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Press Start: Nintendo & Baby Gaming

August 24, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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Welcome back to Press Start, where I take a look at different aspects of gaming every week and share my thoughts with you guys. This week, I want to take on Nintendo. Yes, this will be a little bit of a slate post but not in terms of Nintendo being bad at making games or […]

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Music Monday: Best Of 2015 (So Far)

August 24, 2015 Anthony McGlynn

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Though slightly passed the halfway point, we’re still just about in the twilight of the year where we’re passed the Spring releases and not yet in the Autumn/Winter deluge. As such, it’s a good time to take stock of what the highlights have been from January to now, perhaps revisiting some stuff that hasn’t been […]

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Life In Japan: Maid Cafés And You (Part 1)

August 23, 2015 Andy Kavanagh

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Japan has a lot of unique stuff within its borders, mostly because of how unique its culture and its people are, although that may well be a chicken-egg question best left unanswered. One such cultural oddity is the globally infamous Maid Café but, as popular as they are, and believe me they are, it can […]

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Anime/Cartoons

Top 5 Mecha Shows For Beginners

August 23, 2015 Ciaran Nolan

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When people think of old school anime, most people remember things like Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z, but there is an entire other genre that is sometimes forgotten about entirely. That genre is mecha, most notably popular for classics like Neon Genesis Evangelion and the Gundam franchise. While the genre has a lot more on offer […]

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Anime/Cartoons

Otaku Digest: Voice Actors Aided By Idols

August 23, 2015 Céire Ní Dalaigh

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Welcome anime fans one and all to another instalment of Otaku Digest. So can someone tell me where this season has gone?! It is slim pickings out there! As the summer anime season draws to a needed end, in a very strange turn of events the season is ending without any real ‘wow’ moments. I […]

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Anime/Cartoons

7 Foods TV Ruined For Us

August 22, 2015 Declan Doody

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I’m a foodie! I’ve even been called a food snob by associates! I’m not picky by any means. I’m vegetarian but I wasn’t raised one so I know what meat (how gross!) tastes like. There are very few things on this planet that I wouldn’t take a bite out of – food is for survival, […]

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Screen Savers: Skyline

August 22, 2015 Emma Grimes

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You know, one of the worst things about having to do Screen Savers is having to actually watch the movies; or in this case, watch it again. I always had a vague recollection that Skyline was one of the worst films I’d ever seen. So bad that I do believe I tried to bleach my brain with alcohol afterwards to forget I’d […]

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Comics/Books

Whatever Happened To The Man Of Yesterday? Are Superheroes Old Hat?

August 20, 2015 ArcadeAdmin

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Alan Moore, celebrated writer, occasional magician and all-around wacky uncle of the comic book industry has rocketed into the public eye once again for a statement made more than a year ago. A 2014 interview with our favourite Rasputin-lookalike has been circulating the internet thanks to The Guardian, in which he referred to superheroes as […]

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Forgotten Childhood: Dennis The Menace (1993)

August 20, 2015 Danny Kelly

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THE INITIAL RELEASE (1993) John Hughes goes back to basics by digging from the wellspring of the Home Alone series to produce another film in a very similar vein. Dennis The Menace is based upon a long running TV series telling the adventures of a mischievous boy as he gets into all sorts of misadventures. Hughes approached Warner […]

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Games

Boss Rush: Jack Of Blades

August 19, 2015 Laura Kelly

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Ah, youth! Back when I was just a wee little nerd, still naive in the ways of Peter Molyneux and his bullshit speeches, I remember my brother showing me a little game called Fable: The Lost Chapters. I remember having to upgrade our computer just to run this game, which should tell you not only what […]

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