There is nothing like Hello Kitty to up your happiness factor on a gloomy day, and there’s certainly been a lot of those lately. Hello Kitty and Friends Happiness Parade is what it sounds like: Hello Kitty and her friends dance to music in a super fun parade. The Nintendo…
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Two influential media franchises from the ‘90s, Twin Peaks and Evangelion, both came to an end within the past few years. While these two series may not seem to have many obvious similarities, with one being a live-action murder mystery and the other a mecha anime, there are several parallels…
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Park Byeond is a theme part simulator that first launched in June of this year. When it was released, Alex reviewed it for DDNet and stated, “I can see what they were going for with Park Beyond, and they did get achingly close to it, but right now, and at…
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Invincible Presents: Atom Eve is a visual novel RPG; it’s also the first original video game set in the Invincible universe. Become Atom Eve, the superhero from the Invincible comics and animated series, and explore her life beyond the story that is already known. The game was first seen during…
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Lake is one of those games that comes up when talking about cozy games (though not nearly enough compared to, say, Wylde Flowers). The base game, which is set in 1986, has players taking on the role of Meredith while she is taking over her father’s job as mail carrier.…
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I don’t believe that games “age,” as new things come along to replace them. It’s a silly thing to suggest of an artwork. Is the Mona Lisa no longer relevant because people have Wacom tablets? Of course not. Is Shakespeare “dated” because Disney’s Marvel films are made on a bigger…
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There are times when it genuinely feels like the artists who work in game development teams only know Zdzisaw Beksiski and H.R Giger. These two artists are magnificent, don’t get me wrong, but they are so often the inspiration behind a game’s aesthetics that it’s become a visual cliché. And…
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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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Assassin’s Creed: Mirage is what all Assassin’s Creed games should be: Uncomplicated. As I’ve regularly repeated over the years, Assassin’s Creed is my one blockbuster vice, and I love the series despite it being increasingly representative of so much of what I dislike about AAA games. But this one brings…
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For some people, gaming is all about value: they want a ton of cOnTeNt in a game so that it can be played to death. And for those people, Koei Tecmo is promises that Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake will have “the greatest amount of content in series…
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