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.

Bloody ZL5A Gaming Mouse Review

Across the last decade, the gaming mouse industry has proliferated, providing PC owners with a myriad of choices. From the Razer Naga- a peripheral targeted at MMO players with nineteen programmable buttons to Logitech’s ergonomically-driven ...

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Cloudbuilt Review

Every so often, a game come out which offers an experience that feels so fresh and engaging, it seems destined to inspire a slew of successors. 2008’s Mirror’s Edge is a prime example of that ...

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New Game Releases: April 11th-17th, 2014

In the words of former Square-Enix president Yoichi Wada, the 2010 release of Final Fantasy XIV “had greatly damaged the Final Fantasy brand”. In hindsight, the title’s production was a textbook example of groupthink- despite ...

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The Elder Scrolls Online Review

For decades, interactive role-playing games have incorporated the character archetypes popularized by the pen-and-pencil game of Dungeons & Dragons. Often employing variations of the stalwart fighter, the curative cleric, spell-casting magic-user and the nimble thief, ...

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Ragnarok Odyssey ACE Review

When the original Ragnarok Odyssey was released in October of 2012, the PS Vita’s library lacked a Monster Hunter-esque game. Now that consummate contenders such as Soul Sacrifice and Toukiden: The Age of Demons have ...

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New Game Releases: April 4th-10th, 2014

In Hollywood, setting a film’s release date can prove intricate, involving factors such as estimates of competition, time of year and the avoidance of Goliath-sized competition. Naturally, video games undergo a similar process. This week, ...

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Podcast 13-9 PC Captivation

 This episode, the Tech-Gaming crew offers impressions of Card City Nights, Cloudbuilt, Thief, inFAMOUS: Second Son, the Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls expansion, BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, and Strider. Beyond offering our typical dose of gaming trivia, the IndieOutlook ...

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Deception IV: Blood Ties Review

One prevalent trend in contemporary gaming is the revival of once-popular retro titles. Mercifully, the practice has proved successful enough to spur the revitalization of several lesser-known properties. Built around a premise where players constructed ...

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