Barry O'Rourke

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Barry O'Rourke

RTE LifeStyle Journalist.

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I'm a former Primary School Teacher with a huge interest in all things multimedia, technology, education and health.

New video games: How Hollow Knight: Silksong broke the internet

I say it every time, but when it comes to gaming, 2025 has already been an exceptional year.
Games • 11 Sep

Gamescom – the big reveals at gaming's premiere event

With over 357,000 visitors, thousands of exhibitors, countless announcements and an opening night that reached over 72 million livestream views, Gamescom has cemented itself as the biggest event in gaming this year.
Gaming • 09 Sep

Love Traitors Ireland? Then you need to play these video games

Ever since it was announced, The Traitors Ireland has had a firm hold on the nation's imagination...
Games • 29 Aug

Cosy comforts - the best video games to chill out with

Cosy games put fun and relaxation at the centre of their stories.
Games • 19 Aug

The battle to keep games alive after publishers pull the plug

When you buy something, you often think that you own it. That it's yours to use whenever and if ever you want to. When you leave the shop with that book, you can read it until the pages fall out. With a CD, you get to play it until the end of time.
Games • 18 Aug

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater gets an upgrade: the latest games reviewed

From gripping stories and action-adventure, brainteasers to sports and more, games have always had the power to bring you out of your living room, past the controller and screen, and experience things you would otherwise miss out on.
Games • 22 Jul

The best video games of the decade (so far)

As we hit the halfway mark of the decade, it's time to take stock of the amazing few years of video games we've all had the pleasure of playing.
Games • 19 Jul

How to manage your kids' gaming habits

"Turn it off. Now." Those four simple words can ignite the fiercest row in any living room across the country. It's usually followed with "because I said so", which only further fuels the fire.
Gaming • 10 Jul

Is this the new golden age of video games?

Gamers are nostalgic people. Often, if you get chatting with someone about their favourites, you'll time-travel ten or twenty years in a single conversation, back to an era of cartridges, discs and dial-up internet.
Games • 26 Jun

Death Stranding 2 reviewed - a video game sequel that delivers

Set 11 months after the events of the first game, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is an engrossing and utterly bizarre game of epic proportions.
Games • 23 Jun
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