Space Invaders is an arcade video game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado and released in 1978. It is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to ...

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In UCD, there was a dedicated pool hall in the basement of the Arts Building; it was known to students as ‘The Trap’. Rarely ...

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Fancy some alternative festive viewing? Here are the best Christmas movies – from the well-known to the overlooked – of Hollywood’s black-and-white era.

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