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Review: Stranger of Sword City (Sony PlayStation Vita)

April 15, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Stranger of Sword City is a dark, dark game. Taking cues from the FromSoftware Souls series (and no, I’m not talking about the difficulty, though it is a challenging game), Stranger of Sword City places an almost westernised sense of aesthetics within the context of what…

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April 14, 2016

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Article by Clark A. Who watches anime shorts? We watch anime shorts. Even though 20+ minute flicks continue to dominate the industry, these bite-sized brain candies have emerged in recent years and garnered a special audience. Liberated from the chains of bloated budgets and long-form script writing, these speedier watches…

Check out the first image from the live-action Ghost in the Shell film

April 14, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. It’s the first time we’re seeing anything from the upcoming Ghost in the Shell live-action movie, but as far as a first image goes I’m quite happy because it features Scarlet Johansson! The first still could have been of anything — the set, secondary or tertiary…

You know what? I really kinda like Smite

April 14, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Okay, so I’m not the world’s biggest fan of MOBAs, eSports, competitive online games, or, hell, any multiplayer that doesn’t involve the copious consumption of beer and the ability to slap a controller out of another player’s hands. Related reading: You can catch Nick’s review of…

Game Theory: Imagine if Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita was a game…

April 14, 2016

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Article by Matt S. Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the greatest books in the history of literature. Nabokov’s observations on the American culture that underpin the book, and his subsequent deconstruction of it through darkly transgressive humour, is by turns humorous and shocking, but at all times it’s breathtaking…

Anime Impressions: Ace Attorney

April 13, 2016

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Impressions by Clark A. Despite once being marketed as an opportunity to explore the life of a lawyer, the Phoenix Wright video games have always opted to be gleefully irreverent examples of legal drama. Educational software they are not, instead focusing on developing quirky characters through the adversities the legal…

Review: Republique Remastered (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 13, 2016

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Review by Matt S. As I said on the DDNet podcast this week: “if you can use ‘dystopia’ to describe a game’s setting, then I’m on board.” Republique is very much a vision of a dystopia, and on the PlayStation 4, it is both utterly delightful and instantly compelling. Republique…

Early Access Preview: Block’hood (PC)

April 13, 2016

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Preview by Sam M. Block’hood is all about relationships. Every block that is placed down interacts with the blocks around it. Placing trees next to apartments make the residents happy, producing more resources to be used elsewhere. Place solar panels next to each other to increase their productivity. Much like…

Spring Anime 2016: Lawyers, heroes, exorcists, glamour, and world peace

April 12, 2016

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Article by Clark A. The spring anime season brings one highly anticipated show about a hero in training, but I suppose you could say heroism is a central theme for all of them. Whether it’s a matter of directly purging evil, upholding the law (hey, lawyers aren’t all evil), beta…

This week on the DDNet podcast: Miitomo, Miku and more, oh my!

April 12, 2016

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Digitally Uploaded podcast! This week, we check out the latest Nintendo hit, the iPhone Miitomo application, which we have all been playing around with since it launched. Matt also goes a little crazy over Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X, to Alan and Chris’…

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