Archive for Tag: Dear Readers

  • Dear Readers: Change, Part Two

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    Change, as candy has noted, is good. Wait. Crap. I think I’ve used that line before, haven’t I? Just great.

  • Dear Readers: Why People Make Bad Games

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    In case you're curious, I've recently discovered the secret of Why Developers Make Bad Games: We keep asking for them.

  • Dear Readers: Pride

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    You know what makes Mario Kart a good series? There’s only five of them. Mario Kart doesn’t milk its franchise for all it’s worth. Mario Kart doesn’t come out with a new title every year, with virtually no changes aside from a few new characters and maybe a new track. Mario Kart makes its launches meaningful, and each Mario Kart clearly has some effort put into it.

  • Dear Readers: Change

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    Change, as candy has noted, is good. We’ve given you new writers, we’ve given you a better layout, and now, we’re giving this: Twelve more issues a year.

  • Dear Readers: We Need a New Logo

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    On a whim comprised of boredom with a dash of purpose, I was leafing through GameCola files that have been on my computer since, roughly speaking, the Paleozoic era. During this whim, I discovered...a celebratory image from not too long ago...

  • Dear Readers: The Janish.

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    In a stroke of genius, GameCola, for once, actually listened to its fans. For years now you've been telling us to stop putting everything on one page. It was taking too long to load! It took forever to scroll through everything! Your computers were only able to load a quarter of the pictures before giving up in a fit of coughs and wheezes!

  • Dear Readers: Please Send Me Stuff for the Janish!

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    To paraphrase the late, great Yakko Warner: It's that time of the year again. I could just leave it at that, really. Leave it to the reader to do his or her own research— to check out here, or here, to figure out what I'm talking about.

  • Dear Readers: Discrimination

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    I don't know if you've noticed this, but there's discrimination in gaming. No, I'm not talking about women being represented only by either prissy princesses in need of rescue by a brave and strong man, or by barely legal teens wearing what equates to dental floss around their most private of parts. No, I'm not talking about a lack of black heroes. Or a lack of gay heroes. Or a lack of Middle Eastern heroes. Or a lack of guy heroes with guy haircuts.

  • Dear Readers: The Next-Gen Consoles

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    A number of you (one is still a number, right?) have written in asking for my thoughts on the next generation of gaming consoles. While I'm not quite finished with this generation yet (or the last several, for that matter), this appears to be a pressing issue on the souls of our loyal readers, so I feel it is my duty to have it a go. Even if I would rather just play Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt than most of the Xbox 360's launch titles.

  • Dear Readers: GameCola Statistics

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on

    DID YOU KNOW THAT...11.1% of all GameCola staff members have been named "Matt?"