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DDNet in Japan #9: I do the boasting thing about Akihabara

September 23, 2016

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Tourism by Matt S. Yeah, it wouldn’t be a trip to Japan without spending time in Akiba, the Mecca to otaku, nerds, geeks and weeaboos the world over. Despite the city’s reputation for being the place where sweaty socially-awkward men go to indulge their fantasies, Akihabara is actually a vibrant…

The Goichi Suda chronicles: Liberation Maiden, Sine Mora and invasion fiction

September 22, 2016

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Game theory by Harvard L. Goichi Suda is a bit of a hero to many on the DDNet team. His unwavering commitment to games that are transgressive and creative, even to the detriment of their critical rating, is noble, and the fact he’s managed to build up a major Japanese…

Review: Ember (Apple iPhone)

September 22, 2016

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Review by Matt S. It has proven to be a sound commercial idea to develop throwback RPGs that remind people of their time playing the likes of Baldur’s Gate and the SSI Dungeons & Dragons games. Fancy that – creating things in the vision of some of the most respected…

Tokyo Game Show gallery #2: The men, women, and weird characters manning the booths

September 22, 2016

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Tourism by Matt S. One of the features of Tokyo Game Show over the years has been the booth ‘babes,’ or women and men that are dressed up in costume (or, often, dressed down to as little as possible) in order to manage the booths, help players get into the…

All-female protagonist September: Rebooting 8-bit damsels in distress

September 22, 2016

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Blog by Lindsay M. The appeal of saving the princess is universal. It’s quite simple: if you save the princess, you also save the world from imminent disaster. The damsel in distress is a common element across video games as a whole, however the theme is especially defining of the…

Review: Mother Russia Bleeds (PC)

September 21, 2016

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Review by Hamza A. Like how G.K. Chesterton once said of R.L. Stevenson, “he seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins”, I too can say precisely the same of Devolver Digital. Except the only difference would be replacing the…

Review: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (Sony PlayStation 3)

September 21, 2016

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Review by Matthew C. Note: This review contains spoilers to the first game, and you should play the first game before playing this. This is your advanced warning, if you don’t want the plot to the first game spoiled going in (though why you haven’t played it already is beyond…

Tokyo Game Show gallery #1: The men, women, and weird characters manning the booths

September 21, 2016

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Review: One Way Trip (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 20, 2016

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Review by Matt C. One Way Trip is like videogames’ answer to the stoner road trip movie – those classic films like Up in Smoke, Harold and Kumar, and Dude, Where’s My Car?. If you take that to mean that One Way Trip is a bizarre, nonsensical trip that could…

Review: Metroid Prime: Federation Force (Nintendo 3DS)

September 20, 2016

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Review by Matt S. This was not the game that Metroid fans were looking forward to. Metroid Prime: Federation Force is clearly a game that Nintendo had thrown together on the cheap in order to fill in a gap in the release library – both for the 3DS itself, and…

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