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Review: Bioshock: The Collection (Microsoft Xbox One)

September 27, 2016

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Review by Nick H. If you managed to somehow miss all or even some of the Bioshock games and enjoy first-person action games, then this remaster is a great excuse to give those missed opportunities a try. Admittedly, there is not a whole lot new to the package, but the…

All-female protagonist September: My favourite games for iOS

September 27, 2016

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Blog by Lindsay M. With the month coming to a close — this is my second to last post — I’ve realized I’ve been playing all these awesome games on my iPhone (and iPad, due to limited storage on my phone) and I’ve only written about Severed. For shame! With…

Review: Dear Esther: Landmark Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 26, 2016

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Review by Harvard L. To everyone out there, have you played Dear Esther? I would assume most of you have – the prolific surrealist piece developed by The Chinese Room is still a free download on PC’s and almost necessitates a name drop in every “Games as Art” conversation. Perhaps…

Retro Reflections: On one of my first branching story JRPGs

September 26, 2016

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Retro Reflections by Nick H. Recently, I was reflecting back on Phantasy Star II, a game that was very memorable to me despite some of its shortcomings. I would go so far as to say that at the time of its release, it was one of the best JRPGs out…

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September 26, 2016

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Review by Matthew C. The boom in indie development has seen a wonderful surge in puzzle platformers over the last few years. It makes sense, when you think about it: this is a genre that’s low on development needs (relatively speaking), but with an incredibly high ceiling for creativity and…

Catch-up coffee Monday: September 26, 2016

September 25, 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…

Review: Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past (Nintendo 3DS)

September 23, 2016

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Review by Matt S. For all its popularity in Japan (and it is really, really popular here – that 30th anniversary Dragon Quest art exhibition that recently ran in Japan was intensely busy), Dragon Quest has a checkered history in the west. Games have gone unlocalised. Other games have sold…

DDNet in Japan #9: I do the boasting thing about Akihabara

September 23, 2016

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Tourism by Matt S. Yeah, it wouldn’t be a trip to Japan without spending time in Akiba, the Mecca to otaku, nerds, geeks and weeaboos the world over. Despite the city’s reputation for being the place where sweaty socially-awkward men go to indulge their fantasies, Akihabara is actually a vibrant…

The Goichi Suda chronicles: Liberation Maiden, Sine Mora and invasion fiction

September 22, 2016

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Game theory by Harvard L. Goichi Suda is a bit of a hero to many on the DDNet team. His unwavering commitment to games that are transgressive and creative, even to the detriment of their critical rating, is noble, and the fact he’s managed to build up a major Japanese…

Review: Ember (Apple iPhone)

September 22, 2016

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Review by Matt S. It has proven to be a sound commercial idea to develop throwback RPGs that remind people of their time playing the likes of Baldur’s Gate and the SSI Dungeons & Dragons games. Fancy that – creating things in the vision of some of the most respected…

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