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.

Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon review

Much like the December 2020 release of Grindstone, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is this year’s hard-to-put-down puzzler. Build around an ingenious concept and rogue-like elements, expect to still be playing this in the new year. ...

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Loop Hero (Switch) review

With light role-playing, inventory management, deck building, and even city managerial components, many of Loop Hero’s components might feel a bit familiar. But when assembled into interlocking and occasionally ambiguous ways, the title feels wholly ...

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Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX review

Although Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX are sloppy ports of the mobile titles, there’s enjoyment in nurturing a combatant if you can look past the dated aesthetics. 1997 was a long time ago. Many ...

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New Releases: December 9th-15th, 2021

This offers plenty of beloved classics, with compilations of Disney’s Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book titles, a modernization of Asteroids, Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX, and even the North American appearance ...

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Shirobako: The Movie review

Not only does Shirobako: The Movie depict the tensions of anime production, but several of the film’s creative choices reflect the customary victors of these divergences. Anime isn’t just entertaining, it’s often a surprisingly insightful ...

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Pretty Girls Panic! PLUS review

Zoo Corporation’s Switch ports are typically accessible, fun, and delightfully inexpensive. Pretty Girls Panic! PLUS preserves that trend with a Qix-clone where you uncover liberate buxom bishoujo while avoiding an intensifying onslaught of creatures. Last August, eastasiasoft published ...

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New Releases: December 2nd-8th, 2021

From a quartet of Danganronpa titles, fourth expansion pack to Final Fantasy XIV, and the sixth mainline entry in the Halo series, this week bring a number of noteworthy new releases. Pleasingly, there’s also a ...

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Danganronpa Decadence review

Boasting writing that spans the comical, absurd, and occasionally perverse, the Danganronpa games demonstrated just how fun and delightfully frantic visual novel-style experiences could be. Danganronpa Decadence bundles a trio of the original titles alongside ...

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Train Life: A Railway Simulator preview

Whether you’re racing down the rails from the confines of a cab or calling the shots from the confines of your company offices, Train Life: A Railway Simulator offers affordable, Early Access enjoyment that largely ...

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