gates of Life: Episode 58 – No Lips?
Columns by Paul Franzen on 1 Queuemigi: I want the Warp Whistle.
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Quantum Geek: Episode 4 – Final Oxymoron VII
Columns by Michael Ridgaway on 1 The situation had taken a radical turn for Tom. After barely surviving his experiences in Contra and Super Mario Bros., he had been deposited by IDEAS in Final Fantasy VII as the game's protagonist,