Back in the late 1970’s, you wore your hair long, you boogied to disco, and you didn’t spend your leisure time on video games. Rather, you ‘played Atari’- a colloquialism which indicated the company’s overwhelming ...
Read More »Podcast 5-2: Yars Wars
This week, Tech-Gaming’s beloved trio offers impressions of Call of Duty: Black Ops, Horde, Majin and The Forsaken Kingdom, Ys: The Oath in Felghana, as well as Atari Greatest Hits: Volume One. To discuss the ...
Read More »Thrillstreak- Call of Duty: Black Ops Review
Much like the pivotal operations which serve as the game’s narrative impetus, Call of Duty: Black Ops represents a critical juncture for Treyarch. Success with the title could allow the developer to ditch its status ...
Read More »Red Head Redemption- Ys: The Oath in Felghana Review
Ys: The Oath in Felghana is a remake of a remake – that is to say that it is a recreation of the 2005 PC only Oath in Felghana which was itself a reimagining of ...
Read More »Hell on Wheels- Blood Drive Review
With the Twisted Metal franchise selling more than fifteen million copies across seven iterations, you might think that store shelves would be saturated with car-combat clones. Yet beyond 1998’s tag-team of Vigilante 8 and Rogue ...
Read More »New Releases 11/14-11/20: Roads and Rome Edition
You thought the tag-team efforts of the Playstation Move and Kinect would slow the Wii’s ambitions down? It appears unlikely- games for the original motion-based console account for nearly half of this week’s new releases. ...
Read More »Stream of Consciousness- Aqua Panic! Review
It look little more than a few whimsical back-of-the-box screenshots and a ten dollar sale price to entice me to take a chance on Downsteam Panic!, Eko Systems aquatic-themed PSP puzzler. Like any respectable entry ...
Read More »A Radiant Revision- GoldenEye 007 Review
Whereas cinematic remakes are often awarded bulky budgets and undergo thoughtful renovation, revival of interactive entertainment is typically given the shaft. With the ability to emulate or adapt programming code onto newer hardware, players are ...
Read More »The Tech-Gaming Podcast- 5-1: For Queen and Country
In this oft-delayed, highly anticipated podcast, DesertEagle pledges his allegiance to Queen and country with impressions of Goldeneye 007 and James Bond 007: Blood Stone, as well as hosting Southampton developers Megadev, creators of pleasing ...
Read More »Monster Mash: Bakugan: Defenders of the Core Review
It’s been over a year since Bakugan first made its gaming debut with Bakugan: Battle Brawlers. Enthralled with the concept of Bakugan’s skill-meets-strategy gameplay, I tried it and enjoyed it, despite a few foundational flaws. ...
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