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Gallery: Summer Wonder Festival 2016

July 28, 2016 Andy Kavanagh

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Attention all resident resin junkies! This years Summer Wonder Festival was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba last weekend. A smaller affair than last years, there was still more than enough geeky goodness to satiate just about any pop-culture cravings you might have. Browse our gallery below, but best keep hold of your credit cards. […]

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Culture

Pokémon Red And Blue Theme – Junichi Masuda – Track Of The Day

July 28, 2016 Brian Dooley

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Pokémania seems to have taking back over the world again with Pokémon GO, so let’s go back to where it all began. 1996 saw the release of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green in Japan. It proved so popular that an enhanced version was made and sold internationally as Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue in 1997. […]

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Books

Team Ireland’s Heads Are Held High After Quidditch World Cup

July 28, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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Quidditch Ireland released a statement today regarding the team’s first trip to the Quidditch World Cup, and it’s an inspiring one. We previously reported that Team Ireland were up against difficult odds in their first pool. They played against world class Belgium as well as 2016’s eventual winners Australia. It is this writer’s opinion that […]

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Pokémon Goes Home – Life In Japan

July 24, 2016 Andy Kavanagh

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Japanese people have a strong nationalistic streak. It’s inherent, often unspoken and occasionally unnerving. The commonly held belief among the culture is that anything made in Japan is instantly great and anything not made in Japan has the potential to be not great. Although this occasionally seems ugly, as hardcore patriotism always does, it’s pretty easy […]

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Anime/Cartoons

Queer Inspiration – It’s Okay To Be You

July 23, 2016 Declan Doody

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Growing up gay when you don’t even know what gay means, is really strange! You don’t for a second think you’re any different from other people around you until they start talking about who they ‘like like’ and it turns out that you don’t like like any of the girls the boys do or the […]

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Culture

Tomb Raider Live In Concert Date Announced

July 22, 2016 Brian Dooley

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The long awaited Tomb Raider Live in Concert date announced yesterday via the Tomb Raider blog. It will take place at  the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo in London, on Sunday December 18 2016 at 7.30pm. First revealed during a PAX East panel earlier this year, original composer of the Tomb Raider I, II & III, Nathan McCree, announced he would […]

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Buzz

Geeks on Tour – Gallivanting in Galway

July 22, 2016 Abel G.C.

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Galway… Where do I even start? I wasn’t born here, but in a way the city has adopted me. This year it’ll be 6 years since I first came here and 4 years since I came back for (presumably) good. In these years I’ve wandered around the city quite a while and I know several places […]

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Books

All the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Release Details: Dublin

July 18, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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Rumours of a Cursed Child movie that emerged once Warner Brothers trademarked the name recently were quelled by a Rowling spokeswomen who said: “This type of trademarking is standard practice.Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is a stage play, with no plans for there to be a film.” Therefore fans are still holding out for the […]

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Books

Team Ireland Heading For Frankfurt Quidditch World Cup

July 17, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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With only a week to go to the Quidditch World Cup in Frankfurt Germany, The Arcade is getting behind Team Ireland. The team, made up of twenty one players of Irish descent from both Ireland and the UK, has been drawn into pool 2 for the first round, joined by teams from Belgium, Australia and Slovakia. This is Ireland’s […]

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Culture

Pokémon GO Drops In Ireland!

July 16, 2016 Brian Dooley

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Pokémon GO releases in Ireland (officially) today for both Android and iOS devices. Made by Niantic and published by The Pokémon Company, Pokémon GO can only be described as a mobile phenomenon. Everyone seems to be playing it or talking about and now you can join in. Pokémon GO sees the player create a profile […]

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