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.
Those who have been reading DDNet for some time know that for a few years now I’ve been working on a visual novel that’s on a subject close to my heart: Ballroom dancing! Why has it taken so long? Because the scope of this project is just that significant, and it has been a lot to take on as an…
I’m playing through Broken Roads right now. It’s basically “if Fallout was set in Australia,” or “if Mad Max was made into a game that actually respected Mad Max as a concept,” and I’m loving it. I’ll have a full review later on this week, but I wanted to use…
In hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have played ArcRunner. While it looks the…
Once upon a time Kemco was a developer and publisher of a…
SongPop Party is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the finest party games in existence. It takes something that is fundamentally compelling – music trivia – and gives people a no-frills way of playing that and, importantly, doing so with the music that they actually like. Now the…
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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 you to be transgressive,…
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If you love your games and art from Japan, then the Dee Dee Zine is for you. Each month we pack 56 pages of analysis, interview, feature and essay on everything to do with Japanese art, entertainment and culture. The September 2022 issue is no different… in fact, this is…
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The Legend of Heroes series is famous for being impenetrable for newcomers and also having a fanbase that likes it that way. They’ll insist that you absolutely cannot play any game in this series without having magically played all the other games first. And if you like the wrong ones…
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Anker Innovation’s Soundcore brand isn’t going to be as well-known to most people as the likes of Sony, EPOS, Beats, Bose or Apple’s AirPods. However, when you’ll generally be expecting to pay $200 – $300 for a set of earbuds from those companies, the Soundcore Space A40 is a relatively…
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The Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2 MAX is a mouthful of a headset to pronounce, but it’s a very solid and easy-to-use gaming-orientated headset indeed. If only gamers cared more about aesthetics. As a wireless headset, you’ll only be able to use the headset on devices that have a…
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Here’s a free tip for developers and publishers: “Souls” means something in video gaming now. We may or may not like it, but people see that combination of letters and think something very specific. Soulstice is not actually one of these games (blessedly, given that this year has already been…
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Penko Park is what happens when you take a Tim Burton nightmare, and mash it with Pokémon Snap. The game has become something of a cult hit “hidden gem” on Steam, where it released back in 2020, but now it’s coming to Nintendo Switch. I’ve got to say, the Switch…
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“Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were…
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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 you to be transgressive,…
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