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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.

Games

Overwatch League is sending teams to their home cities in 2020

The OWL grand concept of city-based teams playing regularly out of their home cities is set to become real in 2020. A lot doubted if the idea could truly

Overwatch League is sending teams to their home cities in 2020
Games

Starcraft casters PiG and Maynarde behind the scenes at IEM Katowice

Over at IEM I caught up with two of the Aussie casters covering all the action from the Starcraft stage. Usually we only ever get one of these great

Starcraft casters PiG and Maynarde behind the scenes at IEM Katowice
Technology

Finally, an ethicist is warning us that the way we treat AI today might make them murder us tomorrow

All those videos of engineers abusing robots to show how stable or agile they are really might bite us in the butt in the future, according to one ethicist.

Finally, an ethicist is warning us that the way we treat AI today might make them murder us tomorrow
Ideas

This Stephen Hawking tribute coin is dizzyingly beautiful

"Hey, let's make a new coin for Stephen Hawking that honours his life by portraying the beauty of a black hole that can be carried around in someone's

This Stephen Hawking tribute coin is dizzyingly beautiful
Steam

Steam Link Anywhere links your Steam PC gaming anywhere (obviously)

I've been a Steam Link user for a good while, especially for displaying what's happening in a HTC Vive headset on the living room TV. But I've also played

Steam Link Anywhere links your Steam PC gaming anywhere (obviously)
Ideas

A union of Microsoft, Adafruit, and Cartoon Network is promoting cool maker fun for kids

It can be so much easier to get kids excited about making and coding and playing with cool ideas when they can bounce off characters and ideas they know and

A union of Microsoft, Adafruit, and Cartoon Network is promoting cool maker fun for kids
Games

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
Movies

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
Games

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
Games

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
Art & 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