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Getting Ready For Civil War! – Gif Essay

April 12, 2016 Lauren Murphy 1

So Captain America: Civil War is almost upon us and that means… well, it means a trip to the cinema for almost every one of my friends which probably means the same for The Arcade readers! If you live in Dublin, you’re probably going to the Captain America Triple Bill on April 28 in Cineworld and […]

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Rapunzel Braid – Cosplay Closet

March 31, 2016 Lauren Murphy 0

This week’s Cosplay Closet is just a little bit different! See, for the past two and a bit weeks myself and my Mam have been working on a Rapunzel wig for a Rapunzel cosplay! I decided it would look better to have the braided hair that Rapunzel has in the film, Tangled, and let’s face […]

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Real Superheroes: Cosplaying For Charity

March 23, 2016 Lauren Murphy 0

We see Superheroes all the time on the television and on the silver screen, we read about them in comic books and we play as them in video games but sometimes in life, we’re given the chance to be seen as real superheroes by the ones who need it most. I’m talking about cosplaying for […]

Comics

#TeamCap – Winter Soldier – Civil War Dossier

March 13, 2016 Lauren Murphy 0

Who is the Winter Soldier (Bucky)? James ‘Bucky’ Buchanan Barnes had his first appearance in Captain America Comics #1 (1941) created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and was seen as a ‘sidekick’ to Captain America after undergoing rigorous training. Together they were seen on various adventures until their final foray against Baron Zemo, which […]

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#TeamCap – Steve Rogers – Civil War Dossier

March 13, 2016 Lauren Murphy 0

Who is Captain America? Captain America, aka Steve Rogers first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (1941) created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Steve Rogers was a scrawny fine arts student whose alcoholic father died when he was a child and whose mother died of pneumonia after he graduated from high school. Steve was […]

Comics

#TeamIronMan – Black Widow – Civil War Dossier

March 12, 2016 Lauren Murphy 0

Who is Black Widow? First appearing in Tales of Suspense #52 (1964), created by Stan Lee, Don Rico and Don Heck, Black Widow was first a Russian spy, an antagonist of Iron Man (shocking, I know!). Within the comic universe, Widow was born Natalia Romanova in Russia circa 1928, orphaned in a burning building, she […]

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ScreamVention Review

March 2, 2016 Lauren Murphy 0

Over the weekend I had the chance to attend Ireland’s first horror dedicated convention, ScreamVention! Being a horror fan, this was something I’d been looking forward to for quite some time since I first heard about it. I was buzzing, I was screaming, I was bouncing around with excitement, and that was only when I […]

Fashion

Horror Icons – Style Saturday

February 27, 2016 Lauren Murphy 0

This weekend sees the very first horror convention in Dublin called ScreamVention in the Red Cow! Now, for someone like me, this is very exciting as I’m a massive horror nerd and can’t get enough of blood, guts and screams in my favourite films. So what better way to celebrate this than to do a […]

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Cosplay Against Bullying | Interview

February 22, 2016 Lauren Murphy 0

Something that a lot of people go through in life is bullying, and that is an extremely unfortunate thing. Everyone knows someone who was bullied in life at some point, or maybe you were the one who was bullied growing up, or maybe, just maybe, you’re being bullied right now. It still happens nowadays, no […]

Cartoons

The Superhero’s Perfect Playlist

February 21, 2016 Lauren Murphy 0

Normally music isn’t my forté or something I’d try to give advice about, but superheroes, that’s a whole other thing! And really, what would our superheroes be without some of the music that reminds us of them? It can add to a certain scene, make us think of that certain hero/villain, and even make us […]

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