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Boss Rush: Ice Ice Bosses

December 2, 2015 Declan Doody

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Tis the season to get the snot beat out of you by the toughest ice bosses out there! Thankfully this list is here to tell you who you should be working to avoid when you’re out and about on your video game journey. Remember that as pretty as snow is when it falls, as is […]

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Press Start: Life As A Game

November 23, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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Welcome back to Press Start where you get your weekly updates on video-games and anything that surrounds them. This week I am going to get a little bit philosophical. I want to look at the idea of real life being just a game, their similarities, and how these two cross over. I also want to […]

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Anime/Cartoons

Gif Essay: When BAE Isn’t A Geek

November 17, 2015 Declan Doody

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Life can be pretty tough when your significant other or your best friend isn’t as geeky as you or worsenot even a geek in the first place! There’s a language barrier, a breakdown in the relationship and making plans can be a disaster! Allow me to explain the best way I can… with gifs! Wanna […]

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Art

Gallery: Fallout 4 Art Attack

November 10, 2015 Declan Doody

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In case you hadn’t heard Fallout 4 is dropping this week and the world and its video game loving grandmother have gone and gotten themselves totally over excited! As one of, if not the most, highly anticipated releases of 2015, the Bethesda title has already begun to win acclaim from video game critics and journalists around the […]

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Live Blog: Extra Life 2015

November 7, 2015 Declan Doody

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Today, I’m participating in Extra Life, alongside thousands of other gamers around the world, doing what we do best playing games! Today there is something different about my gaming session, you can sponsor me and help raise money to help sick children. I’m not alone though, Arcade writers, Anthony, Eoin and Mairead are all taking […]

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Games

Top 5 ’80s Retro Video Game Throwbacks

October 25, 2015 Ciaran Nolan

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I am not going to go ahead and say I have any nostalgia for the ’80s as a part of my past, primarily because I wasn’t born yet. I do, however, have a deep passion for almost everything the time period stood for. Power ballads, awful hair, hilariously dumb movies and synth heavy music. Now, while […]

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Games

New DOOM Trailer Shows Off Alpha Gameplay

October 25, 2015 Ciaran Nolan

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Bethesda has dropped a new trailer showcasing closed alpha footage of the multiplayer element of DOOM for the public not playing the alpha to enjoy. Due to the non-disclosure agreement all players of the alpha must sign, this may be the only glimpse we will see of the game until a public beta is announced. […]

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Press Start: Are Games Easier?

October 19, 2015 Shane-James Purcell

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Hello everybody! Hope you are ready for this week’s topic – it’s a doozy; are games getting easier? I want to take a look at certain games from different years and find out if games are easier in general or are they still controller smashingly good. The best way to start looking at comparisons is […]

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Games

Capcom’s Resident Evil Team Is Incorporating VR Into Its Next Project

October 16, 2015 Eoin Farrell

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Capcom has released its latest Annual Report and it has stated that the team behind the future of Resident Evil, Development Division 1, is making their current engine support virtual-reality headsets. In the report it’s stated: “At present, we are focusing our energy on challenging the virtual reality (VR) game market. In this terrifying world, […]

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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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