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…
Mario Kart: Wii, Wii U or Switch A fun game for everyone to play together, until it gets competitive and someone threatens to move out when you hit them with a Blue-Shell Left4Dead 2: Xbox 360 or PC Zombie survival game where up to 4 players try to survive hoards and hoards of zombies! Perfect…
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…
Now that we all live in a real-life version of the movie Hackers, with superfast broadband everywhere but Kerry, Old media has become obsolete. Newspapers are now only good for holding your chips or your dogs’ shit and the radio is only good for making your ears bleed through constant torture by Drake. To help…
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…
We all know somebody who eats food quicker than you can pick up your fork. Yet they will still say they have enjoyed their meal. You on the other hand might insist on eating slowly and worshipping every last bite. Saying that you enjoy your meal better when you eat slower. The same can be…
It’s 2018, and the art of gaming has certainly changed over the past few years. For the majority of us, we grew up on 2D low-resolution games, where the thought of 1080p or 4K were unimaginable. With major advancements in game engine design over the last decade, we have witnessed the game studios transition from…
“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…