Archive for Tag: Paul Franzen

  • GC Podcast #29: Jeddy’s First Podcast

    Podcasts Podcasts by Alex Jedraszczak on Comments4

    It's Jeddy's first podcast as host, and as such, the topic of the day is RPGs!

  • Runaway: A Road Adventure (PC)

    Reviews Reviews by Paul Franzen on Comments3

    Brian Basco is the biggest asshole in adventure gaming. He's supposed to be the "hero" of Runaway: A Road Adventure. But would a hero:Comment on how "this person probably needs this object," and then

  • “You’ll Never Be Sad Again!”

    Videos Videos by Paul Franzen on Comments1

    We recently lost one of our Facebook pages. We used to have two—one that was an official Facebook "fan page" with about 60 fans, and one that was an actual Facebook person-account, which had over 1,

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

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on Comments6

    Videogames have long been considered a form of escapism, a way for us nerds to (pretend to) leave our couch, put on a pair of pants, and leave our tedious lives behind so we can instead wander around a desert for hours and hours and hours in search of a goddamn save point, because we seriously just want to go to bed, but we can't, because WHERE'S THE SAVE POINT?! It's been HOURS since we last saved and we don't want to leave our system on all night, because who KNOWS what could happen then, so we keep playing and playing and FINALLY! Look! There's a save point! Only, before we can access it, we're forced into a boss battle and DIE because the stupid boss is IMPOSSIBLE to beat, and then we have to go to our last save point, which was so long ago that we don't even remember it!

  • DeathSpank (XBLA)

    Reviews Reviews by Paul Franzen on Comments3

    It's been described as "equal parts Diablo and Monkey Island" by people who clearly don't remember Monkey Island very well (or, at least, who never played it on Mega Monkey mode). It's much more accur

  • GC Podcast #28: A God Among Men

    Podcasts Podcasts by Paul Franzen on Comments5

    In this edition of The GameCola Podcast, Michael Gray, Michael Ridgaway, Vangie Rich, Paul Franzen, and Elizabeth Medina-Gray discuss Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, the Phoenix Wright s

  • Slumber Party Part Two (sort of) Released!

    Blog Posts Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on

    Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that the "We're Having a Slumber Party!" podcast has been appended to include more content. Rather than create a whole new podcast for the second part of our

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

    Columns Columns by Paul Franzen on Comments2

    Forgive me, my dear readers, but after playing Enchanted Arms, I don't think I can go back to playing Xbox Live Indie Games. You might've seen this coming, considering how I described the game in my review, with phrases like "one of my new favorite videogames," "I had the freakin' time of my life," and "as he beckoned toward me with his throbbing, engorged, magically possessed right arm, I felt the waves of passion finally overtake me. 'Atsuma!' I cried, not sure if it was in pleasure or in pain. 'Take me! Take me now! Show me now what that arm of yours can really'"–you get the idea.

  • Great Scott!: Back to the Future Storyline Reactions

    Blog Posts Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on Comments4

    Telltale has revealed a few possible storylines for their Back to the Future game—what do GC's biggest BttF fans think?

  • GC Podcast #27: We’re Having a Slumber Party!

    Podcasts Podcasts by Paul Franzen on Comments1

    In this sequel to the "We Are Drama Queens" podcast, GameCola writers Paul Franzen, Mike Ridgaway, Vangie Rich, Matt Gardner, Elizabeth Medina-Gray, and Eric Regan get together to play Charm Girls Clu