Archive for Tag: Reviews
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GameCola.net (PC)
Reviews by Nathaniel Hoover on 
5 GameCola.net, contrary to popular belief, is neither a game nor a carbonated beverage, nor a game about carbonated beverages, nor a carbonated beverage based on a game. This misunderstanding is part o
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Announcement: New Review Scale
Blog Posts by Paul Franzen on 3 Attention readers: I'd like to interrupt your regularly scheduled "hitting F5 on GameCola.net to check for any new articles" for an Important GameCola Announcement. You might've read in our "Mid-Boss"
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Dear Readers: Details of the Upcoming GameCola
Columns by Paul Franzen on IT'S OK. THERE IS NO NEED TO PANIC. THE CRISIS HAS ENDED. No, I don't mean the crisis of "what the hell, Paul, why isn't GameCola's brand-spanking new website ready yet?"
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Versus Mode: Review Ratings, Sonic, the GameCube, and More
Former GC writer Christian Porter and current GC writer Eric Regan discuss review ratings, the fall of Sonic, online gaming, and more.
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Never Write Reviews Again!
Blog Posts by Michael Gray on Personally, I find writing articles every month to be tedious. Fortunately, I found the Random Paragraph Generator. All you have to do insert subjects, and the paragraphs are written for you. That r
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Captain Eric’s Cheat Codes for Life
Columns by Eric Regan on Captain Eric Regan answers questions about reviews that people can trust, why the Wii is so worthless, and more.
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[NSFW] Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Reviews by Meteo Xavier on 4 Inspired by a historic debate on the hills of GameCola Capitol, where 22+ comments were left showing our seven readers that me and Jeddy just don't see eye to eye, I'm covering the first Mario trilog
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Dear Readers: Clichéd Review Intros
Columns by Paul Franzen on 1 I don’t know how many of you frequent GameFAQs, but I do, because it’s the best dad-gum hunting grounds for new writers you’ll ever see. Anyone can post their reviews on that site, and, as a result, you can come across a lot of untapped talent just waiting for that e-mail that invites them to the big leagues. If you send out enough e-mails, you’ll even find a few willing to write for GameCola, too.
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… of the Month: What’s up with all the 10s?
Columns by Matt Gardner on I’ve been wondering about this for awhile, particularly back when the late, great Stu “Fancy 10s Mickey Mouse Boy” Gipp was still with us. Why are there so many 10s given out in reviews? Correct me if I’m wrong (which I’m not, so don’t bother correcting me), but I thought that, under the clearly defined ratings system of GameCola (carefully set out by the Edicheif himself), a 10 indicates that a game isabsolutely perfect in that category. If that’s true (which it is), then why are 10s more prevalent than bad jokes on Mad TV? To quote the late, great naked Abe Lincoln, “What the crap?”
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Cheat Codes for Life
Columns by Zack Huffman on Zack Huffman offers advice about reviewing bad games, the DS stylus, and more.