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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…

review-scarlet-nexus-sony-playstation-5

June 23, 2021

action RPG/Bandai Namco/JRPG/PlayStation 5/PS5 Review/Reviews/Scarlet Nexus

Review by Matt S. The nature of reality is becoming an ever-bigger question mark that artists are grappling with, and that’s because we’re getting greater levels of control over the very foundations of the reality that we exist within. We’re taking the digital, constructed would and painting it over the…

review-alex-kidd-in-miracle-world-dx

June 23, 2021

2D platformer/Nintendo Switch/platformer/Reviews/Sega/Switch Review

Review by Alex Kidman. It’s complicated having nearly the same name as a video gaming mascot. Not that I think there are too many people out there actually called “Sonic The Hodgehog” or “Maryo Maryo” to speak of. Still, with a name like mine, the years when Alex Kidd was…

Review: Guilty Gear -Strive- (Sony PlayStation 5)

June 22, 2021

Arc System Works/Fighting game/fighting games/Guilty Gear/PlayStation 5/PS5 Review/Reviews

Review by Matt S. I went into Guilty Gear Strive expecting to spend three-quarters of the review talking about Guilty Gear’s best character, Dizzy. I even had an awesome joke planned, since Dizzy wears skin-tight tiny shorts. I was planning on breaking out the old Austin Powers “how do you…

its-cool-that-you-remember-gba-nintendo

June 22, 2021

Anbernic/Game Boy Advance/GBA/Nintendo/Retro/Retro Reflections

Retro by Matt S. If you really, really pressed me to name a favourite console of all time, my knee-jerk reaction would probably be the Game Boy Advance. It was the console that took me from hobbyist gamer to gaming being a true calling and passion for me. It was…

Review: Our Church and Halloween RPG Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 21, 2021

Indie/JRPG/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/RPG

Review by Matt S. I don’t know if any of you have seen the Chick Tract Dark Dungeons comic book. It’s pretty old now (published in 1984), but as I was growing up it did the rounds every so often at school because it is unhinged. Like genuinely, bona fide,…

Interesting games on itch.io: June 21

June 21, 2021

Art Game/Indie/itch.io/list/Top 10/top 5

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…

DDNet is off for the day… a small personal update

June 18, 2021

digitallydownloaded.net

Hi all – just a small personal update. DDNet has been a bit quiet in terms of reviews and what-not this wee – E3 always throws things in a spin and there’s not much point to doing much else. But in the background there’s been other stuff going on, and…

Review: Farm Frenzy Refreshed (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 17, 2021

casual game/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/simulation

Review by Matt S. Ever play a game that you know isn’t all that great, but for reasons you’re not even certain of, you love it anyway? That’s my experience with the Farm Frenzy series. I’ve enjoyed these things from way back on the PlayStation Portable (where they were PSP…

e3-2021-ddnets-wrap-up

June 17, 2021

News by Lindsay M. E3’s final day was yesterday, and I’m sure many of us (myself included) is suffering from a bit of a gaming hangover – my migraine is definitely telling me it was a bit overwhelming! Luckily, we kept track of all the best news so you didn’t…

Review: SHING! (Nintendo Switch)

June 16, 2021

2D Brawler/action game/brawler/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Harvard L. My first few levels of SHING! were spent battling with my fingers to try and wrap around this game’s bizarre control scheme. It’s a brawler where the left stick moves and the right stick is used for attacks – flick in a horizontal direction to jab,…

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