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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.

Technology

Samsung DeX: can your smartphone replace your desktop?

One device for everything. Can it be done yet? Will it ever really happen? It's such a perennial question as we continue to iterate through the smartphone

Samsung DeX: can your smartphone replace your desktop?
Games

Here's to the filthy casuals and the prosumers!

Another Hearthstone focused episode as Rastakhan's Rumble launches! Decks we're lusting after, experiments we're planning, and what we're hoping for from the

Here's to the filthy casuals and the prosumers!
Games

Hearthstone Creative Director Ben Thompson visits The Scrapyard!

Look who it is!

Hearthstone Creative Director Ben Thompson visits The Scrapyard!
Games

All things Overwatch - OWL S2, Contenders S3, OWWC, and bargains galore!

Genome is back to help dive deep into all things Overwatch, and we explore all the recent big events - Overwatch World Cup, new OWL teams (and their colour

All things Overwatch - OWL S2, Contenders S3, OWWC, and bargains galore!
Computers

Is one super wide screen better than two?

This week I spend some quality time with a Kogan 49-inch 32:9 SuperUltraWidescreen monitor and decide whether or not one really, really big screen is better

Is one super wide screen better than two?
The Scrapyard

How WoW helped my career - a personal story

A short episode while I'm travelling for work, so I'm sharing a personal tale of the role World of Warcraft played in helping me to lock down a career in tech

How WoW helped my career - a personal story
Games

Blizzcon wrap featuring Lucio-Ohs and Diablo-uh-ohs!

It's our post-Blizzcon wrap up, with a fast and loose exploration of all the big news from the show.

Blizzcon wrap featuring Lucio-Ohs and Diablo-uh-ohs!
Games

Chris Charla from ID@Xbox on why indie games matter

Seamus Byrne speaks with Chris Charla, Director of the ID@Xbox program, that helps independent game developers sell their games on Xbox One. Plus some

Chris Charla from ID@Xbox on why indie games matter
Games

A milky shoey for Blizzcon brekkie?

It's a final round before Blizzcon 2018, exploring the ways you can watch the big event, and when to tune in for the Aussie esports action. Plus a last blast

A milky shoey for Blizzcon brekkie?
Games

The Hearth before the BlizzCon Storm (WoW, that was bad)

One week to go before BlizzCon! Last week we covered off the state of Overwatch, Starcraft and Diablo in the lead up. This week we cover off the rest of the

The Hearth before the BlizzCon Storm (WoW, that was bad)
The Scrapyard

We can almost taste Blizzcon!

The biggest event on the annual Blizzard games calendar, Blizzcon, is right around the corner. So to kick off The Scrapyard, we're taking a close look at all

We can almost taste Blizzcon!
New Realities

Beat Saber is the amazing virtual reality game we've sorely needed

Every digital art form has its breakthrough moments, when the right experience arrives at the right time to show us what's possible and inspires many others

Beat Saber is the amazing virtual reality game we've sorely needed
Art & Culture

Netflix admits to running ad tests for some unsuspecting binge watchers

When you're mainlining a TV show in an epic weekend binge session, do you want some ads thrown into the mix?

Netflix admits to running ad tests for some unsuspecting binge watchers
Games

What I learnt watching live esports with French commentary (and I only speak English)

The beauty of sport is that it doesn't matter your language, you can share a love for the competition that transcends communication barriers.

What I learnt watching live esports with French commentary (and I only speak English)
Technology

Your next smartphone really might be ready to replace your desktop

It's been a long promise of smart, powerful handheld devices. That soon we would be unshackled from the need to carry large screened laptops everywhere and

Your next smartphone really might be ready to replace your desktop
Art & Culture

You can buy an iconic Ferris Bueller 'Ferrari' at auction next week

Life moves pretty fast. And so does this legendary vehicle straight off the set of Ferris Bueller - and it goes under the hammer next week!

You can buy an iconic Ferris Bueller 'Ferrari' at auction next week
Media

Facebook and Instagram add hidden modes to help you quit them

Feeling like you're on FB and the 'gram a little too much? Would you like to check your usage - and set limits to remind yourself to do something else now and

Facebook and Instagram add hidden modes to help you quit them
Art & Culture

Neighbourhoods on Google Maps aren't as official as you'd think

How do suburbs and neighbourhoods get their names? That seems to be changing in the age of Google Maps, according to an amazing story at The New York Times.

Neighbourhoods on Google Maps aren't as official as you'd think
Technology

Vector: the cute new robot that's half pet, half assistant

We've all dreamed of owning a family robot, but so far it's been toys that spend most of their time in cupboards, or it's been vacuum cleaners.

Vector: the cute new robot that's half pet, half assistant
Art & Culture

Of Pauldrons, Patience and Petty Arson: Warcraft's storytelling challenge

Last week a fire rocked World of Warcraft. It was an epic act of petulance, strategically foolish. It seemed bizarrely out of character for a beloved

Of Pauldrons, Patience and Petty Arson: Warcraft's storytelling challenge