Review by Harvard L. It’s 9pm, you arrive home after a long day and walk into your bedroom. A faint breeze rustles your curtains. “Did I forget to close the window before I left?” you wonder. Before the answer comes to your mind though, you feel a presence behind you…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. I have been playing JRPG titles for about as long as I have been gaming. The story lines, character development and sense of progression have all tested my mind rather than my reflexes over the years, and to this day I consider it my favourite genre.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Credit where credit is due; Rovio is not simply letting its hero franchise have its 15 minutes of fame before bowing out. Consider Call of Duty or Halo; the developers wouldn’t dream of taking the formula that made these games so popular, and building something as…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Everyone loves RollarCoaster Tycoon; the theme park management sim that originally came to us courtesy of genre legend Chris Sawyer, the mind behind other classics such as Transport Tycoon. Atari owned the rights to RollarCoaster Tycoon, but following the brand’s temporary bankruptcy, there were many left…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Among many other things, Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings and sketches include designs for machines that would enhance the power of the military. Advance guns, cannons and even machines that look like tanks appear in his portfolio. Magnifico is a popular board game that takes Da Vinci’s…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Back in 2007, a humble little game called Panzer Tactics was released on the Nintendo DS. This game was a reasonably hardcore hex-based strategy game for Nintendo’s little console that could. Of course back then the DS was functionally the only portable gaming device that had…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I was, of course, a big fan of Avadon 2 when it was released on PC a few months ago. I’m a big fan of all of Spiderweb Software games. These are classic RPGs in every sense of the word. They look a couple of decades…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Twitch is a pretty big deal; people stream videos of them playing games in real time, while others watch in and laugh at their mistakes – in other words it turns gaming into a spectator event and is the natural evolution of Let’s Plays, where people…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Lately the line between what is and isn’t a game has been a hot debate here at DDNet. As all the discussion has proven, the line isn’t clear and Nyamyam’s new title, Tengami, isn’t going to make it any clearer. Tengami is in part an adventure…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. You wouldn’t think that a trailer for a game about the grim reaper would have you in stitches from laughter. But that’s exactly what happened with this trailer for this upcoming puzzle game. The basic idea of the game is to help nice Mr. Reaper do…
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