Archive for Tag: videogame guides

  • Inside the Guide: Rollergames and Taipei

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments1

    Hello everyone, and welcome to "Inside the Guide," the article that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the art of making guides for videogames. It's June, everybody! That means all you kids are out

  • FAQer of the Month!

    Blog Posts Blog Posts by Michael Gray on Comments1

    Hey, everyone! IGN picked me as their FAQer of the month recently, and the interview has just been released! You can read the five-page mega-interview now! They sent me a free copy of Final Fantasy

  • Inside the Guide: Is it Cheating to Use a Walkthrough?

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments1

    Hello everyone, and welcome to "Inside the Guide," the article that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the art of making guides for videogames. My name is Michael Gray, and I've written over 75 dif

  • Inside the Guide: DuckTales

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments2

    Hello everyone, and welcome to Inside the Guide, the article that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the art of making guides for videogames. Some of you may remember that last month, I Irished up

  • Gamer Girlfriend: Virtual Cheating

    Columns Columns by Vangie Ridgaway on Comments3

    Here’s a question for all you seasoned gamers out there: In the world of videogaming, where are the hypothetical “lines in the sand” with respect to sportsmanship and fair play? In other words, what does (or does not) constitute, well, cheating?

  • Inside the Guide: Pajama Sam 1, 2, and 4

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    Hello everyone, and welcome to "Inside the Guide," the only article on GameCola that discusses writing guides for videogames. Or, as I like to call it, "The Greatest Column GameCola Runs, Next to the

  • Inside the Guide: Prince of Persia

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments1

    Hello everyone, and welcome to “Inside the Guide,” the only article on GameCola that talks about writing guides for videogames. Last year, I wrote a guide for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess specially for the big January issue. This year, I decided to do the same thing with Prince of Persia. Enjoy!

  • Inside the Guide: Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments1

    Hello everyone, and welcome to Inside the Guide, the only article on GameCola that discusses writing guides for videogames. You know, sometimes I write a guide and no one ever e-mails me about it. But

  • Inside the Guide: Time Hollow

    Columns Columns by Michael Gray on Comments2

    Hello everyone, and welcome to Inside the Guide, the only article on GameCola that discusses writing guides for videogames. This month, I've got the dish on a little-known aspect of guide-writing: the

  • Time Hollow

    Blog Posts Blog Posts by Michael Gray on

    Hey GameCola fans!  I'm writing to let you all know that I just posted a guide for Time Hollow.  That's a DS game where you follow Ethan Kairos in his time-based adventures.  It's like Phoenix Wr