COVIDSafe: Did tech or marketing fail?
Seamus and Nic discuss the mystery of what's gone wrong with the COVIDSafe, plus WWDITS, SBS OnDemand, and the BOM app is now excellent!
Fall Guys: the kind of fun we need right now?
This week Seamus speaks to the team behind Fall Guys, the hotly anticipated 'Battle Royale' that is more Japanese game show than Fortnite.
Hearthstone goes back to school with Scholomance Academy expansion
The key details on the latest Hearthstone expansion: Scholomance Academy! Spellbursts, Dual Class, and a living Kel'Thuzad?
Picking Your Battles
Facebook can be a place for good. It has those pockets all over its swampy landscape. Demanding it be better is more important when it’s urgent it gets on with the job of fixing runaway racism, conspiracies, and anti-scientific bloviation.
Scam Poetry
Seamus quickly admits that he can't quit Facebook and Nic can't get money back from Wish. But at least there's flying cars coming to outback NSW!
It's over before it begins
No time for a column today, but I do want to say I’m admitting defeat in my quest to truly delete myself from Facebook. I’ve had multiple occasions over the past week where I have had professional reasons to use the service. To not be able to report
Thaine Lyman, GM of World of Tanks Blitz
Thaine Lyman had 17 years at Activision under his belt working on major PC and console games like Call of Duty before he headed to Wargaming to work on World
Stress fractures
If we want to truly process things, we need to slow down a little to absorb information.
State of the industry 2020: Ron Curry, CEO, iGEA
Run Curry, CEO of Australia's Interactive Games and Entertainment Association, stops by to discuss the highs and lows of 2020 so far, from the pandemic to politics and plenty more.
Can Seamus really quit Facebook?
Nic hits Seamus with a surprise grilling about his intentions to make a permanent exit from Facebook. Can he genuinely follow through on his threats? What are
Clean slates
Hitting "mark all read" sometimes can be a liberating feeling.
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
How many straws can be the 'last' when it comes to staying on Facebook?
Elder Scrolls Online Creative Director Rich Lambert is here!
This week I'm talking to Rich Lambert, Creative Director of Elder Scrolls Online. Rich has been working on the title since its inception, which makes it a 13
Careful what you Wish for
Nic shares a baffling experience from a recent online shopping expedition, and Seamus explains the Mixer mess and what it means for having a viable live
WWDC 2020 news analysis
Seamus looks at the big news from the WWDC 2020 keynote, analysing his top new feature picks and exploring the potential of some new ideas.
The weirdest tech story of 2020 is here
In an already very weird year, this undoubtedly takes the trophy with six months left to play. It's got cockroaches, pig masks, and senior executives of one
Review: RIG 700HX and the wireless headset conundrum
This is a great wireless headset for gaming and at a great price point for the quality on offer. But Seamus can't help wonder if every wireless solution is
Philip Mayes, Founder/CEO, Mighty Kingdom
We chat to Philip Mayes, CEO of Mighty Kingdom, Studio of the Year at the 2019 AGDAs and makers of great mobile games based on Disney, Lego and Conan.
A thousand words
The big questions about facial recognition technology have been coming home to roost.
Cancelled, censored, and replaced by robots
It's the Byteside podcast for June 11, 2020, with your hosts Nic Healey and Seamus Byrne. It's another weird week and it's only getting weirder.
