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Video: Exploitation Vs. Art: Discussing the difference in video games

August 14, 2019

Video by Matt S. One of the regular watchers of the DDNet YouTube community asked me to canvas this topic, so here we go! An in-depth look at fan service, exploitation, and art in video games – is exploitation an issue, where to we draw the line, and how do…

Video games are tame, and it’s hurting their artistic value

August 14, 2019

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Opinion by Matt S. I’ve been thinking a great deal about art and transgression recently. As regular readers probably know, it’s a topic that I regularly come back to. In fact if I’d say there’s any one thing about art that appeals to me, it’s the way that art can…

The Death Mark sequel has a western release date

August 14, 2019

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News by Matt S. Death Mark was everything that I like to see in my horror. Chilling, disturbing, and also at times sensuous, even erotic, the game perfectly encapsulated that contrasting and at time complimentary mix of horror and sexuality that should be there, but often isn’t in video games.…

We have a release date for the Doraemon farming game!

August 13, 2019

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News by Matt S. I don’t think we ever expected Doraemon Story of Seasons to get a western release. Doraemon – the blue robot cat that is such a cornerstone of the anime and manga industry in Japan – has appeared in many video games in the past, but they…

Review: The Church in the Darkness (Nintendo Switch)

August 13, 2019

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Review by Harvard L. The Church in the Darkness stars you as Vic, the sibling of a member of the Collective Justice Mission cult. In a revisionist 1970’s, the cult’s enigmatic leaders took exception to America’s policies and relocated all its members to an agrarian compound in South America. As…

Review: Plague Inc: Evolved (Nintendo Switch)

August 13, 2019

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Review by Matt S. There are two ways to look at Plague Inc.: Either it’s a simple, easy-playing, casual RTS, or it’s a truly terrifying game that has ominous implications for the real world. Or perhaps those aren’t mutually exclusive things. Regardless on how you look at it, Plague Inc.…

WayForward’s River City Girls is looking delightful

August 13, 2019

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News by Matt S. Set in the universe of River City Ransom, River City Girls is WayForward’s attempt to bring the female characters right to the foreground as brawlers, and it looks like it’s shaping up to be one of WayForward’s best. Due for release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One,…

ex-total-war-devs-are-making-new-action

August 12, 2019

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News by Matt S. Tower Five is a new indie startup, comprised of former Total War developers that decided to break away and do their own thing. Their first project, Lornsword Winter Chronicle, is an action strategy game, and it has been announced for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, to…

Update on the first Dee Dee VN!

August 12, 2019

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Hi all! I wanted to quickly share with you all an update on where things are at with that first Dee Dee visual novel project. It’s been an interesting process getting things together, from the art to the music and Dee Dee’s voice, but once we get this first one…

Spiderweb Software’s latest is refreshingly different

August 12, 2019

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Preview by Matt S. Jeff Vogel, the (mostly) one-man band behind Spiderweb Software, has been around for decades now, as one of the rare survivors in the notoriously challenging indie space. Through this time he has succeeded by sticking to what he does best: ultra low-budget, well-written, deep RPGs, and…

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