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Retro emulation consoles are an awesome hobby

February 5, 2021

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Retro by Matt S. It started early in the pandemic. Lockdowns left me stuck at home, and the fact I couldn’t go out meant that I had a bit of extra cash to splash around. On a complete whim, I bought my first emulation handheld console, amazingly enough, because I…

Persona 5, heroism, and Edogawa Ranpo – it’s all topsy-turvy

February 5, 2021

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Game Theory by Matt S. With Persona 5 Strikers just around the corner (and review embargo lifting in a few days), I figured I’d publish this piece that explains some of the underlying thinking that has gone into the Persona 5 mini-series. Let me know your thoughts! Persona 5 is…

Review: Gal*Gun Returns (Nintendo Switch)

February 4, 2021

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Review by Matt S. We probably don’t have too many more entries in the Gal*Gun series to look forward to. Sony has pulled the plug on the series, and at the very last moment, Microsoft pulled back on this new one, Gal*Gun Returns, which was originally scheduled for an Xbox…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, February 4, 2021

February 3, 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)! Nippon…

Review: Ys IX: Monstrum Nox (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 3, 2021

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Review by Matt S. “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free,” so Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote once, and Ys IX reminded me of that quote a little. It’s not such a direct interpretation (we leave that to Persona 5), but imprisonment is the…

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox – Why I love Nihon Falcom’s latest

February 3, 2021

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Video by Matt S. Ys IX: Monstrum Nox is the latest in a long-running series of action JRPGs that I have had a complex relationship with over the years… but this one? Wow, do I love this one. Nihon Falcom has knocked it out of the park and then some.…

We have a release date for Mass Effect: Legendary Edition

February 2, 2021

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News by Matt S. If we all forget that Mass Effect: Andromeda exists, the Mass Effect series has been some of the most intelligent and artful work that EA has produced in the last 20 years or so. You can even write think pieces about Mass Effect’s themes and philosophy,…

Interview: 14 games and counting… why Romance of the Three Kingdoms is still going strong

February 2, 2021

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Interview by Matt S. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is finally coming to Nintendo Switch in the west! In just a few months Koei Tecmo will be publishing Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV: Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack for the Nintendo Switch (and PlayStation 4 and PC). A rich…

Review: Märchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift (Nintendo Switch)

February 2, 2021

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Review by Matt S. “Curiouser and curiouser!” Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). So goes the famous line from Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland. Having played Märchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift, I understand Alice’s…

Excellent post-Yakuza noir adventure, Judgment, gets a new-gen makeover

February 2, 2021

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News by Matt S.You can’t help but feel that Judgment flew under the radar a little. It was a Yakzua game in all but name, but the shift in protagonists and focus (you play as someone who is nominally on the side of the law this time) meant that it…

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