Ron Burke

PROFILE:

Ron Burke is the Director, creator, and owner of Gaming Trend.  Hailing from Phoenix Arizona, Ron is what you’d call a hardcore old-school gamer.  He’s owned every major console since the Colecovision, as well as a Commodore 16, a VIC 20, a Commodore 64, an Amiga 500, and so on.  Working with Origin, he was the first Counselor in Ultima Online, and then later the first Seer.  As a reviewer, Ron has authored over 1000 previews and reviews, as well as interviewing some of the luminaries of this industry including Richard Garriott, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Mike Laidlaw, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, Peter Molyneux, and many more.

Posts by Ron Burke:

SHIELD now available for pre-order. Nothing to do with the Avengers

by 5 days ago

    Team NVIDIA has announced that Project SHIELD is no longer just a project and now you can pre-order the thing for your own very shortly.  The open platform device holds …

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    Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall released

    by 5 days ago

      It must be Tuesday - it's release date time!  The folks at Her Interactive have released Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall - a new mystery adventure exclusive to …

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    Mad Catz ships M.O.U.S.9. – their new rodent

    by 5 days ago

      Mad Catz has been in the mouse business for a while, and they are announcing that they've shipped the sequel to the R.A.T. gaming mouse - they are calling this …

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      CCP launches DUST 514

      by 5 days ago

      The team at CCP Games have hit their mark and launched their huge free-to-play multiplayer first person shooter, DUST 514.  Exclusive to the PS3, the title has been a topic …

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      Game Dev Tycoon – far more fun than it has any right to be

      by 6 days ago

      There are a plethora of “Tycoon” games on the market.  The smartphone market is flooded with them, Steam has a ton, and there are new ones hitting the cheap deals …

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      Problem Solved! Roxio Game Capture HD Pro Review

      by 7 days ago

        As a member of the press it is our job to write about the amazing efforts of game developers.  We paint a picture that gives you the reader an idea …

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        DLC for NASCAR The Game: Inside Line

        by 9 days ago

        There's only a handful of people that like NASCAR....somewhere around 75 million or so.   I'm guessing we have a few here.   Eutechnyx and Activision are taking a note from something …

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        New Watch_Dogs screenshots

        by 9 days ago

        Watch_Dogs is going to be hard to beat for Game of Show for E3, I can see it already.  We've got some new screenshots showing the game in action, this …

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        Command & Conquer – Dev Diary 1 released

        by 10 days ago

        The team at EA and Victory Games (as well as veteran C&C Westwood veteran, Louis Castle) want us to take a look at the first developer diary for Command & …

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        Batgirl confirmed as DLC for Injustice – we’ve got video

        by 10 days ago

        Leaked, confirmed, and now shown in video format, we've got a sweet trailer for the upcoming Batgirl DLC for Injustice: Gods Among Us.  If you missed my review of the …

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        Rounds middleware converges video, texting, and gaming

        by 10 days ago

          Social Media is alive and well, but in the gaming space it's often somewhat fractured.  Texting and voice is often separated or completely divorced from one another.  A company called …

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          Guncraft Pirate Bay trailer

          by 10 days ago

          There is absolutely no discounting the power of an open sandbox and the building blocks to make something magical.  Many people say that imagination is dead, but games like Guncraft …

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