Matt S. is the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of DDNet. He's been writing about games for over 20 years, including a book, but is perhaps best-known for being the high priest of the Church of Hatsune Miku.
Of all the devices that I get to test and review at DDNet, the brand I tend to return to for daily use after the testing is done is SteelSeries. They tend to be the devices that are the most ergonomic, durable, and simply fun to use. This is a roundabout way of saying that I’m already using SteelSeries mice…
I love when an announcement comes out of nowhere and gets you to jump up and do a happy dance. That’s what happened about a day ago when a press release landed in my inbox announcing that the original Culdcept was going to be re-released on Steam, and in English…
People love K-pop idol groups, and this is one of the least…
I don’t have too much to say about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth…
Of all the various bits and pieces that you can connect to a computer, I find the ergonomics of the mouse to be critical. If it’s uncomfortable to click or move around, the hand suffers, and it doesn’t take long for the pain to settle in. Over the course of…
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When I think about the correct term to describe Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, I find myself alternating between “whimsical”, “playful” and “twee”. It’s also saccharine, and that will make it polarising to an extent, but then if you’re not open to Yoshi melting your heart, I would argue that…
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As you all know, I’m working on a visual novel about my great passion in life, Dancesport. After three years and all kinds of issues along the way, it’s finally getting close to being finished. You can Wishlist it on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3693000/The_Last_Waltz/ As I’ve been working on the game,…
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Every so often, a game gets released that gets all kinds of kudos, but when I sit down to play it, none of the “hype” makes sense to me. Mouse: P.I. For Hire is an example of that. This game makes no sense to me. Mouse: P.I. For Hire should…
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I almost forgot about Supermassive Games’ Dark Pictures Anthology. That’s not from a lack of quality – each title in the series to date has been very worthy – but it’s just that things move quickly in video games and the Dark Pictures titles don’t quite have the longevity behind…
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There was a moment there where I thought that my issues with the big AAA-blockbuster space were with me. That I’d become jaded from having played far too many games, and seeing how the sausage gets made first-hand, and therefore I had lost perspective. Yet Pragmata then came and demonstrated…
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Heroes of Might and Magic is finally back, and I couldn’t be happier. This is one of my favourite franchises of all – I even have the entire, expanded board game adaptation of Heroes of Might and Magic 3 thanks to a very generous brother who bought the whole damn…
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Fuck AI. Fuck it, fuck it, fuck it. Kazuma Kaneko’s Tsukuyomi is a good example of why game developers should never touch Gen AI. It’s an actual insult to the intelligence that Kazuma Kaneko would actually put his name to this and believe that people would just accept it. For…
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Squint hard enough, and the AYANEO Pocket AIR Mini x B.Duck Limited Edition looks like a Chocobo limited edition. That was a good enough reason for me to buy one. It’s actually my first AYANEO device, and I can certainly see the appeal of them, sitting in the growing pool…
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The Two Point series has a lot to answer for. Yes, SEGA’s brand of casual business simulations is silly and charming, and it’s fun to see what whacky schools, hospitals and museums you can cobble together. But in their desperate effort to be feel-good fun times, the Two Point series…
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