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Review: Siralim (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 16, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Siralim is my kind of retro-themed nostalgic rush. Where others get stuck right in to all those pixel-heavy platformers that the indie space is so inundated by, I’d rather kick back and rip through something just like this. Back when I was a kid, there was…

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February 16, 2016

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Feature by Hamza A. How often does a racing game get singled out for its soundtrack? The short and correct answer is: never. There was a time when licensed soundtracks and repetitive techno beats ruled the genre, but that paradigm’s ready to shift if more and more the likes of…

review-hieroglyphika-pc

February 16, 2016

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I really have no words with which to describe Hieroglyphika. That’s the joke, since aside from the title you won’t be finding a single written word in this game. Everything is represented using pictographs, which makes localisation a cinch for Chinese one-man developer M. Hanka. Hieroglyphika is a roguelike in…

Review: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 15, 2016

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Fans of the series are going to be very (very) happy with Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, which is easily the best of the entire series. Now on the current generation of consoles, the visuals and combat are both better than ever. Admittedly, the fighting can be a little…

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February 15, 2016

Opinion/Trophies

I’d like to start by saying that I love trophies. I love achievements. I’m kind of addicted to them. The sound of a trophy popping gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside that satisfies a craving I never thought I had before. Yep, you could even go so far as…

Review: Dogchild (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 15, 2016

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Dogchild tells the story of a boy named Tarpak and his canine companion, Tarao. When dogs start to go missing, Tarpak and Tarao set out to find what happened to them. The two soon find out that a company called Cornish Inc. may be the ones behind the disappearance of…

Catch-up coffee Monday: February 15

February 14, 2016

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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 our newest news anchor,…

The Friday Ten: The most stupendous, awesome, QTEs in the history of mankind

February 12, 2016

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The term Quick Time Event has become something of a dirty word when it comes to games. Though they’re found in many of the games that we love, there is still a considerable amount of trepidation around the acceptance of this particular innovation, oft-maligned aside other gameplay staples. From the…

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February 12, 2016

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Hello dear readers! We like to do a reader’s survey a couple of times each year, because it lets us know what our readers come here for, what we’re doing well, what we could do better, and what we could do that we’re not doing already. In other words, we…

Game Theory: What Hatsune Miku teaches us about post-scarcity economic theory

February 12, 2016

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Hatsune Miku isn’t just a cute anime girl that happens to have the voice of a digital angel, and appear in some of the most entertaining rhythm games ever release. No. Think about Miku a little more deeply and she is of interest to a whole host of sociological and…

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