Retro reflections by Matt S. It’s funny how one of the simplest games of all time – Space Invaders – can still be so completely addictive. One of thousands of games on my cocktail arcade cabinet, and a game that you can easily play in some form or other for…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. One of my favourite games as a kid was Snow Bros. Jr. on the Game Boy Color. It wasn’t even my game. It belonged to my cousins, but every time I would visit I would end up borrowing the game for as long as I…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. The next Warriors game from Koei Tecmo is another Samurai Warriors game, but it’s a very different one from what we’re used to from the developer. With most Warriors games, the story of dozens of different characters is told at once. For the upcoming Samurai Warriors:…
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Retro reflections by Matt S. One of my favourite genres is the dungeon crawler. Forming a party of heroes, and then inching my way around a labyrinth of of death, filled with monsters, traps, and, of course, loot, really appealed to the Dungeons & Dragons player in me. The dungeon…
Read MoreJapanese history by Matt S. In my series of Japanese history pieces, I’ve looked at the three generals who became the effective rulers of Japan through the Sengoku period; Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa. These three men were, by far, the most powerful and important generals through the…
Read MoreHi everyone! Many thanks to everyone that has supported DDNet Premium over the past year or so that it’s been in operation. It has been really, truly heartening to know that some people do value the kind of fiercely independent criticism, analysis, and writing that we do here. We know…
Read MoreHistory by Matt S. Over recent months I’ve had a number of people ask me to write more about Japanese history and its personalities. Games from Japan, unsurprisingly, often feature references or depictions of Japan’s past, and it’s an unfortunate reality that, at least in the West, learning about Japanese…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Ghostlight is one of the veteran localisation outfits out there. Founded back in 2004, the company got its start in bringing various Atlus games into Europe and Australia, starting with Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer’s call in 2005, and then the excellent Digital Devil Saga titles after…
Read MoreIt’s time for this week’s DDNet debate! This week we thought we’d discuss our favourite genre of all – the JRPG, and what we look for from games in the genre. Naturally such a discussion was always going to lead us to start talking about narratives, and then this week…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Over recent months I’ve had a number of people ask me to write more about Japanese history and its personalities. Games from Japan, unsurprisingly, often feature references or depictions of Japan’s past, and it’s an unfortunate reality that, at least in the West, learning about Japanese…
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