Want to know what's up with that cool-looking game that's coming out soon? Psychic Thumbs has you covered. (Note: The following are all real games that are really being developed.)

-- by Eric Regan

I am sensing a very bleak few months in the future of videogaming. However, that will not stop me from bestowing all of my knowledge to YOU!: the good readers of GameCola. I shall be brave; I shall be strong! I shall enlighten us all on what we will be doing for the foreseeable future, no matter how scary it may be!

 Madden NFL 09 (MANY)

There is this little hidden gem of a sports game series that I've been enjoying over the past few years, and I think that now is a good time to share it with the world so that it can finally get its due credit. It's called Madden, and while, at times, it's riddled with bug upon bug, it is still a fun little football game. However, this year it is going to be even BETTER. The fine people at the Madden HQ just grew too tried of sitting in obscurity with this great product. So they decided to make some MAJOR changes that just SOUNDED amazing.

First thing—you know how I said it's a football game? Well, not anymore. You see, the general feeling is that football is on a steady down-slope, and to really energize the series they are going in a new direction...RUGBY! While the developers were really pumped about rugby, though, they weren't so pumped about the star power that the professional rugby scene currently has. I mean, everyone KNOWS that rugby will be the next big thing, and they wanted to be on top of that, but right now it's just WAITING to be the next big thing, so they thought they'd kick it up a notch and add a little spice.

What sort of spice, you ask? Maybe summer blockbuster movie star Ironman as your starting...uhh...you know, whatever positions they have in rugby. I hear New Zealand loves rugby, so it's a good thing Frodo and his Hobbit pals will be lining up to do whatever you do to get points in rugby! Rugby does have points...right? Well, whatever it does have, the new Madden is bringing together a colossal collection of explosive sports action and super-huge figures straight from pop culture! Seriously, this one is a CAN NOT MISS!

Captain Eric's Psychic Thumb says... Thumbs Up!

Wizard101 (PC)

If there is one thing that wizardry has done for the youth of the world, it's that it's helped them start reading via Harry Potter and the like. Well youth, it's time to pay wizardry back and move on to more important things, like MMOs and card games...or, an MMO with card game-based combat!! Yes, everyone knows that, if you like wizards, you're already a huge nerd who knows too much and shouldn't be reading books anyhow. What they should be doing is learning how to become a wizard! THAT is what the world needs.

Thankfully, Wizard101 offers all the wizardly schooling needs your child could never want, desire, and need. As I said earlier, two things every child should be doing is playing MMOs and playing collectable card games. Thankfully, this game sets kids straight along that path. I mean, card games are great, but who wants to carry all that cardboard around. Wizard101 lets you have all the joy of those kind of games ADDED to all the joy of an MMO, and all from the comfort of your computer screen!

One of the greatest concerns about youths today is that they are just outside running around way too much! Hopefully, with amazing games like Wizard101, we can finally put those worrisome ways to rest.

Easy Way to Stop Smoking (DS)