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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 ...

This week’s new releases seems sponsored by the letter “S” as a scintillating selection of stealthy spies, Spartans, soccer balls, Shinobis, and even Snoopy await scrutiny by sophisticated gamers. After the surprising shower of sensations ...

DesertEagle’s Take: While the depth and verisimilitude of a driving simulation like Gran Turismo or Forza can be alluring, there are workdays that beg for a quick and dirty rush of high-octane adrenaline. For most ...

Despite the ability of contemporary consoles to articulate any kind of imagined world – from a post-apocalyptic landscape to a medieval countryside, most of our games reflect familiar settings. Typically, processing power is used to ...

On this week’s podcast, the Tech-Gaming crew discusses the futility of plastic firearm accessories , the German Dog Police , and wainscoting. Since we also enjoy that terribly addictive pastime , the trio offers impressions ...