Video by Matt S. I’m a massive, massive fan of the roguelike. I’ve been playing games like this as long as I’ve been playing games at all. For example, I have fond memories of losing hour after hour in my childhood to Nethack, because it was a (legally) free game…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I don’t write enough about local multiplayer experiences at DDNet. Mostly it’s because my family, friends and I tend to be busy people these days as kids, work, and other commitments bite into our time, so it’s harder to organise a multiplayer session than it should…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It had to happen. After 2017 was a year of almost endless quality in terms of the games releases, and indeed it is hard to argue that it isn’t the best year of all time for the industry, one of the last games I played for…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I hadn’t played Ōkami in any of its iterations prior to this one, believe it or not. It’s been a real black spot for me, as a afficianado for everything to do with Japanese culture, art, and entertainment, and fellow fans of Japanese games have certainly…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It is my sincere hope that the executive team at EA play Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, and then pick up the phone to Paul Turbett and his team at Black Lab Games, and ask them to help EA in making Star Wars games that are respectful and…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Just released on PlayStation 4, 911 Operator is a simple, light strategy/ simulation game with one really awesome feature in particular. Ahead of my review later this week, I’ve pulled together a short video, looking at the various features within the game and giving you an…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Star Ocean 4 was one of my favourite games back on the PlayStation 3, so it has been so exciting getting back into the game with this full HD remaster on PS4. The game looks incredible, and plays as well as it ever did. To give…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. As anyone who knows me knows by now, I am a massive fan of Koei Tecmo’s Warriors (or Musou) games. I play them all – and I really do mean them all – and love most of them. There are now a large number of them…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Of all the things that Final Fantasy can be spun off to, a VR-enabled fishing game is the last thing I would have expected. And yet it’s here, and it’s really very good. Related reading: Matt’s review of the base Final Fantasy XV game. Monster of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Emerson, Muir, Thoreau; these are the three people that Far From Noise’s creator, George Batchelor, explicitly credits with inspiring his philosophical treatise in interactive form. Those three might not be household names, but either it’s all a remarkable coincidence, or they are three of the leaders…
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