Interview by Matt S. It has been a big couple of years for the local games industry. The industry weathered COVID-19 well, despite it hitting so many other sectors so hard, with people turning to games as a way of staying socially connected and entertained through long lock downs and…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. We haven’t had the time or bandwidth to review roguelike deckbuilding experience, Inscryption, but this game has all the hallmarks of becoming a cult classic. Harvard absolutely loved his time with it in preview stage and, once we start to clear out the backlog, we do…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water never got a fair run on the Wii U. It was an ultra-niche title released on a console that really didn’t do good numbers. It’s also one of the last Wii U exclusives to get a second run off the…
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Mel Kishida wants his career to be defined by his work on the Blue Reflection series. If you remove this particular series, he’s still an enormously accomplished artist, but Blue Reflection in particular is something that he is deeply and personally involved with. Related reading: My preview of the upcoming…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. The Plane Effect is the kind of game that will immediately catch your attention, for its distinctive aesthetics and “arthouse” vibe. It’s out this week (and there’s a demo available now), and being published by PQube, so I figured I’d have a quick chat with…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Super Rare Games has something really cool in the works; a limited edition “mix tape” of favourite ultra-indie games from itch.io. As most readers here on DDNet know, we love itch.io. Each week we do a feature where we highlight the wildly creative stuff that ends…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Heart of the Woods landed on Nintendo Switch earlier this year, after developing a powerful following for its previous release on PC. As we wrote in our glowing review on DDNet: “Heart of the Woods is a beautiful and romantic visual novel, with a wonderfully winding…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Sometimes you put off playing a game that you regret the moment you start actually playing it. This has been my experience with Cross The Moon. I’ve had a copy sitting on my PC for over a year, but it was only because I had an…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Sumire is one of the biggest surprises and biggest delights of 2021. This heartfelt (and heartrending) little story about a girl filled with regrets and hurt is a powerful reflection on spirituality, humanity, sadness, warmth and hope. It’s a game that will make you cry, but…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. One of the more enjoyable horror experiments in recent years has been the Dark Pictures Anthology. Developer, Supermassive Games, committed itself to a series of horror experience that shares some things in common – a cinematic approach to horror and some standard gameplay conventions – while…
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