Review by Harvard L. One interesting idea which has become refreshingly common with indie studios formed from ex-Triple-A talent is design by subtraction: the systematic removal of elements which big-budget blockbusters could never dream of tampering with for fear of alienating their consumer base. Such is the case with Yonder…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the most delightful Australian-developed games, the non-violent open world exploration game Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, has a firm release date for May 17 on Nintendo Switch. Related reading: Our review of Yonder on the PlayStation 4 That is for the digital edition of…
Read MoreThis week on Digitally Uploaded kicks off with a discussion about violence in games, or, more specifically, non-violent games. Since last week we have been utterly in love with a little Aussie game called Yonder, and it’s very much like how Zelda: Breath of the Wild would be if Zelda…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Yonder is an antidote to the endless sex, violence, and other “mature themes” that have become so commonplace in videogames that we’ve stopped noticing them at all. And I’m not talking about just the extreme examples here; it takes a game with absolutely no conflict at…
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