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GC Podcast #20: Something New

Podcasts by Michael Gray on February 1, 20102

We've just finished Podcast #20: Something New. It's the first GameCola podcast recorded in 2010, and the first podcast made specifically for the new GameCola website. Woo hoo! Joining us on the podc
Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of the Leviathan (PC)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on January 26, 20102

The awesomely-acronymed Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of the Leviathan is—if you haven't been paying attention to the adventure games scene, videogame news in general, or GameCola.net—the third in
Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay (PC)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on January 18, 201012

OK, so here's the thing. Everything I said about the last game goes. Everything. If you liked the last game, get The Siege of Spinner Cay, too; if you haven't played the last game, read my review of t
The 2009 GameCola Videogame Awards

Columns by GameCola on January 14, 201017

2009 is a year that many different gamers will remember for many different things. We'll remember it as the year we got to play as Ringo and Paul, Egon and Ray, and...flowers. We'll also remember it a
Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (PC)

Reviews by Paul Franzen on January 4, 20108

I took four pages of notes while playing Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal with my sigfig, to help me when writing my eventual review of the game. This sentence appears no fewer
Carbonated News: E3 2009 Preview

News Posts by Michael Gray on June 1, 20094

Welcome to "Carbonated News," the column where I take news stories from other Web sites and burp them back at you. This month, the focus is on the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3), which will be h
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge (PC)

Reviews by Carl Houghton on October 1, 20083

So I go to start typing and I realize—this is one of my top 10 favorite games ever! Listed alongside other greats such as Sensible World of Soccer, Suikoden, Call of Duty 4, and Secret of Mana, a
The Secret of Monkey Island (PC)

Reviews by Carl Houghton on March 1, 20085

"Hi! My name's Guybrush Threepwood, and I want to be a pirate!" And with that, a legend was born. Well, actually, if you ask me, the legend was born when that simply amazing theme tune kicks in when y
Digital Championship Wrestling: Guybrush Threepwood vs. Karate Champ

Columns by Paul Franzen on July 1, 2006

Paul: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the BEST goshdarn sports entertainment this side of G.L.O.W.—Digital Championship Wrestling. I'm Paul Franzen, and with me, once again, forever, and ever, and ever, and always, is "Captain" Eric Regan.
Dear Readers: Why Adventure Games Are Dead.

Columns by Paul Franzen on July 1, 20053

Having now played Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon, Escape from Monkey Island, and King's Quest: Mask of Eternity, I now know why nobody makes adventure games anymore: Because the games are festering puddles of squid waste.