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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.

Digital culture is culture

The impacts of the digital world upon every day culture have never been greater. It's time to treat them that way.

Digital culture is culture
Games

D&D's latest rules expansion gives the race overhaul fans have been waiting for

D&D announced its latest rulebook release, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. The biggest expansion of options for the game in three years.

D&D's latest rules expansion gives the race overhaul fans have been waiting for
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Apple vs Epic vs Batman's eye makeup

Apple and the company that makes the Unreal Engine and Fortnite (yes, Epic) at war, plus DC Fundome and the future of digital events!

Apple vs Epic vs Batman's eye makeup
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Inside ESO Stonethorn with Mike Finnigan

With the latest dungeon DLC, Stonethorn, added to the game, Bethesda offered us a chat with Mike Finnigan, the Lead Encounter Designer.

Inside ESO Stonethorn with Mike Finnigan

The End Of Infinite

Like the infinite scroll, every media form keeps chasing the ability to keep us in neverending flow of content.

The End Of Infinite
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Who really wins in the search war?

This week we touch on Google's Aussie fight, old school gaming, Lovecraft Country, Microsoft Flight Simulator and plenty more. Hit it!

Who really wins in the search war?

High stakes lawsuits

Epic v Apple is a very big deal.

High stakes lawsuits
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Inside League of Geeks with Blake Mizzi & Lisy Kane

This week's show features two leading lights from the League of Geeks, co-founder and design director Blake Mizz and lead producer Lisy Kane.

Inside League of Geeks with Blake Mizzi & Lisy Kane
Jetpacks Are Overrated

Solving big problems with little sensors

Brian Swift from unicorn startup SafetyCulture talks about the tech that's helping companies increase safety and reduce risk.

Solving big problems with little sensors

Apps, clouds and platform control

Will we end up where Steve Jobs started the iPhone? With web-based apps that preserve control for those who make them beyond the borders of the App Store?

Apps, clouds and platform control
Jetpacks Are Overrated

Creating AR with Simone Clow (Virtual Immersive)

Simone Clow is CEO of Virtual Immersive, a company that produces commercial VR/AR content to create cool experiences in stores and at special events.

Creating AR with Simone Clow (Virtual Immersive)
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The awkward brilliance of game storytelling

It's a game-y sort of week at Byteside, kicking off with a book that included accidental game references in its very real historic fiction.

The awkward brilliance of game storytelling

More than a business story

More tech stories in the culture pages, please.

More than a business story
Networks

Digital scarcity

Limitlessness always seems viable within a digital context. But how does it work when real people have to use it?

Digital scarcity

Some friction is good for you

the hunt for 'frictionless' interactions and interfaces misses an important fact: some friction is essential to making things that matter.

Some friction is good for you
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Blightbound designer Jasper Koning from Ronimo Games

Jasper Koning, Founder of Ronimo Games talks Blightbound, a dungeon crawler that looks like Golden Axe but might have more in common with Destiny or Diablo.

Blightbound designer Jasper Koning from Ronimo Games
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The agony and ecstasy of Dolby Atmos

From old school cassette tapes to the latest in home theatre, we get a little audio crazy this week. Plus more insights into the new jobs at Byteside.

The agony and ecstasy of Dolby Atmos

External motivations

This week school has gone back here in NSW and while the world is still in a very difficult place with the pandemic, our kids had a pretty ‘normal’ holidays. The first since October 2019. The summer was black. Kids couldn’t play outside because of the fires. They couldn’

External motivations

Transparency is a vulnerability

Today I pulled the trigger on expanding the Byteside team, creating an opportunity to bring two paid writers on board to work with me across the site, the newsletter, the social presence, and the podcasts. I love working in a team. I’ve got a good track record of helping

Transparency is a vulnerability

Byteside is evolving: come work with us!

Byteside, the miniature media empire covering tech, games and digital culture, is adding new (and paid) opportunities to join the editorial team.

Byteside is evolving: come work with us!