August 2025 Podcast: Censorship really grinds our gears. Also, the stuff about retro games we don’t like – Digitally Downloaded

August 2025 Podcast: Censorship really grinds our gears. Also, the stuff about retro games we don’t like

Video games are serious business.

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Digitally Uploaded Podcast

This month we discuss a massive wave of censorship that is affecting the entire games industry and even forcing us to re-write chunks of our own game, The Last Waltz.

Then we go on to discuss older games – particularly JRPGs – and some of the mechanics that we’re glad have been left behind. As much as we love the aesthetics and classic quality of these games… we are also glad that some mechanics have been left for the retro compilations now.

Finally, we talk about all the games releasing in August. It’s a relatively quiet month, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things coming up to pay attention to!

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Enjoy, and as always, please do let us know if you’ve got any feedback or would like for us to discuss a particular topic on an upcoming show.

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Matt S. is the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of DDNet. He's been writing about games for over 20 years, including a book, but is perhaps best-known for being the high priest of the Church of Hatsune Miku.

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