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.

Lunistice review

Lunistice harks back to the era of 32-bit mascot platformers. Given the game’s exceedingly reasonable price, putting up with the intermittent misstep is tolerable.   Premium-priced gaming receives a disproportionate amount of our attention. But ...

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Orbital Bullet (Switch) review

Orbital Bullet has you skimming through ring-based stages as you stomp and shoot enemies. Expect more longevity than your average shooter, with the game gifting a succession of weapons, perks, skills, and meta-game bonuses. A ...

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Aeterna Noctis (Switch) review

Looking for an adventure with challenging platforming and demanding combat? Aeterna Noctis offers both, but adversity is accompanied by a bit too much aggravation. At first glance, Aeterna Noctis seems like another indistinctive Metroidvania.  You play as the ...

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New Releases: November 17th-23rd, 2022

This week, Evil West, Gungrave G.O.R.E, and the PC remasters of Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 supply the firepower, the fourth installment of The Dark Pictures Anthology provides the scares, while Hoshizora no Memoria -Eternal ...

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Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo review

Mecha Ritz’s bullet hell holiday offers a wide assortment of different ships as well as difficulty that adjusts to your performance. But occasionally, it feels like flying coach. Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo makes an uninspired ...

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Tactics Ogre: Reborn review

Many remakes feel superfluous. But Tactics Ogre was a highly influential tactical role-playing game that exposed the genre’s potential. Reborn offers several incremental upgrades while preserving the qualities that made the original so remarkable. 1995’s ...

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Turbo Overkill (Early Access) review

Remember the time when protagonists would launch a barrage of missiles at foes before giving them the middle finger? Turbo Overkill does, offering an old-school first-person shooter where the carnage is creative, and every hallway ...

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New Releases: November 10th-16th, 2022

This week, a remaster gets remastered with Tactics Ogre: Reborn (pictured), a half-century of history is documented in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, and Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days brings the seventy-dollar base game price to ...

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