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A Blast From The Past: Panasonic FZ-1 3DO

Why now? How the hell did I remember the 3DO? The truth is that I wasn’t particularly searching for one, nor even thinking about it; I simply was performing some random vintage gaming searches online, on Amazon and eBay mostly. And there was the encounter. Listed on eBay at around USD 180, it came as a total [...]

May 5, 2013CommentsRead More

Zombie Gaming: Remembrance

Zombies are all over the place. Indeed, we couldn’t help but notice how omnipresent were zombie games, be it on consoles and handhelds, but mostly on smartphones and tablets. Of course, zombies have been a film and comic staple since the early 70′s, but the past fifteen years have seen them take over the gaming [...]

May 1, 2013CommentsRead More

The Watch List: Beyond: Two Souls

Following the release of the very critically successful and fan-favorite Heavy Rain in 2010, Quantic Dreams (the developer) had set the standards pretty high, not just for the competition but for themselves as well. Heavy Rain was not the first of its kind in the genre of Interactive Storytelling, yet it still managed to redefine and [...]

March 21, 2013CommentsRead More

Tree of Life: An Interview With Flaming Toast

Sneaking up on me on my Facebook newsfeed earlier this week, I saw something that directly caught my eye amidst the sea of duckfaces and ‘food porn’ pictures. It was a picture of concept art from an upcoming game, Tree of Life, that my friend had shared. I automatically clicked on the page’s link, found [...]

March 9, 2013CommentsRead More

Android, More Than Just a Mobile OS

Think of the word Android and the first thing that pops into your head is probably a list of desserts (Jellybean, Ice-Cream Sandich, etc…). All joking aside, Android has become known as that mobile OS trying to (and almost succeeding) at beating Apple’s renowned iOS. However, what people tend to forget is that Android is an open-source [...]

March 5, 2013CommentsRead More

Most Anticipated Games of 2013

So now that we’ve said our farewells to 2012 and honored all that it’s had to offer in Tech-Ticker’s Game of the Year Award, it’s now time to take a look into the future and see what to expect in 2013. While in a few months we’ll all be swamped reading up on the reveal [...]

January 26, 2013CommentsRead More

The 2012 Game of the Year Award Winner

At the end of every year, us fans of the gaming industry like to look back and give recognition to the best titles of the year. The highest title and honor that can be bestowed to a game is the Game of the Year crown. We have made a rundown of the best games of [...]

December 28, 2012CommentsRead More

Tech-Ticker Game of the Year Awards

As the end of the year dawns upon us it is time to look back at all the game releases, big and small, disappointing and pleasantly surprising and most importantly which games were able to captivate us and make us forget about the real world in which we live. The gaming team here at Tech-Ticker [...]

December 12, 2012CommentsRead More