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.

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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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: ...

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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 ...

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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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