Robert Allen, Author at Tech-Gaming https://www.tech-gaming.com/author/admin/ Technology, Gaming, and Culture Sat, 13 Jan 2024 02:56:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.tech-gaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-a091265a061d4c674b2c621cc4b5fccfcde3b3f3_hq.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Robert Allen, Author at Tech-Gaming https://www.tech-gaming.com/author/admin/ 32 32 http://feeds.feedburner.com/tech-gaming/HZXF Each week, Robert, Eric, Sage, and Jeremy offering impressions of the latest games, trivia, industry interviews and some of the liveliest discussions on interactive entertainment. Tech-Gaming true Tech-Gaming © 2015 Tech-Gaming © 2015 Tech-Gaming podcast The Tech-Gaming Podcast Robert Allen, Author at Tech-Gaming http://www.tech-gaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Podcast-Art.png https://www.tech-gaming.com TV-14 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA c9c7bad3-4712-514e-9ebd-d1e208fa1b76 23561894 Demolish & Build Classic review https://www.tech-gaming.com/demolish-build-classic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demolish-build-classic https://www.tech-gaming.com/demolish-build-classic/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2024 02:56:18 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32782 I came in like a wrecking ball (before feeling wrecked). Objectively, Demolish & Build Classic is not a good game. Built on the Unity Engine, the title freezes momentarily when entering each of the game’s four austere environments or even just when you’re pulling up to a job site.  And while the game lets you ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/demolish-build-classic/feed/ 1 32782 Guardians of Holme review https://www.tech-gaming.com/guardians-of-holme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guardians-of-holme https://www.tech-gaming.com/guardians-of-holme/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2024 04:48:51 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32771 Decks, Demons, and an Impermeable Defense It’s been nearly ten years since Defense Grid 2 became the pinnacle of tower defense. The past decade has spawned plenty of contenders, with franchises such as Bloons and Kingdom Rush attempting to end DG2’s reign. But mirroring the dominance of the game’s meteor turrets, developer Hidden Path Entertainment’s ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/guardians-of-holme/feed/ 2 32771 Snowman Story review https://www.tech-gaming.com/snowman-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=snowman-story https://www.tech-gaming.com/snowman-story/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:44:51 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32763 “I doubt we’ll ever see each other again, but take care of yourself.” Across games such as Bear’s Restaurant, Fishing Paradiso and Meg’s Monster, Minato, Tokyo-based Odencat has crafted a series of indispensable titles. Each combined Game Boy Advance-style visuals with a script that’s remarkably meditative, resulting in one of those beguilingly low-fi, yet heartfelt ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/snowman-story/feed/ 2 32763 Angel at Dusk review https://www.tech-gaming.com/angel-at-dusk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=angel-at-dusk https://www.tech-gaming.com/angel-at-dusk/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2024 23:19:13 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32753 A STG pared down to its skin and bones. By nature, danmaku (or bullet hell shoot ‘em ups) are brazenly unforgiving. Routinely, they require pixel perfect precision, as you maneuver a ship through storms of hundreds of projectiles. Undoubtedly, doujin circle Akiragoya’s (Maidens of a Hollow Dream, Steel Vampire) latest effort is one of those ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/angel-at-dusk/feed/ 2 32753 TEVI review https://www.tech-gaming.com/tevi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tevi https://www.tech-gaming.com/tevi/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2023 02:17:09 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32742 Every bunny loves a sprawling adventure. Over the last decade, the metroidvania has grown ubiquitous. On Steam, there are over a thousand different games that use the descriptor. As such, fatigue is understandable, if not inevitable. But if you haven’t completely exhausted all appreciation for action-driven exploration and impassioned boss battles, CreSpirit’s (Rabi-Rabi, A Light ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/tevi/feed/ 1 32742 Born of Bread review https://www.tech-gaming.com/born-of-bread/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=born-of-bread https://www.tech-gaming.com/born-of-bread/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2023 03:09:27 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32732 Yeast of Eden Sure, there are plenty of role-playing games that deliver epic experiences. But occasionally, it can be refreshing to undertake an adventure without sweeping backstories and complex geopolitics. Instead, Born of Bread adopts a Paper Mario-style approach to tell a pun-filled tale of a curious doughboy and his eccentric entourage. And at about ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/born-of-bread/feed/ 2 32732 Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising review https://www.tech-gaming.com/granblue-fantasy-versus-rising/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=granblue-fantasy-versus-rising https://www.tech-gaming.com/granblue-fantasy-versus-rising/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:54:34 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32720 Second Round KO Beyond beloved franchises like Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, Arc System Works is no slouch when it comes to adapting existing properties into fighting games. From Persona 4 Arena to Dragon Ball FighterZ, the Yokohama-based studios have delivered top-tier efforts that merged intricate mechanics with retina-blistering visuals. With the 2020 release of Granblue Fantasy: Versus, the developers adapted Cygame’s well-liked role-playing ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/granblue-fantasy-versus-rising/feed/ 3 32720 SteamWorld Build review https://www.tech-gaming.com/steamworld-build/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=steamworld-build https://www.tech-gaming.com/steamworld-build/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2023 22:09:40 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32710 Topside city building and subterranean mining work well together- at least in the short term. Delve into SteamWorld Build, and you’ll immediately find some welcome enhancements to its interpretation of civil engineering. Sure, the simulation isn’t as sophisticated as Anno 1800 or Cities Skylines– but that works to the game’s advantage. Habitually, the genre expects ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/steamworld-build/feed/ 2 32710 Pinball M review https://www.tech-gaming.com/pinball-m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pinball-m https://www.tech-gaming.com/pinball-m/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2023 21:37:18 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32700 Adding a few curious but unessential features to Zen’s interpretation of pinball. With the debut of Pinball FX, Zen Studios suddenly found themselves being referred to as villains. The once beloved builder of digital pinball had long permitted players to import any purchased tables into new iterations of their base game, barring any expired licensing ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/pinball-m/feed/ 2 32700 New Releases: December 7th-13th, 2023 https://www.tech-gaming.com/new-releases-12-7-23/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-releases-12-7-23 https://www.tech-gaming.com/new-releases-12-7-23/#comments Fri, 08 Dec 2023 03:25:41 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32693 This week, a quartet of four classics arrives on Xbox One with the appearance of Clockwork Aquario, Pocky & Rocky, and a pair of Cotton titles. But the little broomstick-riding baddie is hardly the only sorceress arriving this week, since 2012’s Witch on the Holy Night (pictured) is getting a Steam release. PlayStation 4 Bear ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/new-releases-12-7-23/feed/ 4 32693 Cross Blitz (Early Access) review https://www.tech-gaming.com/cross-blitz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cross-blitz https://www.tech-gaming.com/cross-blitz/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2023 05:38:01 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32681 Wish deckbuilders had a more substantial storyline? Cross Blitz two modes of play deliver intersecting plots as well as an engaging roguelike mode. As titles like Baten Kaitos, SteamWorld Quest, and Slay the Spire have all demonstrated, card-based battles and light role-playing can complement each other quite well. Although developer Tako Boy Studios claims there ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/cross-blitz/feed/ 2 32681 UFO Robot Grendizer – The Feast of the Wolves review https://www.tech-gaming.com/ufo-robot-grendizer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ufo-robot-grendizer https://www.tech-gaming.com/ufo-robot-grendizer/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2023 04:39:30 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32672 Although faithful to its source material, UFO Robot Grendizer grows monotonous far too soon. If you grew up in North America, there’s a narrow chance you might be familiar with UFO Robot Grendizer. Across the 1980s, an episodic anthology of different anime series was broadcast in Toronto, New England, and San Francisco, compiled under the ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/ufo-robot-grendizer/feed/ 3 32672 New Releases: November 30th-December 6th, 2023 https://www.tech-gaming.com/new-releases-11-30-23/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-releases-11-30-23 https://www.tech-gaming.com/new-releases-11-30-23/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2023 03:04:51 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32664 Turn-of-the-millennium titles Turok 3 and Kingpin make reappearances, while the transit sub-genre grows a bit bigger with the debuts of Tram Simulator Urban Transit and Truck & Logistics Simulator. Elsewhere, Hentai Tales Vol. 2 is most likely junk, but it’s CGs are striking. PlayStation 4 Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All 2 (digital, $24.99) Catan: ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/new-releases-11-30-23/feed/ 2 32664 My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom: Pirates of the Disturbance review https://www.tech-gaming.com/my-next-life-as-a-villainess/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-next-life-as-a-villainess https://www.tech-gaming.com/my-next-life-as-a-villainess/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:03:22 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32655 Reincarnated as the villain in one of your favorite visual novels! Contemporary gaming is full of curiosities. Although hardly as tedious as being forced to scroll through a massive terms and conditions document, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom: Pirates of the Disturbance begins with an atypical warning. A splash ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/my-next-life-as-a-villainess/feed/ 3 32655 Irem Collection Vol. 1 review https://www.tech-gaming.com/irem-collection-vol-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irem-collection-vol-1 https://www.tech-gaming.com/irem-collection-vol-1/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2023 02:43:38 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32645 Strictly Limited isn’t just one of the publishers- it also describes the amount of enjoyment found in this rushed compilation. For many, Irem (officially, Kabushikigaisha Airemu Software Engineering) is best known for the R-Type series. Following its 1987 arcade debut, R-Type spawned six sequels and five spin-offs, securing a much-deserved place in the shoot-‘em-up pantheon. ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/air-twister/feed/ 3 32629 New Releases: November 23-29th, 2023 https://www.tech-gaming.com/new-releases-11-23-23/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-releases-11-23-23 https://www.tech-gaming.com/new-releases-11-23-23/#comments Thu, 23 Nov 2023 22:32:06 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32638 This week, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! moves from print and television to Switch screens. But that’s not the only visual novel arriving over the next seven days, with Criss Cross (pictured) also imminent. Here’s the complete list of everything that’s arriving: PlayStation 4 Alina of the Arena (digital, ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/new-releases-11-23-23/feed/ 2 32638 Astlibra Revision review https://www.tech-gaming.com/astlibra-revision/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=astlibra-revision https://www.tech-gaming.com/astlibra-revision/#comments Wed, 22 Nov 2023 04:59:01 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32620 Astlibra Revision took fifteen years to make. Given the RPG-like intricacy underneath the platform-based action, it feels like very little of that time was squandered. 1986’s Castlevania had a profound influence on gaming. Decades after the original release, countless titles still iterate on Hitoshi Akamatsu original as well as Toru Hagihara’s (Rondo of Blood) formulas. ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/astlibra-revision/feed/ 3 32620 Loddlenaut review https://www.tech-gaming.com/loddlenaut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=loddlenaut https://www.tech-gaming.com/loddlenaut/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:57:16 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32612 Who knew that oceanic clean-ups could be so calming? I love a demanding gaming challenge, whether it’s unifying the warring states with the disadvantaged Nanbu clan in Nobunaga’s Ambition or attempting to slay The Nameless King in Dark Souls III. But sometimes, I just want to chill the hell out, not double my systolic blood ...

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]]> https://www.tech-gaming.com/loddlenaut/feed/ 3 32612 GUNHEAD review https://www.tech-gaming.com/gunhead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gunhead https://www.tech-gaming.com/gunhead/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2023 21:06:57 +0000 https://www.tech-gaming.com/?p=32602 A head made of guns, and bullets for brains? True to its name, GUNHEAD lets you play as a mech that can equip a quartet of weapons to its alloy noggin. There are a variety of different suits that players can unlock and hop into, each offering a different balance of mobility, defensive strength, and ...

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