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A picture of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. He looks as sad as I feel.
by Matt
March 28, 2025
Features/Major Feature/Opinion

You know what? It’s about time DDNet had an AI policy

If you’re on a certain social media platform owned by a ketamine-addicted fascist (and you know all know which one I’m talking about – ask yourself why we all know that), then you’ve probably seen a new phenomenon sweeping across the techbro accounts. One of that mob released a new update to one of the image-generating AIs, allowing people to…

A picture of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. He looks as sad as I feel.
Major Feature/Opinion

What games have you regretted buying the most? Hopefully, none… Even the bad ones

“What games have you regretted buying the most?” It’s one of those silly questions that a Twitter account throws out there to maximise engagement (and it worked, with 100,000 views at the time of writing). But it did get me thinking, in the sense of “how can people that claim…

Dune: Awakening Key Art

The games industry needs to get better at understanding source material in adaptations

“Dune: Awakening, the survival MMO from Conan: Exiles developer Funcom, will “sidestep”…

A picture of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. He looks as sad as I feel.

Guaranteeing Call of Duty on Sony’s consoles misses the point – Microsoft acquiring Activision still sucks

Some news today on Microsoft acquisition journey towards a monopoly: The company…

A picture of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. He looks as sad as I feel.

You know what? It’s about time DDNet had an AI policy

March 28, 2025
Features/Major Feature/Opinion

If you’re on a certain social media platform owned by a ketamine-addicted fascist (and you know all know which one I’m talking about – ask yourself why we all know that), then you’ve probably seen a new phenomenon sweeping across the techbro accounts. One of that mob released a new…

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A picture of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. He looks as sad as I feel.

What games have you regretted buying the most? Hopefully, none… Even the bad ones

May 20, 2024
Major Feature/Opinion

“What games have you regretted buying the most?” It’s one of those silly questions that a Twitter account throws out there to maximise engagement (and it worked, with 100,000 views at the time of writing). But it did get me thinking, in the sense of “how can people that claim…

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Dune: Awakening Key Art

The games industry needs to get better at understanding source material in adaptations

March 6, 2024
Features/Major Feature/Opinion

“Dune: Awakening, the survival MMO from Conan: Exiles developer Funcom, will “sidestep” religion as a main theme in its “alternate history” world set just before the events of the books.” This headline on Eurogamer, coming one day after I slammed King Arthur: Knights Tale for being developed by a team…

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A picture of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. He looks as sad as I feel.

Guaranteeing Call of Duty on Sony’s consoles misses the point – Microsoft acquiring Activision still sucks

July 18, 2023
Features/Financial results/Major Feature/Opinion

Some news today on Microsoft acquisition journey towards a monopoly: The company announced that it has signed a “binding agreement” to continue to produce Call of Duty games for PlayStation. This comes off the back of much hang-wringing about the PlayStation being locked out of such a critical load of…

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A screenshot from A Clockwork Orange, designed to highlight transgressive film

We need to get over the obsession we have with “liking” protagonists and narratives

July 17, 2023
Features/Major Feature/Opinion/Orbitor/transgression

“I’ve been writing a bunch of really awful short stories lately. I mean it. They’re absolutely ghastly… “I’ve been working on this stuff pretty much nonstop for over two years now, adding one unpalatable tale to another, making an entire collection of difficult, dangerous and really horrible fiction. Why can’t…

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Honey Select developer is shutting down

Illusion Software, the Marquis de Sade of video games, is tragically shutting down

July 14, 2023
adult games/Features/Game Theory/Major Feature/News/Opinion

Illusion Software is one of the genuine trailblazers in video games. The studio has been around for 22 years, having been founded in 2001, but it’s all over now. The company has announced its imminent closure, and in its shutdown notice, also said that it would also be taking all…

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The hero image of Dungeon Travelers 2

Valve claims another anime victim in Dungeon Travelers 2… the ‘othering’ of these games needs to stop

July 13, 2023
Features/Game Theory/Major Feature/Opinion

Valve’s inconsistencies around what is and isn’t too offensive for its platform are at the point where it is so blatant that there are ulterior motives at play that it is incredibly offensive. Here’s a story of two different sets of games to illustrate. The first involves Hitler. Steam is…

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Embracer Group is symbolic of the dystopian capitalism of video games

June 14, 2023
Features/Financial results/Opinion

As anyone in PR or communications will tell you, the best time to make a catastrophic announcement is when everyone is busy looking elsewhere. You don’t want to hide it, but you want to push it through the news cycle at a time when you’ll only generate half as many…

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DigitallyDownloaded.net reviews the Dance Dance Danseur anime

“Talent is cruel” – On The Demands Of Ballet And Dance Dance Danseur

June 8, 2023
anime/ballet/Features/Major Feature

As a child, Murao Junpei is captivated when a male ballet soloist takes to the stage at his sister’s ballet recital. A passion awakened in him, Junpei asks his parents if he can start doing ballet. His father – a stunt coordinator for films – suggests he tries something “manlier”…

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DigitallyDownloaded.net explains how to make Umeshu, or Japanese Plum Wine

How to make Umeshu – Japan’s nectar from heaven

May 23, 2023
culture/Game Theory/Major Feature

Did you know that you can’t produce your own alcohol in Japan? It’s illegal to brew your own beers and wines in Japan without a licence, even for personal consumption, so those little hobby breweries and home beer kits that are so popular in many parts of the world are…

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