News by Lindsay M., News Editor Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news 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 favourite news…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Games like Never Alone, Toren, Mulaka, Okami, and others are games that represent the core values and storytelling of the cultures that have produced them. In a sense, they are to games what “foreign films” are to films. And we should play and support them, because…
Read MoreList by Matt S. The PlayStation 4 is a few years old now, and over that time we’ve seen well over 1000 games release (looking at the PlayStation Network, it currently sits at 1400, give or take a few, not including pre-orders). Of course, over that time there have been…
Read MoreOpinion by Lindsay M. In my last entry for this month-long excursion I questioned why most women in games have the same body type time and time again. What I boiled it down to is that — at least in my mind — this is because the bulk of the…
Read MoreList by Matt S. The PlayStation 4 has plenty more years in it yet, but one of its most compelling selling points has been the robust support the console has enjoyed from independent developers. As much as we all like the blockbusters, we also like a good, earnest indie game.…
Read MoreThe PlayStation 4 is proving itself to be an indie powerhouse, with new games from small independent developers landing on the PlayStation Network every week. While many would argue that these can’t replace the big AAA blockbusters, these indie games nevertheless help to round out the console experience, providing players…
Read MoreWe love Never Alone. We really love Never Alone. We love Never Alone so much it received a rare five-star review and gave it praise for being “a rich exploration of a story we simply don’t hear often” and “a genuinely authentic cultural vision.” Now Sony has announced on the…
Read MoreNow that we’ve accepted that games have artistic merit (or, at least, a growing number of people who play games have done so), we’ve started to see a number of game directors and producers emerge who are pushing the boundaries of storytelling and thinking behind games. In other words, we’re…
Read MoreEveryone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and…
Read MoreThe Wii U hasn’t had the best track record with support, either from the big publishers or the indies. The good news is that this 2015 should see a turnaround on the indie side of things, with a very impressive line up of indie titles on the way indeed. The…
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