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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.

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The original Diablo is running on modern PCs thanks to Blizzard and GOG

Good Old Games (GOG) has partnered with Blizzard to bring classic Diablo back to life. While we've had the recent anniversary events in January to give us the

The original Diablo is running on modern PCs thanks to Blizzard and GOG
Games

Fnatic's Rainbow Six Siege captain and coach

This week I’ve got two of the members of the Fnatic Rainbow Six team - team captain Etienne ‘Magnet’ Rousseau, and coach/manager Jayden ‘Dizzle’ Saunders.

Fnatic's Rainbow Six Siege captain and coach
Culture

An Edge Of Tomorrow Sequel Is Officially In Development

I loved it. You should love it. It was Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers in the best way possible. Emily Blunt rocked as a battle-hardened bug destroyer

An Edge Of Tomorrow Sequel Is Officially In Development
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Behind Siege esports with Alexandre Remy and François-Xavier Dénièle

I sit down with two of the key brains behind Rainbow Six Siege and its smart and steady rise toward the top tier of global esports. Esports Director

Behind Siege esports with Alexandre Remy and François-Xavier Dénièle
Games

Hearthstone reveals the Masters Tour system (yay!) and the new Specialist tournament format (nay?)

It has been a very nervous wait for Hearthstone esports fans, with a slow road to finding out how they were changing things up for the 2019 season and beyond.

Hearthstone reveals the Masters Tour system (yay!) and the new Specialist tournament format (nay?)
Technology

The Vatican Swiss Guard rolls with 3D printed helmets now

Next time you're visiting the Vatican to say hi to the Pope, or just check out the amazing art collections, take a second look at the helmets worn by the

The Vatican Swiss Guard rolls with 3D printed helmets now
Games

Ubisoft wants to make it easier to fall in love with Rainbow Six Siege in 2019

Between a new price drop and the addition of a simplified set of starting choices for Newcomers, Rainbow Six Siege is making it easy for anyone who’s ever

Ubisoft wants to make it easier to fall in love with Rainbow Six Siege in 2019
Games

Rainbow Six Siege comes down under, with bloody tops results

Welcome to the Outback, ya bloody drongos. Or maybe that should be flamin’ galahs? Thankfully, Siege’s take on bringing Aussie operators and an Australian map

Rainbow Six Siege comes down under, with bloody tops results
Games

Special guest Josh Corbett, WoW Classic podcaster (CountdownToClassic)

I touch on the big, bad news out of Blizzard from last week to kick things off, then the show is a feature interview about the future of revisiting the past

Special guest Josh Corbett, WoW Classic podcaster (CountdownToClassic)
Games

Order Army Top Brass - Jake Tiberi & Adrian Giles

The latest Esports Moment is a chat with Order General Manager Jake 'Spawn' Tiberi and Order Chairman Adrian Giles. From founding the org to the future of the

Order Army Top Brass - Jake Tiberi & Adrian Giles
Esports

When Fortnite went to the Australian Open

Seamus was in Melbourne for the Fortnite Summer Smash event at the Australian Open and interviewed a host of streamers, competitors and organisers about the

When Fortnite went to the Australian Open
Games

Bashing heads endlessly against Jaina's ice wall

Luke Lancaster, Content Manager at ReedPop (ComicCon, PAX Aus) is our awesome guest host this week, along with a Seamus having a very bad microphone day.

Bashing heads endlessly against Jaina's ice wall
Culture

Every D&D nerd deserves a Mind Flayer mounted trophy

Tabletop trophy hunters rejoice! For all those times you've taken out illithid nests, whether in the Forgotten Realms or maybe an old school Spelljammer

Every D&D nerd deserves a Mind Flayer mounted trophy
Games

Our next show: The Esports Moment

Every week, every month, there’s yet another sign that now is the time when esports levels up and shows the wider world why it’s time to take notice. This new

Our next show: The Esports Moment
Esports

Fortnite Summer Smash: chasing heroes, chasing dreams

Who’d have guessed twelve months ago that Fortnite would hold a major esports event at the Australian Open with the biggest prize pool in our nation’s history?

Fortnite Summer Smash: chasing heroes, chasing dreams
Technology

Here's five things Sonos should do before trying to compete in the headphones market

Sonos wants to make headphones? Hmmm... instead of going to fight a new warfront in consumer tech land, here's some suggestions to extend what they already do

Here's five things Sonos should do before trying to compete in the headphones market
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Heroes of the Storm is getting a new community tournament in February

Blizzard shocked fans when they announced they were shutting down the Heroes Global Championship at the end of 2018. But now the esports community is stepping

Heroes of the Storm is getting a new community tournament in February
Games

The Scrapyard podcast: 2019 will be a very important year for Blizzard!

We're back after the summer break (which included a literal break of a bone, so things were slower than we expected...) and this is a short and sweet catch up

The Scrapyard podcast: 2019 will be a very important year for Blizzard!
Technology

A 'self-driving' Tesla ran down an autonomous robot at CES 2019 in the most CES incident possible

Who's at fault? The Tesla driver? The Tesla autopilot? The Promobot that was weirdly standing on the street like it'd been out late drinking? Is somebody

A 'self-driving' Tesla ran down an autonomous robot at CES 2019 in the most CES incident possible
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The Commodore 64 bass keytar is even better than you could imagine

A keytar with the body of a Commodore 64? Very cute. Oh, wait... the pick up actually sends sound into the WORKING C64 to create chiptune vibes that can be

The Commodore 64 bass keytar is even better than you could imagine