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.

New Game Releases: January 10th-16th, 2014

This week’s roster of new releases offers a few familiar faces. From the return of Aveline de Grandpré for the high-definition, console-based reworking of Assassin’s Creed Liberation to an appearance by the perpetually assistive Chibi ...

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New Game Releases: January 3rd-9th, 2014

Last week’s post-holiday eShop rush was unexpectedly intense, besieging Nintendo’s servers and taking the digital service offline for several days. As such, the company’s selection of weekly releases might look familiar- many of the games ...

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Zen Pinball 2 (PlayStation 4) Review

Although the PlayStation 4’s software library is still in an embryonic stage, Sony’s new system already has two pinball titles in its lineup. Remarkably, the two games take radically different approaches to the beloved pastime. ...

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Max: The Curse of the Brotherhood Review

One of 2010’s more triumphant puzzlers was Max & The Magic Marker, a title which seamlessly merged traditional platforming with Crayon Physics’ drawing mechanics. As developer Press Play’s inaugural title, it was a prodigious debut- ...

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