Archive for Category: Columns

  • testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

    Columns Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on

    Doo de doo de doo, testgame.  Mmmm...I just ate a banana and it was yummy.  Bananas. Making adventure games is fun!  Yaaaay!  Walking around, picking up things, wearing sunglasses.  Hooray! New t

  • Virtual Console Review (March 2008)

    Columns Columns by Myrtle T. Blinkin on

    You know who is a super toucan? That Toucan Sam. It’s a shame his son went on to kill all those people, you know, Son of Toucan Sam. He stood proud and continued to sell cereal up until his death in 1984.

  • … of the Month: Unknown and Underappreciated

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on Comments2

    Do you remember that commercial that came on the other day for that amazing new 9$ (That’s right, the dollar sign is after the 9. My mind says nine dollars, not dollars nine, and I’m tired of mindlessly lending my support to bullshit that is, quite frankly, OUT OF ORDER) game that you can only get by downloading it from the PlayStation online store? If you do, you probably also shit your pants every time you see a cop driving down the opposite side of the highway, because you are sure that he noticed the 15 dollars (15$) worth of marijuana you have stashed under the passenger seat, and it’s only a matter of time before he spins around and skids through the grassy (get it?) median to come after you.

  • Digital Championship Wrestling: “Who Can Stop Me?” Challenge: Mr. Domino vs. Chibi-Robo

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on Comments1

    Y helo thar gamefans, and welcome to yet another capriciously captivating edition of Digital Championship Wrestling! My name's Paul Franzen, and this here is my co-captain, Eric Regan.

  • The Gates of Life: Episode 55 – Narrators Gone Wild

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on Comments1

    Render Girl: That's not how this was supposed to go down! You were definitely just supposed to give me my penis back.

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    Quantum Geek: Episode 1 – Player One Has Entered The Game

    Columns Columns by Michael Ridgaway on Comments1

    Imagine, if you will, a story of magicks ancient and powerful. A tale of minds that can grip and shape reality. A chronicle of technology so powerful and advanced it can barely be comprehended by the mortal mind. This is not a story about these things.

  • Gamer Girlfriend: Gearing Up for Girlfriend Mode

    Columns Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on

    Finally, a game that non-gamers can play together with their gamer friends.

  • Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumb Feature Presentation

    Columns Columns by Eric Regan on Comments1

    This edition of the Psychic Thumbs is just another expose of the currently sad state of gaming and the direction it's heading in. I mean, LOOK at these games! How do these ideas ever get far enough to come to fruition! A lesser man truly could not stand the ugliness that is the future. HOWEVER! I brave on for you, THE FAN, so that you may be educated.

  • Versus Mode: Book Stores, PaRappa, Innovation, and More

    Columns Columns by GameCola on Comments8

    GameCola writers Zach Rich and Sprite Monkey discuss videogames being sold in book stores, PaRappa as the best-ever videogame dog, whether a game needs to be innovative in order to be good, and more.

  • Dear Readers: Videogame Humor

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on Comments1

    We ended last month's Dear Readers on a cliffhanger, and, well, I hope you're arms aren't too tired , 'cause you're gonna be dangling into the abyss, literally, for at least another month—we are not yet ready to disclose the upcoming epic addition to GameCola's main site that will, among other things, serve as a replacement for Submissions and probably save a few orphanages. Check in with us again next month.