The last few years have produced an unprecedented deluge of gaming accessories. Some, like a Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound headset or a Hori Real Arcade Pro fighting stick are justifiable expenses, while others- such as ...
Read More »New Releases of the Week of January 22nd, 2012
Whether players are itching to murder among the mercantile district of Dyers, slaughter Helghast across the colony planet of Vekta, or jump into the imaginative realm inhibited by the vibrant characters of Nathan Jurevicious’ graphic ...
Read More »The Eternal Pit- Kid Icarus: Uprising Preview
As quarter-century old NES memories gradually give way to contemporary experiences, Pit’s adventures endure. Maybe it was Kid Icarus’ remarkable mixture of platforming punctuated by a shooter stage, or possibly because the title challenged gaming ...
Read More »Podcast 9-7: Do a Tootle-Roll
Although 2012 hasn’t produced many new retail titles, that deficiency won’t stop the Tech-Gaming crew from offering impressions on the slew of digital distributed titles vying for your attention. From Zen Pinball 3D, Choplifter HD, ...
Read More »Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland Preview
For JRPG aficionados, the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo proved to be slightly distressing. Ordinarily, the Square-Enix booth is crammed beyond capacity, but the kiosk lines of Final Fantasy XIII-2 were implausibly short last spring. Yet ...
Read More »New Releases for the Week of January 15th, 2012
With January’s trifecta of disk-based titles still two weeks away, gamers are going to have to rely on ancillary content to keep them satisfied until NeverDead, SoulCalibur V, and Final Fantasy XIII-2 hit store shelves. ...
Read More »Podcast 9-6: All That and a Bag of Chips
Following Nathan Drake’s crass corporate sponsorship, this week the Tech-Gaming crew forgoes their usual inhibitions to become product prostitutes. Beyond the shilling, DesertEagle, SeanNOLA and Samurage, offer impressions of TNT Racers, Venetica, NFL Blitz, and ...
Read More »Zen Pinball 3D Review
What is the concept? Sadly, the production of physical pinball machines has shrunk down into a niche industry. Whereas dozens of tables were produced during the amusement’s heyday, only two imminent entries dot the horizon: ...
Read More »Samurai Sword Destiny Review
What is the concept? Although gameplay videos might suggest that Samurai Sword Destiny is little more than a simplistic beat-‘em-up in the vein of Data East’s Kung-Fu Master or Vigilante, the title has several gameplay ...
Read More »NFL Blitz Review
What is the concept? Much like Electronic Art’s 2010 reboot of NBA Jam, the recent revitalization of NFL Blitz preserves the majority of the classic title’s hyperkinetic action. Jettisoning any football tenet which might slow ...
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