Opinion by Pierre-Yves L. It’s that time of year again; the industry gets together to show off the big games and technologies that we’ll be playing in the year ahead. E3 2014 will no doubt be a big show, but what are the DDNet staff looking forward to?This week we’re…
Read MoreOpinion by Nick H. It’s that time of year again; the industry gets together to show off the big games and technologies that we’ll be playing in the year ahead. E3 2014 will no doubt be a big show, but what are the DDNet staff looking forward to? This week…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It’s that time of year again; the industry gets together to show off the big games and technologies that we’ll be playing in the year ahead. E3 2014 will no doubt be a big show, but what are the DDNet staff looking forward to?This week we’re…
Read MoreOpinion by Harvard L. Purely coming off Matt’s article and the snowballing criticism of Mario Kart 8’s lack of ethnic diversity, I thought I’d take a moment to explore the ways in which video games have, haven’t and should approach the topic of race. It’s easy to say that many…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Nintendo’s on the kind of roll it probably didn’t want to be on – last week it hit some controversy over its stance on same sex marriage in one game. This week there’s a quieter controversy afoot, but it’s one centered around a very important game…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Two weeks ago, I was talking with Sebastian Perri, the Incubator Coordinator at the Canberra Campus for the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE). I was chatting with him as research for an article that I was in the process of building, and as part of it,…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It’s no secret; in recent years the Australian games industry has been struggling. A high dollar and increases in the cost of living has lead to studio closures and as a result the number of game developers working here is a fraction of what it once…
Read MoreOpinion by Harvard L. Much like the game itself, Kentucky Route Zero’s rather delayed third act popped up without warning a few days ago, beckoning players back into the surrealist underground highway. As if a well kept secret, hidden to all but those who look for it, Act III is…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It was brought to my attention today that the upcoming Atelier Rorona Plus has been rated R18+ for its release in Australia by the Classification Board. My thoughts? Morons. According to the Classification Board, the rating is because the game refers to sexual violence, as so therefore…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Update: Following the controversy, Nintendo has issued a statement apologising in full for the way it handled this issue. The statement in full below: “We apologize for disappointing many people by failing to include same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life. Unfortunately, it is not possible for us…
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