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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Episode 7 Preview: Arcade and Retro podcast
We had Gavin from the Arcade and Retro podcast on our show this week. We discussed coding your own adventure games, VIC-20s, Goldeneye being stuck in time, and six year olds playing Sonic. Check out the Episode 7 podcast later this week. Read more
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The Gareth Stack Show Live – Featuring Gareth Stack – Episode 1
I’m ordinarily a modest man. I received an award for it in college. It was a small thing, hardly worth mentioning, although they kept giving it to me year after year. ‘Gareth’, they said, cheer speaking as they held me aloft on their warm, respectful shoulders, ‘Don’t be so modest. Wait, no, do, that’s what… Read more
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Threat Detection – Episode 6
Apologies for the sound problems in this episode. It’s our first week in the new studio and we have some gremlins to sort out. Download: Episode 6 We talk about… Valve Cheat detection controversy – Valve pulling an EA. Tracking people’s DNS addresses and entries such as ipconfig/displadns. Doing this through VAC. – also facepunch… Read more
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Enclave
Image: Richard Mosse, The Enclave at RHA – Michael Foley Whether or not you think you’re ‘into’ contemporary art, I promise this show will shake you to your core. The RHA gallery (near Stephens Green) is currently featuring an amazing installation of photos and video from Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (essentially a hell on… Read more
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Threat Detection – Episode 5
Download: Episode 5 1) How in app purchases have ‘destroyed’ the games industry – Assassin’s Creed 4 metagame is crippled because of this – do casuals deserve it? – Jonathan Blows GDC talk – Nerd 3 (cubed) review of Dungeon Keeper remake for mobile (micropayments crippled) 2) Should games enter the public domain 3) The… Read more
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Threat Detection – Episode 4 – Finally
The ‘lost episode’ of Threat Detection! At last available. Apologies for the delay on this one, it got lost in the mix while moving studios. Download: Episode 4 We talk about… 1) A look back through our Gaming histories! 2) The new consoles – XBox 1 vs the PS4 3) A contentious take on the… Read more
