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Seamus Byrne

Founder and Head of Content at Byteside. Brings two decades of experience covering tech, digital culture, and their impacts on society.

Games

Magic The Gathering Arena ESL ANZ Champs 2021 launch this weekend

Are you the best MTG Arena player in Australia? ESL ANZ Champs is here to let you find out – with cash and prizes, of course.

Magic The Gathering Arena ESL ANZ Champs 2021 launch this weekend
Computers

Toshiba Canvio Gaming Portable Storage deletes your uninstall anxiety

These new drives are designed to run HDD storage optimised for game console needs at an impressively affordable price.

Toshiba Canvio Gaming Portable Storage deletes your uninstall anxiety
Byteside Podcast

Poly ANZ MD Andy Hurt on shifting AV from the office to the home

For a business focused on conferencing tech, Poly has evolved quickly over the past year. We catch up with Andy Hurt to find out more.

Poly ANZ MD Andy Hurt on shifting AV from the office to the home
Games

Fans produce the never animated final episode of the 1980s D&D cartoon

The series was cut short, robbed of the last episode that was written but never made. But now we can watch it thanks to this fan project.

Fans produce the never animated final episode of the 1980s D&D cartoon
Games

Streaming retro arcade games with Steve Cottam, CEO of Antstream

We chat to the CEO of Antstream about creating a retro game streaming service and how it fits into the future of gaming.

Streaming retro arcade games with Steve Cottam, CEO of Antstream
Networks

How 'The Million Dollar Homepage' has aged, and what it means for digital history

Researchers look back on the seminal marketing website and check the active links – and debate how to improve digital archives in future.

How 'The Million Dollar Homepage' has aged, and what it means for digital history

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Where we're going next
Crypto

Dogecoin's co-creator really, really hates all things crypto these days

"Built primarily to amplify wealth [through] tax avoidance, diminished regulatory oversight and artificially enforced scarcity." Ouch.

Dogecoin's co-creator really, really hates all things crypto these days
Art & Culture

Tokyo Olympics opening blasts classic videogame themes across the world

Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger and many more all had orchestral music featured in the Tokyo 2020(+1) opening ceremony.

Tokyo Olympics opening blasts classic videogame themes across the world
Games

Today's Google Doodle is a gloriously unlicensed Olympics tribute

A cool anime intro and an expansive 16-bit game with team leaderboards? Just don't mention the specific event in Japan this is about.

Today's Google Doodle is a gloriously unlicensed Olympics tribute
Games

Inside the making of the new Dungeons & Dragon's Magic The Gathering set

We speak to James Wyatt and Meris Mullaley from Wizards of the Coast about the art and science of bringing the Forgotten Realms to Magic.

Inside the making of the new Dungeons & Dragon's Magic The Gathering set
Technology

Watch the Forza Horizon 5 audio team capture awesome zoom vroom sounds

Seven minutes of behind the scenes as the Forza Horizon sound crew capture a bunch of cars hooning up and down an old track.

Watch the Forza Horizon 5 audio team capture awesome zoom vroom sounds
Technology

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin's motley crew lifts off in just hours: here's how to watch

The most phallic rocket yet is scheduled for launch. Here's when and how to watch. Whatever you think of Bezos, Wally Funk is the real deal!

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin's motley crew lifts off in just hours: here's how to watch
Politics

Italian museums now use cameras to see which art you look at most

Visitor's eyeballs will decide how these galleries redesign their layout and which artworks are put on prime display.

Italian museums now use cameras to see which art you look at most
Games

Wild Beyond The Witchlight: Everything we know about the new D&D campaign

All the details from announcements and interviews to share the story hints, races and features we will find in 2021's new D&D campaign book.

Wild Beyond The Witchlight: Everything we know about the new D&D campaign
Games

D&D puts dragons where they belong with Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons finally gives dragons the sourcebook they deserve, with the very nature of reality now tied to their heritage.

D&D puts dragons where they belong with Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Media

D&D Live 2021! All the schedule details and how to watch online

This weekend watch comedy greats like Patton Oswalt, Kevin Smith, and Jack Black, wrestlers, actors and more play D&D live online!

D&D Live 2021! All the schedule details and how to watch online
Politics

Lawyers go after Sega's "rigged" skill-based arcade machines

Key Master machines are off to court for being marketed as skill-based when manuals show how their settings really work.

Lawyers go after Sega's "rigged" skill-based arcade machines
Games

Destiny lore nerds, Bungie wants you for its new 'Destiny Historian' role

In a new job listing, Bungie is seeking one lucky lore pedant to catalogue the narrative threads of Destiny and keep them straight in future.

Destiny lore nerds, Bungie wants you for its new 'Destiny Historian' role
Ideas

Watch almost 200 Georges Méliès classic films for free online

Collected from across a wide range of YouTube sources, here's a playlist of 194 Georges Méliès classics in chronological order.

Watch almost 200 Georges Méliès classic films for free online