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A picture of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. He looks as sad as I feel.
by Matt
July 18, 2023
Features/Financial results/Major Feature/Opinion

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 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 content, and as you can probably suspect from the usual…

A screenshot from A Clockwork Orange, designed to highlight transgressive film
Features/Major Feature/Opinion/Orbitor/transgression

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

“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…

Honey Select developer is shutting down

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

Illusion Software is one of the genuine trailblazers in video games. The…

The hero image of Dungeon Travelers 2

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

Valve’s inconsistencies around what is and isn’t too offensive for its platform…

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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Battle of Kawanakajima history

Kawanakajima: Revisiting one of the great Sengoku battle sites today

April 26, 2023
Features/Game Theory/history/Major Feature

Around this time next year, there will be a special event near Fuefuki in the heart of Yamanashi Prefecture (the one you travel through to get to Nagano from Tokyo). For decades there has been an annual recreation of the Battle of Kawanakajima, one of the most compelling and dramatic…

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FFX-2 and fanservice

Good fanservice: Final Fantasy X-2

March 30, 2023
Features/Final Fantasy/Final Fantasy X-2/Game Theory/Major Feature/Opinion

“Oh! Rikku’s wearing a bikini! It’s bright yellow and it’s a THONG!” Looking at Final Fantasy X-2 now, with its PlayStation 2-era fuzzies and jaggies, it’s hard to believe that it was once right up there with the most controversially fanservicey things out there. I remember the discussions that raged…

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Rurouni Kenshin in-depth film analysis

Rurouni Kenshin: Japan’s great cinematic action epic

March 29, 2023
Features/film/Major Feature

The Rurouni Kenshin film series consists of five films in total (with the fifth, and final, released worldwide and exclusive to Netflix, in 2021). In the time since the first film, 2012’s simply-titled Rurouni Kenshin, the series has become one of the largest film properties of all time, with three…

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