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GamerFest Returns To Galway This October

August 22, 2018 Declan Doody

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Clear your October calendar people! GamerFest returns to Galway October 28th and 29th! You know where you’ll be! Considered the largest gaming and YouTube event in the west of Ireland will take place in Galmont Hotel, Galway. Scheduled for the October Bank Holiday weekend, it promises gaming events, cosplay, tournaments, a VR area and more. […]

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8 Bit Conference – The Birth Of A New Community

November 6, 2017 Matt Conroy

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On Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of October, I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural 8 Bit Conference, held in the conference centre at Griffith College Dublin. Admittedly I am a novice when it comes to attending pop culture conferences, but after the wonderful launch event in Lillie’s Bordello early in the month, I was excited […]

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8-Bit Conference – For Retro Gamers By Retro Gamers

October 16, 2017 Matt Conroy

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At the start of this month, I was kindly invited along to the launch of one of the most exciting events to happen within the Irish gaming community in recent memory, the 8-Bit Conference. 8-Bit Conference is the brainchild of Irish corporate events specialist, Graeme Moore, and was set up for the sole purpose of bringing retro […]

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SNES Classic Mini – Geeky Goodies

October 3, 2017 Matt Conroy

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Experiencing gaming history For a little over a decade now, retro gaming has been a hobby of mine. Up until recently, most of my retro gaming was done with a laptop, various emulators and a third party controller. While this is all well and good, it lacks one element that is paramount to the retro […]

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Insane Reason Behind American SNES Design Difference

May 24, 2016 Dave McEvoy

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Games consoles always vary from region to region but they by and large look the same. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or SNES we in Ireland played with looks pretty much the same as the Japanese Super Famicom. America however received an entirely different beast. If you;ve ever wondered why the American SNES looked so […]

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