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Review: Dragon Age: Inquisition "Jaws of Hakkon" DLC

March 30, 2015 Diarmuid O'Neill

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The Inquisition ventures to the basin of the Frostback Mountains on an expedition to uncover the final resting place of the first Inquisitor from over 800 years ago. Jaws of Hakkon gives 8-10 hours of gameplay on a completely new map in the southernmost region of charted Thedas. Opening up an untapped piece of lore […]

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Battlefield: Hardline And Politics In Games

March 26, 2015 Anthony McGlynn

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The relationship between video games and politics is one that has suffered some, shall we say, problems of late. Despite the existence of games like Bioshock, Grand Theft Auto and Papers, Please, the issue of where political affiliations lie in how video games are created and reviewed remains somewhat of a sore point. And by […]

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The Next Level – An Ode To Level 5 Games

March 9, 2015 Danny Kelly

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To understand my hopes for the future of gaming, I’d like to tell you about my personal favorite games company. The game publisher Level 5 is an independently run company that employs 280 workers in its headquarters in Fukuoka, Japan. As of the time of this article, They are one of the ten largest game […]

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Reread: Silver Surfer: Requiem

March 6, 2015 Seán Ó Cinnéide

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Hello and welcome to another installment of ‘Rewind/Reread/Replay’ where we bring you a look back at some of the best in video games, cartoons, movies and comics. For this installment I’ve decided we’re going to go take a look back at Marvel’s Silver Surfer: Requiem, a four issue limited series from waaaaay back in 2007, […]

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Interview: Pendleton Ward, Adventure Time

March 5, 2015 Declan Doody

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Pendleton Ward, creator of Adventure Time, was special guest of honour at ArcadeCon last year. During the show, Andy Kavanagh sat down with the man himself to talk about his work, his inspirations and his fans. You can watch the interview below: Declan DoodyEditor-in-Chief, part-time super villain and hoarder of cats. If you can’t find […]

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Papers, Please And Morality – Right Choice?

March 3, 2015 Sam Williamson

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The idea of moral choice in games is a bit of a tricky one and usually boils down to three paths; the good guy, the bad guy and the middle ground. Anyone who has played a BioWare RPG knows exactly how this system works. And usually, when it all comes down to it, you aren’t […]

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Forgotten Childhood: Captain Planet

February 26, 2015 Declan Doody

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My childhood was spent lovingly between two worlds, the TV screen and the world of my imagination. With five brothers, two cousins and three boys living across the road there was an army of kids to play with and there was nothing better than taking the worlds from our favourite TV shows and making them […]

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Sonic Runners – Where Did It All Go Wrong?

February 25, 2015 Anthony McGlynn

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If ever there was a game capable of being the death knell for a franchise, Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric was it. Sega’s continual meandering with Sonic and co. finally hit a brick wall with the glitched out mess of poorly designed platforming, low graphical fidelity and a reliance on badly written characters, all in […]

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Review: Marvel Dice Masters – Uncanny X-Men

February 24, 2015 Declan Doody

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Marvel Dicemasters is brought to us by WizKids who published Quarriors and the same design team behind, Elliot and Lang developed both games.

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Review: Love Is Strange

February 14, 2015 Anthony McGlynn

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Romance films so regularly bask in their own saccharine lust and poetic tragedy that they often forget to tell any kind of memorable story. Ira Sachs’ latest effort Love Is Strange aims to go against that curve, turning away from dramatic speeches and superfluous ultimatums and focusing on what can make films about love so […]

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