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Whachu’ Doin This Week… Abel?

January 6, 2017 Abel G.C.

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Hi there, it’s been a while. Greetings from Spain, as I’m back to the old motherland for Christmas and such. I’m currently recovering from falling ill over the weekend. I also had an assignment due for this week and I spent an obscene amount of time fighting with code I had to write. To avoid […]

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Whatchu Doin’ This Week Mary?

December 24, 2016 Mary McFadden

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With Christmas just days away, this week is probably the only time this year that I’ll be doing exactly the same as everyone else; overeating, panicking about gifts, binge-watching Doctor Who Christmas specials, attempting to make perfect cookies and failing spectacularly, sitting in front of the fire drinking hot chocolate wearing my Vader Santa socks, […]

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Stark Style – Style Saturday

November 29, 2016 Tendai Muzwidzwa

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Winter is well and truly upon us and it is time to wrap up, get cosy and binge watch some of your favourite shows. It already feels like it has been way too long since the last episode of Game of Thrones. One of the things I look forward to the most each episode is […]

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Fantastic Books and Where to Buy Them (And Shelve Them)

November 24, 2016 Marcus Deehan

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Earlier this week, the lovely Stjepan Šejić announced a hardcover special edition of his graphic novel, Sunstone. The book is scheduled to release in March next year and it looks like a gorgeous piece of work. Unfortunately, in what I believe may be the missed opportunity of the century for a man who loves puns […]

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A Series Of Unfortunate Outfits – Style Saturday

November 19, 2016 Mary McFadden

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As Netflix has just released the official trailer for their adaption of A Series of Unfortunate Events, we’ve decided to put together outfits inspired by the series for this week’s Style Saturday. We’re all huge fans of both the books and the original movie here at The Arcade, so we have high expectations for the […]

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5 Struggles Every NaNoWriMo Participant Understands

November 13, 2016 Mary McFadden

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It’s almost halfway through November and NaNoWriMo participants all around the world are living and breathing their novel. However, they’re also probably neck deep in anxiety, insomnia and spontaneous sweats from all the junk food being consumed. Words for the wise: November is NOT the month to start a health kick. If you’re not familiar […]

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Strike’s Robin Cast in JK Rowling Detective series

November 5, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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Taking a break away for the wizarding world, in other JK Rowling adaptations, The Comoron Strike novels will be turned into a 7-part series. It follows the pattern of seven that Rowling favours, although she is currently writing the next novel. The series has just been bought by HBO so it’s set on the right […]

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Fantastic Beasts We’re Looking Forward To

November 5, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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As the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is almost upon us, The Arcade run through the beasts, confirmed and unconfirmed we’re looking forward to. The trailers and featurettes gave us a taste of what to expect in film one, and we’re very happy with those featured. There’s a few we’d love […]

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The Saga of Darren Shan – Forgotten Childhood

October 27, 2016 Marcus Deehan

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Hallowe’en is fast approaching, so this week for Forgotten Childhood I’ll be looking into one of my favourite childhood horror series. There was strong temptation to go for Goosebumps after Declan’s latest Geek N’ Bake, but instead I opted for something home grown; The Saga of Darren Shan. Darren Shan by Darren Shan The Saga of Darren […]

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Goosebumps Ooze Cakes – Geek N’ Bake

October 24, 2016 Declan Doody

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Slime doesn’t get more memorable for me than the Goosebumps kind! I devoured the horror/supernatural books as a kid and the stories still stick in my mind. The cover of each book elaborately decked out and the series title spelled out in dripping ooze-y letters. One of the best things about the Goosebumps series was the twist […]

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