With the release of the magnificent Wo Long this week (check out my review on DDNet!) we decided to have a good and in-depth chat about the genre on the podcast this week. Specifically, we talk about Soulslikes that were not developed by FromSoftware: We all know how good Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Elden Ring are, but what of the…
It was great to see Nintendo launch the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance consoles to its online service for Switch recently, but, for now, the libraries of both are a little thin. With more already on the horizon, and massive libraries of games for both consoles, there is plenty…
The year is in full swing now, and there are plenty of…
I must admit that I wasn’t paying too close attention to Bayonetta…
We’re doing something a little bit different with the podcasts than we have in the past when uploading podcasts to YouTube. Rather than upload a ~2 hour video and make you watch it in all one go, we’re breaking things up a bit more so you can more easily watch…
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Wii Sports was one incredible little experience. It was the perfect way to launch the Wii console, and it was one of those rare games that got everyone playing. Unfortunately, while Nintendo Switch Sports is very good, it fails to capture the same zeitgeist, and I don’t think we’ll ever…
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This is something that happens far too often: an excellent game with a lot to say and think about gets released, and, because it drops a few frames here and there, that’s all anyone ends up talking about. Related reading: Our review of Chrono Cross. Sometimes it does matter! Sometimes…
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I’m finally back into streaming after really struggling to find any time to do anything. I thought a retro game that I’ve always wanted to play (but never have) would be a great place to kick things off again. So here we go! This is the first hour or so…
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Chrono Cross is an absolute masterpiece – check out our 5/5 review for a full analysis of the new remaster there. However, the original was never released in Australia, so this is the first time we’ve been able to play it (legitimately). In this video I talk about that – why…
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In this video (the third part of this month’s podcast, see below), Harvard, Trent and I talk about the game canon. We often assume that a game becomes canon when it sells well (that’s not it) or even that it reviews well (not that either). You only need to look…
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In this video (the second part of this month’s podcast, see below), Harvard, Trent and I talk about Stranger of Paradise – the new Final Fantasy game that we just can’t stop thinking about – and why it is so smart and represents such a good thing for the games…
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Shogi is an excellent, if under-appreciated game in the west. Real Time Battle Shogi makes Shogi an action e-sports thing, and while it might sound beyond strange on paper, in action this thing is remarkably compelling… even if it’s difficult to get a game going online. Even if you can’t…
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It was a big year for awards at DDNet! We published them in video format for the first time, and we had nearly 50 games to reward across the 16 categories. It was such a great year for games in 2021, that we thought the mammoth effort was worth it.…
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