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Check out our game streams from last week!

October 25, 2021

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Video by Matt S. Over on YouTube, we try and fit in at least a couple of streams each week, mostly to give you the first hour or so of various interesting, quirky or different games. We’re still figuring out the exact schedule for these, but in the meantime, don’t…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, October 25, 2021

October 24, 2021

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News 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)! The…

On the art and power behind Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water

October 22, 2021

Horror/Interview/Interviews/Koei Tecmo/Project Zero/Survival Horror

Interview by Matt S. Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water never got a fair run on the Wii U. It was an ultra-niche title released on a console that really didn’t do good numbers. It’s also one of the last Wii U exclusives to get a second run off the…

Review: Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi (Nintendo Switch)

October 22, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Experience Inc. is a developer with mastery over two genres in particular: the dungeon crawler (Stranger of Sword City), and horror (Death Mark). Combine the two and you get Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi. This is a grim and sublime dungeon crawler, which really sells the idea…

House Of Ashes: Why copy/pasting horror mechanics doesn’t work

October 21, 2021

Horror/Survival Horror/The Dark Pictures/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. House of Ashes is a good – even great game. It’s highly cinematic, filled with excellent set-pieces, and is a plain-good, fun time. However! The developers of this series – which includes Little Hope and Man of Medan, have made each title with roughly the same…

Review: House of Ashes (Sony PlayStation 5)

October 21, 2021

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Review by Matt S. The Dark Pictures Anthology’s latest entry, House of Ashes, has plenty going for it. It has cinematic flair, Hollywood talent (led by Ashley Tisdale), and an intriguing premise, given that it’s leveraging off the Akkadian Empire, which is one of the oldest empires we know of…

Gadget review: APEX 3 TKL keyboard

October 21, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Grammarly, that Web application that keeps an eye on your typing for you, tells me that I write around 120,000 words per week. Given that I work seven days per week, that works out at around 17,150 words per day. Yes, that is a lot, and…

Review: Ultra Age (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 19, 2021

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Review by Trent P. In the infancy of the Internet, many were fixated on quotes and philosophies from lead developers. One great example of this is the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto himself. Miyamoto has always been the face of Nintendo and responsible for so many of its characters, has been perhaps…

Review: Lyrica 2 (Nintendo Switch)

October 19, 2021

Art Game/China/Indie/Lyrica/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/rhythm game/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Lyrica is one of the better rhythm games available on the Nintendo Switch. It might not be as well-known as the Taiko the Drum titles, or Hatsune Miku’s Switch outing (of course), but Lyrica had something different and compelling going for it: it offered culture. The sequel…

Interesting games on itch.io: October 19

October 19, 2021

Art Game/Indie/itch/itch.io/list/Top 10/top 5

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,…

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