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by ddnetadmin

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…

The 100 canonical games: 30-21

September 14, 2016

Dragon Age/Fatal Frame II/Final Fantasy X/Fire Emblem 7/Journey/knights of the old republic/Life is Strange/list/Mass Effect 2/Mega Man 2/Samurai Warriors 3/The 100 canonical games/Top 10

There are thousands upon thousands of games that have been released over the years. Narrowing them down to a “top 100” was always going to be a challenge, but the whole DDNet team has come together to build a list of the 100 most canonical games that we feel all…

DDNet in Japan #7: A couple of light activities for an easy-pace day

September 14, 2016

DDNet in Japan 2016/DDNet Premium/Japan/Nakano Broadway/Sapporo/Sky Circus/tourism/travel

Tourism by Matt S. Japan can be exhausting. The energy of the city, as well as the sheer number of things to do, means that often, even when you’re out for a relaxing day in a beautiful area like Hakone, you find yourself walking… and walking… and walking. A quick…

Review: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (PC)

September 13, 2016

Australia/Gamebook/PC Review/Reviews/RPG/The Warlock of Firetop Mountain/Tin Man Games

Review by Nick H. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain relies heavily on a sense of nostalgia, which is always a dangerous place to go. If the audience is too young/never experienced the source material in any way, they might not ‘get it’ or be as invested as someone who can…

Koei Tecmo and Square Enix have already made this my favourite TGS ever

September 13, 2016

Itagaki Street/Koei Tecmo/Musou Stars/News/Square Enix/TGS/TGS 2016/Tokyo Game Show/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. I’m actually too tired to do proper news articles on these announcements that were made today (lots more to share from here in Japan in the coming days, see), but I felt compelled to stick up these two trailers for DDNet readers, because both games have…

The 100 canonical games: 40-31

September 13, 2016

1979 Revolution: Black Friday/Final Fantasy VI/list/Metroid Prime/Ori/Pac-Man/Papers Please/Pokemon Red/SimCity 2000/Spec Ops The Line/Street Fighter 2/The 100 canonical games/Top 10

DDNet in Japan #6: Hatsune Miku is going to destroy us all (and I’m cool with that)

September 13, 2016

DDNet in Japan 2016/DDNet Premium/Hatsune Miku/Hatsune Miku concert/Hatsune Miku Expo 2016/Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2016/Hiroshi Sugimoto/Japan/The Lost Human Genetic Archive/tourism/travel

Tourism by Matt S. Over the weekend I went along to the Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2016 concert and exhibition and OH MY GOD I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER ALL OVER AGAIN. I won’t retread what I wrote in my piece on the concert last year. Please do read…

All-female protagonist September: Bitchy or ditzy, the Final Fantasy Scale

September 13, 2016

All-female protagonist September/Final Fantasy X/Final Fantasy XIII/Opinion

Blog by Lindsay M. While considering the physique of female video game characters last week, I touched briefly upon the fact that Final Fantasy XIII’s Lightning is considering “bitchy” by many. This led me to the realization that females are often grouped into one of two categories: she is a…

i-played-miku-vr-finally-and-its-going

September 13, 2016

Demo/Hands-On Impressions/Hatsune Miku Expo 2016/Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2016/Hatsune Miku VR/PlayStation VR/Preview/Sega

Preview by Matt S. Last year when I was in Japan I had two opportunities to try out Hatsune Miku VR; first at the 2015 Miku Magical Mirai expo, and then again at Tokyo Game Show. In both cases I ended up missing out thanks to a combination of bad…

review-hue-sony-playstation-4

September 12, 2016

2D platformer/Art Game/Hue/Indie/platformer/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/puzzle platformer/Reviews

Review by Mikhail M. Hue by Fiddlesticks surprised me in every way, which is good, because on paper it doesn’t sound like too much; it’s a puzzle platformer that relies on colours. That simple concept belies one intensely well-crafted game, however, in which everything from the title screen music to…

The 100 canonical games: 50-41

September 12, 2016

American McGee's Alice/Bound/Day of the Tentacle/double dragon/Final Fantasy Tactics/list/Pokemon Gold/The 100 canonical games/To The Moon/Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE/Top 10/Uncharted 2/Yakuza 5

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