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.

Dead Rising 2: Case West Review

As the industry shifts away from physical media, we are seeing an increasing amount of games which straddle the aesthetics of a full-priced retail release with the abridged play-time common for digital downloads. One notable ...

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‘Head’ of the Pack- Raskulls Review

Over the last three decades, Namco has labored to keep Pac-Man relevant. From forsaking his labyrinthine confines for a puzzle solving quest in 1994’s Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures to restructuring memorable dot-munching mechanics into ...

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Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam Review

At a price point once reserved for full-featured expansions, gamers have quickly acclimated to the fifteen dollar set of multiplayer maps. As Modern Warfare 2‘s Stimulus and Resurgence (and expectedly- Black Op‘s similarly priced) packs ...

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Role-Playing Tapestry- TalesWeaver

One of the most crucial rudiments of any MMO is a generous and liberal reward system. With so many competitors in the free-to-play area, a successful games should offer simultaneous enticements to players, to keep ...

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Our Home’s Fox Deity Review

Between a tag-team assault on PSP screens lead by Cladun: This is an RPG and Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman, as well as a trio of exquisitely packaged anime, the second half of 2010 ...

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A World of Keflings Review

In gaming, there are few sensations as rewarding as beating a tyrannically difficult title. At least some of the appeal of games like Demon’s Souls or Super Meat Boy emanate from developers daring players to ...

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Podcast 5-7: Pissed At Prinnies

This week DesertEagle agonizes over Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!,  relaxes with The World of Keflings, while SeanNOLA dons a pair of body-hugging tights to fight evil in DC Universe Online. Meanwhile, Sage ...

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A Ride on the Wild Side- nail’d Review

Over the years, Psygnosis/SCE Studio Liverpool’s Wipeout games have influenced a multitude of imitators, with a scant few titles ever coming close to duplicating the franchise’s high speed thrills. Arguably, the series greatest virtue is ...

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Pinball FX 2: Marvel Pinball Review

Midway through his second ball and racing toward a respectable spot on the online leaderboards, a friend noted, “I forgot how fun pinball can be”. Where a number of shining console simulations ranging from Pinball ...

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