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Review: Twilight Struggle (Apple iPad)

July 11, 2016

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Review by Matt S. If you’re a fan of board games, and don’t own an iPad, you’re not really a fan of board games. The device is absolutely dominant on the genre, and the shape and size of it make it a natural fit for the kind of interfaces that…

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July 11, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. I don’t even have the game yet (Canada, boo!) but already Pokemon Go has invaded my life. When I wake up in the morning, I open the App Store on my iPhone to search for it — spoiler alert, it hasn’t shown up yet — before…

Review: 7th Dragon III Code VFD (Nintendo 3DS)

July 11, 2016

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Almost a century ago humanity was brought to near extinction by an invasion of dragons. The powerful Unit 13 managed to defeat them, and peace was restored and humanity was allowed to rebuild itself over time. Peace, however, is never meant to last and one of…

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July 11, 2016

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Retro reflections by Nick H. So this one came to me after sitting on the grassy hill of a local minor league baseball team. Baseball is not my favourite sport; I’m more a girdiron of basketball kind of guy. That being said, I’ve always enjoyed going to baseball games. I…

Catch-up coffee Monday: July 11, 2016

July 10, 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: The ten best costumes in Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone

July 8, 2016

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List by Matt S. Since picking up Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone a couple of weeks ago, it’s been very difficult to actually tear myself away from the game to do anything else. It’s mammoth in size, with 220 different music tracks, and the standard Project Diva difficulty means…

Tokyo Game Show 2016 is shaping up to be the biggest yet

July 8, 2016

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News by Matt S. Forget E3. Tokyo Game Show is where it’s at, and this year, the show is shaping up to be the biggest yet. Related reading: All of our coverage from TGS 2015. As of July 1, TGS counts 301 exhibiting companies. At the same point of time…

The art game canon: Is Final Fantasy XIII really that bad?

July 8, 2016

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Game theory by Matt S. Nope. It is actually quite brilliant. That would be a pretty short article if I left it at that, I guess, so I’ll elaborate. Back when it as first released, the strengths of Final Fantasy XIII were largely overlooked (and still are), while its weaknesses…

Review: Lost Sea (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 7, 2016

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Review by Jim S. After eastasiasoft’s Rainbow Moon I high hopes for Lost Sea. It has a good set up, too. After a storm leaves you stranded on a mysterious island, you discover that you’re in the middle of the Bermuda triangle. You must fight to survive and escape the…

On making a game about refugees

July 7, 2016

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Interview by Matt S. It has been a good year for serious game about serious political topics. We’ve had titles such as 1979 Revolution focus on retelling a historical event that is rarely discussed without propaganda – that of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Another example is NORTH – a…

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