Archive for Category: Columns

  • testgame.exe: Making the Adventure

    Columns Columns by Elizabeth Medina-Gray on

    Why hello, random people. You seem to have stumbled upon this month's issue of testgame.exe: Making the Adventure. What is this strange creation, you ask? Well, it appears to have something to do w

  • Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumb Feature Presentation

    Columns Columns by Eric Regan on

    Welcome to another exciting edition of the PSYCHIC thumbs that are, in fact, quite SUPER! This month I have a HEAP of Wii games lined up because well, I just LOVE the WII that much! I am going to warn you right now that this article will bring you through the full spectrum of emotions. You will laugh, you will cry, you will be enraged, you will feel the need to hug strangers. The WHOLE shebang! Don't worry though; you will love every minute of it. Just like you always do.

  • Dear Readers: Write For Me, Part 2: Paul in a Bikini!

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    Thanks to the enormous success of last month's flow charts, we now—officially—have one whole, new, entire new writer who will start writing for us next month in the January issue. And hey, that's not bad. Not bad at all.

  • … of the Month: Hellgate: London

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    If you’ve ever played Hellgate: London, you probably balked at that. And I understand. Really, I do. But just hear me out. I know there is a plethora of glitches and other annoyances in Hellgate right now, but there is also a lot of potential! Even though I can't go through a single zone in that game without being warped back to the start, booted from the game, made invisible so that my party members can't see me, or just straight up crashed/frozen and forced into a hard reboot, I still keep playing. If a game can be so fun that you keep playing it even though you are inevitably going to run into a million annoyances that pretty much ruin the game, imagine how good it will be when they fix all of that!

  • Versus Mode: Adults Only Games, GamePro Pseodonyms, Wii Shortages, and More

    Columns Columns by GameCola on

    Peter Payne of J-List and GC's Kevin Leacock discuss whether GameStop should stock Adults Only-rated games, GamePro writers' pseudonyms, Wii shortages, and more.

  • Dear Readers: Write For Me, Part 1: Flowcharts!

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    I have nothing more to say to you. By which I mean, I do have more to say. To you. But I'm not happy about it. Saying things to you, that is. I'd rather not, actually—frankly, I'm upset, and if you don't know why, maybe it's about time we reconsidered where this relationship is going.

  • The Ten Reasons: The Adventures of Willy Beamish

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on

    Does Michael like or hate The Adventures of Willy Beamish? Read his ten reasons!

  • Inside the Guide: Wagyan Land

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on

    Hey everyone, and welcome to another edition of Inside the Guide. In this column, I discuss games that I've written GameFAQs guides for. This month, there's a slightly educational bent, as I talk abo

  • Low-Rent Adventures in Japan: I’m Afraid of Americans (Part One)

    Columns Columns by Richo Rosai on

    I went to America the other day (to see a man about a horse). Actually, I didn’t want to go, and I couldn’t really afford it, but I had no choice.

  • The Gates of Life: Episode 51 – Render Goes Flying off a Cliff

    Columns Columns by Matt Gardner on

    Narrator: ...Bar-Bar head-butted Render Girl in the gut and sent her flying off the side of the cliff!