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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 ...

Typically, my appreciation for adventure games takes the form of a dawdling growth curve; admiration comes only after a protracted play period. Not so with Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon– the title’s poetic ...

The next few days appear to present quite a menagerie- a horde of hamsters, four dragons, a sleuth of huggable bears, a herd of deer, and a single chimpanzee. If it wasn’t for a fleet ...

Typically those who yearn for the immersive eeriness of a first-person survival horror game have to satisfy their desires on a home console. With a restrained amount of screen space as well an abridged control ...

DesertEagle’s Take: Unlike my colleague SeanNOLA who has likely played enough of the Yakuza franchise to concern the Kobe Organized Crime Task-Force, I am a neophyte to the series. Although the episodic exploits of Kazuma ...

From the infestations of the infected in Dead Rising and the Left 4 Dead series to the post-nuclear terrain of the Fallout franchise, the apocalyptic setting is a reoccurring motif in gaming. The theme’s ability ...

I’ve always wondered: when someone starts a Laundromat, do they receive a free Metal Slug cabinet with their preliminary investment in washers and dryers?  In my brief-but-well traveled lifetime, I have never used a coin-op ...