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DDNet is off for the day… a small personal update

June 18, 2021

Hi all – just a small personal update. DDNet has been a bit quiet in terms of reviews and what-not this wee – E3 always throws things in a spin and there’s not much point to doing much else. But in the background there’s been other stuff going on, and…

Review: Farm Frenzy Refreshed (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 17, 2021

casual game/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/simulation

Review by Matt S. Ever play a game that you know isn’t all that great, but for reasons you’re not even certain of, you love it anyway? That’s my experience with the Farm Frenzy series. I’ve enjoyed these things from way back on the PlayStation Portable (where they were PSP…

e3-2021-ddnets-wrap-up

June 17, 2021

News by Lindsay M. E3’s final day was yesterday, and I’m sure many of us (myself included) is suffering from a bit of a gaming hangover – my migraine is definitely telling me it was a bit overwhelming! Luckily, we kept track of all the best news so you didn’t…

Review: SHING! (Nintendo Switch)

June 16, 2021

2D Brawler/action game/brawler/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Harvard L. My first few levels of SHING! were spent battling with my fingers to try and wrap around this game’s bizarre control scheme. It’s a brawler where the left stick moves and the right stick is used for attacks – flick in a horizontal direction to jab,…

E3 2021: June 15 highlights, including the supernatural, an underground fight, and a battle of wit

June 16, 2021

News by Lindsay M.It’s that time of year again – E3! What was once an industry-exclusive trade show has become North America’s biggest source of video game announcements and other game-related news for fans and professionals alike. We’ve condensed the best announcements into a daily highlight reel to really feature…

review-dc-super-hero-girls-teen-power

June 15, 2021

action game/Nintendo/Nintendo Switch/Open world/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. This review is going to be pretty negative, so there’s something I want to say up front: I think that it is a wonderful thing that Nintendo published DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power. There is a simple reality here that the big publishers do very…

The best way to enjoy E3 is to just not pay attention to it at all

June 15, 2021

E3/E3 2021/Opinion

Opinion by Matt S. I am so grateful that Lindsay, our resident news boss, has provided these daily wraps of the biggest bits of E3 news each day. Today, for the first time since E3 kicked off this year, I went looking for news and information, and I was so…

E3 2021: June 14 highlights, including cute creatures and an Ace Attorney

June 15, 2021

Review: The Dark Side of the Moon (Apple iPad)

June 14, 2021

Apple iPad/FMV/iOS Review/mobile/Reviews

Review by Lindsay M.A looming solar eclipse. Two missing children. A broken man. A questionable cop. A science geek (in the best way). These are the major elements in The Dark Side of the Moon, and they all add up to only one logical conclusion: aliens did it. I would…

Physical-only releases in 2021 are gross. Let’s not do this.

June 14, 2021

Devolver Digital/Opinion/Super Rare Games/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. So one of the more interesting things to become a trend from this year’s E3 came out of nowhere; not one, but TWO companies announced physical-only game releases. You will not be able to buy and download them, ever. The only way to get a copy…

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