Robert Allen

Los Angeles

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New Releases: June 5th-11th, 2025

3 days ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

From the blue-shelling chaos of Mario Kart World to the haunting dystopia of VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END (pictured) there’s plenty to dig into this week.
IndieGo #36: Spawn, Survive, and Thrive with Drop Point

5 days ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

Set on an island where a seemingly eco-friendly hydro-dam project has gone sideways, Drop Point puts you in the middle of a conflict between two warring factions. What’s left of civilization now struggles to survive in ruins that’s crawling with zombies and resource-hoarding survivors. Awaken on the island with nothing but a few essentials, you’re forced to rummage, craft, and fight for your life. Like most survival-driven titles, threats are ubiquitous, so you you’ll need to get moving.
PaperKlay review

1 week ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

3D platformers often tap into a particular kind of wonder, evoking the excitement of exploring an unfamiliar city. From admiring architectural quirks to learning a city’s layout, these games reward curiosity. PaperKlay, developed solely by Kevin Andersson, captures this feeling strikingly and enriches it with a distinctive, handcrafted aesthetic. The entire world of PaperKlay appears lovingly constructed from paper and cardboard.
Digging into the Depths of Bolder Dash with Stephan Berendsen and Chris Hülsbeck

1 week ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

As Boulder Dash celebrates its 40th anniversary, we sit down with two central figures shaping the legacy of this iconic video game franchise: Stephan Berendsen, CEO of BBG Entertainment, and renowned video game composer Chris Hülsbeck. From its 1984 debut to its evolution across generations of hardware platforms, Boulder Dash remains a treasured fixture in the gaming world.
Cattle Country review

1 week ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

By design, agrarian life-sims are dawdling experiences designed to be savored rather than quickly devoured. Whether your goal is a romantic partner or a sprawling farmstead, each daily routine inches you toward that goal. But Castle Pixel’s Cattle Country slows that leisurely pace down further, delivering an experience that might even be too sluggish for fans of the genre. Even worse, the title neglects to explain it’s fundamentals.
Utopia Must Fall review

1 week ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

During the early Eighties, a battle of display technologies divided arcade games. Games Like Donkey Kong, Dig Dug, and Q*bert harnessed the capability of raster graphics, crafting evocative sprites from grids of pixels. Vector-based games used a fundamental different approach, drawing with lines that resembled glowing pencil strokes. Unlike the oft-cute characters in raster games, vector graphics were cold, angular, and habitually set against inky black backdrops that signaled seriousness.
Trident’s Tale review

1 week ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

Trident’s Tale is a pirate adventure game that struggles to deliver anything original. From the start, 3DClouds’ (Xenon Racer, PAW Patrol World) latest effort feels like a composite of elements borrowed from titles like Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Skull and Bones. As such, nearly every moment of the game lacks originality.
Foot to the Face: A First Look at GLUM

2 weeks ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

Melee combat often feels clumsy and monotonous in a first-person perspective. But GLUM, an Early Access title from indie developer CinderCat Games, is out to challenge that convention. With responsive mechanics and a mischievous sense of humor, it drops players into a fantasy realm where guns are rare, blades are plentiful, and gratuitous bloodshed is generously rewarded. It’s definitely shaping up to be my kind of game.
Grandma, No! review

2 weeks ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

Typically, physics-driven comic games like Octodad, Human Fall Flat, and Moving Out are amusing for a few minutes. But before long, the ragdoll gag grows tiresome, and I find myself craving an experience where movement isn’t a fiddly chore. Grandma, No! doesn’t completely overcome the problem of clunky navigation. The game’s aging matriarch moves around slowly, and has habit of falling, requiring a button press to get back up.
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time review

2 weeks ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time offers an opportunity to revisit Level-5’s life simulation RPG series. The original Fantasy Life debuted on the Nintendo 3DS in 2014, and earning a cult following for its unique take on open-world role-playing. Fans have begged for a sequel for years, and after a decade of anticipation, Level-5 has finally delivered with The Girl Who Steals Time.