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Conor Rennick is a recent graduate of Trinity College, who has decided to put his experience writing fake news articles in higher English to good use. Beyond basically figuring out what to do with his life, he enjoys reading sci-fi/fantasy, swimming, writing and lecturing people on the merits of old school CRPGs, even if the interfaces were basically rubbish. He currently lives in Dublin.

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The Last Stand of the Classic RPG | Dragon Age Origins at 10.

Conor Rennick Nov 4, 2019 0

The RPG genre has undergone some fairly dramatic changes over the past decade or so, at least among mainstream gaming companies. If you were to compare, say the recently released Outer Worlds to Dragon Age Origins, you would certainly see…

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Can Baldur’s Gate 3 Recapture the Magic of the Past?

Conor Rennick Jun 16, 2019 4

While I personally have become very jaded, as many people have, over the pomp and empty ceremony of E3, the reveal of a third installment in the incredibly famous and massively popular Baldur's Gate RPG series certainly caught my attention.…

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Are You Cheating Yourself by Cheating the Game?

Conor Rennick Apr 26, 2019 0

Ever since the first intrepid video game explorer found the famous warp room in the original Super Mario Bros, one topic that has caused no shortage of debate amongst gamers is the merit or lack thereof of cheating. In recent news, this…

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How Detroit: Become Human Misunderstands Race Relations

Conor Rennick Jun 30, 2018 12

The place of artificial intelligence in the future of humanity has always been a staple of many science fiction stories. Indeed, as study into artificial intelligence continues to move steadily forward, it’s understandable that the topic of…

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The Rise and Fall of Bioware | Mass Effect at 10

Conor Rennick May 25, 2018 2

Speaking from personal experience, it’s been pretty hard to be a Bioware fan the last few years. From the dizzying heights of being among the pioneers of the RPG genre, creating fully-fleshed worlds with endearing characters and several…

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Deconstructing the Video Game Gangster | GTA IV at 10

Conor Rennick Apr 29, 2018 0

Ah, the Grand Theft Auto games. Who hasn’t gone over to that one friend’s house - whose parents were apathetic or unobservant enough to give their child one of the most controversial games of all time - and spent hours murderously rampaging…

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The Influence of Tabletop Gaming on Video Games

Conor Rennick Apr 24, 2018 1

It’s cliché but true that nothing exists in or comes from a vacuum, and video games are no exception to this. Nowadays, video games have become so widespread that the terms gaming and gamers are treated by most as basically synonymous with…

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Emergent Storytelling on a Galactic Scale in Stellaris

Conor Rennick Jan 18, 2018 0

Video games have a rather unique position in the field of storytelling, largely because any good game relies on player agency for the story to unfold. Sure, Mario needs to save Peach from Bowser, but if the player doesn’t move Mario then…

Gaming

The Lack of Urban Fantasy in Modern Gaming

Conor Rennick Nov 25, 2017 1

It is always a common complaint in not only video games but in all modern forms of entertainment that the industry suffers from a lack of originality, simply reusing tired old genre and plot templates. I won’t waste your time by providing…

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Why are Cuphead and Crash the new Dark Souls?

Conor Rennick Nov 9, 2017 0

It’s a strange world in which a game where you play an anthropomorphic cup fighting psychic carrots and genies who summon floating pyramids that shoot lasers gets compared to many things, least of all a game centered around a…