Lollipop Chainsaw is one of the best games ever made. A collaboration between Goichi Suda, James Gunn (yes, the Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy director), and producer, Yoshimi Yasuda, the game is a subversive grindhouse brawler about a cheerleader taking on an army of zombies, and it is…
Read MoreThis week on the Digitally Uploaded podcast, we chat about a couple of big news moments that happened over the last week. First up, Civilization VI for the Nintendo Switch. How good is it going to be having that in portable form on the go (very, very good). Then we…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. In most cases, game developers get original musical scores made for their games. It makes sense, of course – an original musical score can be crafted with the specific game in mind, and that in turn means the music can better support the narrative and gameplay…
Read MoreList by Matt S. There was one of the semi-frequent Internet blow-ups late last week/ early this week, when a games journalist decided to write a review in which he states that fans of a certain game are perverts and perverse. Naturally that didn’t go down so well with aforementioned…
Read MoreBlog by Lindsay M. I’m going to be upfront: the first few days of September have been more of a casual game detox for me than a foray into the world of women in video games. I complained an excessive amount about the lack of casual mobile games with female…
Read MoreFeature by Matt S. Goichi Suda is a bit of a hero to many on the DDNet team. His unwavering commitment to games that are transgressive and creative, even to the detriment of their critical rating, is noble, and the fact he’s managed to build up a major Japanese development…
Read MoreList by Matt S. We’ve seen a lot of PlayStation 3 remasters already, and yet there are indeed many more games that we’d like to see packaged up for a PlayStation 4 re-release. So this week we’ve come up with a ridiculously simple Friday Ten – the ten PlayStation 3…
Read MoreOkay, so let’s call that first podcast a trial run. Now we’re back with the second, and it has a new home, music, and all that good stuff! This week, Alan, Chris and Matt talk about their favourite female game developers and characters. With it being International Women’s Day last…
Read MoreNow that we’ve accepted that games have artistic merit (or, at least, a growing number of people who play games have done so), we’ve started to see a number of game directors and producers emerge who are pushing the boundaries of storytelling and thinking behind games. In other words, we’re…
Read MoreNow that we’re fully in the swing of the new generation of consoles, the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii are starting to fade from mainstream coverage. The (many) classics that those consoles threw up will be remembered as classics, of course. No one will forget about Uncharted, Dark Souls…
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