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.
Blue Reflection has been a difficult series for Koei Tecmo to manage thanks to its enormously niche premise. Four products in, it’s also difficult to suggest that bad missteps were not made along the way. The original Blue Reflection got itself released and then un-released in parts of the world like Australia for being too much for an R-18+ rating…
I have lost track of how many times I’ve played Final Fantasy X (and X-2) now. I remember playing it for the first time on the PlayStation 2, and then getting into fights on early-era bulletin boards on who was best out of Rikku, Lulu and Yuna (Rikku, of course).…
EPOMAKER is rapidly becoming a favourite keyboard manufacturer. I love the company’s…
Here’s the problem with playing a single-player spinoff from a multiplayer property:…
There is a comfortable lie at the heart of almost every open-world RPG. The idea that the world is ending (or some other equally dramatic events are unfolding), but all of it is waiting on you to stop it and save the day. The Blood of Dawnwalker, the debut title…
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When the SmartFit EQ Adjustable Multi-Angle Laptop Stand landed on my desk to review, I was actually pretty excited, as I did need a laptop stand to improve my posture. Then I wondered how I was actually going to cover this thing for a gaming website. But! Much as with…
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To review the Gothic 1 Remake, I played it side-by-side with the original Gothic, as released on the Nintendo Switch. One hour in the remake, one in the original. Then back to the remake. I did that because Gothic is, in its own little way, an enormously influential classic. It…
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The origins of the Rhythm Heaven series are noble. One of the legends of Japanese music, Tsunku, got involved with Nintendo and produced the first game in an effort to develop the player’s rhythm skills. You might assume that all rhythm games do that, but in reality, most rhythm games…
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Dungeons & Dragons is great. Really, really great. But it’s a massive time sink and even bigger commitment from the entire group. The last couple of times I’ve tried to get in on a D&D campaign, it has fizzled out once people started to get busy with work, weekends, or…
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I know the question you’re thinking: Why would we, a gaming site, review something like the Kensington KB535 EQ Rechargeable Multi-Device Keyboard? This thing is clearly designed for office use first and foremost. It doesn’t even have lights for the keys! What gamer in their right mind would use a…
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I was genuinely concerned that Dead or Alive was, well, dead. On its original launch, Dead or Alive 6 was largely seen as a misfire by just about all camps: Koei Tecmo clearly wanted to elevate it into the rotation for serious fighting games, but on reputation alone it was…
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Lylat Wars (as Star Fox 64 was known in Australia) was a pioneering game, and people who bought into the Nintendo 64 early on probably ended up buying a copy of it. It helped that it came with a Rumble Pack, though. Remember the days when rumble was a really…
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It was originally a Wii title that, famously, fans had to fight really hard to get localised. Then it had a 3DS port because Nintendo needed something to showcase the power of a more powerful edition of the console. Then it got a port to the Switch. Now it’s enhanced…
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One of the best things about eFootball Kick-Off is that it has a global championship mode, structured just like a FIFA World Cup, with all the players and nations you could hope for, without it being a World Cup. You can buy this and enjoy all the thrills of The…
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