Keith Schleicher

PROFILE:

While not working as a Database Administrator, Keith Schleicher has been associate with Gaming Trend since 2003. While his love of video games started with the Telestar Alpha (a pong console with four different games), he started playing games on the ill-fated TI-99/4A. While the Speech Synthesizer seemed to be the height of gaming, eventually a 286 AT computer running at 8 and 12 Hz with a CGA monitor would be his outlet for a while. Eventally he'd graduate to 386, 486, Pentium, and Athlon systems, even doing some hardware reviews and attending Comdex. With the release of the Dreamcast and being able to play Dead or Alive 3 on the original Xbox before release, that started his conversion to the console world. Since the Dreamcast he has acquired an NES, SNES, PS2, PS3, PSP, GBA-SP, DS, Xbox, Xbox 360, Gamecube, and Wii. While not playing video games he enjoys bowling, reading, playing board games, listening to music, hanging out with friends, and watching movies and TV. He originally hails from Wisconsin but is now living in Illinois.

Posts by Keith Schleicher:

Shin Megami Tensei IV coming to the Nintendo 3DS

by 48 days ago

While there have been a few Persona games and other offshoots, we haven't seen an official release of the Shin Megami Tensei series in nearly a decade.  That's about to …

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Crazy Eights: Eight questions with James Mathe of Minion Games

by 52 days ago

I had heard of Kickstarter for a while due to the fact that many developers were using it for publishing board games.  Many people have succeeded, but many have failed …

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It doesn’t get any better than brawlers, babes, and ninjas — Dead or Alive 5+ Review

by 56 days ago

I was fortunate enough to play on an Xbox before it was released, and the game used to highlight its capabilities was Dead or Alive 3. That game was the …

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Don’t let your feathers get ruffled — Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken PS Vita Review

by 57 days ago

It’s hard these days to set yourself apart in the world of 2D platformers.  You need to have some quirk that sets it apart.  In Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, the evil …

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Playdek and Stone Blade announce plans of Ascension iOS support

by 59 days ago

The first Playdek game I played on the iOS was Ascension.  I don't know how many games I've played, but it plays fast and the expansions add even more cards …

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Penny Arcade iOS on sale this weekend

by 59 days ago

You might know that a little thing called PAX East is going on this weekend.  Well, in honor of the happening, Playdek has put the iOS version of Penny Arcade …

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Crazy Eights: Eight questions on Zombicide Season 2

by 62 days ago

One of the biggest Kickstarter successes from last year was the first Zombicide.  It reached an amazing number of stretch goals with several characters, both survivor and zombified, added to …

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COGs On Your Tabletop With Gears of War The Board Game

by 62 days ago

    Fantasy Flight Games has had quite a bit of success translating video games into board games. They successfully brought the world of Azeroth to the table with Warcraft: The Board …

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    Crazy Eights: Eight questions about Skylanders Chess

    by 76 days ago

    When I posted about Skylanders Chess late last week, I had no idea I would hear back from the author of that article.  I took the opportunity to ask him …

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    Crazy Eights: Eight questions about Dungeon Roll and Kickstarter

    by 81 days ago

    Kickstarter  has become a phenomenon with video game developers, but it has become even bigger with board game developers.  I asked Michael Mendes, founder of Tasty Minstrel Games, about his …

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    Would you like to play a game of Skylanders Chess?

    by 82 days ago

      Let's face it, one day our consoles are going to end up in that giant motherboard in the sky, and the portal of power that comes with the Skylanders games …

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      Quarriors! Prepare to Die! — Quarriors! Quarmageddon Review

      by 91 days ago

        When I talked to someone from WizKids about Quarriors at GenCon 2011, they said that it would be the game of the year.  I thought that was a pretty bold …

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