Last week Nintendo held its most impressive Nintendo Direct Web show ever, so we talk about all the awesome announcements that were made there (including Tetris!) We also have a good chat about open world games, given two very high-profile ones released this week: Metro and Far Cry. Is the…
Read MoreWhat’s the “perfect” game? With something as subjective as video games, “perfection” shouldn’t mean “flawless,” but actually nutting down what causes us to call something “perfect” is one of the things we chat about this week on the Digitally Uploaded podcast. We also have a good chat about some of…
Read MoreWarGroove, the independent-developed Advance Wars “clone” is the flavour of the week this week, so we chat about that. We also discuss the state of the Nintendo eShop (it ain’t great), and discuss one of the most over-used genre tropes – the roguelike. Gosh roguelikes are awesome when they’re at…
Read MoreWith the recent news that EA is dropping a large-scale open world Star Wars game, we look at how poorly the publisher has handled its Star Wars license, since gaining exclusive rights to it from Disney almost a decade ago. We also talk about the pressing need for Nintendo to…
Read MoreWe’re back for 2019! Our first podcast of the year looks at all the great games that are releasing in January (there really are a lot), as well as the stuff we’re looking forward to for the rest of the year. And we also chat about Dead or Alive 6.…
Read MoreThis is the final episode of 2018! We look back at the good, bad, and ugly of the year, and reflect on all the awesome games that we got to play. Don’t worry, we’ll be back in 2019, which is already shaping up to be a truly amazing year for…
Read MoreWhile the awards themselves are junk (giving God of War “Game of the Year” is like giving The Avengers the Academy Award for best film), one good thing about The Game Awards is how many publishers now use it to announce new game projects, and we’ve got plenty of that…
Read MoreDecember’s meant to be the quiet period, but you wouldn’t be able to tell, from all the big releases that are coming out, or just around the corner. This week we chat about the incredible news that the Māori are coming to Civilization VI, and we discuss an interview that…
Read MoreFirst up, apologies for the slightly shorter podcast this week. We had some technical issues that prevented us from recording the last third that we had planned. On the plus side, we’ve got plenty of great stuff to chat about this week! First off, we look at all the game…
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again! The end of the year brings the inevitable game awards, so we take this opportunity to discuss those awards, and intro DDNet’s own awards coming up in a few weeks. We also talk about the big news that Sony is skipping E3 completely next…
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