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Review: Castle of Shikigami (PC)

July 6, 2017

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Review by Matt C. Thanks to publishers like Degica, Steam is quickly becoming a bastion of classic bullet hell shoot ‘em ups, and this a wonderful thing. It’s a niche genre, but also one with a long and storied history spanning many different consoles and generations. Having as much of…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, July 6, 2017

July 5, 2017

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News by Lindsay M., Matt C., and Matt S. 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…

Retro Reflections: Defender of the Crown; the most aggravating classic strategy game

July 5, 2017

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Retro reflections by Matt S. Strategy games tend to age horribly. It’s not so much the visual side of things – because let’s fact it, strategy games have very rarely been leading visual experiences anyway. No, what makes the strategy genre one that ages horribly is a game’s ability to…

If a book store were a game store…

July 5, 2017

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Opinion by Matt S. The other day I was in a book shop (I’ll admit that, thanks to my Kindle and online shopping, I don’t support the local bookstores as much as I might like to and should), and I was, oddly enough reminded on just how completely different our…

Review: Chess Ultra (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 4, 2017

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Review by Matt S. People wouldn’t necessarily associate chess with video games that needed cutting edge visuals. After all, chess is a remarkably simple and abstract board game in design that contains a handful of pieces and a simple checkered board as the play field. Related reading: Nick’s review of…

A month of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood – Diary 3: Liberty or Death

July 4, 2017

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Impressions by Matt C. Welcome back to my Stormblood diary series! When I left you last week, I had just finished the Doma portion of the expansion and was heading into the final act of the main story. I’d been taken in by the beauty of Doma and its surrounding…

Are games ever really boring? Also what we’ll be playing in July and having fun with RPG Maker (Digitally Uploaded 2017, Episode #23)

July 4, 2017

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After a week’s hiatus (down here in Australia it’s winter and that means sickness season), we’re back! This week on the podcast we look at a wide range of different topics. First up, are games ever really “boring?” It’s a word that often gets thrown around, but you have to…

Review: RPG Maker FES (Nintendo 3DS)

July 3, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Most people who have even a passing interest in JRPGs should, by now, know what RPG Maker is. For years the series of easy to use, highly specialised software applications have allowed people with no game development skill whatsoever to build their own JRPGs, and then…

On Final Fantasy XII’s opening chapter; setting the scene for greatness

July 3, 2017

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Preview by Matt S. Final Fantasy XII, remastered into glorious HD with Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, isn’t long away now, and for many people it’ll be the first opportunity to play a game that had been previously restricted to a console that has been long retired. I’ve had…

Review: Tokyo Xanadu (Sony PlayStation Vita)

July 3, 2017

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Review by Harvard L. Tokyo Xanadu is being released in the West at a somewhat unfortunate time. It trails Persona 5 and The Caligula Effect, when its 2015 Japanese release date puts it more in the ballpark of Conception 2 or Mind:Zero. It’s developed by Falcom, arguably the inventor of…

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