News by Matt S. The Utawarerumono series are some of the best tactics JRPG/Visual Novel hybrids out there. They’re also very cultural, with a strong basis in Japan’s native Ainu culture providing the basis of the aesthetics that you’ll see through each of the games (read about that in an…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. We have hit the end of 2019, and just before I take a break through to the New Year (I imagine I’ll spend most of it sleeping), I wanted to do one more video, to take a look back at the year that was. Many people…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. Shibuya Scramble is an eclectic visual novel, to say the least – mixing still and video imagery of real actors in with plenty of video game interfaces and the like for a truly oddball visual and narrative experience. In his latest let’s play, Harvard takes a…
Read MoreVisual Novel news by Matt S. Hello all! As you already know, the next Dee Dee visual novel will introduce a couple of new characters to the expanded Dee Dee universe (yes, it’s not just Marvel that can pull this off). You already know about Lorin. There’s another one, but…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Cherrymochi is a Japanese development company with a unique distinction – most of the team are westerners, drawn from the UK, Europe and America, but all of them have extensive experience living and working in Japan. It’s rare that a game can be truly Japanese –…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Experience Inc’s horror visual novel series, which started with Death Mark before moving on to NG, has become my favourite horror this side of Project Zero. They’re not necessarily commercial works however, which is why Experience is now relying on crowdfinding for the third in the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I did promise news on the next step for the visual novel series very soon after the last one came out, did I not (you can grab that here if you’re keen)? I’m pushing some real VN Liiiiiive Services here for my wonderful subscribers with the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As mentioned earlier in the week, the first full Dee Dee visual novel has now been released and is available on Itch.io. By supporting it, you’re directly supporting everything that we do at DDNet – the reviews, videos, podcasts, and more, and that support means the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Finally! My Time With Dee Dee, Volume 1, The Erotic Thriller launches this week. For those who have been following along, it’s the first full visual novel in the series that we’ve got planned staring the DDNet mascot, Dee Dee. Today, I’m happy to announce that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Raging Loop is a fascinating little game. It’s cheaply made, and its very limited production values do prevent the game from ever getting the dark horror atmosphere that the narrative deserves, but after an adjustment period you’ll put all that to the side, because what matters…
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