Let’s Play Some… Indie Games

November 13, 2014 Shane-James Purcell

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The Indie Game market exploded in recent years and rapidly picked up a large following over the last few years – that’s had some very postive and very negative knock-on effects but that’s for a different article. No, today we are going to take a look at some of the great indie games available today, some of […]

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Boss Rush – Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

November 5, 2014 Anthony McGlynn

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Growing up, I started gaming on the NES, like most people of the nineties. Then, I graduated to the Sega Mega Drive. From both of these machines, Mario and Sonic became staples of my fascination with gaming. The colours, the level design, the unending, unflinching desire to end my enemies by way of a swift […]

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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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Banjo Guy Ollie – Big Blue F-Zero Cover

October 28, 2014 Declan Doody

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I wasn’t allowed play F-Zero when I was a kid, believe it or not I got motion sick playing the game – because I was a hardcore six year old! F-Zero was developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo solely for the SNES. The game was heralded not only for it’s innovative style and […]

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Boss Rush – Dino Crisis (PS1)

October 15, 2014 Danny Kelly

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The survival horror genre is notoriously pegged into one of two types based on its content.  Tactical use of what can be referred to as “the jump scare” pencils most action centric survival horror games into a fast paced style of gameplay that offers variety in its quick thrills. The alternative category in this particular […]

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Banjo Guy Ollie – Super Mario Land

October 13, 2014 Declan Doody

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Does it get more retro than this? No, it really doesn’t and Banjo Guy Ollie adds a little Irish flair to the Italian plumbers adventure – tin whistle, yep it’s there, the bodhránn, yeah that’s there too! Super Mario Land was developed for the Nintendo Gameboy, both released in Japan on the 21st April 1989, […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 9 ‘Children of the Corn’

October 10, 2014 Brian Dooley

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Popcorn, Corn on the Hob, Candy-Corn. These are all the things you wouldn’t mind running into. What you wouldn’t like to run into is: CHILDREN OF THE CORN (1984) In the small town of Gatlin, Nebrska, a child preacher orchestrates the murder of every adult in town. When a couple enter the town looking for a phone […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 9 'Children of the Corn'

October 10, 2014 Brian Dunster

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Popcorn, Corn on the Hob, Candy-Corn. These are all the things you wouldn’t mind running into. What you wouldn’t like to run into is: CHILDREN OF THE CORN (1984) In the small town of Gatlin, Nebrska, a child preacher orchestrates the murder of every adult in town. When a couple enter the town looking for a phone […]

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