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Review: Root Film (Nintendo Switch)

March 22, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Root Film’s only meaningful link to its predecessor, Root Letter, is that both visual novels are mystery titles set in Shimane prefecture, a lesser-known destination with Japan but, like every other corner of the country, a place with its own deep, rich history and heritage. Where…

Interesting games on itch.io: March 22

March 22, 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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March 22, 2021

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Video by Harvard L. Last week SNK released a collection of classic Neo Geo Pocket Color titles to the Nintendo Switch. While the console was best known for being the first to make portable fighting games excellent, it had a couple of titles from other genres too, including the action…

Catch up with last week’s gameplay streams: March 22

March 22, 2021

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News by Matt S. As some of you will know, we’ve been doing regular streams over the last year or so on the DDNet YouTube channel, showcasing the latest and greatest games, while chatting with people about those games (and just about everything else) as we go along. If you’d…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, March 22, 2021

March 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)! New…

Review: Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S (Nintendo Switch)

March 19, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I was expecting Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S to be a fairly standard port of the previous Miku puzzle mobile title, MikuLogi. Why wouldn’t it be? The mobile game is excellent, with plenty of colourful puzzles, a good rewards loop (one new Miku artwork for every…

The Week in Review: March 19, 2021

March 19, 2021

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Video by Matt S. Activision can screw off. That’s the big bit of news this week after the company announced that it was going to axe 200 people while giving CEO, Bobby Kotick, a bonus of $200 million. I’d say “stop supporting Activision,” but the video game industry does love…

Space Invaders AR? Yeah, I’ll leave the house to play that

March 18, 2021

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News by Matt S. Square Enix hosted the first of its “Presents” shows overnight (for Aussies), giving us an update on everything that the company is working on. Or, at least, what its western publishing arm and developers are working on. The overall event overlooked the Japanese games in development,…

A first look at the backgrounds of A Week on the Water

March 18, 2021

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News by Matt S. Howdy visual novel fans! We’ve got a small little update to share for A Week on the Water, the next game in the My Time With Dee Dee series of visual novels. This time around we’re going to give you a first look at some of…

Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami is a stalker horror with a lot of fan service

March 18, 2021

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News by Matt S. When you play a game from Qureate, the publisher behind Fantasy Tavern Sextet, TroubleDays and NinNinDays, you can be sure of one thing if nothing else; a whole lot of panties, boobs, and other such fan service things. None of these games are what you might…

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