Review by Clark A. Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed surprised me and likely not for the reasons you suspect. Yes, in a game where the player is permitted to indiscriminately shred the clothes off strangers in broad daylight, my biggest takeaway was not the liberty to don the stat-boosting panties…
Read MoreImpressions by Clark A. What happens when five high school students gain such superpowers as time control, elemental manipulation, and flame manifestation? Almost nothing, apparently. In Studio Trigger’s comedic When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, there are neither grand villains to be combated nor the need to thrust vigilante justice upon…
Read MoreReview by Rob P. Here’s a tiny review of a tiny gadget. The Q-Bopz is one of the smallest Bluetooth speakers that we’ve covered, but it makes up for its diminutive size with decent sound quality and a go-anywhere kind of attitude. The speaker is coated in a colourful, splash-resistant…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Most first-person games are about tension. It might be a horror game where the first person perspective is designed to connect the player closer to the fear (such as Alien: Isolation), or it might be using that perspective to most accurately emulate a sensation of speed,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. And people say that Australia’s games industry lacks for quality and depth. Pfft. The Game Developers’ Association of Australia (GDAA) has announced the finalists for its 2014 Australian Game Developer Awards (AGDA). And the list is spectacular. Of course, Australia’s industry remains small following the big…
Read MoreImpressions by Clark A. Anthropomorphising video game consoles is nothing new, but as the many Hyperdimension Neptunia fans here at Digitally Downloaded will tell you, it remains novel as a means to poke fun at and criticise the games industry. The usual order is to convert those old hunks of…
Read MoreReview by Jedediah H. Have you ever seen a goofy Mel Brooks’ movie from the 90’s by the name Life Stinks? I was on the wrong side of seven years of age the first time I had the privilege, and it left a bit of an existential impression on my…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Persona 4 Arena was a title that weirded out all the franchise fans at first, to be blunt. It took a JRPG that was more than a little beloved, and injected its characters into a 2D fighting game. Why is this weird? Because Persona 4 is…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. There have been countless rumours and reports regarding whether Studio Pierrot’s animated adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul would be renewed for a second season and it’s been tough to discern the truth between the constant debunking and misinformation being spread. Finally, though, we’ve been given the details…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Driveclub was one of the earliest games that was teased for the PlayStation 4. In fact Matt had had a chance to preview it back in 2013 right about the time it was announced that Driveclub would be getting delayed. He had voiced some concerns then…
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