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by Matt
April 2, 2025
Features/Major Feature/Opinion

Why are we letting Skynet decide what our monsters are for us?

I wrote this article for an arts publication – unfortunately, at the last moment they weren’t about to publish it for reasons, but the upshot of this is that I can publish it here! While it’s not specifically about video games, AI and Gen-AI in particular is going to have an ever-bigger impact on the games industry, so it’s still…

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

Americans should not be making a game about Ainu-era Hokkaido: How is Sucker Punch getting away with Ghost of Yōtei?

I was tempted to resist writing anything about the announcement of Ghost…

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

“What games have you regretted buying the most?” It’s one of those…

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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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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Welcome to the Ballroom: A marvellous anime and manga, representing a niche sport

June 7, 2023
anime/Features/Manga

Sports anime and manga are not uncommon in Japan. Football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, figure skating and even badminton have popular stories that aim to make the sport, as well as the characters and their narrative arcs, interesting to both fans of the sport and complete newcomers. Related reading: If you…

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DigitallyDownloaded.net covers the "Black Aragorn" Magic the Gathering controversy

Black Aragorn and The Little Mermaid are yet another sad chapter in a culture wars that misses the point

May 30, 2023
Game Theory/Major Feature/Opinion

Nagasaki in Japan has a unique characteristic among Japanese cities. It has always been the most open location to foreign culture and influence. Even when Japan closed itself off to the rest of the world, Nagasaki continued to be its connection to the outside. This meant that the city took…

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DigitallyDownloaded.net reviews Slow Loop anime

Anime you must watch: Slow Loop – a powerful anime about death

May 30, 2023
anime/Game Theory/Major Feature

Slow Loop, an adaptation by Connect of the manga by Uchino Maiko, aired as part of the Winter 2022 anime season. Ostensibly, Slow Loop is the archetypal cute show about cute girls doing cute things – in this case fishing. Soft character designs, rounded linework, gentle but vibrant colours, the…

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DigitallyDownloaded.net writes an in-depth feature looking at the power of vocalised music in JRPGs

On the golden age of vocalised music in JRPGs

May 24, 2023
Game music/Game Theory/JRPG/Major Feature/music

When you read the title for this feature, which song do you think about? What memories are evoked by that song? How would you feel if you were asked to listen to it again? And, to hazard a guess, was that song from the late 90s or the early 00s?…

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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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