Aussie readers of DDNet, have we got a treat for you! (Note: this competition is only open to Australian residents. Apologies, overseas friends, but I’m sure we’ll have another contest for you soon) Stranger Of Paradise is one of the finest, and smartest, games in Square Enix’s storied series. As we wrote in our 4.5/5 review: Do you know that…
News by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…
Read MoreList by Matt S. The PlayStation 4’s greatest strength is easily, overwhelmingly, the variety and breadth of its content. From the most mainstream of blockbusters, right through to the most niche of indie games, there really is something for everyone on this console, and that’s a library that is substantially…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Microsoft has released its second attempt at an AI, after the spectacular failure of Tay, a social interaction bot unleashed on Twitter that was turned racist in a matter of hours. This new attempt can’t be racist, as it doesn’t learn in interacting with people, but…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Stranger of Sword City is a dark, dark game. Taking cues from the FromSoftware Souls series (and no, I’m not talking about the difficulty, though it is a challenging game), Stranger of Sword City places an almost westernised sense of aesthetics within the context of what…
Read MoreArticle by Clark A. Who watches anime shorts? We watch anime shorts. Even though 20+ minute flicks continue to dominate the industry, these bite-sized brain candies have emerged in recent years and garnered a special audience. Liberated from the chains of bloated budgets and long-form script writing, these speedier watches…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. It’s the first time we’re seeing anything from the upcoming Ghost in the Shell live-action movie, but as far as a first image goes I’m quite happy because it features Scarlet Johansson! The first still could have been of anything — the set, secondary or tertiary…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Okay, so I’m not the world’s biggest fan of MOBAs, eSports, competitive online games, or, hell, any multiplayer that doesn’t involve the copious consumption of beer and the ability to slap a controller out of another player’s hands. Related reading: You can catch Nick’s review of…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the greatest books in the history of literature. Nabokov’s observations on the American culture that underpin the book, and his subsequent deconstruction of it through darkly transgressive humour, is by turns humorous and shocking, but at all times it’s breathtaking…
Read MoreImpressions by Clark A. Despite once being marketed as an opportunity to explore the life of a lawyer, the Phoenix Wright video games have always opted to be gleefully irreverent examples of legal drama. Educational software they are not, instead focusing on developing quirky characters through the adversities the legal…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. As I said on the DDNet podcast this week: “if you can use ‘dystopia’ to describe a game’s setting, then I’m on board.” Republique is very much a vision of a dystopia, and on the PlayStation 4, it is both utterly delightful and instantly compelling. Republique…
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