Irish Designer Creates Line of Retro Gaming Apparel

October 19, 2015 Adam Lacey

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If you’re into all things retro, Slippytee Clothing have you covered. Started by Marty Millar from his love of retro gaming and graphic design, his designs bring these classic games to life on products you will probably soon realise you need in your life. Speaking of the need for better designs in the market, Marty says:  “It […]

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Games

Banjo Guy Ollie: Super Mario Bros. Theme

October 19, 2015 Declan Doody

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When it comes to video game music there are a handful of tracks that always manage to transport you to the biggest gaming moments, new worlds, characters or even back in time. The theme from Super Mario Bros. is one such track and never fails to stir the waters of nostalgia. Mondays are usually a […]

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Press Start: What Makes A Great Game?

October 12, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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Hey everybody, welcome to this week’s Press Start! For those who haven’t read this column before, I talk about anything to do with gaming. Each week I look at different aspects of the gaming world and give my opinion on them. That leads me up to this week’s topic of what exactly makes a good game? There […]

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Games

Gif Essay: The Accidental All-Night Gamer

October 6, 2015 Emma Grimes

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Sometimes our decisions to game all night can seem premeditated; sometimes spur of the moment but more often than not we’ll find ourselves looking at the clock, absently noticing that it’s 8pm, only to realize it’s 6am the next time our eyes leave the screen. As much as we all might furiously deny that we’ve […]

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Press Start: The Art Of Gaming

September 28, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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Hey guys and welcome back to Press Start. This week I want to tackle the issue of game development not being recognised in the art world. I don’t know about you guys, but I consider game development an art and, in actual fact, I think there is a lot more work involved in the art […]

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Culture

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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Culture

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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Buzz

Archaeologist Turns From The Real To The Virtual World

August 16, 2015 Marcus Deehan

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Archaeologist Andrew Reinhard, who holds a Masters in Archaeology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, has turned his attention from excavating real ruins in Greece, to looking at virtual history in video game worlds. He runs a blog called Archaeogaming where he not only talks about the history in the worlds such as those of The […]

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Style Saturday: Chilled Out Gamer

August 8, 2015 Mary McFadden

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With Gamescom 2015 on over the weekend, we thought there was no better time to come up with a few inspired looks for all our readers who are chilling out in front of their consoles wishing they were at the event. Even though you may not be attending the convention, be sure to keep up […]

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