Author Archives: Robert Allen

Since being a toddler, Robert Allen has been immersed in video games, anime, and tokusatsu. Currently, his days are spent teaching at two southern California colleges. But his evenings and weekends are filled with STGs, RPGs, and action titles and well at writing for Tech-Gaming since 2007.

Timemelters review

Spend the evening playing with yourselves. From being able to slow the world around you in Max Payne, controling the pace of combat in SUPERHOT, to slowing, stopping, or even reversing the clock in Timeshift, ...

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Ufouria: The Saga 2 mini-review

Sunsoft’s NES title receives an unessential follow-up more than three decades later. Recently, Sony and Microsoft have begun to port some of their exclusives onto PC. But beyond a few mobile-based spin-offs, Nintendo has been ...

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New Releases: March 7th-13th, 2024

This week, the remainder of the Command & Conquer franchise unshackles itself from EA’s storefront and arrives on Steam. But that’s hardly the only retro title arriving, with Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story offering an ...

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Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator review

I could buy myself flowers- or at least build myself a garden. Given the number of agrarian-focused games on the market, there’s a good chance that you’re already a veteran digital horticulturist. Games like Story ...

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New Releases: February 29th-March 6th, 2024

While Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (pictured) is the headliner, that’s not the only notable release arriving this week. Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions injects eight different manga stars into its turn-based combat, while Maid ...

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Sympathy Kiss review

Or “How I Helped My Company Bounce Back While Avoiding the Office Creeper” Otome (literally “maiden games”) routinely transport us to noteworthy settings. Whether it’s London Detective Mysteria’s visit to the Victorian-era capital city, Collar ...

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Slave Zero X review

Man and machine meld to form a robot-massacring, oppression-fighting hero. Released three months after the Dreamcast’s debut, 1999’s Slave Zero extended the ability to climb into a simulated 60-foot-tall robotic exoskeleton. While the combat proved ...

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Witch’s Rhythm Puzzle review

Where most matches are a clothes call Eroge (a portmanteau combining the words ‘erotic’ and ‘game’) aren’t usually known for their sophisticated gameplay. And largely, that’s the case with Witch’s Rhythm Puzzle. As the title indicates, ...

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