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.

Space Invaders Forever review

Space Invaders Forever bundles three of the property’s more interesting moments. A few missteps mar an otherwise respectable effort. 42 years later, it’s all too easy to overlook Tomohiro Nishikado’s contribution to popular culture. But ...

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Slave Princess Sarah review

Slave Princess Sarah revisits the era of monochromatic Game Boy-based action role-playing titles. Although this out there’s some optional erotica to spice up the adventure. The Game Boy wasn’t the world’s first portable system with ...

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Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia (PS4) review

Twenty-two years after the first Brigandine arrived on the PlayStation One, Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena rekindles the basic formula. The mix of vying for control of bases alongside hex-based encounters still beguiles, only a bit less than it ...

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Hammerwatch: Heroic Bundle review

Hammerwatch: Heroic Bundle delivers two fiendishly fun twin-stick dungeon crawls for a frugal price. Hammerwatch Cooperative gaming is commonplace, thanks to games like 1985’s Gauntlet. Both the Atari arcade game and many of its home ...

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Absolute Drift: Zen Edition mini-review

If you appreciate absolutely mastery of technique, give Absolute Drift: Zen Edition a spin. While it’s not for everyone, obsessives might find themselves spending hours chasing (but never quite achieving) faultlessness. Anyone who questions drifting ...

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Project Wingman (PC) review

Looking less like an indie game and more like a triple-A blockbuster, Project Wingman delivers all the hardware and heroics you’d expect from a top-class air combat title- at about half the price. Not long ...

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Meteor World Actor review

With a gritty context, interesting characters, and impressive visual style, Meteor World Actor offers nearly everything you want from a visual novel except for a sense of closure. Two years ago, Valve created a blog ...

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