Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for the American-Statesman since 1997 and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's currently a contributor to NPR's "All Tech Considered" segment, which airs Mondays on "All Things Considered." He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project, and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.
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By Omar L. Gallaga
| Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 09:30 AM
The drought of video games continues, but should be picking up very soon. Here’s what’s new:
“Venetica.” — DTP Entertainment’s role-playing game is about a hero named Scarlett, the daughter of Death, who must stop an evil necromancer bent on bringing destruction to the world. The picaresque game takes place in 16th-century Venice. Rated T for Teen. $40, for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PCs.
Also out this week: “Lost in Shadow” (Nintendo Wii), “Sherlock Holmes and Mystery Of Osborne House” (Nintendo DS), “Emergency 2012” (PC), “Puzzler World” (Mac), “ilomilo” (downloadable for Xbox 360), “StarDrone” (downloadable for PS3).
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