This month we discuss a massive wave of censorship that is affecting the entire games industry and even forcing us to re-write chunks of our own game, The Last Waltz. Then we go on to discuss older games – particularly JRPGs – and some of the mechanics that we’re glad have been left behind. As much as we love the…
This is something that we’ve been thinking about doing for quite some time here at DDNet, and so for this podcast, we finally pulled the trigger: We pulled out that tier listing site, and set about ranking every single JRPG series (with more than a few games) there is. This…
Read MoreThis month’s podcast is a simple one: we rank all the JRPGs! Yep, that’s right, we go through all the major series, old and new, and class them according to the tiers we think they belong to. We assume some people are going to yell at us over our picks!…
Read MoreSomething old and something new for discussion in this month’s podcast! We kick things off as we always do with a look at all the games releasing in July. If you’re a fan of Japanese games – and JRPGs in particular – steel yourself because the month is going to…
Read MoreOne of the many things that we’re looking forward to seeing in Final Fantasy XVI is how it handles storytelling, because it seems like the developers are bringing some interesting ideas to the table there that will help to make game narratives more accessible to more people. Or, to put…
Read MoreWelcome to the June 2023 edition of the Digitally Uploaded podcast! As usual, we’ve got a great show for you planned. We start by chatting through all the big releases in June. It’s dominated by one particular game, but there’s a lot of other interesting stuff coming too! Then we…
Read MoreHello everyone, and welcome to the bumper podcast we have for you for May! In addition to talking through all the big games coming out this month (it’s dominated by one game in particular… can you guess what game?), we also chat through two big topics: Firstly, with Final Fantasy…
Read MoreThis month on the Digitally Uploaded podcast, we grapple with the thorniest of issues currently plaguing video games: The role that AI is increasingly playing in the “creative” side of development. In short, it’s a problem. Potentially, a very big problem. Then, to be more positive, we talk about excellent…
Read MoreThis month on the Digitally Uploaded podcast, we have a bumper episode where we talk through the GB and GBA games that we’d love to see on Switch. How do games from that era hold up, or are they just for the nostalgic, and will we get the full breadth…
Read MoreThere is a lot of very good video game music out there. Some of it rivals the greatest orchestral compositions of all time. At other times, the music is perfect for the game, but not something that we would necessarily want to listen to outside of the context of playing…
Read MoreSnacks are a major part of any gaming experience. But not all snacks are good for gaming – especially the snacks that ruin controllers and cause a mess everywhere. In this very critical, very important, super insightful podcast, we chat about the right snacks to dig into while settling in…
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