When translating the sport of golf into a videogame, there are two distinct schools of thought.  The first uses the basic rule set of the pastime to create an accessible experience which forgoes many of ...

As E3 draws near, the Tech-Gaming Crew is besieged with new releases. While one member falls victim to chivalrous duty, the remaining force valiantly perseveres, offering impressions of Green Day: Rock Band, Monster Racers, Tiger ...

Voodoo Dice is an action/puzzle game, similar in concept to games like Sokoban or the Adventures of Lolo series. You take control of a six-sided die on a strange, unexplained quest. In each level, of the four worlds in the ...

As a game-obsessed lab, a spontaneous fist-pump would often accompany the conquest of a boss or the completion of a particularly challenging level. Over the years, as maturity and decorum grudgingly took hold, the energized ...

Despite the industry’s annual overdrive boost (known my some as E3) being a week away, publishers are showing no signs of lethargy, filling store shelves with a wide assortment of titles. With a healthy amount ...

My teenage years were blessed with a prodigious understand of urban planning thanks to the efforts of Will Wright. His 1989 title, SimCity, was a wonderfully shrewd piece of software, which furtively taught players the ...

This week the Tech-Gaming Crew shirks the shackles of complacency by adding a new feature to the podcast- Retro Memories. Each week, DesertEagle, SeanNOLA, or TideGear will reach into the annals of gaming to choose ...

Long before games used complex narratives to engage participants, our diversions often relied on a uncomplicated primal notion: they challenged players to save alive as long as possible. Tapping into our self-preservation instincts, titles like ...

Regrettably, most games which have depicted the espionage business have focused on visceral rudiments. Although players have been offered exhilarating car chases and gratifying gunplay, the more cerebral exploits of the spy trade are often ...

In 1983, a young programmer named Bill Budge taught the gaming industry a critical lesson: occasionally, there’s more fun to be found in designing your own diversions, that in playing prefabricated ones. Budge’s Pinball Construction ...