Poll by Matt S. We’re moving into the awards season now, so as always it’s time to look back at the year that was and consider how it stacked up, in terms of quality and quantity of the games being released. Based on these poll results, it would seem to…
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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…
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)! Little…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. What I appreciate about Disco Elysium is that it actually backs itself. This is a deeply political game that refuses to let you sit on the fence and, while you can end up adopting one of four political ideologies (communism, fascism, moralism and ultraliberalism) based on…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Gloomhaven is one of the more celebrated board games of recent years, but it’s also an absolute beast to deal with; the base game itself will set you back around $200, and you will need a big table to play this one. It’s also designed to…
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)! One…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Dark Souls was one of those rare things; not only was it an excellent game, but it also entered the lexicon. “The Dark Souls of XXXX” became a favoured turn of phrases for anyone who was stretching to describe a particularly challenging example of a genre…
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My Powkiddy X18S arrived today. Touted as the first in the “new generation” of handheld emulation consoles out of China, the device’s more powerful chipset means that consoles that previous devices struggled with (think N64, Dreamcast, PSP and DS) are now within reach. On first impressions the console does indeed…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Building upon the ideas of Cotton 100% (which we reviewed here), Panorama Cotton takes the series out of 2D and into pseudo-3D, using the Super Scaler technology of the Sega Mega Drive. The gameplay as a result becomes similar to titles like Star Fox or Space…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. The Cotton games were novelties even on their original release in the 90’s, and now with their re-release on the Nintendo Switch, a new generation of players can experience these rarities for themselves. The series, created by little-known Japanese team named Success, rarely left its home…
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