One of the most popular genres of video games today is the RPG. They’re characterised by narrative-driven gameplay, in which the player controls a character or party in an immersive world, levelling up and gaining experience points, often fighting enemies, and acquiring treasure. Such games are one of the oldest forms of video game, and…
By Cathal Donovan O’Neill, Julie Landers, Elle Kelleher, Fionn Kelleher I was only dancing By Elle Kelleher I rang in 2020 at a gig in the Kino. Surrounded, not just by my social bubble, but by strangers who would be my best friends by the end of the night, I danced until my clothes were…
Finally, we have gotten to the homestretch of the year like no other. Congratulations to all of you that have managed to remain somewhat sane. There are no ifs or buts about it, this year has been the most unusual year of our time. The whole world was at a standstill as businesses were forced…
Smell is one of our most evocative senses. Imagine the smell of Crayola crayons and jelly babies, and you are transported to the Junior Infants classroom in your local primary school, or the odour of wet dog that will make you crave a 99 like you’re in the back of the car after a day…
Last Christmas, my mother and I tore about Dunnes Stores back home in Kilkenny in search of TK Red Lemonade. We were frantic, returning to the soft drinks again and again with furrowed brows, until eventually, my mother boldly declared that she ‘didn’t care anymore, they’d just have to make do with white lemonade.’…
A scríobhann Édith de Faoite, Eagarthóir Gaeilge Tá aimsir na Nollag ag druidim linn agus, faoi dheireadh, tá an bhliain ag teacht chun críche. Má tá sibhse cosúil liomsa, tá rud amháin ag dó na geirbe agaibh faoi láthair (cé is moite den obair choláiste) – agus is é an rud sin ná bronntanais Nollag….
As longtime Features Editor at the Echo and nearing two decades at the helm of the Holly Bough, there scarcely seems to be a Cork institution that John Dolan has not found himself at the heart of. Born in Warrington, a large town bisecting Liverpool and Manchester on the banks of the River Mersey, and…
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about age. Just this past week, I turned twenty-two – an aggressively unremarkable milestone, if you’d even call it one. I joked with my family about dreading the day – “sure any year past twenty-one is a year over the hill” – but if I’m to be truly honest…
To preface this, I just want to discuss how nobody talks about how awkward sex is. There is such a standard and expectation for what sex should be like, that very often we forget that we’re all human and that we’re allowed to make mistakes. This is something I’m guilty of as well, so this…
Burning Copper By Imasha Costa, Arts & Literature Editor this copper that lingers in my blood rules me, turning me into the person that i am. i learned how to embrace the copper within me, allowing the sunlight to escape and flourish within every cell inside of me; igniting the fire that had been asked…