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…
News by Jedediah H. I shall do you the favour of shutting my pretentious mouth (or binding my pretentious typing fingers) so as to comfort your instant viewing pleasure. Enjoy. That was pretty impressive! So, what have we gathered about The Witcher 3 thanks to this footage? Well, we have…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. If you feel that the current selection of games available for your PS4 is lacking in playfulness, child-like wonderment, and 3-D plat-forming that requires fair skill in timing, dig up your old colouring book and don those sunglasses; The Last Tinker: City of Colors is available…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. So I had a chance to play one battle from Koei Tecmo’s upcoming Samurai Warriors 4. Excuse me for a moment while I fanboy here: WHOO BOY. The demo might have only been a few minutes long, but I am completely convinced that this will be…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. The vampire mythos is a veritable narrative goldmine for any horror writer worth their salt. The genre naturally lends so well to discussions of power, purity and violence that there’s plenty of potential for some great scares along the way. But Vampire Hunter D is not…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. There are a handful of variables that can impact how much you enjoy the PC gaming experience. Much of it starts with the rig itself and whether or not it can handle the games – or perhaps push the boundaries of what the game is capable…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Gandalf may have been adamant in his refusal to allow a burning Balrog passage to lynch his fellowship with a flaming whip within the depths of the Mines of Moria, but if said Balrog was, say, instead wielding a season pass for the upcoming Middle-earth: Shadow…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. This anime could not have been easy to localise. In fact, I’m surprised that anyone even tried. Bakemonogatari comes to us from Nisio Isin, the young Japanese wordsmith who is rapidly developing a reputation for being something well beyond his peers in the light novel space.…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Who remembers Goldeneye? Everyone who was playing games when the Nintendo 64 was the big Nintendo console does, I assume. And as good as the game’s single player mode was it was truly something special for its split screen multiplayer. How I remember having night after…
Read MoreOpinion by Jedediah H. I had a pretty good childhood. With parents who nurtured me with all the necessities plus a few luxuries (love, support… and video games, baby!), friends with whom I could share my illogical thoughts and misadventures with, and a body tempered in muscular steel plating that…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The controller is one of the most important parts of a console gaming experience. I know a lot of people worry about how the console looks, and there are some aspects to the console (how well it is built, whether it stays cool or not) that…
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