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Industry Veteran John Romero Opens Studio In Galway

December 10, 2015 Eoin Farrell

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Id Software and Ion Storm co-founder John Romero has opened a new studio in our very own Galway city. Not much else besides the homepage, details and jobs section of the website exists, but it’s to be expected as they only opened their doors in November of this year. Romero and his wife, Brenda, have been […]

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Harry Potter Reenacted By Kittens

December 10, 2015 Declan Doody

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What could be better than another kitten video on the internet? How about a kitten video where the adorable grey little furball and his friends reenact the 8 Harry Potter movies! Oh yeah! You can’t even hide your intrigue! Feast your magical kitten loving eyeballs on the most adorable video you’ll watch today! Wingardium Levios-awwwwhhhh! Declan […]

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IndieGogo Campaign For New Irish TV Series, ‘Rising’

December 9, 2015 Declan Doody

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An IndieGogo campaign for a brand new Irish web series, Rising is asking for donations to complete production. The series pens itself as dystopian scifi set in an Ireland in the not too distant future. The government attempts to bury a viral outbreak and revolves around six key characters offering insight into the incident and outcome as […]

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Video: Video Game Characters Read Mean Tweets

December 9, 2015 Declan Doody

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Celebrities aren’t the only ones to get a hard time from social media/internet users! No one is safe when it comes to the snarky trolls online even poor video game characters aren’t safe from sour Tweets and hurtful Facebook posts! YouTubers Big Head Mode show us just how our reactionary posts and messages can hurt […]

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EwTube: Christmas Wins

December 9, 2015 Danny Kelly

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Question: Who loves Christmas more than kids do? Answer: Suburbanites and Mall Santas. For the latter, it’s the joy of getting paid to sit and ask one question continuously before tossing a selection box in mum and dad’s direction. In the former,  it’s the heartwarming pleasure of showing your more attractive and successful neighbour that […]

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Lootcrate Unboxing: November ‘Combat’ Theme

December 7, 2015 Mary McFadden

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Our mystery boxes came super late this month so unfortunately our November boxes are only going up now! Oh well, I can’t be too hard on them as they’re coming from America to Ireland after all . This month’s theme is COMBAT! Take a look at what we got in the video below: Did you […]

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Tokyo’s Plus-Size Maid Cafe Is Very Much Still A Work In Progress

December 6, 2015 Andy Kavanagh

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Maid Cafe’s are, as I’ve written about before, a cultural institution in Japan. So much so that over the years, the conceptual offshoots that have opened in Akihabara’s back alleys range from cute and quirky to batshit bonkers. It’s difficult then to believe that the recently opened Shangrila is Tokyo’s first maid cafe staffed by […]

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‘The 100’ Fan Post Sparks Parenting Debates

December 2, 2015 Laura Kelly

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If you’ve been on the internet in the past 24 hours, you’ve likely come across this post: Now, you might think, “Hey, that’s a wacky exchange! I wonder what their marriage is like!”, but there’s just a few problems with that. They are not married, they don’t have kids, Clarke is not a man, and […]

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Gallery: Star Wars Christmas Cards

December 1, 2015 Mary McFadden

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The Force Awakens is under a month away and we’re beyond excited here at The Arcade. Star Wars mania has totally infected our editorial team and the franchise has snuck its way into basic areas of our lives; we now own Yoda mugs, R2-D2 salt and pepper shakers, Darth Vader hand warmers and, now, we […]

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Gif Essay: Deck The Halls

December 1, 2015 Laura Kelly

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Ho ho ho there, readers! ‘Tis officially the season to be jolly and, with most of us getting ready to decorate our homes for the christmas season, The Arcade is doing some redecorating of our own as well. So I thought it’d be nice to give a subtle reminder of what’s in store when you finally put […]

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