After ten years there’s finally a new Dragon Age game. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the biggest disappointments of the year. So we dig into that a bit, looking at where things went to wrong and what the game really should have been. We also look at the newly-released Nintendo Music app, and all the promise it holds. Is it…
It’s the spooky time of year again, and of course all the developers and publishers have been rushing out their horror games. There’s some good ones, too, and this month we chat a bit about what makes a good horror game in our view. We also talk about all the…
Lollipop Chainsaw is back! Lollipop Chainsaw is back! FINALLY! We’re very excited…
Who doesn’t love their Switch? It is arguably the finest console of…
This is something that we’ve been thinking about doing for quite some time here at DDNet, and so for this podcast, we finally pulled the trigger: We pulled out that tier listing site, and set about ranking every single JRPG series (with more than a few games) there is. This…
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This is something that we’ve been thinking about doing for quite some time here at DDNet, and so for this podcast, we finally pulled the trigger: We pulled out that tier listing site, and set about ranking every single JRPG series (with more than a few games) there is. This…
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August is another big month for gaming, with big sporting titles, big action games and, biggest of all, the long-awaited return of Armored Core! Get stuck into these and the month will fly by before you know it. What are you most looking forward to? Let us know in the…
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This month’s podcast is a simple one: we rank all the JRPGs! Yep, that’s right, we go through all the major series, old and new, and class them according to the tiers we think they belong to. We assume some people are going to yell at us over our picks!…
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One common discussion point around retro gaming is whether these classics “age,” and, by that definition, become less enjoyable to play today. So this month we take a close look at that, particularly through the lens of the Game Boy, and discuss whether the majority of Game Boy games are…
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With Final Fantasy XVI still very fresh in mind, the podcast crew sat down to talk about it. There is a lot to talk about with regard to this game, but perhaps the most interesting theme it has running through it is how well it handles war as a subject.…
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If you’re a fan of JRPGs then brace yourself because July is going to be one very intense month. There are plenty of other games releasing, of course, but the JRPG calendar is particularly packed and, for people that perhaps found Final Fantasy XVI a little untraditional for their tastes,…
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Something old and something new for discussion in this month’s podcast! We kick things off as we always do with a look at all the games releasing in July. If you’re a fan of Japanese games – and JRPGs in particular – steel yourself because the month is going to…
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One of the many things that we’re looking forward to seeing in Final Fantasy XVI is how it handles storytelling, because it seems like the developers are bringing some interesting ideas to the table there that will help to make game narratives more accessible to more people. Or, to put…
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There’s one absolutely massive game releasing this month that we’re all very excited for, but it is by no means the only release to look forward to in June! That big release is, of course, Final Fantasy XVI, but aside from a conspicuous absence of Nintendo this month, the overall…
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