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July 30, 2022

Competition

LAST CHANCE! Win one of FIVE RIG 800 PRO headsets & Stranger Of Paradise (+DLC)

Aussie readers of DDNet, have we got a treat for you! (Note: this competition is only open to Australian residents. Apologies, overseas friends, but I’m sure we’ll have another contest for you soon) Stranger Of Paradise is one of the finest, and smartest, games in Square Enix’s storied series. As we wrote in our 4.5/5 review: Do you know that…

psychological horror

Why I can’t review Martha is Dead

I don’t believe topics should be ignored in games, but I do believe that certain issues need to be handled delicately; things like mental illness, sexual assault, and war are not topics to be taken lightly. LKA is, to me, best known for approaching some very sensitive topics in The…

Review: Elex II (Sony PlayStation 5)

I’m not sure there’s ever a precisely right time to release a…

Review: Gran Turismo 7 (Sony PlayStation 5)

I really wish I loved anything as much as Yamauchi Kazunori loves…

Great Conqueror Rome and other EasyTech Switch strategy games: Perfect accessibility

September 23, 2020

EasyTech/Strategy/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. This week, EasyTech and Circle Entertainment have released the third in the “Conqueror” series of strategy games on Nintendo Switch. These are excellent, highly accessible games, and I do think they’re the perfect entry point for anyone who has been a little hesitant to step into…

Azur Lane: Crosswave is coming to Nintendo Switch!

September 23, 2020

Azur Lane/Idea Factory/News/Nintendo Switch/SHMUP/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. Idea Factory’s Azur Lane: Crosswave, the 3D SHMUP about naval battles (with the ships being replaced by leggy, big-chested girls) is coming to Nintendo Switch in 2021. Related reading: Our review of Azur Lane on the PlayStation 4. This was already a pretty chunky game, but…

Review: Great Conqueror: Rome (Nintendo Switch)

September 22, 2020

EasyTech/history/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Strategy/Switch Review/turn based

Review by Matt S. For over a decade Chinese developer, EasyTech, has made an art form out of managing the delicate balances required to make a strategy game on mobile devices work. From the World Wars to Napoleon’s campaigns, and all the way back to Three Kingdoms-era China, the company…

Fight Crab and Surrealism: It’s about more than “weird”

September 22, 2020

Fight Crab/surrealism/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S.Fight Crab is one of the finest surrealistic games we’ve seen in quite some time. I love this game (check out my review for more), but in playing it I was reminded of just how narrow our understanding of surrealism is. These days it’s a placeholder to…

Interesting games on itch.io: September 22

September 22, 2020

Indie/itch.io/list

List by Matt S. I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows…

Microsoft buys Bethesda

September 21, 2020

acquisition/bethesda/Financial results/Microsoft/News

News by Matt S. Microsoft, the tech company focused on providing content to consumers the world over, has continued in its quest to emulate Disney’s ability to do so in Hollywood and bring the same strategy to video games by announcing that it has acquired Bethesda for $7.5 billion. Bethesda is…

Arrest of a Stone Buddha: Harvard Let’s Plays

September 21, 2020

action game/Arrest of a Stone Buddha/Art Game/Indie/let's play/Video/Video review

Video by Harvard L. Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a new collection from Nintendo that includes Mario 64, Mario Sunshine, and Mario Galaxy (1, not 2). The three games in the collection are all excellent, and while the overall package isn’t perfect (check out my review on DDNet for that…

Review: Fight Crab (Nintendo Switch)

September 21, 2020

3D fighting game/Art Game/Fight Crab/Fighting game/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/surrealism/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. We already knew what the developer behind Fight Crab was capable of. The previous title, Ace of Seafood, was a manic, truly Dadaist trip of a game, eschewing such mundane considerations as “good gameplay” to instead throw players into something wild, different, and really quite subversive…

Is this the most beautiful Hatsune Miku figure of all time?

September 21, 2020

collectibles/figures/Good Smile Company/Hatsune Miku/News

News by Matt S. As just about everyone knows by now, I have an extended collection of Hatsune Miku figures – we’re talking dozens of them. It’s my big collection and hobby, and has been for some years now. The quality of these figures has been trending ever-upwards (to go…

The Friday Ten: Remembering the Nintendo 3DS with these ten wonderful experiences

September 18, 2020

A-Train 3D/Attack of the Friday Monsters/Bravely Default/Crimson Shroud/Culdcept/Fire Emblem/Friday 10s/list/Nintendo Switch/Persona Q/The Friday 10/Theatrhythm Final Fantasy/Top 10

List by Matt S. This week brought with it the sad news that Nintendo has formally ceased production of the 3DS hardware. Of course, the console was already very much legacy at this point and Nintendo has long shifted all its development resources over to the Switch, but the 3DS…

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