Video by Matt S. A Week on the Water is my upcoming Dee Dee visual novel, and I am really proud of this thing. It’s the most complex visual novel I’ve developed (so many dialogue options! Puzzles!), it’s also a big step up in terms of production values; I really…
Read MoreWelcome to this week’s DDNet Debate, where the whole DDNet team comes together to discuss something that we’re passionate about with games. This week we’ve decided to chat about the use of music in games; when it’s done well, music can turn a great game and make it exceptional, but…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Square Enix is celebrating NieR’s sixth birthday in style, holding an event later this month. NieR Music Concert & Talk Live will be held on 16 April (this Saturday!) at the EX Theatre in Roppongi, Tokyo. For the Talk part of the event, series director Yoko…
Read MoreIt’s a little odd, listening to the soundtrack for Xenoblade Chronicles X separate from the game itself. That, of course, applies to most game soundtracks, because game soundtracks have generally been written around what the other creatives on a game development team have come up with. But I don’t mean…
Read MoreNier is brilliant. I’ve said that approximately 100,000,000 times already (give or take), and I quite literally leaped out of bed with an almighty “OMG” when I woke up to the news that a new Nier was annouced at Square Enix’s E3 show this year (I’m Australian and the show…
Read MoreEveryone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…
Read MorePeople often say that the only thing they care about in a game is the “gameplay,” so it’s just as well the soundtrack is part of this “gameplay” thing, because it’s crucial to the gameplay. A good soundtrack elevates a good game into a great one, bringing emotional depth and…
Read MoreHEALTH being a band. Don’t worry about ol’ Max, he’s still as unhealthy as always. One of the things the Max Payne series has always been known for is it’s noire atmosphere. This time around, the game is getting a full blown digital soundtrack that’ll be both composed and recorded…
Read MoreHEALTH being a band. Don’t worry about ol’ Max, he’s still as unhealthy as always. One of the things the Max Payne series has always been known for is it’s noire atmosphere. This time around, the game is getting a full blown digital soundtrack that’ll be both composed and recorded…
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