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The June issue of the Dee Dee Zine is live now!

June 12, 2021

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News by Matt S. Howdy folks. I’ve got great news! We are THRILLED to announce that the June edition of the Dee Dee Zine is now available! It’s a packed issue this month, including (but not limited to): The ten best games of the first half of 2021 A deep…

Review: Game Builder Garage (Nintendo Switch)

June 11, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Nintendo’s pivot towards LEGO-like entertainment experiences has been a joy to behold. Between the AR Mario Kart, Labo, and now Game Builder Garage, Nintendo is out there encouraging kids to be creative, to design things, and to learn important thought processes and logic as they have…

The Week in Review: June 11, 2021

June 11, 2021

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Video by Matt S. This week in the week in review! The more we see PlayDate the more it inspires us: https://www.siliconera.com/playdate-pre-order-window-will-open-in-july-2021/ EA’s pulling that “no politics in our game about climate change-driven warfare” line: https://twitter.com/MattSainsb/status/1402790743828176899 Yuji Naka produced a bomb in Balan Wonderworld and has quit Square Enix: https://www.siliconera.com/yuji-naka-confirms-square-enix-departure-considering-retirement/…

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June 10, 2021

Furyu/JRPG/News/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. We’re inclined to pay close attention to any JRPG that FuRyu backs. That publisher, which backed The Alliance Alive, The Caligula Effect, Lost Dimension, and Crystar (among many others) knows creative, different JRPGs, and Monark is very much looking like one of those from first impressions.…

Review: Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection Review (Nintendo Switch)

June 10, 2021

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Review by Matt S. The ninja has become an almost mythological figure within Japanese history and culture. In reality, they were actually reasonably mundane; the ninja “tradition” has been born of a combination of spies that the samurai would use to keep an eye on one another, and guerrilla warrior…

Look, ma! I got to be on a podcast to talk about Japanese games and Dee Dee and more!

June 9, 2021

DDNet/Dee Dee/digitallydownloaded.net/podcast

News by Matt S. This is just a really quick note to say that the ever lovely SpawnPoint Gaming was kind to have me on his podcast, for what ended up being a really wide-ranging interview about… well, just about everything to do with DDNet and Japanese gaming. We got…

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June 9, 2021

Game Theory/Opinion

Video by Matt S. Ratchet & Clank has landed, and we’ve seen the usual response to anyone that hasn’t written a review that is “positive enough;” more than a few comments there are anything but accepting of the review and opinion. None of that is new, of course (and it…

Review: Wing of Darkness (Nintendo Switch)

June 9, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I went into Wing of Darkness expecting a cross between Liberation Maiden and Ace Combat. You pilot a giant suit of mech armour controlled by an empowered woman (that being the Liberation Maiden part) in aerial dogfights that are similar in style to Ace Combat. That…

Review: Neptunia ReVerse (Sony PlayStation 5)

June 8, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Of all the many JRPGs that were released on the PlayStation 3, it seems intensely strange to me, even as a big-time fan of the series, that Hyperdimension Neptunia would be the one to get remade… and then remade again. The original was anything but well-regarded,…

Review: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Sony PlayStation 5)

June 8, 2021

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Review by Matt S. If you’re after big action, then Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the game for you. In fact, that’s all the game is, which actually makes it a little hard for me to write a review about it. Everything I focus on in reviews is backgrounded…

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