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May 9, 2017

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The Lizzies IT Journalism awards are the premier tech journalism awards in Australia. It’s something we participate in each year, and the good news is that this year we’ve been shortlisted for three separate categories. The entire DDNet team was shortlisted for the Best Gaming Coverage award. Additionally, the DDNet…

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May 8, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Syberia is hardly a household name, but there is a long-suffering community for it, and they’re going to be happy that Syberia 3 came around. Syberia 2 was first released in 2004; that’s 13 years ago, for people who are counting, and ended on a note…

Japanese history: On Masamune Date; Japan’s dragon in the north

May 8, 2017

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Japanese history by Matt S. In my series of Japanese history pieces, I’ve looked at the three generals who became the effective rulers of Japan through the Sengoku period; Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa. These three men were, by far, the most powerful and important generals through the…

A quick note regarding DDNet Premium

May 8, 2017

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Hi everyone! Many thanks to everyone that has supported DDNet Premium over the past year or so that it’s been in operation. It has been really, truly heartening to know that some people do value the kind of fiercely independent criticism, analysis, and writing that we do here. We know…

Japanese books: Edogawa Ranpo and his influence on Persona 5

May 8, 2017

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Books by Matt S. We talk a lot about Japanese games, films, anime and manga in western culture, but we talk about Japanese literature far less frequently, and that’s a pity, because as with all those other mediums, Japan has produced many of the world’s finest writers, and literature gives…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, May 8, 2017

May 7, 2017

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News by Britta S., Lindsay M., 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…

Review: Birthdays The Beginning (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 5, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Birthdays The Beginning is one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played. It’s not pushing polygons like Horizon: Zero Dawn or any other blockbuster game out there might, and it doesn’t have the vivid stylisation of a game like Persona 5; but what characterises Birthdays…

The Friday Ten: The ten must-play JRPGs for the PlayStation Vita

May 5, 2017

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List by Matt S. The PlayStation Vita is an utterly essential console if you’re a fan of JRPGs. There’s just no other way to say it; the console might not have been a mainstream success, but to this day there is an endless stream of incredible JRPGs that are being…

Review: Castle Battles (Apple iPad)

May 5, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Castle Battles is as casual as strategy games come. You’ve seen what this game offers, more or less, many times before, and, on a platform such as the iPad, which already has a glut of both casual and serious strategy games, this is going to struggle…

Review: Late Shift (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 4, 2017

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Review by Lindsay M. I’m going to start this review a little more personally than usual, with this statement: I suffer from chronic pain. The kind of pain that no medication can take away, no doctor can cure, no message therapist can knead out. In the years since the pain…

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