Archive for Tag: Paul Franzen
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Phoenix Wright: The Musical is a Real Thing
News Posts by Paul Franzen on
To get the bitter taste of the worst thing that has ever happened to anyone out of your mouth, I've got something that's pretty much the opposite of that: Phoenix Wright, the musical. No, not that mus
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Wii U Doesn’t Need a DVD Player, Dummies
News Posts by Paul Franzen on
The Internets have been ablaze this morning with the shocking (if you've never played a videogame before) news that the Nintendo Wii U won't have DVD player support. Nerds frothing with the notion tha
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A Very GameCola Wedding 2: Wed Harder
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on
I married the love of my life, Elizabeth "Lizo" Medina-Gray, on the end of the world, May 21, 2011. ...Well, that's not really true; apparently it was actually just supposed to be "Judgement Day," wit
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GC Podcast #37: This Thing Came Apart
Podcasts by Alex Jedraszczak on
It's that time again, GameCola faithful! On our thirty-seventh installment of The GameCola Podcast, Alex Jedraszczak, Paul Franzen, Christian Porter, and special guest star Michael Gray talk about vid
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Hellgate Lives?!
News Posts by Paul Franzen on
Hellgate: London, the one-time supposed “videogame” from the creators of Diablo, is coming back, baby! (I know at least one guy who’s gonna be happy about this.) Details are scarce, but so far we know that: 1) It’s going to be free-to-play, and 2) That’s because no one would ever pay to begin with! Hey-o! Closed beta … Continue reading "Hellgate Lives?!"
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“Silver Dollar Games Not All Bad,” Says Silver Dollar Games
News Posts by Paul Franzen on
I received a press release in my inbox the other day—a pretty rare occurrence, perhaps because GameCola's news coverage isn't so much...actually news coverage, as it is coverage of things that I per
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Brink: Apparently Not a Racing Game
News Posts by Paul Franzen on
This game called Brink is coming out this week. I don't know anything about Brink. I was avoiding all news posts about Brink, because I thought it was some kind of racing game that offers "high-octane
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Square Enix is Definitely Prepping for Chrono Trigger 2
News Posts by Paul Franzen on
How else can you explain this? A few weeks ago, it came out (via the ESRB) that Square is looking at a PlayStation 3 and PSP release for Chrono Trigger; and yesterday (also via the ESRB), we learned that Chrono Trigger is coming to the Wii's Virtual Console, as well.
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The Adventures of Willy Beamish Playthrough
Videos by Paul Franzen on
What's more fun than playing a videogame? Why, if you said "nothing!", then...I mean, what are you doing here, on the Internet? Go on—we don't need you. Go have your fun. The correct answer, of cour
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Bayonetta Director Let’s-Playing His Own Game
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Taking inspiration from both 14-year-olds and GameCola writers across the world, Hideki Kamiya, the director of Bayonetta, the 2010 game in which I'm pretty sure the main character has guns for feet,