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May 19, 2020

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Opinion by Matt S. With COVID-19 effectively shutting down global sport, the sporting world is running on two tiers right now; there are the sports that are pulling even further ahead, as they have large communities that are growing larger thanks to the presence of high-quality video game adaptations of…

Review: Super Mega Baseball 3 (Nintendo Switch)

May 19, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Super Mega Baseball 3 reminds me of the baseball games I used to really love playing back on the Nintendo 64 and early PlayStation eras, when they were both accessible (thus making them good for multiplayer sessions) and yet also a serious effort to do the…

Wasteland 3 gets its first developer diary

May 18, 2020

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News by Matt S. You know you’re getting closer to the release of a game when the developer diaries start popping up. They’re basically extended trailers, though with little tidbits of “behind the scenes” showing players how the game was developed, and mini-“interviews” with the creators. Wasteland 3 is a…

The Eternal Castle: Difficulty-as-Art

May 18, 2020

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Video by Matt S. I really didn’t think I’d love The Eternal Castle. Nothing about it is a “me” kind of game. And yet… This thing is so damned artful in everything that it does that it’s one of the smartest and most interesting games I’ve played in quite some…

Review: The Eternal Castle [Remastered] (Nintendo Switch)

May 18, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I’ll never finish The Eternal Castle. The level of skill that it demands of the player is so far beyond what I’ll ever be able to do that I know, right now and without a shadow of a doubt, that it would be simply impossible for…

Did you miss any of our streams last week? Catch up here!

May 18, 2020

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Article by Matt S. Last week we drove on with Final Fantasy II, delved into ancient Chinese history with some Dynasty Warriors action, went swimming with our favourite Blue Reflection girls, and embarked on a quest to kill zombies and look good doing it in a school uniform. If you…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, May 18, 2020

May 17, 2020

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News by Lindsay M., News Editor 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…

Review: What The Golf? (Nintendo Switch)

May 15, 2020

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Review by Matt S. It claims to be a “golf game for people that hate golf,” and that is a good summary of the kind of irreverent humour that What The Golf? aims for. It’s not really golf at all though. Rather it’s a silly little physics puzzle game, good…

Crusader Kings III gets its release date

May 15, 2020

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News by Matt S. I do like games based in real-world history that actually respect the history, and Paradox Interactive’s strategy games have been some of the more respectful out there. Europa Universalis IV is great, for example, but as great as it is, there are a lot of people…

Nintendo announces a new Paper Mario with an imminent release

May 14, 2020

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News by Matt S. “It’s not a good look, Nintendo!” wrote one pundit just a few days ago when Nintendo outlined its 2020 content strategy recently, and there wasn’t that much on it. Nintendo was lazy and in trouble for not releasing an endless stream of new content for its Switch…

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