Archive for Tag: Vangie Rich

  • GC Podcast #43: Turnabout Musical Interview Pt 2

    Podcasts Podcasts by Alex Jedraszczak on Comments10

    And now, for the exciting conclusion of the Turnabout Musical Interview! Make sure you've listened to the first part...first! The folks from Turnabout Musical have yet to escape the podcast, and are s

  • GC Podcast #42: Turnabout Musical Interview Pt 1

    Podcasts Podcasts by Alex Jedraszczak on Comments10

    In a complete reversal from GameCola's last podcast, Podcast #42 entirely revolves around Phoenix Wright! In an awesome GameCola exclusive, we're interviewing the staff of Turnabout Musical! That's ri

  • Gamer Girlfriend: Friends Don’t Let Friends Play (Crappy) Facebook Games

    Columns Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on Comments5

    It all started when I got a message from GameCola's own Kate Jay. "Hey Vangie," she said, "I know you don't usually play Facebook games, but you might want to give this one a try. It's really a lot of

  • Mystery Trackers: Raincliff (PC)

    Reviews Reviews by Vangie Ridgaway on Comments1

    Over the past few months, I have come to be a pretty good judge of the quality of hidden object games. I didn't necessarily set out to be, but when you've played them as much as I have, you start to g

  • Gamer Girlfriend: Clash of the Titans

    Columns Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on Comments4

    It sucks to be a low-level character in D&D. Sad, but true. Your hit points are crap, you have no money or magic items, and your most impressive spells do exactly 1d3 points of damage per casting. I mean, OK, it’s not like the challenge ratings of the monsters you’re fighting are very high either, but still. Best-case scenario, your character is kind of a weakling but still gets a decent hit or two in per encounter. Worst case scenario, he’s completely useless (seriously, try playing a Level 1 Monk sometime and see how much you like being the only person in the party who can’t hold a weapon properly).

  • Gamer Girlfriend: The Curse of the Hidden Object Games

    Columns Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on Comments1

    I recently came to the end of what turned out to be an extremely counterproductive, fairly expensive, and slightly embarrassing pastime. It all started shortly after I quit my job in December to becom

  • Gamer Girlfriend: A Guide to D&D, Part II

    Columns Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on Comments4

    As with any other game, the first—and often most frustrating—step of playing Dungeons & Dragons is learning all the rules. This is most definitely not an easy task, since D&D rules are a bit more complicated than most other games. Remember in my last article, when I mentioned that the D&D rulebook was a “tome”? This was not, in fact, entirely accurate. The truth is that the D&D rulebook is actually several tomes. Apparently, the official creators of D&D like to revamp the rules every so often, and regularly put out new editions with formal changes and updates. Meanwhile, other people, whose identities I cannot comment upon except to say that they are most definitely not the official creators of D&D, are also putting out their own volumes. For example, the last several campaigns I have played in were based on a book called Pathfinder, which is an unofficial “streamlined” version of the Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 Edition Rulebook. But hey, it’s not so bad, right? At least you just have to deal with one book that serves as the bible for your campaign!

  • GC Podcast #19 on YouTube: Now Leaving the Year 200X

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    Hey, does anyone remember 2009? I sure don't, but these YouTube videos I've got here seem to suggest that it was a real year. We've got footage of Michael Gray walkthroughing his way through The Legen

  • Gamer Girlfriend: A Guide to D&D, Part I

    Columns Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on Comments12

    Not all gaming has to be electronic. Over the last year or so, I’ve been making my first forays into table-top gaming, which is another way of saying that, yes, I now know how to play Dungeons and Dragons. Well, kinda. It’s a steep learning curve. When I think of “game rules”, I think of the stapled 4-6 page pamphlets that come with most board games. The D&D rulebook, on the other hand, is a hardbound, 200+ page tome. And that’s only the latest edition.

  • Gamer Girlfriend: An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse

    Columns Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on Comments4

    Who would have known that there was such a fine line between "gamer" and "part of the videogame mafia"?