It would be easy to dismiss Monochrome Mobius as being a “too-traditional” JRPG, turn-based warts and all. Indeed, that is what far too many other critics have done when covering this game, and that’s doing it a disservice. It seems that just about everyone has missed what makes this a…
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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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Wedged between the tasteful classicism of the Renaissance and the rationalism of the Enlightenment was the Baroque era. The unrestrained spectacle and excess of the Baroque is an art historical aberration, a strange and sudden plunge into decadence that encompassed the 17th century and beyond. Some of the style’s defining…
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Here’s a tale of two very different sides of the games industry for you. On the one hand, I was recently given an hour-long look into The Plucky Squire, an upcoming Devolver Digital-published game about a character that can pop into and out of the “real world” from a book,…
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I briefly touched upon Islands of Insight in my highlights for the PC Gaming Show 2023, and I’m really excited that more information about the game is coming to light. It is a shared-world puzzle adventure game, an epic journey of exploration and discovery, set in a fantasy realm of…
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Abomi Nation is described as a cute, casual monster-taming roguelite, it sets out to spice up the genre with a unique blend of characters and gameplay elements. It’s designed to be both replayable and customizable. It’s a fun-filled journey with captivating monsters, strategic battles, and boundless adventures. It has been…
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Got a Nintendo Switch? At some stage you’ve probably taken it out in public. After all, gaming on the go is very much the point of that thing. But would you necessarily want other people to know what you’re playing? That’s the topic for this podcast discussion: the games we…
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Sympathy Kiss is an otome visual novel about office drama and romance. I get that office romances are often frowned upon, but let’s be real: they happen, and they can lead to successful long-term relationships. That’s not to say that a successful career isn’t important, though, and Sympathy Kiss wants…
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After being in Early Access for quite some time, Dune: Spice Wars is ready for its full launch; this coincides with its sixth major content update, which introduces the opulent and politically savvy House Ecaz. That makes a total of six factions to war over a priceless spice in a…
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We’ve all had this experience at one stage or another: We’ve been playing a game that we totally love and thing it will be one of our favourites… only for it to ultimately disappoint us. What causes that, and why? That’s the topic for this part of the September 2023…
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