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Why we’re not going to review Assassin’s Creed: Shadows

March 19, 2025
Opinion

I’ve actually had a couple of people ask about this, so I thought it was important to clarify: For the first time in many years, I – and DDNet – will not be reviewing the new Assassin’s Creed game. There are several reasons for that. One is certainly because Ubisoft…

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Americans should not be making a game about Ainu-era Hokkaido: How is Sucker Punch getting away with Ghost of Yōtei?

September 30, 2024
Features/Major Feature/Opinion

I was tempted to resist writing anything about the announcement of Ghost of Yōtei. It’s increasingly difficult to have a mature conversation about anything to do with video games without one pile-on or another happening, and I had more than enough of a pile-on from my review of Ghost of…

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I warned you all about Microsoft Game Pass and subscription services

July 10, 2024
Features/Major Feature/Opinion

Microsoft has announced a substantial suite of changes to its Game Pass subscription system. Basically, you’ll be paying more, and now, depending on which service you use, you may or may not be able to access “day one games” – games that are released on Game Pass on the same…

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A screenshot from South of Midnight. Hazel, a black woman with long dreads, sits on top of a giant catfish. A bunny is in the foreground.

One week later: ten games from Not-E3 2024 that I can’t stop thinking about

June 17, 2024
News/Opinion

Another Not-E3 has come and gone, and some of the games have since moved into my brain to live rent-free. And by some, I mean ten. The genres in this group of games range from narrative adventures to cozy puzzles to mech platformers, but I definitely seem drawn to the…

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A picture of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. He looks as sad as I feel.

What games have you regretted buying the most? Hopefully, none… Even the bad ones

May 20, 2024
Major Feature/Opinion

“What games have you regretted buying the most?” It’s one of those silly questions that a Twitter account throws out there to maximise engagement (and it worked, with 100,000 views at the time of writing). But it did get me thinking, in the sense of “how can people that claim…

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Apple’s latest marketing “effort” demonstrates how much contempt it has for the arts

May 9, 2024
Features/iPad/Major Feature/Opinion

Earlier this week Apple shared a promotional video for its new iPad Pro. The “thinnest product we’ve ever created,” Tim Cook boasted. “The most advanced display we’ve ever produced, with the incredible power of the M4 chip!” This should have been slam dunk hype train bait. The iPad is a…

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Broken Roads Key Art

We need more RPGs that aren’t Japanese or “Western” in culture and narrative

April 16, 2024
Australia/Opinion/RPG

I’m playing through Broken Roads right now. It’s basically “if Fallout was set in Australia,” or “if Mad Max was made into a game that actually respected Mad Max as a concept,” and I’m loving it. I’ll have a full review later on this week, but I wanted to use…

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Dune: Awakening Key Art

The games industry needs to get better at understanding source material in adaptations

March 6, 2024
Features/Major Feature/Opinion

“Dune: Awakening, the survival MMO from Conan: Exiles developer Funcom, will “sidestep” religion as a main theme in its “alternate history” world set just before the events of the books.” This headline on Eurogamer, coming one day after I slammed King Arthur: Knights Tale for being developed by a team…

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I am deeply concerned by this new Wheel of Time trading card game

February 21, 2024
Features/Major Feature/Opinion

I know DDNet’s been relatively quiet this week. I’ve had a Dee Dee Zine to get ready, as well as an absolutely massive JRPG to review (you’ll see soon enough). However, I do have a “fun” little rant for you all to enjoy. One that I didn’t think I’d ever…

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A screenshot from Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

On the thematic schism between Japanese and Western games

February 14, 2024
Game Theory/Major Feature/Opinion

So, I’ve finally found a bit of time to play Silent Hill: The Short Message. Yes I know I’m behind but I’ve been working through a massive, seemingly unending parade of RPGs, and there are only so many hours in the day. Additionally, as far as a horror fix goes,…

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