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With the ability to plug in a specialized stick, and offer neighboring players a convenient way to settle a grudge, fighting games are idyllic for home consoles. Although efforts have made to transpose these pugilistic ...

Few games can induce controller-clinching, adrenaline-secreting play sessions as well as a proficiently programmed racer. From trying to nail the perfect drift to edging out an opponent across the checkered line, superlative entries in the ...

Porting a game to another platform is often trickier than one might think. Rewriting blocks of code, and having to take into account different hardware and its interfaces, can easily result in bugs and oversights. ...

This week sees the return of some familiar faces- from the reliable Blue Bomber to the garlic and explosive-loving antihero of the Mushroom Kingdom, and even everyone’s favorite sailor turned ninja. Although Japanese gamers have ...

Since its November release, Dragon Age: Origins has received a healthy amount of supplemental content. Woefully, the majority of this ancillary material has been less than essential. Return to Ostagar attempted to interpret impetuous King ...

Despite their long-standing popularity on PCs, real-time strategy games have only recently been embraced on home consoles. A significant portion of this sluggish acceptance can be attributed to the construction of a capable control system- ...

A timeworn Russian adage states that people can be endlessly fascinated by watching three things- children playing, a woman dancing, and fire burning.  Recent release Just Cause 2 gives players two of these components; although ...

This week the Tech-Gaming crew pays memorial to Phantasy Star Universe with Aaron Webber (aka Ruby Eclipse) of Sega of America. We offer Cave Story, Pokémon SoulSilver and 3D Dot Game Heroes impressions, a bit ...

After my 14 year Pokémon absence, I was more than just a little nostalgic when SoulSilver arrived at my office.   I spent the remainder of my work day humming the title theme to the original ...

Atlus’ Persona, Megami Tensai, and Shin Megami Tensai franchises have reliably offered a divergent range of role playing mechanics. From cultivating Pokémon-like demon hybrids in SMT: Nocturne, to balancing school, work, and social schedules in ...