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Press Start: Indie VS AAA

August 18, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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Welcome back to Press Start! Put down all your work, it is time to zone out and chat about some gaming (it’s only Monday, your bosses practically expect it). This week I want to take a look at AAA titles and indie titles. I want to see why AAA titles are taking the huge amounts […]

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Event

Gamescom 2015: Battleborn

August 17, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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We got our hands on Battleborn by 2K at Gamescom this year and we were not disappointed in the slightest. I have only one thing to say that is bad about this game and that is that it is quite similar to Borderlands in areas and therefore doesn’t really own its own name. Now that isn’t necessarily a bad […]

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Anime/Cartoons

Otaku Digest: Flowers Murder Virtual Reality

August 16, 2015 Céire Ní Dalaigh

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Another week is over which means another instalment of Otaku Digest. We have been speeding through this summer anime season and there have been no heavy hitters as we call them. I found a few that piqued my interest but this season has been beyond underwhelming with quite a few ‘meh’ releases. Maybe this is […]

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Latest

Style Saturday: So Wrong It’s Wright

August 15, 2015 Emma Grimes

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For the last week straight I’ve been playing Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, and it’s occurred to me just how awesomely insane the characters are. Not only do they have personalities that make your head spin and, depending on the testimony, your blood boil, but they also have some pretty out-there senses of style. For this […]

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Games

Forgotten Childhood: The Legend Of Zelda – The Minish Cap

August 13, 2015 Ross Brennan

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There’s an adage amongst gamers that when it comes to long-running series, the first one any given person plays will always be their favourite. I don’t necessarily think that’s true in my case – the oft-cited example is the Final Fantasy series, and my favourite game in that series isn’t the first one I played. […]

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Games

Gamescom 2015: The Sims 4: Get Together

August 13, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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While we were attending Gamescom we got to see the new expansion pack coming for The Sims 4 and we were very impressed. We also got the chance to meet the The Sims 4 director who clearly has a passion for The Sims, just like the players. Needless to say, she was absolutely lovely and was […]

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Culture

Press Start: Rehashed Vs. Remastered

August 11, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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Welcome back to Press Start! This week’s article is a little late as I had to sleep off the chaos of Gamescom, which was an amazing experience. While I was there I got to play the new Gears of War: Ultimate Edition. This is basically the game remade for Xbox One. It got me thinking of […]

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Buzz

Gif Essay: The Struggle

August 11, 2015 Laura Kelly

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Anyone who has ever played an online game with a ranking system will know what I mean with that title. Often, players find themselves at odds with not only their opponents, but their team mates, their internet connection and even themselves. For over 3 years now I’ve been an avid League of Legends player. I’ve […]

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Cosplay

Life In Japan: What A Wonderful World

August 9, 2015 Andy Kavanagh

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Having arrived in Japan fresh from Dublin, Ireland – a city that exists in a seasonal vacuum perpetually stuck between spring and winter – my time here has taught me a lot more about the country than I expected to learn. Japan, for example, takes the four seasons very seriously, possibly because of how typical […]

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Screen Savers: Pixels

August 8, 2015 Anthony McGlynn

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There’s ‘bad’, and then there’s ‘so bad it’s good’, where the lack of quality morphs something into being entertaining for a whole other set of reasons. Whenever there’s a concensus surrounding something being awful, the morbid curiosity within us always wonders if we’ll find it to be the latter instead of the former. This is […]

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