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Seamus Byrne

Founder and Head of Content at Byteside.

Art & Culture

Diablo is coming to tattoo shops around the world

Hellish ink is coming to Sydney and Melbourne in September as part of a Diablo anniversary world tour. Want some?

Diablo is coming to tattoo shops around the world
Art & Culture

Six videogame soundtracks make Classic Top 100 in latest radio poll

In a vote on the all-time greatest 'Music for the Screen', which videogame soundtracks break the glass ceiling?

Six videogame soundtracks make Classic Top 100 in latest radio poll
Media

The power to know

Things 'everyone knows' usually need to be shared and shared again more often.

The power to know
Politics

A platform of certainty

Knowing there's firm footing ahead makes big ideas easier to pursue.

A platform of certainty
Media

The quality of our questions

Back to basics for the media industry - or is it too late?

The quality of our questions
Home

How to hack your Netflix profile recommendations

If your profiles are just people's names, you're doing it wrong.

How to hack your Netflix profile recommendations

The cost of losing everything

We need to get more emotional to convince people to protect their data

The cost of losing everything
Games

Playstation sells 19 millionth PS5, might finally make consoles faster soon

With all the chip shortages, Playstation has sold millions less than the PS4 at the same stage in its lifecycle.

Playstation sells 19 millionth PS5, might finally make consoles faster soon
Games

Fortnite finally free on iPhone? Thank Xbox Cloud Gaming

Microsoft has opened up free access to its Xbox Cloud Gaming in a partnership with Epic to stream Fortnite to your iPhone or iPad.

Fortnite finally free on iPhone? Thank Xbox Cloud Gaming

The kids are bopping again... this week

Slang at the speed of meme culture.

The kids are bopping again... this week
Byteside Podcast

Can beer be more efficient?

Konvoy is quietly making beer move from brewers to bars in a far smarter and more sustainable way. We chat to the founder to find out more.

Can beer be more efficient?

More "freedom from", please

Why did "freedom to" advocates become so focused on punching down?

More "freedom from", please
Games

Is the DGTO really going to help?

We chat to R&D tax incentive expert Ben Thompson from Techlever about the Digital Games Tax Offset and some of the issues he'd like to see addressed ahead of its introduction.

Is the DGTO really going to help?

Editing on Twitter is a fraught idea

Does that retweet you said you loved still say what it said when you retweeted it?

Editing on Twitter is a fraught idea

Search engines are dying

The optimisers are outwitting the engines. Now it's easy to find 'something' but hard to find a specific thing.

Search engines are dying

Just because we can...

Dyson's new air purifier raises big questions about form, function, and the just plain freaky.

Just because we can...
Media

A cultural event horizon

Twitter showed its best and worst during the Smith/Rock Oscars incident.

A cultural event horizon

Bad laws ignored badly

One year on, the News Media Bargaining Code has failed to stand up for those who needed it most.

Bad laws ignored badly
Media

Exploring the Backrooms

William Gibson's 'The Footage' meets a horror liminal space meme and I love it.

Exploring the Backrooms

Cringe du jour

The memes are on the attack, but happiness has other ideas.

Cringe du jour