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Review: The Colonists (Nintendo Switch)

May 17, 2021

Indie/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/simulation/strategy game/Switch Review

Review by Harvard L. The Colonists is like peaceful Age of Empires, or Forager with a more robust mission structure. If that sounds amazing, I’m sure you’ll already love this game. It’s a strictly single-player engine builder, with slowly growing cities mining primary resources and refining them into secondary and…

Catch up with last week’s gameplay streams: May 17

May 17, 2021

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News by Matt S. As some of you will know, we’ve been doing regular streams over the last year or so on the DDNet YouTube channel, showcasing the latest and greatest games, while chatting with people about those games (and just about everything else) as we go along. If you’d…

Final Fantasy XIV’s next wave of stuff to do has been announced

May 17, 2021

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News by Matt S. Over the weekend, Square Enix hosted the annual Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival for 2021, and like usual, they used it as an opportunity to share all the upcoming content that fans can look forward to from this already ridiculously massive MMO. First up is Patch…

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May 14, 2021

Dee Dee Zine/News/Patreon

News by Matt S. I am super excited to say that the May 2021 edition of the Dee Dee Zine is now available! It has 48 pages of commentary, thoughts, and essays on games, literature, toys, art, history and culture, with a focus on Japan (of course). Features this month…

Review: Space Commander: War and Trade (Nintendo Switch)

May 14, 2021

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Review by Matt S. You do exactly what the box says in Space Commander: War and Trade. You trade stuff, and you go to war. In space. Where you’re a commander. The problem is that space is meant to be this big, open… universe… of adventure and promise and Space…

The Week in Review: May 14, 2021

May 14, 2021

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Video by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) The upcoming Wholesome Games Direct: https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2021/05/the-next-wholesome-games-direct-date.html 2) EA and Ubisoft plans: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1392231459071528962 Sony PS5 Shortages into 2022: https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1391800460554784772 3) Sony has 25 games in development: https://www.gematsu.com/2021/05/sony-interactive-entertainment-has-over-25-ps5-games-in-development 4) Project Zero 2 celebrates 20th anniversary in the worst way: https://www.siliconera.com/fatal-frame-receives-a-face-lift-and-revival-as-a-pachislot-machine/…

The next Wholesome Games Direct date announced

May 13, 2021

News/Wholesome Games Direct

News by Matt S. Wholesome Games are doing good work. The group is dedicated to highlighting games that have a different focus than much of the mainstream with its obsession with “mature” themes and violence. Wholesome Games aims to highlight the games that are bright and uplifting, and they’ve announced…

Be sure to grab the Dee Dee Zine this weekend! What to look forward to

May 13, 2021

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News by Matt S. This week we launch the first full issue of the Dee Dee Zine for Patreon backers. A monthly digital magazine, this first full issue has a full 48 pages of coverage of Japanese games, arts, culture and more. For just a sample of what to expect,…

On the Mass Effect trilogy and THAT ending: the day art (very nearly) died

May 13, 2021

mass effect/Opinion

Opinion by Matt S. One of the few big blockbusters that I have cared about in recent decades is about to get a long-awaited remaster. Yes, I am talking about the Mass Effect trilogy. Putting aside Andromeda, which was a horrible step in the wrong direction, this series of space…

PQube announces the release date for “steamy noir VN,” Bustafellows

May 12, 2021

News/Nintendo Switch/PC/PQube/release date/Release Dates/Tailers/trailer/visual novel

News by Matt S.When it rains, it pours. We just got a duo of excellent detective noir visual novels from Nintendo in Famicom Detective Club, and now maverick publisher, PQube, has a big announcement to follow up on that; its detective otome VN, Bustafellows, will release on PC and Nintendo…

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