Arcadio – Fan Fiction Farce

November 17, 2014 Declan Doody

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Tune in to the latest episode and listen as myself, Wayne, Kieran, Marcus and Jack dive headfirst (and in some cases cannonball) into the world of fandoms. We expand on the points made by Wayne his piece, ‘Doctor Who and the Curse of the Fickle Fandom‘, we look at both sides of the fandom phenomenon […]

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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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Forgotten Childhood – The Borrowers (1997)

November 13, 2014 Jack Dempsey

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THE INITIAL RELEASE (1997) Mary Norton’s children’s book has been through any number of permutations (the 2011 BBC TV movie being the most recent). This version was well received at the time and nominated for Best British Film at the BAFTAs. Although the BAFTA was awarded to Nil by Mouth (Gary Oldman’s writer-director debut), the film […]

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Geek Confessions – I Don’t Like The ‘Ocarina of Time’

November 12, 2014 ArcadeAdmin

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I have a confession to make… …I don’t like Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate it. Like most-all games there are good and bad elements. It is just the most overrated game ever. I loved Link to the Past, okay? I liked most other Legend Of Zelda games […]

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Geek Confessions – I Don't Like The 'Ocarina of Time'

November 12, 2014 ArcadeAdmin

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I have a confession to make… …I don’t like Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate it. Like most-all games there are good and bad elements. It is just the most overrated game ever. I loved Link to the Past, okay? I liked most other Legend Of Zelda games […]

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Review: The Scribbler

November 10, 2014 Emma Grimes

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Let me start by giving you a heads up. There are some strong themes in this film. For a movie that’s centered around the issue of mental health it seems like this would have made one hell of a grim story, but at it’s center is a warm heart and with the film playing out […]

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The Pixel Personality – Developing A Game’s Heart

November 5, 2014 Shane-James Purcell

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It’s very easy to see how much gaming has changed, you can see differences in games developed and released this year from games released three years ago, trace it back further, ten, twenty and thirty and you can draw a timeline and a map of how games have evolved. As a very visual medium it’s […]

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The Pixel Personality – Developing A Game's Heart

November 5, 2014 Shane-James Purcell

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It’s very easy to see how much gaming has changed, you can see differences in games developed and released this year from games released three years ago, trace it back further, ten, twenty and thirty and you can draw a timeline and a map of how games have evolved. As a very visual medium it’s […]

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Boss Rush – Pyramid Head (Silent Hill 2)

October 29, 2014 Anthony McGlynn

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While we’ve covered some of the horror stalwarts in gaming, from the mighty Resident Evil, to the underrated Parasite Eve to the frankly impossible Dino Crisis, there is one series that is head and shoulders above the rest – the indomitable Silent Hill. The psychological, small-town horror series has provided some of the most fiendishly […]

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Opinion: The Rise and Fall of the MMORPG

October 24, 2014 ArcadeAdmin

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After some years where MMORPGs were created like sausages in a production line, things calmed down and it was time to address the elephant in the room. What once seemed like a phenomenal way to make it rain had become a daunting development and business task that was mostly an exercise in failure. The genre […]

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