PlayStations, personal stereos, third-level education and traffic — John Giles’ big four inhibitors of sporting talent.

As it happens, the end of the world won’t be brought about by global warming, or an orange buffoon with a hot temper and access to nuclear codes.

72% of people would choose to play a football game on a games console over participating in a physical game, new research has revealed.

Did you hear about the butcher who went global with his pork chops? Capitalist pig!

Profits at the Irish arm of Blizzard were hit last year as the US giant made no new games releases.

Have you ever wondered what the fictional Harry Potter game of Quidditch would look like in real life? Well, wonder no more.

The Beatles were singing about turning 64, but they might well have been singing about Ireland’s original console obsession. The lights went out on the Commodore 64 decades ago – but tomorrow they will flicker back into life.

Are we living in a Golden Age, or the Dark Ages? That all depends on perspective — even two neighbouring countries might be in very different stages of history. One society might be on the rise, the other plummeting into chaos, writes Ronan Jennings.

It’s always darkest before the dawn. Unless you adjust the brightness on your TV, then you’ll be grand. 

People usually get worked up when discussing controversy, but in South Park they get animated. 

Republic of Ireland international David Meyler was shaking his head in disgust. It wasn’t a stray pass or a wayward shot that had upset the Hull midfielder.

Things were different when we were small. Instead of staring at a tiny screen all day, we got together and stared at a slightly larger one. Sometimes, we sat there for hours and hours.

Life is great when you play your cards right. If you don’t, a horde of lizardmen eat your face off. At least, that’s how things work in Hand of Fate.

Bowser, ruler of the Koopas, gazed into the mirror. Where once he had seen a king, now he saw only tears. Thus, heavy with shame, Bowser set off for the castle of Princess Peach, the only creature he had ever wept for.

Ronan Jennings spends an hour with Prey, a new game that will be released this week.

Here's how the game ended.

Gaston Ramirez lashed a late chance wide to serve up a timely reminder of Middlesbrough's need for attacking reinforcements in an eminently forgettable goalless draw with Leicester at the Riverside Stadium.

An investigation has been launched into the beating of an off-duty garda at a underage GAA football match in Sligo on September 2.

Four teenagers had to be rescued after getting lost in a mine complex for about six hours while hunting for creatures on the Pokemon Go phone app.

Nella, a Cork musician, has revealed that she is the vocalist on Cantile of Sacrifice - a song for the World of Warcraft game Legion.

Gianni Infantino wants FIFA to facilitate a love of the game, rather than the corrupt practices which have blighted football's world governing body of late, after his election as president.

Munster bowed out of the Champions Cup with a second consecutive win in Pool 4 as they brushed aside Treviso with four tries on a chilly Sunday afternoon at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo.

Retailer Games Digital became an early Christmas casualty on the UK high street as it warned over profits after being hit by weaker-than-expected sales of computer games.

They know what they want from life, that's for sure.

Embrace the cheese.

There's a brand new iPhone craze in town, ready to fill the gap left by Flappy Bird — and it's called Mr Jump.

It was dubbed the worst video game ever made — so bad that Atari buried the million copies made in a landfill deep in the New Mexico desert.