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RIP Noburo Ishiguro

March 22, 2012 Declan Doody

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It saddens us to inform you that Noburo Ishiguro, a legendary figure in the Anime and Manga has passed away. Instrumental in the development of Studio Nue, his life work has included the highly acclaimed Macross series.. Born in 1938, he was one of four who established Studio Nue in 1972. A writer, producer and […]

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An Arcade Meet Up!

March 13, 2012 Declan Doody

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We work hard! We play hard! Come meet the gang behind the Arcade and ArcadeCon for one jam packed day! Free Arcade games, prizes, cosplay, treasure hunting and more!

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Celebrating the Women of Geekdom

March 8, 2012 Declan Doody

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 Today is International Women’s Day and with that in mind we’ve decided to look at some of the amazing women in the world of geeks from comics to gaming, movies to music, we’ll be looking at the work of some of the most creative people in the industry. Women are often overlooked as members of our […]

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ArcadeCon 2012 – Cosplay Fan Video

March 8, 2012 Declan Doody

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Friday 13th July draws ever closer and with that in mind the gang behind the convention decided to put together a short fan video. In the last couple of months Cosplay Fan Vids have become huge within the community, fans at home, at school and conventions have taken to make lip-synch videos featuring some amazing […]

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An Open Letter to the Gaming Community – Diversity is Real

March 7, 2012 Declan Doody

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"Being an invisible minority, you are often times forgotten; your views, ideals, and concerns are not perceived as legitimate,and are therefore not taken seriously". Has trash talking in the gaming world gone too far? Where do we draw the line between bullying and harmless competition?

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SOPA Ireland has passed!

February 29, 2012 Declan Doody

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“On many previous occasions I have outlined the reasons why it is necessary for us to proceed to sign this statutory instrument in order to ensure compliance with our obligations under EU law… This is a very complex area of law, which affects industries that are developing at lightning pace, and where the interests of many […]

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Gamers World Map – Find, Swap, Trade or Sell!

February 18, 2012 Declan Doody

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We have always looked at our collection of games as something that we can be proud of. It was 1989, this Editor was only three years old but recalls playing games on tape before playing them on cartridges! Since the Super Nintendo our games have been kept and stored, not always in the original packaging […]

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Player 1 vs. the Arcade – Subs or Dubs?

February 13, 2012 Declan Doody

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It is a bitter battle between Anime fans – do you watch your shows with the original voice actors and language or are you a fan of your own language and the performances of English voice actors! It’s been a while since anyone had the courage to take on the Arcade machine but an opponent […]

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AkumaKon II

January 26, 2012 Declan Doody

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With more Otaku, Cosplayers and Nerds than you could shake a stick at (and believe me we were hitting them pretty hard with that stick), AkumaKon has exploded into it’s second year and has not only raised the bar for itself in 2013 but has set it for the Convention season! We were impressed…actually we […]

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Stop SOPA Ireland

January 24, 2012 Declan Doody

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We try to not get too political but this is important! A war has broken out on the World Wide Web – measures to ensure copyright protection have crossed the line and our freedom to browse and share is now under threat. While piracy and illegal downloading do have consequences, SOPA or the Stop Online […]

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