In 1964, Donald Horne published The Lucky Country. It was a scathing yet insightful and totally accurate deconstruction of Australia, its national identity, and its view of the world. The central thesis of it is that Australia, which has grown to become a regional power and exert global influence despite…
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Surfing is a messy sport, and not just because you’ll get sand in places where the sun doesn’t shine. Where most sports are defined by the nice, neat rules that humans set down and agree to compete together under, the defining characteristic of surfing is that it’s a battle with…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. With each issue I will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…
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Persona 5 Tactica takes far too long to get to the point. However, once it gets there it shows itself to be a far more brilliant addition to the overall Persona 5 collection than many will give it credit for. At first, it seems like it’ll be irreverent fan service,…
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Honeycomb is a sci-fi survival sandbox game developed by a studio out of Poland, Frozen Way (co-developer of House Flipper). Previously expected to be released later this year, the game’s launch window has been pushed back to Q3 2024 so that the game launches in its entirety rather than in…
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Since as far back as the Game Boy Color, Square Enix has taken strides to compete with the likes of Pokémon and Shin Megami Tensei to offer a monster collecting and battling JRPG series of its own. Dragon Quest Monsters might not be quite as high profile as some of…
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The remake of celebrated visual novel Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon launched for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan during August 2021. It will take nearly three years, but the game is now set to launch in the West during “summer” 2024 (think Q3, or approximately June-September).…
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Today, Alvios Games announced its upcoming 1-4 player co-op action roguelike game, Vellum. Play as a Scribe protecting the stories contained within the Illuminated Library. Dive into magic tombs to sling inky spells, discover pages of power, and – this is really cool – choose how your foes evolve. The…
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My Time at Sandrock is a very entertaining game that should never have been released on the Nintendo Switch. Or, I should say, the problems with the game better be exclusive to the Switch and a consequence of the hardware and not, simply, poor development, because otherwise the game should…
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I’m back yet again with news about a remastered game – actually, remastered games. Publisher PQube has announced that Class of Heroes 1 and its sequel are back, this time as a bundle of remastered versions. Class of Heroes 1 & 2: Complete Edition includes both Class of Heroes: Anniversary…
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