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.
To start this review with something very personal: My father passed away last week. It’s been difficult, to put it mildly. The reason I bring it up is that Dad absolutely loved Ten-Pin Bowling. Had his own ball, ball bag (I had no idea they made bowling ball bags), shoes, the works. He competed in social leagues all over the…
Having not played the original Code Vein, I have no idea whether Code Vein II is effective in building on it, or whether the two games are related at all. What I do know is that Code Vein II is an excellent soulslike. One that starts quite slowly, but has…
It’s incredible that Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergarde plays so well on…
Lached Up Games serves a very specific niche with its quirky and…
We had a special guest on the Digitally Uploaded podcast this month – Lachlan, from Lached Up Games! He’s been on the podcast before, but because we love his fanservicey take on Australian visual novels, and the fact he has a new one just out on Steam, we couldn’t resist…
Read More
One Piece Odyssey is a particularly impressive game for one reason in particular: You don’t need to be a fan of One Piece to enjoy it. So often anime tie-in games consolidate the main anime plotline to an extreme degree, just so the developers can squish some form of it…
Read More
Oh yes, I’m going there. With Fire Emblem Engage out in just a week, I’ve decided that DigitallyDownloaded.net needs a solid flood of very angry people, so I’m going to publish the definitive* ranking order of all the Fire Emblem titles released in English. (* Not actually definitive. This is…
Read More
This one has been a long time coming, but NISA has finally given the world a release date for Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. It will land on May 9 in North America, May 12 in Europe, and will have all DLC baked into it. You have, of course, been able…
Read More
2022 was such a jam-packed year for releases that it’s far too easy to forget about some of the great games that were released through the year. So, as part of our podcast this month, we chatted about what our most memorable games of the year were. Not necessarily the…
Read More
The next release in Bandai Namco’s venerable JRPG series, Tales, will launch quite soon – February 17. Rather than being a new game, as such, it will be a remaster, but a remaster of one of the more respected titles in the series. Tales of Symphonia was a GameCube title,…
Read More
Whenever Americans tackle Japanese material or attempt to situate a film, TV series or otherwise in Japan, there’s an inherent tension between what works in American cinema and entertainment, and what is representing Japanese culture and aesthetics accurately. Too often, under these circumstances, the work turns out to be something…
Read More
January is usually one of the quietest months for game releases (and news, and all the rest), but in 2023 there are some big releases (and a few genuinely exciting surprises that we had no idea were coming). So we sit down to chat about what we’re looking forward to…
Read More
Bushiroad (the company behind the likes of Cardfight!! Vanguard) has established a console games label, Bushiroad Games, and overnight announced a bunch of games. These are largely early in development, but there’s a lot here to get excited for – if nothing else, Bushiroad Games seems committed to supporting the…
Read More
Ebi-hime is one of the most inspiring VN authors. Specialising in two very niche genres – Yuri and “Grim” VNs, the creator behind the likes of Sweetest Monster, Blackberry Honey, and Strawberry Vinegar has been incredibly prolific for years now: the Steam creator’s page features 26 games alone, with four…
Read More