Review by Matt S. Modern Disney is the dominant source of American entertainment, but its various pivots and acquisitions on the path to being the king of film and television content has left it a very pale shadow of the creative outfit it once was, when it was synonymous with…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Let’s set the scene. It’s 1993 – the SNES had just hit stores, and that means people are flogging off their old consoles. You chance upon a much-worn NES at a garage sale, along with a peculiar cartridge: “99 Games-in-one”. You’ve never seen this at your…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Disney’s Tsum Tsum are delightful. They’re a range of collectible stuffed toys that are shaped as round cylinders, covering the entire range of Disney characters, and these things are very, very collectible. So much more so than those useless Funko Pop figures. Japan in particular has…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. So I’ve written for DDNet for a while, and I find that the games that I tend to like the most are the ones that feel like more than just a game – the ones that make me think about my life, and reality itself. I’ve…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Colin Thiele’s Storm Boy is a book taught in primary schools across Australia. It’s a touching story of a boy living with his reclusive father on the wild South Australian coastline, and his interactions with the natural environment. I have fond memories of this story as…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nintendo really has lost the plot when it comes to its Mario Sports franchises, and that’s a real tragedy. Back on the Nintendo 64 and Gamecube, Mario and his buddies could do no wrong when it came to sports; be that tennis, golf, baseball or football.…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Starting with the PlayStation 1 megahit, Final Fantasy VII, Square Enix has developed a habit of offering players a minigame or two to indulge in away from the main quest. These minigames actually play a really valuable role, and going back to the earlier games, which…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. It almost feels trivial to write about Western Press, a game with such a short runtime that you could feasibly finish a dozen rounds in the time it takes to read this review. A one-on-one twitch multiplayer game developed by Bandit-1 and published by Aussie favourite…
Read MoreIt’s always a bad sign for a console when the manufacturer’s own interest in it has dropped to publishing games like this. Looney Tunes Galactic Sports isn’t terrible, but it’s almost the dictionary definition of a something thrown together quickly to cash in on a license. Which is amusing in…
Read MoreWhat can someone say about a standalone downloadable release based upon a mini-game available in a pre-existing retail title? Things I tend to look for in these cases are how much the developer has added to the original experience in order to make a worthwhile title. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker…
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