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Big Game Launches: Fallout 4

Gaming

Marty

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23rd August 2015

It’s been a reasonably quiet year thus far for gaming, but the biggest titles of 2015 have yet to be released. We’re counting down the titles we are most excited about and have already looked at EA Sports’ FIFA 16. Next up in our Big Game Launches series is the much anticipated Fallout 4.

Fallout 4: What’s it all about?

To imagine the Fallout world, is to imagine a post-apocalyptic future with a really cool retro edge. The timeline within which everything is based, deviates from our own reality shortly after World War II. Technology continued to advance in this reality, while culture and politics stagnate, giving the Fallout world it’s unique futuristic yet retro 1950’s look.

In the 21st century international politics disintegrated, seeing the United States go to war with China leading to a global nuclear war. Enter Vault-Tec, a fallout shelter creating company, whose bunkers provide protection for the remaining population of the human race. The vaults open at different phases, where you take control of a character within the game.

If this kind of dystopian setting is for you, you can catch up on the entire story line through the Fallout Wiki or even better still is the highly informative and entertaining, Fallout Lore Series on YouTube.

Fallout 4: What to expect

Never played before?

We’d recommend, hugely, either setting the time aside to play Fallout 3 and Fallout 3: New Vegas to experience the full story. Fallout is hugely enjoyable due to the story line and getting fully immersed into that gives you the best experience.

Fallout 4 promises to provide you with weeks of game time. The map will likely rival GTA V for size, meaning the travel around and enjoy the happenings of the Wasteland will take quite sometime – don’t worry, it’s not in anyway boring! Fallout 4 is likely to provide a 400+ playing time.

Are you a veteran?

Why are you even reading this? You’ve been waiting so long for the next in the series, you’ve been through the entire Lore series online and played all the expansion packs. You know what to expect!

Well, here’s what you can expect anyway. It looks like Fallout 4 will be set in Boston, revealed from the trailer released a few months back.

Rumour also suggests that you’ll be waking up right after the Great War, emerging from a cryogenic sleep. This is great for the story line as it gives a great excuse for the hero to know “as little about the outside world as the player”. The VATS system, that you use for targeting enemies is being upgraded. No longer will the world completely pause and wait for you, but instead, slow down to a crawl, meaning you need to think a little faster.

What is it about having a canine companion in the Wastelands that appeals to gamers so much? Well regardless, the designers will be giving you a dog again to taken on the challenges ahead. He can carry stuff and fight off attackers, while also being invincible!

From @BethesdaStudios' Todd Howard: Dogmeat cannot die #Fallout4 #BE3 pic.twitter.com/0hSaF42xoD

— Bethesda Softworks (@bethesda) June 16, 2015

Rather randomly, you’ll be able to build your own gaff now too. As you progress through the game, you can come back and improve it too. Such customisation will also expand to your power armour. Build it yourself doesn’t end there. Thousands of guns are on the menu too. The crafting system that accompanied Fallout 3 has undergone significant development which will be almost never ending. Your face can also be crafted in a unique mirror setting at the very start of the game. It is here you can also choose to play as a female character for the first time.

Fallout 4: Fallout Shelter

Reading all this too much? Get your hands on Fallout Shelter, the mobile game from the very same crowd that are bringing you Fallout 4.

Fallout 4: Release Date

After many years of waiting, the crew at Bethesda decided to take a new approach to the release of Fallout 4. Rather than announce years before releasing, they kept fans waiting and waiting for E3 this year where they let everyone know that in just 5 months they would have their game. The world went mad! We’re nearly there too!

Fallout 4 is set for general release on November 10th 2015.

The Big Game Launches: FIFA 16

Gaming

Marty

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17th August 2015

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It’s been a reasonably quiet year thus far for gaming, but the biggest titles of 2015 have yet to be released. We’re counting down the titles we are most excited about, starting out with FIFA 16.

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No secret here that we at Goos3D love a good bit of FIFA. In particular, a good season of FIFA Ultimate Team. If you preorder your next copy of FIFA 16 you;ll also get a rake of cards for your FUT team. With that said, is there really going to be any difference in FIFA 16?

FIFA 16: New Features

The usual graphic improvements are accompanied by a general experience upgrade, where “FIFA 16 innovates across the entire pitch to deliver a balanced, authentic and exciting football experience”. The games defensive engine as been upgraded with 25 innovative feature changes, including the ability to use other defenders to fill the gaps. The midfield sees annual passing improvements continued, along with dynamic crossing. This is all well and good, but really you’re best to wait until you get hands on to get excited about this craic.

New features are the really exciting bits. FIFA Trainer overlays controls to assist you in learning new moves. You’ll now also be able to play as women’s international teams for the first time and also be bear witness to the “shaving spray” for the first time in FIFA 16.

FIFA 16: FIFA Ultimate Team

Finally, the big upgrade to what is our favourite part of FIFA every year – FIFA Ultimate Team. FIFA Ultimate Team Draft allows you to “challenge opponents in a tournament to win coins, packs, and more”. FIFA 16 has also brought with it some genuinely entertaining videos too, including this hilarious draft video of Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher.

Finally, the improvements to FUT stretch to the user experience. Your club will be at the centre of the action, with milestones being recognised by the commentators. The interface will also be improved to ensure your squad building is completely enjoyable.

FIFA 16: Release Date

FIFA 16 is set for general release on 22nd September 2015. You can pre-order now and benefit from up to 40 packs of FUT Cards. We probably recommend doing this digitally through your console, because generally speaking, by the time you’re trading the game back in, it’ll be worth sod all.

App of the Week: RWC 2015

Marty

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15th August 2015

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Just about a month to go until the Rugby World Cup 2015 kicks off. Our appetites are being whetted by some cracking test matches, including this simply luscious kick and catch try against Scotland. While there are few that really trust TV3 to land top class coverage of the RWC, their new promo video isn’t too bad.

Basically what we’re saying is, you’d best prep your life to be 100% ready for the forthcoming Rugby World Cup; that includes having an app to keep up to date on your toilet breaks.

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Available for Android and iOS devices, the Rugby World Cup app does what all these kind of big event apps do; brings all the info you need into one place. Upon loading the app, you’ll be prompted to choose which team you support. Naturally, the content displayed within the app is then tailored to you and the team you support.

The app has some really cool features, including updated world rankings for your team, and how your team is ranking in the also very important social media rankings. This is determined by occurrences of team based tweets etc. The app can also serve as your social hub for the Rugby World Cup, pulling in info from several different feeds.

This is one of the quirkier features in the Rugby World Cup app, as much more important are the core features.

Within the app you’ll find the usual important info such as results, fixtures, team news and pool standings. You can also test your Rugby World Cup knowledge through the trivia section of the app. Note that level 1 is pretty easy and level 2 is “drunk guy in the pub that really knows his rugby” hard.

All in all, the Rugby World Cup app is a very simple but extremely useful app that delivers everything you will need for the big event. It’s completely free and available to download now through the Google Play Store and App Store.

Fallout Shelter

Gaming

Marty

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8th August 2015

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There are quite a few games we’re looking forward to at the moment, but Fallout Shelter is taking the edge off the wait.

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Fallout is a longstanding open world role-playing video game, appearing first in 2007. Fallout 3 was the first fully immersive 3D version of the game and is still one of the highest rated games on Metacritic with a score of 91. This was followed by Fallout: New Vegas, which didn’t progress enough for many though it still achieved a hugely respectable 84 on Metacritic.

What followed then hurt many; a five year wait filled with news reports of a new game only to fall through on several occasions. A few months back, hopes were raised again, but this time there was no disappointment as Fallout 4 was confirmed for release this year.

With this topping our list of games to be excited about in 2015, it’s tough to be patient. Bethesda, the creators of Fallout since Fallout 3, were quick to cash in on peoples impatience, and brought us Fallout Shelter, a micro-game based upon the series.

Fallout Shelter is ultimately free to download and play, with the option to pay for extras. The game allows you to take on the role of ‘overseer’ to a vault. You are responsible for the maintenance and expansion of your vault, including sending people out into the wilderness to find supplies. You’re also responsible for defending the vault from attacks, infestations of eradiated roaches and industrial fires. As overseer of your fallout shelter, you also must grown the population.

The population of your vault can increase by taking in strays who arrive at your door, or by letting two members of your population into the living quarters and getting all hot and bothered together. In the above image, that lad has gotten two women pregnant. 3 real world hours later and our Fallout Shelter will have two new inhabitants.

With mobile games such as Fallout Shelter, publishers tend to shove the opportunity to splash some cash on extra tools, in-game currency or extra turns. Fallout Shelter doesn’t do this, “Fallout Shelter feels less like a constant begging bowl and more like a no-strings gift”.

Fallout Shelter was originally limited to iOS devices, but is now also available on Android, and is free to play, rarely suggesting you should buy any of the extras.

Order Frozen Yoghurt Online…honestly

Tech News

Marty

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23rd July 2015

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You ever been sitting at home thinking, “man I would love to order frozen yoghurt online”? Well the greatest culinary development since Moonpie is here. What a time to be alive.

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While we apologise that this is currently limited to the Dublin City area, this is just too big a development to not give it some air time.

Mooch Frozen Yoghurt of Dawson Street now allow you to order yourself some of their amazing frozen yoghurt online. Of course the highlight here is they will deliver it straight to your gaff! Hungover you of the future is so damn happy you are reading about this right now. Future you, loves you.

It’s not necessarily cheap, but also not extortionate considering the well know medicinal qualities inherent within froyo. Your standard cup will cost you €4.50 with each topping coming in at an extra 50 cent each. They have a ridiculous amount of toppings too, ranging from sour worms, Haribo, melted Kinder Buenos and Orange KitKats to blueberries, strawberries, bananas and raspberries.

Here at Goos3D, we love ice cold sour worms…don’t judge us.

What happiness looks like! #Mooch #Froyo #Frogurt #Toppings #SweetTreats #Happiness #Friday Treats #Goodness

A photo posted by Mooch (@moochfroyo00) on Sep 12, 2014 at 11:04am PDT

So the next time the other half is giving you the hairdryer treatment, just chance getting the phone out and ordering this to the front door. This willdiffuse bombs!

TBT: Messed up Goosebumps Episodes

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Marty

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19th July 2015

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Ah sure with a name like Goosebumps (or Goos3bumps), of course we have a special place in our heart for this epic oldie kids horror show. Have you ever noticed certain things are a little more messed up when you look back through grown up eyes?

Thanks to YouTube, none of those disturbing Goosebumps episodes will be lost forever. Here’s the round up.

Say Cheese and Die

First of all, yes that is indeed Ryan Gosling.

Second of all, this is pretty heavy for kids, as a group of friends find a camera that leads to the deaths of those whose picture is captured.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aaOLCnxVRg

Welcome to the Dead House

Ah the classic murderous zombie storyline, but in a children’s show. Sure what else would you want.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOIOmMOrSbw

It Came from Under the Sink

The Irish people have been through a lot and generally we’re quite tough. However, an evil vampire potatoe is enough to have the toughest of the Irish just into the arms of Mammy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eesvrSFCq4w

The Girl Who Cried Monster

Finally, this was a truly terrifying episode. Your grownup not believing you about your greatest fear and you being right. Lord above was there anything more terrifying? Well except maybe the librarian monster dude…*shudder*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5YrqyIflVw

There are LOADS of Goosebumps episodes on YouTube. Think we missed out on one? Or what gave you sleepless nights? Let us know.

iPhone 6s Launch Date and Rumours

Marty

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19th July 2015

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It’s that time of year again folks, the rumour mill has begun turning on the iPhone 6s launch date and what new features will come with it. We’ll be keeping an eye on all things iPhone 6s coming up to the big day, so bookmark or email yourself the link to keep up to date.

How did we get here? Want to read about the history of the iPhone?

iPhone 6s Launch Date

While technically also a rumour, there is a launch date being bandied about for the iPhone 6s. According to a leaked internal mail from Vodafone, the “new iPhone” will be on sale for September 25th.

We’re now expecting the big launch keynote to take place on Wednesday, September 9th, according to Forbes. Apple went further to pretty much confirm this with a Siri response. Launch Siri and ask “hey Siri, give us a hint”, to which you’ll receive a similar response as is on the left.

What’s New on iPhone 6s

iPhone 6s Design

Here’s the big surprise, let’s get it out of the way early. Unlike other manufacturers who at least tweak the design of their handsets every year, Apple appear to be maintaining the fundamental designs of the current flagship handsets. Apologies is the sarcasm-meters are going off!

Remember “bendgate” and how we pioneered the iPin? Well Apple have learned from the PR nightmare that was the wonky iPhone 6 and more notably the 6 Plus. Forbes have reported upon a leaked chassis design and newer material, aimed at strengthening the device.

Some fundamentals

No-one wants to call this, but we’re going to give it a lash. It will be the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus that launch on September 9th, not an iPhone 7. Whether a 6C will accompany it or not seems to be up in the air, as the 5C was far from a roaring success, but time will tell.

Key New iPhone 6S Features

Force Touch

HTC users will feel quite good about themselves as a similar feature as appeared on their flagship One series since the HTC One M8. Force Touch is basically making the screen pressure sensitive, allowing the phone to detect for how long and how hard the screen has been pressed. This could effectively become like a right click in Windows, and allow the handset to be woken up by a screen press. Motion Launch, the gesture launch system implemented by HTC, saw a major reduction in power button repairs as users preferred to wake the phone with a screen press.

iPhone 6s Specs

Processor

The current A8 chip makes way for the new A9 logically enough. Rumour has it that the A9 chip will see a substantial step up in performance, according to 9to5Mac. If you want to grasp the power on hand here, it will be around the same power outputted from a 2011 MacBook air.

Camera

Ask and you shall receive – eventually! Apple will finally deploy a 12MP camera

Battery

Are Apple tackling the big problems or what! Imagine a world where every USB plug in attempt was correct…that’s the visions Apple have.

iPhone 6c

So it’s been two years since the iPhone 5c launched. Apple, going on the 2 year rotation principal would appear to be gearing up for a colourful launch alongside the iPhone 6s. It’s believed the 6c will have a screen size similar to the iPhone 6 and will also feature touch ID. We’ll get more info as soon as we can.

Queuing for the iPhone 6s

People waiting for iPhone launch — Image courtesy of mashable

No joking. Australian tech journalist, Seamus Byrne (surely an Irish connection somewhere) has started camping out for the iPhone 6s launch. Indeed the phone may not even be announced, but this guy is ready! Like Christmas, the first in the queue comes earlier every year.

That’s it for now, but do check back here as we will be updating this post regularly with cool news prior to the launch of the iPhone 6s.

The Smart Address Finder: Eircode

Tech News

Marty

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13th July 2015

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It’s finally happened. Ireland has postcodes, we just call them Eircodes. Here’s a quick overview for you.

An Post certainly don’t need Eircodes. This guy tested out their delivering ability

Eircode Low Down

Basically, every Irish address now has been assigned an Eircode. We’re not going to go into the finer details because, to be fair, you can read about them almost everywhere today. Check out this Irish Times article for all the basics.

How do I find my Eircode?

Your smartphone provides the most efficient way to find your Eircode. As your phone as location services, you can easily locate your phone and then also find your Eircode. This is also great for finding out your other important Eircode locations, such as work and home home.

But I can only check 15 Eircodes?

Yeah, that limit should never be a problem. The 15 check limit is in place to make sure commercial bodies don’t exploit the free address checker service, although…

On that #eircode search limit, if you clear your browsing history, you're reset back to 15.

— Ciara O'Brien (@ciaraobrien) July 13, 2015

Are we going to have those stupid Postcode Lottery ads now?

We don’t know anything about the quality of the ads they create, but there is an Eircode Lottery website up and running. It looks just as tacky as the UK ads.

Isn’t Eircode great then?

That’s not up to us. That’s up to the public.

I may be the only person on Twitter that sees #Eircode's launch as a positive! #partyof1

— Eddy Carroll (@eddycarroll) July 13, 2015

https://twitter.com/daraghobrien/status/620512587982045184

.@CnaG protesting outside #eircode launch re exclusion of 50,000 Irish addresses from database. pic.twitter.com/2kv6GclbrI

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) July 13, 2015

Sweet Jesus. My dead father gets a different code to my mum at the same house. #Eircode – words Fail me pic.twitter.com/KIiXvU3DJa

— Paul Kelly (@shortword) July 13, 2015

Water Meter Campaigner To Protest New Post Code System Any Day Now http://t.co/Jw54kIRgYC #news #ireland #eircode pic.twitter.com/yxOkFqElTC

— WWN (@WhispersNewsLTD) July 13, 2015

While some of the Eircodes appearing today might be a little questionable…

The #eircode for Coppers is amazing!! pic.twitter.com/XXyxHAeN1N

— jar.ie | Bars & Pubs (@jar_ie) July 13, 2015

What is a Selfie?

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Marty

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12th July 2015

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You might read the title “what is a selfie” and think, this is going to be some deep psychological journey into the mind of someone who takes a picture of themselves. Don’t worry it’s not. We’re keeping things a little more simple to start.

What is a selfie?

With the dawn of the smartphone, came a dramatic increase in media creation. We just recently watched a pre-smartphone documentary on the 9/11 attacks called 102 Minutes that Changed America. The documentary had rare and never before seen footage from multiple angles. Could you imagine the amount of footage that would be available should this have happened today?

Your face when your front facing camera is on

Well pointing your camera phone at landmarks, dinner and events quickly became boring for the people of earth, who demanded a front facing camera on their smartphones. Born was the age of the selfie. People have never been so aware of their own faces. Once upon a time, when your brushed your teeth in the morning was one of the few times you’d see your face. Now when ever you load your camera on the phone, chances are you are shocked at your own face appearing – example left.

Eventually man went on to further develop the selfie to include such abnormalities as the “duck face” selfie, the “slightly famous person behind me” selfie and the “I’m on the toilet, I better WhatsApp the guys” selfie.

The front facing camera wasn’t enough though. Our arms weren’t long enough for the perfect selfie, so we constructed one of the most recognisable smart phone accessories – the selfie stick.

The selfie stick looks ridiculous, but it’s very practical for an impractical act. However, just this week a selfie stick was used to save a young girl’s life. Erynn Johns, 16, was pulled out to sea by a riptide. She was carrying a GoPro attached to a selfie stick, which her quick thinking Dad was able to grab and pull her back into shore.

Selfie sticks save lives.

What’s not a selfie?

Yes, this is pedantic and it’s minute and it’s nitpicking, but it’s also correct. A selfie, as obvious as it seems, should be taken by one’s self – not someone else. Getting this wrong were UniLad, covering the great news that WWE and TNA start Kurt Angle has had a tumor successfully removed. While it’s fantastic news, it’s not a selfie.

Every day, photographs are incorrectly identified as selfies. This is a growing epidemic, already brought to public attention by John Oliver. The media does indeed to be one of the main perpetrators in titling images incorrectly as selfies.

Next time you see a picture defined incorrect as a selfie, do the right thing. Briefly mutter to yourself “but that’s not even a selfie” and go on about your day.

App of the Week: Boast

Marty

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11th July 2015

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Ever fancied yourself as a bit of a Ian Dempsey, Joe Brolly or Vogue Williams but just don’t have the platform to be heard? Boast just may be the app you’ve been waiting for.

Boast is an Android and iPhone app which provides you with a platform to have your voice heard, quite literally. Speaking recently at the Irish Pavillion of Expo in Milan, Edward Wallace of Boast described the app as being an “audio driven social network that’s been compared to Twitter“. You’re given 20 seconds to record your audio before it’s broadcast on your stream.

Your voice will then be heard by others on Boast. Your face when you listen back to your voice…

Prefer to stream video and audio to the masses rather than just audio? Try Periscope

Boast currently has some interesting streams, such as the celeb gossip focused “The Grapevine”, but also has a huge sporting following. As an Irish App, there is also a massive GAA following being encouraged by Eircom. So for the time you can’t make the pub to shite talk about the GAA, you can still get your fix over on the eircomGAA stream in Boast.

So do you feel like your opinions aren’t heard? Or maybe just that you need to get a rant off your chest that the Summer transfers for your club are crap.

Download Boast for iOS or Android now.

Fallout 4: What’s it all about?

Fallout 4: What to expect

Never played before?

Are you a veteran?

Fallout 4: Fallout Shelter

Fallout 4: Release Date

FIFA 16: New Features

FIFA 16: FIFA Ultimate Team

FIFA 16: Release Date

Say Cheese and Die

Welcome to the Dead House

It Came from Under the Sink

The Girl Who Cried Monster

iPhone 6s Launch Date

What’s New on iPhone 6s

iPhone 6s Design

Some fundamentals

Key New iPhone 6S Features

Force Touch

iPhone 6s Specs

Processor

Camera

Battery

iPhone 6c

Queuing for the iPhone 6s

Eircode Low Down

How do I find my Eircode?

Are we going to have those stupid Postcode Lottery ads now?

Isn’t Eircode great then?

What is a selfie?

What’s not a selfie?

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