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Review: Namco Museum Archives Volume 1 and 2 (Nintendo Switch)

June 19, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Competition around the “retro compilation” space has become surprisingly fierce. It’s no longer enough to simply drop emulations of a handful of random arcade titles from the backlog and call it a day. As the likes of Capcom, Konami and SNK have shown, players are really…

Namco Museum Archives: Excellent retro compilations

June 19, 2020

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Video by Matt S. The latest compilations of classic games to land on our consoles comes from Namco, the makers of some of the most beloved retro classics of all. As you’ll see, these packages (there are two volumes) show an impressive range and even some treasures that we haven’t…

Mad Rat Dead looks like the most amazing thing

June 18, 2020

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News by Matt S. If you had played the Yomawari series then you probably were interested to see what the director, Mizokami Yu, would come up with next. They are two of the most distinctive, interesting horror games in the past decade, after all. You probably weren’t imaging a punk…

Review: Desperados III (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 18, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I started playing Desperados III without having done too much research ahead of time. I know about the series itself, of course, but the last one of those was back in 2007, and it was produced by the now-defunct Spellbound Entertainment. That’s a long time ago…

Review: XCOM 2 Collection (Nintendo Switch)

June 18, 2020

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Having originally released in early 2016, XCOM 2 has seen several ports and additions over the years. Compiling all of that into one neat package, fans can now take it with them whenever they go on the Nintendo Switch. This includes XCOM 2: War of the…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, June 18, 2020

June 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…

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June 17, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Kairosoft has been around for a long time now – they’ve just released their 26th port to Nintendo Switch (no, that’s not a typo). What makes this developer/publisher so enduring, even as every game follows such a familiar formula? Well, that’s what we discuss in this…

Game Theory: On BioShock, violence, Potempkin and propaganda

June 17, 2020

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Feature by Harvard L. This is a long-form essay covering the three BioShock games in the lens of art criticism. Spoilers abound. And, also, the focus on art criticism means there will be little assessment of how well the games are made or how fun they are to play, there…

A Kingdom Hearts rhythm game might be a good Kingdom Hearts game (finally)

June 16, 2020

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News by Matt S. Kingdom Hearts is a terrible, terrible series. It’s so in love with its own lore that it is impossibly lost within it, and putting to focus so completely on that (intensely dull) lore has come at the expense of everything the series could have been doing…

Nintendo’s new fitness app is cute, free, and a very good thing

June 16, 2020

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Article by Matt S. I know a lot of people have struggled with fitness over the last couple of months. Between lockdowns and social distancing, keeping up a fitness regimen has been difficult. Whether you’ve technically been allowed to go out or been on hard lockdown, motivation to put yourself…

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