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Guybrush Threepwood to be a Playable Character in The Force Unleashed II

News Posts by Paul Franzen on September 29, 20102

...or something like that. According to the official Monkey Island fan page on Facebook, the mighty pirate most recently of Tales of Monkey Island will be an "unlockable skin" in Star Wars: The Force
DeathSpank (XBLA)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on July 26, 20103

It's been described as "equal parts Diablo and Monkey Island" by people who clearly don't remember Monkey Island very well (or, at least, who never played it on Mega Monkey mode). It's much more accur
GC Podcast #26: E3 2010

Podcasts by Paul Franzen on June 20, 2010

The latest edition of The GameCola Podcast has just been released, featuring E3 coverage from three people who didn't actually go to E3. Michael Gray, Paul Franzen, and Elizabeth "Lizo" Medina-Gray di
Pajama Sam In: No Need To Hide When It’s Dark Outside (PC)

Reviews by Michael Gray on May 14, 20103

Everyone agrees that Monkey Island is a great videogame series, but personally, I thought it was confusing. That is, both the jokes and the puzzles make sense about 30% of the time. Fortunately, Mon
The Twenty Best and Worst Videogames of All Time (April Fools 2010)

Columns by Michael Gray on April 1, 20101

GameCola recently conducted a staff poll to determine what games we think are the best and worst of all time. After adding up all the point totals, we came up with a definitive list, which is sure to
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition Announced

News Posts by Paul Franzen on March 11, 20101

After I went to bed last night—I think they did this on purpose, because they knew I'd have trouble sleeping after all this excitement—LucasArts announced their upcoming remake of Monkey Island 2:
What It’s Like in Japan

Videos by Michael Gray on March 5, 2010

I totally forgot about this video. It's a music video I made for a song on Logan Whitehurst's Very Tiny Songs album, in thanks for him making the 15th song on that album for me. It's all about Japan, and videogame enthusiasts might recognize where the song draws its inspiration from.
Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (PC)

Reviews by Michael Gray on February 23, 20101

To paraphrase what Justin Luchinski said in a relatively recent podcast, there's not much more to adventure games than retrieving/using random items and hoping it forwards the plot. Pretty boring. I d
Tales of Monkey Island: Rise of the Pirate God (PC)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on February 12, 20104

So, uhh...hey guys. Man, this is kind of awkward. I guess I'd better just get it over with. If you've been following my reviews of Tales of Monkey Island—Telltale Games's latest series of point-and-
Tales of Monkey Island: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood (PC)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on February 4, 20107

Tales of Monkey Island: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood is the Mostly Harmless of this series. By saying this, I don't mean, specifically, that the designers decided to off the main c