Playing Atelier Sophie 2 and Elden Ring back-to-back over the last week and a bit has been a fascinating experience. They’re both RPGs out of Japan, of course, but they seem like binary opposites to one another. Elden Ring is melancholic, alienating, and makes cruelty an aesthetic decision. Atelier Sophie…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. When I was doing creative writing coursework at university, one of the first and most important lessons that was drummed into us was the phrase “show, don’t tell.” That, indeed, is a mantra that students in high school English classes, and even earlier, will also hear…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we 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)! It’s about time: Submerged sequel…
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I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows you to be transgressive,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. With Gomoku Let’s Go, we have another classic and revered board game that can now be played on Switch. In one way or another you can now play Chess, Shogi, Go, Backgammon and Gomoku on the console, and I would argue that those five games are…
Read MoreList by Matt S.I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows you…
Read MorePoll by Matt S. Since it doesn’t seem possible for Game Freak and Nintendo to release a Pokémon game without it becoming painfully controversial, we thought we would focus the first poll of the year on the newly-released Pokémon Legends: Arceus (the review is coming, I promise!). This time around…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M.Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we 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)! It’s…
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Ever play a game that’s just so utterly pleasant that you find yourself smiling just by thinking about it? That’s the experience that defines Hatsune Miku Connecting Puzzle Tamagotori. It’s such a happy game. It’s odd and doesn’t really make sense within the broader Hatsune Miku landscape… or perhaps it does because…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ever play a game that’s just so utterly pleasant that you find yourself smiling just by thinking about it? That’s the experience that defines Hatsune Miku Connecting Puzzle Tamagotori. It’s such a happy game. It’s odd and doesn’t really make sense within the broader Hatsune Miku…
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