Games

Digital Phobias – Video Game Nightmares

July 11, 2015 Declan Doody

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This morning I posed a question on The Arcade’s Facebook page: ‘What scares you while playing a game?’ Not everyone was forthcoming with their fears, though I probably shouldn’t have asked the question at 8:30am! I can’t be the only person who is constantly thinking of their very real and perfectly logical and rational fears […]

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How To Cook Nug: A Guide From Bioware

May 13, 2015 Diarmuid O'Neill

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“Start your day off right with a fresh helping of Good Morning Thedas: your source for news, weather, and doom across the continent. In today’s segment, we tackle some tantalizing new recipes from Lady Savarin Ledoure’s cookbook, The Whole Nug”.  Don’t lie, you’ve killed your fair share of nugs while running around The Western Approach in […]

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Personal Identity And RPGs

April 19, 2015 Laura Kelly

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One of my first articles on this website was a piece on the many habits one develops over the years whilst playing RPGs. These habits are inevitable of course, so many years of play will simply train you into it. But I had to wonder how many habits do people specifically build into their characters […]

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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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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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BioWare Offers Dragon Age Inquisition Tavern Music For Free

January 27, 2015 Declan Doody

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Any Dragon Age Adventurer worth his/her salt has spent their fair share of time in the various taverns across the world – of course you can’t drink anything but you can appreciate the amazing music of the bard. Now by way of thanking their fans, the game’s developer BioWare have offered players a chance to […]

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Catch Up: Dragon Age

November 14, 2014 Diarmuid O'Neill

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With the  release of Dragon Age: Inquisition next week, there may be a few of you wondering what all the fuss is about.  Here are a few things that you might have missed and a few more reasons why you should start playing! (Warning: there be dragons ahead, but no spoilers.) Dragon Age is Bioware’s […]

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Dragon Age: Inquisition Co-Op Multiplayer Trailer

August 28, 2014 Declan Doody

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Whether you prefer to wield spells, a blade or a shield, Dragon Age: Inquisition will be bringing something for when it launches with it’s multiplayer co-op mode. With some serious room for customisation the mode promises a whole lot but many still remain cautious, to date combat within the DA games though inventine and fun […]

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Buzz

Bioware confirms open and exclusively gay character for Dragon Age: Inquisition

July 1, 2014 Declan Doody

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In a post on the official website and Facebook page, Bioware have confirmed that an exclusively gay character called Dorian will be a possible party member in their upcoming title Dragon Age: Inquisition. Dorian isn’t the first gay character to feature in a Bioware game, Steve Cortez from Mass Effect 3 was an openly gay […]

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Anime/Cartoons

Five Favourite Geeky LGBT Characters – Pride Weekend

June 27, 2014 Declan Doody

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Pride season is upon us as parades and festivals are kicking off all over the world, we can’t forget the community here in Ireland and this Saturday 1:45pm the Parade will leave from the Garden of Rembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin. In honour of that fact and the many years I strolled down O’Connell street and […]

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