Archive for Tag: Paul Franzen

  • 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.)

  • Bastion Coming to XBLA this Summer!

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    You remember Bastion, right? You HAVE to. It's that game with the awesome narration—which, I admit, would not ordinarily be a major selling point for a videogame, but if you've ever seen this narrat

  • Gameloft Releasing New Gauntlet for PSN!

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    …in everything but its name, anyway! Seriously, you watch this trailer, and you tell me that these characters aren’t going on a legendary quest to try to secure their dark legacies: Dungeon Hunter: Alliance (which is what the game is actually called, I guess because you spend most of the game traversing the forest Gen’eric … Continue reading "Gameloft Releasing New Gauntlet for PSN!"

  • We Dare: Flirty Fun for NO ONE!

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    Earlier this week, we reported on how PEGI, the European videogames ratings board, assigned We Dare, the Wii game wherein you spank and kiss people in real life, a rating of 12 and up, telling parent

  • We Dare: Flirty Fun for Kids?

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    Last week, we posted about a new Ubisoft game called We Dare, showing you a trailer that may or may not still exist anywhere on the Internet, because Ubisoft is apparently as embarrassed about the ga

  • Skyward Sword Looks like a Wii Game

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    During its keynote at the Game Developers Conference earlier today, Nintendo showed off some new footage of its upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and boy does it look waggletastic! Check it

  • Catherine to Bring Sex and Sheep Monsters to the U.S.

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    Never fear, GameCola Faithful: Atlus has heeded your cries. "Persona just isn't weird enough anymore!," you said. "Can you please make a game in which you grow a pair of goat horns and fight off mutan

  • The 3DS Isn’t For Us

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    Just like with the Kinect (and, arguably, the Wii) before it, the videogame industry wants to be absolutely crystal clear about one thing regarding the 3DS: it's not meant for us at all. It's not a v

  • Magicka’s New DLC is Set in Vietnam.

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    Well, why not. Double Fine is developing a Sesame Street game for the Kinect, the Panasonic Jungle is GONE, and now, Magjika—the PC Diablolike about wizards doing wizardy things—is going to Vietna

  • New Wii Game to Induce Creepy Laughter, Inappropriate Touching

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    This is a real game that's really being made, and yet we still don't have, for example, Beyond Good and Evil 2. Are you sure you're utilizing your resources properly, world?