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How many of the top 100 games of all time have you played to date?

September 10, 2016

100 canonical games/2020 Olympic Games/list

You’ve probably noticed that this week we’ve started a countdown of the top 100 games of all time. Ten games per day, from #100 down to #1. The goal of this list is not to simply reflect entertainment value, but rather also the artistry and importance of the respective games.…

The 100 canonical games: 60-51

September 9, 2016

Garou/Gauntlet/half life/Heavy Rain/Indiana Jones/Kingdom Hearts/list/Little King's Story/Magic Carpet/Tetris/The 100 canonical games/The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask/Top 10

There are thousands upon thousands of games that have been released over the years. Narrowing them down to a “top 100” was always going to be a challenge, but the whole DDNet team has come together to build a list of the 100 most canonical games that we feel all…

DDNet in Japan 2016 #4: How to escape Tokyo for the weekend; visit Hakone

September 9, 2016

DDNet in Japan 2016/DDNet Premium/Hakone/Japan/tourism

Tourism by Matt S. To the Japanese, Hakone is something of a retreat from the bustling city life of Tokyo, and as such it is an absolutely essential trip to take for a very different kind of Japanese experience. Last year I did a drive through of Hakone just to…

Review: Verdun (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 8, 2016

FPS/Multiplayer/Multiplayer shooter/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Verdun

Review by Harvard L. Take a time to imagine when the First Person Shooter genre weren’t the titanic please-everybody genre that it is today, and it might be easier to visualise how Verdun fits into the grand scheme of things. A hardcore World War One trench based shooter; Verdun racked…

The 100 canonical games: 70-61

September 8, 2016

list/Mario Golf/Mario Kart 64/morrowind/Nethack/Pandora's Tower/Paper Mario/Prince of Persia/Rhaspsody: A Rhythm Adventure/Super Mario Bros. 3/The 100 canonical games/Top 10/Valkyria Chronicles

hey-guys-hatsune-miku-future-tone-is

September 8, 2016

DLC/Hatsune Miku/News/Project Diva Future Tone/Sega

News by Matt S. My favourite game of all time is about to get even better. On the 15th of this month, SEGA is releasing a DLC pack for Hatsune Miku: Future Tone. Related reading: Matt’s 4,500-word review of Future Tone. No, that word count is not a typo. If…

Koei Tecmo has announced another Samurai Warriors game and it’s different

September 8, 2016

Koei Tecmo/News/Samurai Warriors/Samurai Warriors Sanada Maru

News by Matt S. In this week’s issue of Famitsu (buying this thing is one of my most understated joys in Japan) there was a double page spread highlighting a new Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou) title by Koei Tecmo. But rather than being Samurai Warriors 5, this is a whole…

I got a press release from PETA and it was surreal

September 8, 2016

Farming Simulator/Farming Simulator 2017/News/PETA/Weird News

News by Matt S. Okay so I’m on holiday in Japan so I really can’t be bothered writing about most press released, but this was was just too flipping surreal to ignore. PETA, the delightfully militant animal welfare advocacy group, has issued a statement that GIANTS, the developer behind the…

DDNet in Japan 2016 #3: We need to have a serious discussion about Japanese pastries.

September 8, 2016

DDNet in Japan 2016/food/Japan/Japanese food/tourism

Tourism by Matt S. One of the comments that I get frequently from people about Japan comes when I tell them that I can’t eat seafood. “But how do you survive?” they ask, or something along the lines of “but aren’t you missing out on the best food that Japan…

All-female protagonist September: The female physique and apparel.

September 8, 2016

All-female protagonist September/Assassin's Creed III Liberation/Final Fantasy XIII/metroid/Mirror's Edge/Never Alone/Tomb Raider

Opinion by Lindsay M. In my last entry for this month-long excursion I questioned why most women in games have the same body type time and time again. What I boiled it down to is that — at least in my mind — this is because the bulk of the…

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