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Review: The Kids We Were: Complete Edition (Nintendo Switch)

November 24, 2021

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Review by Matt S. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. The warm aesthetics will warm you while the emotional narrative will often chill you. The Kids We Were is a pixelated Life Is Strange, or an animated Stephen King coming of age story. There’s a dash of Back To The Future, too,…

Review: BloodRayne: ReVamped (Nintendo Switch)

November 24, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I really should give this game a 5/5 score and be done with it. After all, it checks off just about everything I like. It has a vampire (sorry: half-vampire or dhampir, lore nerds) that leans heavily into the sexual motif in vampire tradition. It has…

Review: Root (Nintendo Switch)

November 23, 2021

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Review by Matt S. We’re being spoiled for excellent adaptations of board games on the Nintendo Switch. Late last year the magnificent Wingspan landed, and instantly became one of my most-played games on the console (well, not instantly, but I kept playing it until it did… you know what I…

Interesting games on itch.io: November 23

November 23, 2021

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List 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…

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November 22, 2021

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Video by Matt S. Unpacking always looked lovely, but the game really hit something on something special and became one of the most beloved and talked-about games in 2021. In many ways it was a repeat of the runaway success that fellow Aussie game, Untitled Goose Game, achieved late in…

Poll of the week: Do you have an emulation console?

November 22, 2021

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Poll by Matt S. I talk up (and enjoy) emulation consoles out of China (predominantly) a great deal. Indeed I almost find myself playing with my Anbernic and Powkiddy devices more than my “proper” consoles. So this week I thought it would be interesting to see just how pervasive these…

Check out our game streams from last week!

November 22, 2021

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Videos 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, November 22, 2021

November 21, 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)! This…

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November 21, 2021

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News by Matt S. Hello everyone! I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. The November issue of the Dee Dee Zine is now live! It’s another 48 pages filled with fascinating content about Japanese games, art and culture, and this time around we’ve got: An interview with the creator behind…

On (finally) bringing Monster Rancher back

November 19, 2021

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Interview by Matt S. In just a few weeks, Koei Tecmo is bringing back its own spin on the monster collection-and-battle formula. Monster Rancher may have never had the prominence of Pokémon, or the explosive (if momentary) success of Yokai Watch, but it has plugged along with its own fan…

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