It is convention time again and as is our custom, I have compiled a list of the indie games that were knocking about at the event. Mr. Greyscale From student Paul O’Callaghan, Mr. Greyscale has made quite a stir in … Continue reading Clichí Neamhspleach- Comicon 03/19
Of late much of the casual and competitive spheres of gaming have been dominated by a game of building and collecting loot and materials, and I am not talking about Minecraft. The zeitgeistic Fortnite is a proverbial cash cow. … Continue reading “I Love Lord of The Rings for the walking,” Said No One Ever
●●○○○ Shadow of the Tomb Raider sees the iconic Lara Croft attempting to prevent a Mayan apocalypse (no, not that one). Lara is accompanied by partner Jonah on an adventure that intends to be rip roaring, with puzzle and narrative sections … Continue reading Shadow of the Tomb Raider // REVIEW
●●●●○ “Ever since the birth of the video game mascot as a concept, many have dreamed of who would win in a fight: the arcade giants of the 80’s, Donkey Kong vs Pac Man or the 16 Bit rivalry, Mario … Continue reading Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Review (Nintendo Switch) Stuck to One’s Roots
A cloudy December morning on DCU’s St Patrick’s Campus is probably not what comes to mind for most when they think ‘award winning game launch’, but this was the site where charity Trocaire decided to release the first of hopefully … Continue reading Creating and Educating: Trocaire Invests in Games to Invest in the Future
During the hustle and bustle of Freshers’ Week, while many fresh faced students were signing up for countless societies (and only caring about one or two) , and many more journeyed students were staying up until unthinkable hours getting back … Continue reading Skies Unknown The Bold and the Safe Games in the Works at Bandai Namco
Dragon Age: Origins (2009) PlayStation 3 || Kylie McBride My introduction to the Dragon Age (DA) series was through my cousin, Kaitlin, who is obsessed with it. She’s played through every character path and companion romance plot line, and I wouldn’t … Continue reading Rose Tinted Screens: The Games That Shaped Us As Players A selection of TN2’s games writers reflect on how these games informed our tastes
Dublin Comicon this year was a veritable sensory overload. The Dublin Convention Centre was thronged with people and this extended to the surrounding area with numerous people carrying tokens of their affection for various pop-culture properties. A carnival of cosplayers … Continue reading Mind-Benders and Mythologies: The Passionate Developers at Dublin Comicon
Upon discovering Cartoon Network’s science-fantasy musical about a boy, his failed rockstar dad and his three alien surrogate mothers (all of whom are named after gemstones and hail from a completely non-gendered society) a natural reaction is to say the … Continue reading How Steven Universe Found Its Groove Again This gem of a show has heart and insight
Copyright law has been a feature of art production since the Statute of Anne in 1710 the first legislation to provide for government-enforced copyright protection. The fundamental aim of copyright law is to make an artist the sole owner of … Continue reading Should Article 13 Fall at the First Hurdle? The future of the internet in the EU hangs in the balance
At E3 2016, Electronic Arts announced a new initiative which they dubbed EA Originals. The initiative was similar to programs such as Fox Searchlight. The basic idea was to help market games from smaller studios. In turn, it would raise … Continue reading Welcome to the Forest: Fe on PS4 // Review “Fe is merely set apart by its styling.”
●●●○○ Ambitious games from big studios using classic sprite art have been few and far between since the mid 90s. Square Enix’s work-in-progress, Octopath Traveller, is an enticing prospect for those searching for a pastiche of 90s Japanese role-playing games … Continue reading An Under-Developed Story: Project Octopath Traveller Octopath Traveller is an enticing prospect for those searching for a pastiche of 90s Japanese role-playing games or for something different to the modal blockbusters of recent years