Retro reflections by Matt S. One of my favourite genres is the dungeon crawler. Forming a party of heroes, and then inching my way around a labyrinth of of death, filled with monsters, traps, and, of course, loot, really appealed to the Dungeons & Dragons player in me. The dungeon…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. Ask one of your mates about Warhammer and at the very least, you’ll probably get a response that’s a half-hearted “Oh yeah, Space Marines.” It’s rare that you’ll find someone who has absolutely no clue about what the franchise is, and that’s because by some miracle…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. To read the official product description of NieR: Automata’s first major DLC, you might expect a fairly straightforward arena mode and a few unlockable costumes. That’s an accurate description, but also a very incomplete one; just as NieR: Automata is so much more than a “fresh…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy faces the unfortunate reality that it has been released onto a console that has, over the years, absolutely nailed the dungeon crawler genre. Whether it’s Demon Gaze or Stranger of Sword City, the creative (and different) Ray Gigant, through to the…
Read MoreHi everyone, Just a quick note with a bit of unfortunate news (it’s shaping up to be one of those weeks…), the DDNet podcast unfortunately hit some snags in recording last week. By which I mean it didn’t work at all. Despite chaining Alan to his desk for the past…
Read MoreGadget review by Matt S. Most anime fans – or fans of Japanese games – have at least a few figures lying around. It might be that they got them from limited edition sets of their favourite games. Or they might actively go out and buy the things, as I…
Read MoreThe Lizzies IT Journalism awards are the premier tech journalism awards in Australia. It’s something we participate in each year, and the good news is that this year we’ve been shortlisted for three separate categories. The entire DDNet team was shortlisted for the Best Gaming Coverage award. Additionally, the DDNet…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Syberia is hardly a household name, but there is a long-suffering community for it, and they’re going to be happy that Syberia 3 came around. Syberia 2 was first released in 2004; that’s 13 years ago, for people who are counting, and ended on a note…
Read MoreJapanese history by Matt S. In my series of Japanese history pieces, I’ve looked at the three generals who became the effective rulers of Japan through the Sengoku period; Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa. These three men were, by far, the most powerful and important generals through the…
Read MoreHi everyone! Many thanks to everyone that has supported DDNet Premium over the past year or so that it’s been in operation. It has been really, truly heartening to know that some people do value the kind of fiercely independent criticism, analysis, and writing that we do here. We know…
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