News by Matt S. Apparently the good people of Poland like kangaroos. Kao the Kangaroo was one of the many platforming heroes from a few decades ago that we thought were done and dusted. But, no, you can’t keep a good thing down. The Polish team at Tate Multimedia…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Who doesn’t like a good board game? We certainly do here at DDNet, and the Nintendo Switch has been inundated with them recently. For this video we take a look at three of the newer releases that you absolutely should not miss out on. The Switch…
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The Nintendo Switch has become a real home to digital board games. It’s not quite up there with the PC or mobile devices, but the range of what is available does go pretty deep and broad now. Case-in-point: I hadn’t actually played (or even heard of) Concordia before I saw…
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Review by Matt S. Space Stella is a very strong candidate for the worst game that I have ever played. Every second with this thing makes me want to cut my fingers off, simply so that I have no way of ever playing it again. It’s almost worth sacrificing playing…
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Review by Matt S. Despite greatly enjoying digital trading card games, I hadn’t played SNK Vs Capcom: Card Fighter’s Clash before now. That’s not for lack of interest, it’s just that I hadn’t played any of the Neo Geo Pocket titles. And so, I’ve appreciated the chance to experience it…
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I was a little hesitant to stream Duel Princess on the DDNet YouTube channel. The developer/publisher, qureate, is known for visual novels that have enough heavy fan service to get coverage of the games demonetised on YouTube. Nonetheless, the promise of fan service and Battle Cats-like light strategy was appealing…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There are two things that are true about Shakespeare. One, more people should read, and learn to appreciate, the great bard than do. For far too many, Shakespeare starts and stops at the more “boring” end of school curriculums, and that’s a pity because learning to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A few years ago, I picked up a fantasy literature bundle that had Sarah Maas’ Throne of Glass in it. I didn’t know anything about this series, but it had an intriguing premise (a female assassin forced into death games? Sweet!), and the cover was good.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We’re less than half a month into 2022, and it’s the best year of gaming ever… okay that might be hyperbole, but there’s a new Hatsune Miku game on the way to the Switch, so that’s exciting by default. The game is called Hatsune Miku: Tsunageru…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I actually think – and the existence of Alone Musc backs this up – that rhythm games are the most difficult things for independent developers to create. In theory, they should be quite easy, right? It’s not like the genre is known for AAA-budget graphics or…
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