The GameCola Podcast

This month on the GameCola Podcast, we attempt to tell you everything you need to know about Pokémon Sword and Shield, but end up covering a bunch of other things you'll probably need to links to pictures of.  Joseph Martin is worried about GameStop etiquette, Alex Jedraszczak is excited about a Fixed Pixel, John Rizzi is interested in the new PlayStation 5 controller, and Anna Bryniarski found a...

Odd indeed. Hacks'n'Slash Season 2 comes to a dramatic end in this 3rd chapter of The Subspace Emissary's Worlds Conquest! Once again, join Joseph Martin, John Rizzi, Anna Bryniarski, Shannon Hoover, and James Pelster as they guide Chris, Lucario, and Jeff through perilous caves, terrible fathers, and a whole lot more exploding people. Like geez man, chill out. Read along at this link: https://www...

Have you ever wanted to pretend you were playing in a real basketball game? Well, this month on the GameCola Podcast, we tell you how to do just that! Anna Bryniarski is back from Disney and had a *sick* time. Alex Jedraszczak struggles to find an RPG he likes, and Joseph Martin remembers Multiple Things About Pokémon. All this and more just below this very paragraph in a convenient bulleted list!...

We're back! To close out Season 2 of Hacks'n'Slash, we've returned to the Longest Fanfiction of All Time (probably) for this special two-part season finale! You'll get the next part in November, but for now join Chris (James Pelster), Lucario (Shannon Hoover), Jeff (John Rizzi) and all their friends (Joseph Martin and Anna Bryniarski) as they Bound their way to a New Earth and discover the secrets...

Jeddy & The College Kids are back at it again, talking about videogames played in the recent past and in the distant past. What games did Joseph Martin, Anna Bryniarski, Diana Gray, and Alex Jedraszczak play while they were in middle school? We discuss this topic, as well as... - Jeddy reconsiders his initial comments on Little Dragons Cafe - Joseph has been playing Pokémon Masters - Not to turn t...

We've done it again! Today on Hacks'n'Slash we point our fanfiction reading skills inward to perform a piece written not only by the GameCola staff, but by our lovely fans as well! Join returning host Nathaniel Hoover along with Joseph Martin, Shannon Hoover, Diana Gray, Anna Bryniarski, Alex Jedraszczak, and John Rizzi as they tell the tale of the fabulous Tootie S. and her magical Psykic Adventu...

In our ever-so-timely fashion, GameCola is here to give you the scoop on the Sonic the Hedgehog OVA released just a little while ago: 1999. Join Joseph Martin, Anna Bryniarski, Diana Gray, and Alex Jedraszczak as they discuss the following videogame topics! ...but mostly the Sonic OVA. - A brief summary of the release of WoW Classic - Jeddy watched the Sonic OVA and has opinions - Wait a minute, i...

What will Kirby and his best friend Purple do once all the food is stolen from the kingdom? Very little pertaining to that problem, it turns out. Join Anna Bryniarski, Joseph Martin, Matt Breslau, John Rizzi, Shannon Hoover, and Paul Franzen as they take a truly colorful cast of characters on an incredibly tonally dissonant journey. If you'd like to read along, follow the link below to the origina...

Imbued with the forbidden power to create life, the GameCola Gang proceeds to completely abuse the responsibility they’ve been given. Joseph Martin, Anna Bryniarski, and Dan Conlin create both life and podcast this month, bringing a whole human man into the world along with videogame topics such as… - The Hero from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has some interesting qualities - The Sims 4 has made it...

What mysterious mysteries await our good friend Shadow the Hedgehog as he enters the Pokémon world? And what will become of him and Alana the amnesiac Eevee? You'll have to listen to this jam-packed episode of Hacks'n'Slash to find out! Featuring host Diana Gray along with Anna Bryniarski, Alex Jedraszczak, Dana Cohen, Joseph Martin, James Pelster, and John Rizzi, this podcast is something you sho...

On this month's edition of the GameCola Podcast, we call upon the greatest tool in our arsenal: Friendship. Joseph Martin, Alex Jedrasczcak, and Anna Bryniarski use the power of their platonic partnerships to tell you everything you need to know about videogames for this month, including amicable topics such as... - #TheNationalDexIsAComplicatedSituationWithoutASimpleSolution - Jeddy gives us the...

It's time once again for Hacks'n'Slash! After some time away adventuring in fantasy land, the gang is back to read some romance of questionable quality. Join Joseph Martin, Diana Gray, Anna Bryniarski, John Rizzi, and James Pelster as they flirt, fumble, and have a really difficult time parsing the terrible formatting of this love story featuring characters from the videogame: Kid Icarus Uprising...

Summer's here, and that means it's time for podcasts! Well, it's always time for podcasts. But this podcast is unlike any other, because Joseph Martin, Anna Bryniarski, John Rizzi, and Alex Jedraszczak are here to help you learn all the hip new hamchats so you don't blanko and seem pooie in front of your hamigos at the hamboree. From wacky new Pokémon stuff to frustrating fighting games to weird s...

All of Harper's friends are in ruins—the Northtown ruins, that is! Phan phavorite Phannah returns, Dyluck actually talks this time, Harper dies, there are two boss battles, and Harper dies again! Spoiler alert. Alex "Jeddy" Jedraszczak? Yeah, he's here. James "Valor" Pelster? He's here, too. Of course Anna "Harper" Bryniarski is here—and Joseph "Sprite" Martin! You know what you want: A classic SN...

Look, we all know the new Sonic movie looks bad. But first, have you heard the legend of the City of Heroes games server? It's not a story that SCORE will tell you. And hey, maybe we'll figure out if they're going to fix Sonic 'cause it is VERY bad right now. Join Joseph Martin, Alex Jedraszczak, Anna Bryniarski, and Dan Conlin as they discuss such topics as: - The Legend of the Secret City of Her...

Op- oh.. oh-oh uh-oh uh what uh UH UH-OH UH WHOOPS OH-NO OOPS OH-NO UH-OH UH-OH UH-OH oh-no WHOOPS! OOPS! OOPSY-DAISY OH-NO Put this one back int the oven cause it seems half baked! On this totally normal episode of the GameCola Podcast premiering on the totally normal first day of the month of April, it seems our cast is a little more...redundant than normal. Nonetheless, join Joseph "Podcast Com...

Now we're getting somewhere! The party heads west to Southtown so they can go east to get to Northtown—the capital city of the Empire! Those are the bad guys, right? Wait, why do we want to go there again?! Join Alex "Jeddy" Jedraszczak as he guides James "Valor" Pelster, Anna "Harper" Bryniarski, and Joseph "Sprite" Martin on this tabletop campaign based on the classic SNES title Secret of Mana,...

Who will win the videogame battle royale? Will it be the up-and-coming Pokémon challenger? Will the reigning champ be able to get past its legal troubles? What about Tetris with its years of experience added to the fight? You'll just have to join Joseph Martin, Anna Bryniarski, and Diana Gray as they judge the plethora of contenders in this month's edition of #theGCPC. Some of the highlights of th...

We've been talking about it since Episode 6, and we've finally made it to the Fire Palace! Much like the story getting to this point, the path through the palace to place the Mana Seed on its pedestal is a labyrinth in its own right. Listen in as Alex "Jeddy" Jedraszczak DMs this tabletop RPG campaign based off the SNES classic Secret of Mana, guiding James "Valor" Pelster, Anna "Harper" Bryniarsk...

Everyone was so excited to talk about videogames this month that we had to try to cram them all into one podcast! There's a lot of news and discussion to cover, so it's great that we have a full team of Joseph Martin, Anna Bryniarski, Alex Jedraszczak, John Rizzi, James Pelster, Matt Breslau and Dan Conlin to get us through our Quality Content. Speaking of content, some of our incredibly topical t...

Half the fun of the RPGCast is ignoring the canon story—and we finally get around to doing that in a major way in this episode! Your Jeditor-in-Chief, Jeddy the J-Man Jedraszczak, guides James "Velour" Pelster, Anna "Harpér" Bryniarski, and Joseph "Sprité" Martin on this not-entirely-classic retelling of Secret of Mana. In this episode: - The party gets a refund on their free vacation - They try t...

It's a new year, and that means it's time for radical changes. To start us off, Alex Jedraszczak has played some new viteeogames (that's how we spell it now), much to the shock of Joseph Martin and Anna Bryniarski. Listen in awe as Jeddy regales us with tales of gaming in the future year of 2019 with such topics as: - Jeddy got a Nintendo Switch and has been playing viteeogames! - The Switch's HD...

It's a very special Christmas edition of The GameCola RPGCast! The party has arrived at the Ice Palace, and you know what that means--as part of the time-honored Christmas tradition, they're about to fight Santa! Alex Jedraszczak guides the GameCola crew on this D&D-style rendition of Secret of Mana, while James "Valor" Pelster, Anna "Harper" Bryniarski, and Joseph "Sprite" Martin play the parts o...

The GameCola Podcast is back and meme-ier than ever! Podcast Commander Joseph Martin is out of commission this holiday season, so join host Anna Bryniarski along with Dan Conlin, John Rizzi, Matt Breslau, and James Pelster as they talk about such meme-tastic topics such as... - It is made very clear that Joseph Martin is not with us - Pokémon has made some neat changes over the years - How online...

Leaving Flammie with King Truffle, the crew heads back to the Cannon Travel Center to catch a flight to Kakkara Desert. But instead, they're gifted with a free vacation in paradise! Though things don't go quite as planned... Alex Jedraszczak serves as dungeon master for a tapletop campaign based on the SNES classic Secret of Mana. James "Valor" Pelster, Anna "Harper" Bryniarski, and Joseph "Sprite...