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Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

May 19, 2013 – 17:00 | One Comment

The rebooting of the Star Trek franchise brought excitement into the hearts of many old school fans and accumulated plenty of new ones along the way but that’s not to say that the reboot has been everyones cup of tea. I know people who both love it and hate it and can understand where they …

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Feature – The Future of Mortal Kombat

June 15, 2010 – 00:00 | Comments Off

The last few days have seen a flurry of new material relating to all things Mortal Kombat coming our way. The @rcade takes a look back at the history of the franchise and previews what’s in store for Mortal Kombat in the near future.

Irish Exclusive! Interview with Jonnie Jenkins

June 14, 2010 – 00:00 | Comments Off

Love him or hate him, Jonnie Jenkins (you might know him better as YouTube’s PhatGayKid) has become one of the Internets biggest sensations and he is here to stay! Jonnie takes some time out to talk to the @rcade in his first exclusive Irish interview!

EwTube – BandAids… no wait, banned ads!

June 13, 2010 – 00:00 | Comments Off

This week we take a look at how the MAN and his censorship board are keeping us down by bringing you some of the best banned TV commercials that never made it onto our little screens!

Review of 4.3.2.1

June 12, 2010 – 00:00 | Comments Off

Coming to us from the creator of the Kidulthood and Adulthood movies, Noel Clarke’s latest offering is 4.3.2.1. It’s a fast paced, ambitious crime thriller worthy of anyone’s time.

Review of Blur

June 11, 2010 – 00:00 | Comments Off

the @rcade’s got cars on the brain and no wonder why – we’ve been playing Blur all week but are we really revved up about it or is just another old banger? (We’re sorry we know car puns are worse than cowboy puns!)

Player 1 vs the @rcade – Spinoffs

June 10, 2010 – 00:00 | Comments Off

It’s the first piece of our brand new feature, as Player 1 goes head to head with the almighty @rcade on super-hard difficulty mode! This week man will battle machine over video games based on movies and movies based on video games.

Interview with TeddyBallet

June 9, 2010 – 00:00 | Comments Off

Hailing from Letterkenny, TeddyBallet are well at the very least an eclectic rock band with a very unique and altogether different sound. After a string of successful gigs, we catch up with the band for an interview.

Interview with Dorothy Gambrell of webcomic “Cat and Girl”

June 8, 2010 – 00:00 | Comments Off

Girl meets Cat and together they form one of the wittiest and popular comics gracing the World Wide Web. Creator, Dorothy Gambrell takes some time out to chat with the @rcade about her work.

Preview – Super Mario Galaxy 2

June 7, 2010 – 00:00 | Comments Off

Only four days left until everyone’s favourite reliable plumber comes back to the Wii and we take a look at what you can expect from Mario’s highly anticipated return in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Review of Alice in Wonderland

June 6, 2010 – 00:00 | Comments Off

We take a tumble down Tim Burton’s Rabbit Hole to see how he handled Lewis Carroll’s classic tale of a little girl lost in a very strange world. Will it really be a Wonderland or a Blunderland?