Media
Don't let anyone pretend 8K matters
This week we discuss coronavirus (because that's mandatory right now), mobile games, classic games and the proof that 8K TV is utterly unnecessary.
Seamus Byrne
Founder and Head of Content at Byteside. Brings two decades of experience covering tech, digital culture, and their impacts on society.
Games
The delicious Diablo quarterly update
Seamus, Zhiana and Kosta together to dig into some of the juicy details delivered by the Diablo team in the February quarterly update. So many details!
The Trouble With Presence
Is there a way to make more active remote presence a possibility beyond the bounds of a viral outbreak?
Games
Dungeon Mayhem: Monster Madness REVIEW
Seamus is joined by two expert Dungeon Mayhem players – his kids – to review the games new expansion, Monster Madness, its new decks and new rules.
Games
Summer nights of WoW
The Scrapyard is back! Seamus and Zhiana kick things off with a catch up session on what they've been playing – which turns out to be two sides of the WoW
Games
Uplink: Siobhan Reddy
Seamus speaks with Siobhan Reddy, Studio Director of Media Molecule, the makers of the classic LittleBigPlanet and the amazing new game Dreams.
Such a tool
It’s been 8 years since Douglas Rushkoff wrote Program Or Be Programmed, one of the clearest discussions of the whole question of the good/bad of technology in society today. Or rather, why that’s the wrong binary to consider. Rushkoff instead explores ten ‘commands’ we need to understand
Games
Inside the Fortress: behind the scenes ahead of launch
Seamus Byrne speaks to CEO Jon Satterley and Dell boss Ben Jackson to find out about Fortress just ahead of launch, and their big Alienware partnership.
Byteside Podcast
Zen and the Art of a missing MWC
There might be no MWC in 2020, but it's still phones, phones, phones this week here on Byteside.
Games
We're back and full of boardgames
The Game Table returns for 2020! With fabulous guests Nathan Cocks (@ElPrezAU) and Luke Lancaster (@lglancaster) chatting all things boardgames.
Networks
Bring me the head of 5G! Here's Harvey Wright from Optus
There's still a lot of confusing around what 5G is up to, how it fits together and when you should upgrade. So we went to the Head of 5G, Harvey Wright, to
Facing Reality
There's a lot of social and cultural shifts that need to happen to prepare for more remote working activity.