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Red Bull Solo Q – League Of Legends Tournament

April 14, 2020 Brian Dooley

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Red Bull have released information for a 1v1 League of Legends (LoL) tournament for amateur players worldwide. Red Bull Solo Q (formerly Red Bull Player One), starts this week! The first Irish online qualifier will take place on Thursday 16th April, and is now open to amateur gamers in Ireland. You can register to play, […]

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Art

Praise The Sun! – Gallery

July 18, 2017 Laura Kelly

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Finally the sun is finally starting to shine on us here in Ireland this week. It’s been as far from summer weather as possible for the last while back, but now we can all go outside and enjoy that sweet vitamin D before we burn to a nice lobster red and regret our decisions. So […]

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Featured

Press Start: Culture Clash

May 17, 2017 Laura Kelly

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A majority of creative pieces can find their grounding in real world circumstances. Creative people can find inspiration in anything whether it is a myth, legend, historical fact or cultural influence. To cite an example from a video game, look at Wukong from League of Legends who is heavily influenced by the Chinese mythological figure Sun […]

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Featured

Press Start: Stop Putting Players on a Treadmill!

April 26, 2017 Laura Kelly

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There’s a trend that’s been popping in and out recently in gaming. To put it simply, it’s a treadmill. By releasing an endless stream of content developers have been taking strides to ensure the players keep playing.  At a glance, this seems like a good thing. Hurray, we get extra content in our games! But […]

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Dublin GamerCon 2017 Lineup

March 14, 2017 Brian Dooley

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It’s only a matter of days before Ireland’s largest and newest convention beings. Join 20,000+ gamers at Dublin GamerCon 2017 where there will be an array of events, panels, guests from popular YouTube stars, cosplayers, live music and most importantly – games, lots of games. There will be all the latest from the likes of Sony and […]

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Featured

Super Sweet Saturday Synthwave Soundtrack

October 15, 2016 Ross Brennan

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In keeping with today’s retro theme, let’s take a look at one of the fastest-growing musical scenes of the New Tens – synthwave! Synthwave is a genre out to revive the 80s in the best way, capturing the sights and sounds of the decade and bringing it into the modern era. Neon grids, sunsets and […]

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Anime

Endless Starlight – Kanae Asaba – Track Of The Day

October 8, 2016 Declan Doody

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I’ve quit that the game but I can’t seem to quit the culture! League of Legends have released a track in honour of their ‘Star Guardian’ skin sets. Magical girl Anime fans, like myself have fallen hook, line and sinker for it all. Of course the featuring vocalist Kanae Asaba plays a big part. It’s Saturday so […]

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Boss Rush: Your ELO

August 3, 2016 Laura Kelly

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This week on Boss Rush, we’re going to be doing something a little different. As our regular readers will know, this is usually the segment wherein we’ll talk about some of our favourite, unbeatable bosses. However, for the last few weeks, there’s only one unbeatable boss I’ve been facing off with; my own ELO. For […]

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Games

Funko Pop! Unveil New League of Legends Figures

July 10, 2016 Laura Kelly

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Funko Pop! figures have become both pride of place in every geeks collection and the bane of their existence since their creation. However, for gamer’s in particular, one series has been sadly missing from the Funko Pop! line-up. The hit MOBA from Riot Games, League of Legends had previously never licensed their game to Funko. However, […]

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Games

Riot Uses In-Game Behaviour As A Hiring Method

June 13, 2016 Laura Kelly

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Most League of Legends players would probably flip at the chance to work for Riot Games. The company which has become a worldwide success over the past few years has proven to be a generous employer, offering their workers free RP and LoL loot as a bonus for working there. They have even gone so far as […]

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