Buzz

Dealing With The Con Flu – Struggle Is Real

August 17, 2017 Declan Doody

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Con Flu Epidemic After a hectic weekend, crammed in with other fans, it’s no surprise you’ve been hit with Con Flu. A weekend battling elements in skimpy attire or hiding from the sun bunbled in heavy fabrics. Con Flu is very real and it’s very annoying. Here’s how to identify your symptons… It’s Just A […]

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Featured

‘Everybody Hurts’ – R.E.M. – Track Of The Day

August 14, 2017 Declan Doody

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Everybody Hurts Right? Post convention blues have hit me hard! Dublin Comic Con 2017 is over and it’s another year before the next one comes around! For the first time in a long time I found myself enjoying a convention, there was a fantastic atmosphere in the convention centre all weekend long. So as I […]

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Cosplay

Chatting To Irish Cosplayers: Halloween Edition – Part One

October 29, 2016 Lauren Murphy

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Cosplay is something you can do by yourself, or you can enjoy with friends in groups at conventions. It’s also something I like to talk about with others, and I happen to like getting other people’s opinions on it, and I’m sure you all do too which is why you’re here reading this now. There’s […]

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Fashion

Fou Tees – Player Select September 2016

September 2, 2016 Declan Doody

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Picking up nerdy fashion isn’t as hard as it used to be! The web is dominated with gimmicky t-shirt sites peddling awesome little designs and then there are the retailers who dump their merch online as well. How on earth does an Irish retailer stand out in all that cotton blended noise? Ask Fou Tees! […]

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Buzz

Should Cons Enforce Cosplay Restrictions?

August 24, 2016 Declan Doody

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As conventions grow and become more 'mainstream' we're asking in order to accommodate families; should cons enforce cosplay restrictions?

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Cosplay

Cosplay Closet: Packing For DCC 2016!

August 4, 2016 Lucy Ward

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With Dublin Comic Con right around the corner, some of us cosplayers are bound to still be in the dreaded ‘Con Crunch’, whether it’s trying to finish a cosplay in time or just gathering some last minute supplies. So, we here at The Arcade decided to help all you stragglers and even you, the cosplayer […]

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Comics

The Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con – Review

June 23, 2016 Shaun Leonard

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The Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con was a kitschy hullabaloo, a satisfyingly quaint collection of artists, writers, and geeks making a living from their fandom. Let’s dive into it. Local Vegas comic stores were well represented in the merch stakes, and from perusing them and other stalls something I’ve always felt has finally been confirmed. […]

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Cosplay

Cosplay Closet: Cosplay Confidence

June 16, 2016 Lauren Murphy

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In the world of cosplay, we all hope that people will like our cosplays enough to comment on our pictures, like our pages or maybe even share our pictures. We work hard all year round; on our make up, our wigs or our props. We wear cosplays to attend conventions with our friends, we wear them […]

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Buzz

Gif Essay: Cleansing The Body Post-Binge

July 14, 2015 Anthony McGlynn

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I’m a full on, bona-fide, if-there-was-a-sign-to-carry-I’d-be-carrying-it binger. Games, TV, movies, books; it doesn’t matter the poison when something sinks its teeth into my consciousness, I can’t not sit there for hours soaking up anything and everything to do with it until all information has been assimilated and I ponder what the bloody hell I’ll do […]

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Gallery: ArcadeCon Memories

July 12, 2015 Declan Doody

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We’d like to start gathering some of your favourite memories of ArcadeCon for our gallery below. The images in the gallery so far are spread across the five different years and feature a pretty eclectic mix from events, guests, staff and just a whole lot of fun. If you’d like to share a photo and […]

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