Archive for Tag: Paul Franzen
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Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games
Columns by Paul Franzen on 
3 You've seen people use the phrase "the screenshots don't do this game justice," right? It's one of those awesome games-writer clichés that we like to use when we don't have anything interesting to say. (Or, if you're a writer for something like Game Informer, it's just what you use, period. BOOM! Got you, Game Informer! ...They're not still around, right?)
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Casting Call for Uncharted: The Reality Show
News Posts by Paul Franzen on Are you ready for the multimedia experience of a lifetime? Games AND television all wrapped into one grand event! There's no way this will be terrible, right?
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The Gates of Life Returns in One Week.
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on Rumors have been flying for weeks now regarding "The Gates of Life," GameCola's choose-your-own-adventure fantasy story in which the fans get to dictate the path the story takes. Most of these rumors
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Back to the Future: Episode 1 Free on PSN!
News Posts by Paul Franzen on Hey you, get your damn hands on this! The first episode of Back to the Future: The Game (GC’s future Game of the Year 2011) is now available for free on PSN! I’d bust out the celebratory-cat jpg, but I think I’m over my quota for the month already. If you’re not interested in the … Continue reading "Back to the Future: Episode 1 Free on PSN!"
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2011 Games of the Year?
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on 9 During a recent recording of The GameCola Podcast, Jeddy, Nikola and I talked a little about what we thought the big contenders for GC Game of the Year 2011 might be. I think we ultimately decided t
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This Week in ‘Cola: Hurricane Preparedness Edition
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 5 As you may know, GameCola HQ is located right in the middle of what's known as "The Valley" in southern Connecticut—a small chunk of the state that I guess is between some mountains, or something. I
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GameStop Makes Up for the Deus Ex Thing
News Posts by Paul Franzen on On the heels of yesterday's historic tragedy, GameStop has decided to try to make amends to it's (justifiably) jilted customer base: they're offering $50 GameStop gift cards to anyone who purchased
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Quantum Conundrum Will TAKE YOU TO THE FLUFFY DIMENSION!
News Posts by Paul Franzen on 2 Earlier today GameSpot received a news blast about Quantum Conundrum, a first-person puzzle platformer by Kim Swift—whom you might know as the former lead developer of the greatest videogame of all
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Non-Gaming Gaming Podcasts
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on I tend to listen to a lot of podcasts—particularly when I'm doing something that I'd rather not be doing, like washing dishes, driving, or fighting in turn-based battles. Of course I listen to The G
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GameStop, Microsoft Both Kind of Dumb
News Posts by Paul Franzen on It's not unusual for The Internet to cry foul on either GameStop or Microsoft—after all, acting like they've been wronged is pretty much what everyone on The Internet lives for—but a couple news s