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Review: Everybody’s Golf (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 7, 2017

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Review by Brad L. Everybody’s Golf is a series that has quite honestly gone through just as many changes as the PlayStation itself has over the past twenty years. Much like the golfing games by Camelot (think the Mario Golf games and We Love Golf on the Wii), they have…

The 100 greatest RPGs of all time! The 90’s (Part 1)

September 7, 2017

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Last year the DDNet pulled together a list of the 100 canonical games, that we believe everyone with an interest in the history, heritage, and artistry of games should play. This year we’re back with another “top 100”, but this time, we’re looking specifically at our favourite genre; the RPG!…

Review: The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 6, 2017

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Review by Matt S. The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor is such a good idea. Such a good idea. Merging rhythm game action with RPG character development is a marriage of mechanics that should have worked a treat for someone like me, who almost exclusively plays RPGs and rhythm games.…

DDNet in Japan 2017 #2: God I love Hatsune Miku

September 6, 2017

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Tourism by Matt S. The first major thing I did on my trip in Japan this year was attend the annual Hatsune Miku Expo and concert that is held at this time of year. It’s a special year, as it’s the tenth anniversary since Miku herself was unleashed on the…

The 100 greatest RPGs of all time! The 80’s (Part 3)

September 6, 2017

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Review: Sonic Mania (Nintendo Switch)

September 5, 2017

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Review by Clark A. Sonic Mania is a 2D platformer 26 years in the making. No, it’s not because it took that long to develop the game. After all, its retro style is meant to loosely imitate hardware from the Sega Saturn era and its story occurs after a game…

DDNet in Japan! Also digging into Danganronpa, and party games! (Digitally Uploaded 2017, Episode #32)

September 5, 2017

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Matt’s in Japan now, so this podcast was actually recorded a little ahead of time. Nonetheless, we did find some great stuff to talk about. First up we talk about Japan itself; some of the things to get up to while you’re there (it’s not just about anime and games,…

Review: SwapQuest (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 5, 2017

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Review by Jim S. There are a few games out there that mash-up RPG leveling and puzzles, like Puzzle Quest or Puzzle & Dragons. Most of them are match three games, drawing inspiration from Bejewelled, but SwapQuest does something very different and unique; it melds together RPG and Pipe Mania.…

The 100 greatest RPGs of all time! The 80’s (Part 2)

September 5, 2017

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Review: Ys Seven (PC)

September 4, 2017

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Over the past year Falcom has really been showing love to its fans in the PC market. Following on the back of last year’s PS2 to PC port of Ys: The Ark of Napishtim, this year is seeing the PSP to PC port of Ys Seven…

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