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Streaming and subscription services are the enemy

August 10, 2021

Opinion by Matt S. The big news today is that Funimation has acquired Crunchyroll for a ridiculous amount of money, meaning that the overwhelming bulk of anime available in the west has now been consolidated into just one company – a near-monopoly on the art form. Meanwhile, over at Spotify,…

Check out the cover for the August edition of the Dee Dee Zine!

August 9, 2021

Dee Dee Zine/magazine/News

News by Matt S. Whoo! Time sure flies when you’re having fun. It feels like just yesterday that the July edition of the Dee Dee Zine went live for Patreon backers, and here we are, already at August! So, this month’s magazine will be available on August 21, and as…

review-toodee-and-topde

August 9, 2021

Indie/PC/PC Review/Puzzle Game/Reviews

Review by Matt S. Toodee and Topdee is one of those tiny little games that will largely escape your notice, but at some point or another, you’ll find yourself playing it and be glad that you did. This humble little game won’t win any great prizes nor make its creators…

Interesting games on itch.io: August 9

August 9, 2021

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

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…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, August 9, 2021

August 8, 2021

catch-up coffee/News

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…

Review: Dragon Star Varnir (Nintendo Switch)

August 6, 2021

Dragon Star Varnir/Idea Factory/JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review/turn based

Review by Matt S. Dragon Star Varnir is one of Idea Factory’s deeper and more intelligent titles. Belonging to the same experimental series (unrelated to one another, but conceptually similar) as Fairy Fencer F and Death end re:Quest, Varnir is certainly dark and brooding, and subversively feminist in a way…

When scandal hits should we re-evaluate our opinion of the artist’s work?

August 5, 2021

Art/Opinion

Caravaggio (the Italian painter) has become famous to history for being a bit of a thug. He killed someone sometime around 1590 (the greatest of his crimes, but by no means his only one). A decade later he was decorating the Contarelli Chapel. Today, a few centuries later, if you…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, August 5, 2021

August 4, 2021

catch-up coffee/News

Review: Steam: Rails to Riches (Nintendo Switch)

August 4, 2021

board game/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Strategy/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Steam: Rails to Riches is a perfectly competent board game, which works well enough on Nintendo Switch. It’s no Wingspan, which is both a masterful board game and plays beautifully on Switch. It’s also not the board game I wanted to see most on Switch (where’s…

Nippon Ichi is getting time-loopy with its new one

August 4, 2021

News/Nippon Ichi/NISA

News by Matt S. Nippon Ichi over in Japan (as opposed to the western publishing arm) is a true factory of new ideas. Indeed, there are very few that do such a good job in backing new ideas. The company has let slip its latest title, called Asatsugutori, and this…

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