It’s the final podcast of 2023! We hope that everyone has played some magnificent games this year, and is looking forward to a well-earned break (and perhaps a chance to catch up on the backlog). We’ve rounded out the year in style, with a big podcast, looking back at all…
Read More
It’s September already! We recorded this episode well in advance for scheduling reasons, and so some of the things we say in here will be out of date… but we still have a good laugh, despite not knowing what has happened over the last six weeks. So this week we…
Read More
DigitallyDownloaded.net has signed on to be a major sponsor of one of Australia’s most important dancesport championships. And because of that, we have something amazing to give to our incredible readers! Related reading: Where are the Dancesport video games? At the end of September, Sydney will host the Oceania Dancesport…
Read More
Hello friends! The start of any year is an opportunity to take a step back and look at things, preparing for the year ahead. I’ve done the same for DDNet, and there will be a few changes that we need to make, in order to continue to grow the site…
Read More
Hello friends! I wanted to share this brief update, because you’ll likely see some changes to the DDNet website in the coming days (if not within the next 24 hours). Basically, we’re going to be running a small number of advertisements on the site, and I didn’t want that to…
Read More
Welcome everyone to the last podcast of 2022, and we have a bumper 2-hour special for your listening pleasure. First of all, we talk about the last wave of games to land in the year (there’s more than you think!), and then we chat about the challenges of open-world games,…
Read More
Should sequels be fully self-contained, and independent of the other games in the series. Or should sequels rely on players having played the previous entries, and build an epic plot that extends across generations? In the podcast this month we discuss the pros and cons of both approaches. What are…
Read More
Welcome to the month’s podcast, everyone! As always we’ve got a great show to share with you this month. We kick things off by discussing all the big releases happening in November (there’s a lot). Then we chat about sequels, and specifically, what is the best approach to take. Should…
Read More
There are some days that really make it all worth it. Working on a games media publication isn’t easy (especially when you do magazines, podcasts, videos and more as well). It’s tiring and long, hard work, and sometimes very thankless (just try giving a popular game the “wrong” score). And…
Read More
We’ve got another big, 2-hour episode of the podcast for your listening pleasure this month! In addition to our usual wrap of all the games coming out this month, we chat about a lack of understanding about how games get made and published. This is of course in response to…
Read More