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August 8, 2016

Opinion by Matt S. I’ve got a pretty overwhelming mania for the Olympic Games right now. It happens every time since Sydney in 2000, when, after attending about a dozen events in the two weeks I realised just how much I enjoy the atmosphere, aesthetics, and energy of the Games.…

Ready your controllers: two more Idea Factory games are heading to PC

August 8, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. Following the release patterns of its latest titles, Idea Factory is bringing to more PlayStation Vita games to PC via Steam. MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies and Trillion: God of Destruction will both be coming to the selling platform before the end of 2016, ending…

Review: Adventure Bar Labyrinth (Nintendo 3DS)

August 8, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Finally! Finally Circle Entertainment has its name attached to a game that I actually enjoy. That might be because the publisher’s only role in the production of Adventure Bar Labyrinth is that it’s the publisher of the 3DS version of the game (it’s developed and self…

On Shining in the Darkness, the forgotten dungeon crawler

August 8, 2016

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Retro reflections by Nick H. If the game mentioned in the headline sounds somewhat familiar, there is a good reason for that. A while back I was on a serious strategy/RPG kick, and was talking at length about the Shining Force series of tactical games. These were among my favourite…

Catch-up coffee Monday: August 9, 2016

August 7, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…

The Friday Ten: Nintendo’s coolest amiibo so far

August 5, 2016

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List by Clark A. Nintendo launched amiibo, its answer to the booming toys-to-life market, less than two years ago. What began as a sparse river of 12 figures has rapidly widened into an ocean of eternal plastic success. Now with over 100 miniatures and support for dozens of games, the…

Explainer: What makes a JRPG great? It’s not the gameplay

August 5, 2016

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Explainer by Matt S. Last week I took a look at three of the key defining features that I felt characterised a good rhythm game. Perhaps surprisingly, none of those features was the music itself. I’m going to do something similar this week in looking at the JRPG genre, because…

Review: The Quest HD (Apple iPad)

August 4, 2016

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Review by Matt S. One of the first games that I played on iPhone – way back at version 3, or whatever it was – was a humble little dungeon crawler called The Quest. Inspired heavily by the likes of Might & Magic and Wizardry, it was a very traditional,…

Review: Overcooked (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 4, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Overcooked is Team 17’s latest attempt to prove that as a publisher it has a lot more to offer to the world that one iteration of Worms after the last. Developed by Ghost Town Games, Overcooked is a fairly simple time management game, but it gets…

Can we please stop focusing on how “big” a game is?

August 4, 2016

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Opinion by Matt C. Welcome to 2016, a year with more amazing game releases than anybody could possibly play, and a year in which people are losing their minds because a highly-anticipated game might be “only” 30 hours long. Someone who allegedly obtained a copy pre-release shared some details about…

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