Archive for Tag: Paul Franzen

  • Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games

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    The Internets have been abuzz lately with posts about Xbox Live Indie Games, and for once I'm not making a self-deprecating yet hilarious joke: people other than me have actually have been talking about the service. I believe this means that my column has been a huge success, and I can now retire on my big fat pile of money.

  • Just Trine Not to Take Advantage of the New Humble Indie Bundle

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    You know what's nice? Getting computer games for free, without being a douchebag pirate. Know what's nicer still? Donating to charity, and getting free computer games as a result. Know what's even nic

  • Children Explain What Swarm is, and it’s Great

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    If you don't already know what Swarm is, it's an XBLA/PSN sorta-platformer in which you... Actually, you know what? I don't think I'm the man for the job. I think there's a man much more appropriate t

  • The 3DS Comes Out Tomorrow!

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    Are...you...ready?! Have you made all the necessary preparations? Did you hire a homeless man to hold your place in line? Do you have a cup ready for your eyeballs to leak out into, when they're ravag

  • GC Podcast #35: It’s Pronounced “Episodic”

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    On this very exciting installment of The GameCola Podcast, Jeddy, The Franz Man, Sea Port, The Green Machine, The Hoover Dam, and D-Dons tackle hard-hitting topics that other videogame humor websites

  • Is This News?: Duke Nukem Forever Delayed

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    Hah, hah, hah. Good one, Gearbox. Don't you think you're taking the joke a little too far now, though? Just admit that the game doesn't exist, and that it never DID exist. If you can do that for me, I promise I'll try playing Borderlands again.

  • Trine 2 Has Goofy Sound Effects

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    ...but it's still a beautiful-looking game, and it's still bringing the maxxxtreme co-op action, so hey, who can complain? Check out the latest trailer for the sequel to 2009's Best Downloadable Game:

  • River City Ransom 2 Will BARF On You This Summer

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    I can't believe this is an actual post that I'm writing in 2011, and not just a hilarious prank that's being played on the River City Ransom fan community (...such that it is, anyway. Fun fact: Solitaire has more fanfiction on FanFiction.net than River City Ransom. Yes, that Solitaire.).

  • Cthulhu Saves the World: Enhanced Game of the Year Collector’s Edition Announced!

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    Remember Saturday? Saturday was a great day. You didn't have to work, you hadn't yet lost that hour of sleep due to Daylight Savings, and PAX East was happening, so there was still the hope—no matt

  • Minus the Pudding: The Best of Xbox Live Indie Games

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    Some of you may be familiar with the Game Developers Conference—that's where developers from all around the world gather to build new friendships, share ideas with one another, swap war stories, and, in general, work together hand-in-hand to realize the full potential of videogames as an art medium. Hah-hah! I'm kidding of course; it's actually just another way for people to promote and sell videogames. It's like E3, only with more pretension; or, it's like PAX, only with a lot more pretension. It's not without its highlights, though, and one of the highlights of this year's conference was a panel on none other than Xbox Live Indie Games. (At least, I assume it was one of the highlights. GameCola, as typical, didn't get an invite, probably because we do things like call it pretentious.)