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…
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…
Read MoreReview 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…
Read MoreReview 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…
Read MoreRetro 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…
Read MoreReview 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,…
Read MoreList 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…
Read MoreHi 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…
Read MoreReview 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…
Read MoreNews 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…
Read MoreReview 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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