If growth curves are to be believed, then Pewdiepie will be overtaken as the largest channel on YouTube at some point this month. Here are some ridiculous statistics to show the sheer mass of his following; 71: If Pewdiepie’s 71,068,326 subscribers (at time of writing), was to be a country, it would be the 20th…
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg is the biggest YouTuber in the world. Better known as PewDiePie, he currently holds just over 71 million subscribers on YouTube. His story is an amazing one. After dropping out of college, and while working in a hot dog stand, PewDiePie began to focus his work on his YouTube channel, passing…
I love video games, and had been a console gamer since Day Dot, but during my Leaving Cert I sold my Xbox One. This resulted in a period of about a year, where my gaming consisted of mobile games and Football Manager on my laptop. This summer I worked as a Night Porter/ Bar Man…
I think that this is where we all started. A friend comes over, the second remote comes out and you both start to play. This is where gaming for our generation started. Just this week three of my housemates and myself played Mario Kart and it was honestly one of the most fun experiences I…
Best; Alien: Isolation; Alien Isolation is probably the only movie to game adaptation fit to wear its film’s crown. It holds the sheer fear and intense atmosphere of Alien as you play as Amanda Ripley. Guaranteed to get your heart racing: 9/10 Dead Space Dead Space is one of few survival horrors fit to polish…
Well… isn’t this just a great co-incidence. Ask and you shall receive, I suppose. I’ve seen the demo and I’m starting to believe it. This week Google has announced project Stream, a game-streaming service for Chrome. Streaming Services such as Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music have transformed the modern entertainment industry but so…
There is no debating the fact that the golden age of gaming has been and gone. As was covered in the last issue, the art of video game development is now, more often than not, squeezing every last cent out of consumers. This is why we see such an incredulous reaction when a game such…
“In video games, a loot box is an in-game purchase consisting of a virtual container that awards players with items and modifications based on chance. Loot boxes are considered to be a type of microtransaction.” In more simple terms, a loot box is a game of chance, where the player pays for a chance to…
His bed wasn’t the same anymore since she left. He lay there, alone and cold, missing her loving touch. She had been his for so long but then she was taken away from him so quickly. After the fight, he never got the chance to tell her that he loved her. It was such a…
Why are movies based on video games so bad? You could say because the depth of video game media leads to deeper characters that cannot be replicated in a film. Alternatively, you could read this list as a preview and come back in a few weeks when I’ve written an article about why… Assassin’s Creed…