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Review: Talisman (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 21, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Talisman is one of the most well-regarded board games out there. First released way back in 1983, the game was clearly designed to capitalise on the love of pulp fantasy that was washing through board gamedom back then, thanks to the success of Dungeons & Dragons…

Review: Toukiden 2 (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 21, 2017

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Review by Matt S. It was easy to look at the original Toukiden and dismiss it as a clone of Monster Hunter. Easy, but inaccurate. Toukiden took some of the ideas that drove Monster Hunter, yes. It featured protracted battles with very large monsters, loot grinding to improve your character’s…

The DDNet Podcast! On censorship and horror games, eroticism in film (and games) and more!

March 21, 2017

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This week on the DigitallyDownloaded.net podcast, we look at the latest game to have fallen victim to Australian censorship, Outlast 2. Then we look at eroticism in film, as the Korean film The Handmaiden, makes a big splash in arthouse cinema circles, and how that approach to filmmaking might apply…

Review: Snipperclips (Nintendo Switch)

March 20, 2017

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Review by Harvard L. There’s this great moment which I’m sure everyone who plays SnipperClips will experience – it’s a few levels into the game’s campaign, where this thought will pop into your head: “this would be much more fun with a friend”, or better yet, “I would appreciate the…

Review: Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 20, 2017

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Review by Matt S. We live in a world where very serious questions are being asked of western interventionism and imperialism, colonialist attitudes, and the nationalism of western powers. With ISIS and Syria, we’re finally starting to realise that over a century of meddling, king making, and warring in places…

Review: Shadows of Adam (PC)

March 20, 2017

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Review by Britta S. So who is Adam? I wondered as I started up the game. Likely the hero? No, quite wrong – Adam is no person but the name of an idyllic village tucked away in a forever classic corner of retro JRPG fantasyland. In a way, this name…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, March 20, 2017

March 19, 2017

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News by Britta S., Ginny W., and Matt C. 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…

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March 17, 2017

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News by Matt S. Lost Dimension won’t appear on any “great games on the PlayStation 3/ PlayStation Vita” lists, and that’s a pity, because it really does belong there. A tactical RPG with some seriously intense storytelling themes, Lost Dimension was a mindscrew of a game in the vein of…

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March 17, 2017

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Game Theory by Matt S. NieR: Automata is a very dense game, and it covers off a great many themes, ranging from gender and identity politics, to the impact of religion, the meaning of existence, and the structure of video games themselves. One of its absolute key themes, however, and…

Review: Touhou Genso Wanderer (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 17, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Thanks to NISA, the Touhou Genso franchise out of Japan is starting to get some real traction in the west. These games range across a wide variety of genres now, but what remains consistent to them is their slavish loyalty to what inspires them, and while…

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