Gaming
# gaming - Thursday 23 May, 2013
Xbox’s new console… why does everyone hate it already?
Let’s play Devil’s advocate for a while, shall we?
# gaming - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Google gets us hooked on classic Atari game
Search engine ‘Easter Egg’ lets users play Atari Breakout to celebrate the game’s 37th birthday.
# gaming - Sunday 28 April, 2013
The 13-year-old who will make you feel like an underachiever
A junior version of Dragon’s Den will hear from Jordan Casey who has his own gaming company and started coding at age 9.
# gaming - Saturday 13 April, 2013
The 50 greatest songs you listened to while playing FIFA
You’ve got to hand it to the folks at EA Sports.
# gaming - Saturday 6 April, 2013
The 5 worst sports video games of all time
Just because you’re a famous basketball player, doesn’t mean you can sell a Kung Fu game
# gaming - Thursday 28 March, 2013
Stadium installs toilet computer game… controlled by your wee
Sorry, ladies – it’s just for the guys.
# gaming - Sunday 3 February, 2013
Weird Wide Web: Vine, emojiart and a gaming grampa
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# gaming - Sunday 16 December, 2012
These were THE video games of 2012
Lou Kesten of Associated Press picks the games that made the biggest impact on gamers in 2012.
# gaming - Monday 12 November, 2012
100 jobs announced by Dublin-based gaming company Swrve
Some of the jobs have already been posted on the Swrve website, the rest will be added to the growing gaming company over the next two years.
# gaming - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
96 jobs at risk at PopCap Dublin office
The gaming company also announced 50 jobs in its North American operation will be cut.
# gaming - Sunday 1 July, 2012
Warning: Video games are breaking limbs
Take a slightly tongue in cheek look at the need for controller caution…
# gaming - Monday 7 May, 2012
Angry Birds generates over €80 million for creators Rovio
Apps from the Angry Birds game series were downloaded 648 million times by the end of last year.
# gaming - Thursday 3 May, 2012
Girls spending more time playing online games
Young girls spend double the time playing games online than last year.
# gaming - Saturday 21 April, 2012
Computer game could help in treatment of depression – study
Researchers in New Zealand have developed a computer game which they say is effective at treating mild and moderate depression in teenagers.
# gaming - Saturday 14 April, 2012
Column: Kids are going to destroy the internet. Here’s how it’ll happen.
Think Silicon Valley will shape the future? You’re looking in the wrong place, writes tech entrepreneur Dylan Collins.
# gaming - Friday 23 March, 2012
Angry Birds theme parks to be launched
The centres are expected to include spring riders, swings, sandpits, climbing towers, slides, and even a new Angry Birds arcade game.
# gaming - Sunday 26 February, 2012
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# gaming - Monday 20 February, 2012
Sony launches new handheld games console – the ‘Vita’
The €250 device has touch screens on both sides and aims to take gaming business away from smartphones.
# gaming - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
Russian defence ministry criticised for spending $1m on Tetris, Battleship
Ministry planned to counteract contemporary gaming in which Russians are the ‘bad guys’.
# gaming - Monday 19 December, 2011
Column: Ban video games? Ban crap pre-teen books instead
TheJournal.ie’s regular columnist Lisa McInerney takes apart TD Mary Mitchell O’Connor’s outburst over “violent video games”.
# gaming - Monday 28 November, 2011
Are you taking the…? World’s first pee-controlled game launched
Coming to a urinal near you…
# gaming - Wednesday 21 September, 2011
Government’s new bill will block plans for Twomileborris ‘super-casino’
New gambling legislation being prepared by the government will not allow for “large resort-style casinos” like in Tipperary.
# gaming - Thursday 16 June, 2011
The Daily Fix: Thursday
All the news of the day, plus some bits and pieces you may have missed.
2,500 jobs unfilled in the gaming and IT industries
IT expert says there is a lack of expertise in Ireland in cloud based technologies, and that posts are lying vacant.
# gaming - Tuesday 7 June, 2011
Nintendo launches new console with touchscreen controller
The WiiU features a large handheld controller with a touchscreen display.
# gaming - Friday 3 June, 2011
Watch: A sneak preview of how the FIFA 12 football game will look
New clip offers a glimpse of the goodies that can be found in the next edition of EA Sports’ legendary football simulation game.
# gaming - Thursday 2 June, 2011
Gamestop to honour Duke Nukem pre-orders ten years on
Irish gamers won’t be availing of the service, but there are those in America who have held on to their receipts for a decade. Duke Nukem Forever has been 12 years in the making.
# gaming - Sunday 15 May, 2011
Sony begins to restore PlayStation Network
Sony has begun to restore its PlayStation Network service in the United States and Europe today, after being forced to shut down operations due to a massive security breach that affected over 100 million online accounts.
# gaming - Thursday 10 March, 2011
Microsoft’s Kinect sets Guinness World Record for swift sales
Over 10m units of the Xbox infrared controller were sold within 60 days of its launch in November 2010.
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