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Gadget Review: EPOS B20 streaming microphone

June 1, 2021

EPOS/Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review/microphone

Review by Matt S. I’m doing more and more streaming and video work these days. It’s difficult to engage with video games without doing some of it, and I figure, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. I’ve also been using an “old faithful,” decade-old Blue Snowball microphone to do…

Review: Sumire (Nintendo Switch)

June 1, 2021

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Review by Matt S. In the two hours that it takes to complete Sumire, you will be reduced to a blubbering mess. Over, and over, and over again. For a game that has a profoundly potent message of hope sitting at its core, there’s also an emotional intensity in getting…

on-house-of-ashes-and-how-dark-pictures

May 31, 2021

Horror/Interview/Interviews/Supermassive Games/Survival Horror/The Dark Pictures

Interview by Matt S. One of the more enjoyable horror experiments in recent years has been the Dark Pictures Anthology. Developer, Supermassive Games, committed itself to a series of horror experience that shares some things in common – a cinematic approach to horror and some standard gameplay conventions – while…

Interesting games on itch.io: May 31

May 31, 2021

Art Game/Indie/itch.io/list/Top 10/top 5

List by Matt S. I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows…

Catch up with last week’s gameplay streams: May 31

May 31, 2021

Earth Defense Force/Indie/Snow Bros./stream/streaming/Video/Video review/visual novel

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…

today-we-unveil-cover-for-june-edition

May 28, 2021

DDNet/Dee Dee Zine/digitallydownloaded.net/magazine/Patreon

News by Matt S. Howdy folks! We’re thrilled to share the front and back cover art for next month’s Dee Dee Zine, and give you a sneak peak of what to expect from the issue. You may remember that we launched the Dee Dee Zine last month as a Patreon…

The Week in Review: May 28, 2021

May 28, 2021

News/The Week in Review/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. This week in the week in review! Lots of Dragon Quest announced: https://twitter.com/Nintendeal/status/1397765520284274694 Amazon acquires MGM (i.e. James Bond): https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1397536439542460418 Mr. Smash Bros, Masahiro Sakurai, considering retirement: https://www.siliconera.com/smash-director-masahrio-sakurai-is-considering-early-retirement/ Demon Slayer game news (Nezuko so pretty): https://www.siliconera.com/demon-slayer-hinokami-kepputan-english-release-planned-for-2021/ And https://www.siliconera.com/demon-slayer-movie-now-2nd-highest-grossing-anime-at-us-box-office/ More data proving that video games are for…

Review: Hentai Vs. Evil (Nintendo Switch)

May 27, 2021

action game/Arcade/eastasiasoft/fan service/fanservice/Indie/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Shooter/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. These days, I spend most of my time railing against the obsession that this industry has with content and game length. I don’t believe that it’s relevant to the quality or value of a game, and if we’re going to see games as…

Square Enix, what the hell are you thinking with Dragon Quest XII?

May 27, 2021

Dragon Quest/Dragon Quest XII/News/Opinion/Square Enix/trailer/Trailers

Opinion by Matt S. Square Enix announced a bevvy of new Dragon Quest remakes and new projects today. Most of them are good, exciting announcements, suggesting that the series might be hitting a new purple patch. Rather than summarise them all, I’ll just link you to the various Gematsu stories,…

How would a Disney princess look like if she was Columbian?

May 27, 2021

Art Game/Columbia/Indie/Interview/Interviews/JRPG

Interview by Matt S. If you haven’t heard of Cris Tales yet, I suspect you’re going to start hearing a lot about it quite soon. This grand homage from South America to the JRPGs of yesteryear (particularly Chrono Trigger), looks like the real deal, and then some. When so many…

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