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Review: Orcs Must Die! 2 (PC)

August 6, 2012

Orcs Must Die 2/PC/Real-Time Strategy/Robot Entertainment

I only played Orcs Must Die! briefly at a friend’s house before, and while I enjoyed the experience, I never picked that title up and played it extensively. The idea was interesting enough – take the tower defense genre and add some third-person combat to the proceedings. The same basic formula is…

Review: Tone Sphere (iPhone)

August 6, 2012

Apple/iOS/music game/Reviews/rhythm game/Tone Sphere

The music rhythm genre has seen a revival in recent years. With the success of titles such as Elite Beat Agents and Audiosurf, it’s no surprise to see developers such as Bit192 Labs begin bringing their games to the iOS, such as Tone Sphere. But in the face of competition…

Review: Decathlon 2012 (DSiWare)

August 5, 2012

Decathlon 2012/DSiWare/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo DSi/Olympics/Reviews/Sports

No one should ever, ever be forced to play a game as bad as Decathlon 2012. I consider myself to be a casual fan of the Olympics, so a lack of enthusiasm for the worldwide spectacle which this game was obviously released to take advantage of isn’t to blame. It’s…

Call of Duty Zombies devours Android

August 5, 2012

Android/Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies/Sony Xperia Play

Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies is now available on Android handsets. Well, some Android handsets. It sounds strange to even say, since it hasn’t exactly set the world on fire, but the Sony Xperia Play platform (and the machines themselves) are getting a 30 day exclusive on the BlOps…

Dawnguard arrives on PC

August 5, 2012

bethesda/Dawnguard/Skyrim

PC gamers, your Skyrim expansion has finally arrived. PS3 gamers… uh… Yes, just announced at QuakeCon is that the massive Dawnguard vampire expansion has arrived for download for PC Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim players. The pack is pretty huge and offers all new content for the already gigantic action/RPG. Now…

Video review: London 2012 Olympics (PS3)

August 5, 2012

London 2012/Olympics/PlayStation/Sports/Video review

Digitally Downloaded has started doing video reviews! We kick things off with London 2012, and you can expect one or two more per week. What did we think of London 2012? It’s a good, fun game, but it’s not going to surprise anyone – if you’ve played an Olympics sports…

The weekend discussion: Licensed games

August 4, 2012

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Licensed titles; just about everyone has played one at some stage. After all, if we really like a movie, we naturally want to play an interactive version of it as well. Unfortunately, most licensed titles are made cheaply to cash in on the success of a movie, and so most…

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August 3, 2012

Apogee/Interceptor Entertainment/PC/Rise of The Triad/Steam

Well, here is one thing I thought I would never see; on the first day of Quakecon 2012, it was announced that the 1995 cousin of Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of The Triad, is getting a sequel/remake scheduled to hit Steam later this year. I’ll admit that this one came out…

Lollipop Chainsaw and anti-sexism: why Juliet Starling is so important

August 2, 2012

feminism/Lollipop Chainsaw/Opinion

Now that Lollipop Chainsaw has been available for a while, there’s been a lot written about the game. One of the more regular comments I see made about the game is that it is “sexist.” This confuses me greatly because my reading of Lollipop Chainsaw is the exact opposite –…

The PSN update is Expendable

August 2, 2012

PlayStation/PS Vita/PS3/psn update/PSP/The Expendables

The action heroes of decades past blow a hole in the PSN this week along with Ridge Racer and War of the Monsters- but where’s GTAIII? Not that the entire world hasn’t played it already, but the PS2 classic Grand Theft Auto III is MIA in this weeks update to…

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