Archive for Category: Columns

  • Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumb Feature Presentation

    Columns Columns by Eric Regan on Comments1

    Well, it's another year, and we're all still here, gaming our little hearts out. Now, I hate to be a downer at the start of the new year, but my predictions in videogame land this month are not going to be all that bright. OK, I lied—I love being a downer. With that in mind, let's get on to the reviews of these soon-to be-forgotten-before-they-are-released titles! BOOYAH.

  • testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

    Columns Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on Comments2

    Hello everyone, and welcome to this month’s edition of testgame.exe: Making the Adventure. This month, it being the ultra-special January issue of GameCola and all, I have decided to do something that some of you may remember from a few issues ago. That’s right: We will once again be taking a look at the very earliest stages of testgame development, back when the idea for testgame was nothing more than a real-time outpouring of semi-random elements in a IM-based text adventure between myself and real-life Paul. Makes sense? Well, I did a better job of explaining it last time. Suffice to say, this is a view of testgame that hardly anyone has seen before, so pay close attention.

  • Dear Readers: The Janish.

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    With that out of the way, I'd like to...what the hell. The link doesn't work anymore! WHY doesn't the link work anymore! It was so cool...it...it had me, Travis, Colin, and Terrence as elves, dancing around and singing and telling everyone—in goofy voices—to "enjoy the January issue." And now it's GONE. Why! Why would OfficeMax do this to me! I'm calling for a ban on OfficeMax. It is ON, paper supplies store. I never loved you as much as Staples.

  • The 2007 GameCola Videogame Awards

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on Comments3

    Remember that thing we did last year? We did it again this year. The GameCola staff got together for some hardcore extreme voting action, and, once the bits were settled, we had some basic idea of wh

  • … of the Month: Ancient GameCola

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    Whatever happened to Julie…Jenna….something or other who did a comic strip about a woman oppressed by the male game designers of the world? You know, the one with a naked picture of herself as her staff photo. Those comics were kind of amusing. More so than Loafy Carl. I know what happened to Loafy Carl, so I won’t ask about that.

  • Top of the Heap: Top of 2007

    Columns Columns by Christian Porter on Comments6

    It's our super-special 2007 year-in-review issue, and I've decided I'm going to celebrate in the tried-and-true manner that's worked for sitcoms for decades: Repackaging stuff you've already seen in a "best of" episode. So, let's indulge my slothfulness and take a look back on the games that have been deemed to be at the titular Top of The Heap this year and which ones were the bottom of the barrel.

  • Inside the Guide: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments1

    Hello everyone, and welcome to Inside the Guide, an article where I discuss writing guides for videogames. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Michael Gray, also know as The Lost Gamer, one of GameFAQs' most prolific writers.

  • Source Nintendo (December 2008)

    Columns Columns by Joseph Catalanotto on Comments1

    Nintendo’s two red-hot video game systems, the DS and Wii, got off to an unfortunately slow start when they were first released. They suffered from a dearth of good launch titles and a disappointing amount of gimmicky games. However, much to the delight of owners of both systems, they’re now brimming with a good amount of excellent titles. The problem for any budget shopper, of course, is which ones to buy, exactly.

  • Digital Championship Wrestling: The Third Annual Dino Rikki Invitational Battle Royal

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    Ladies and gentlemen, WELCOME, to GameCola's Sixth Annual New Year's Awards Special. And welcome, more importantly, to this year's edition of the DCW Dino Riki Invitational battle royal!

  • The Gates of Life: Episode 53 – This Gate is a Trap

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    DNN: See that castle up there? We need to get to that castle. Just climb aboard this giant antelope butterfly.