Games Toaster

New Nintendo blog

Eoin Stanley emails us to say he has set up a new Nintendo blog, nintendobaby.com.

Unlike the blog at wiffy.ie, Nintendo Baby isn’t focused on Ireland, but worth a look anyway. Stanley has previously worked on the web-design end the now defunct IrishGamer.ie.

In the past, he has also set up a Nintendo Logo Resource for personal use within the graphic design community; it’s viewable at eoinstanley.com/nintendo.

Two new Irish games sites seek volunteers

Two new Irish computer games website, ‘Irish Gamers Ressurected!’ (sic), and ‘Next Gen Ireland’ are looking for volunteers to write. The new sites launch at a time when updates on IrishGamer.ie have come to a standstill.

Both sites are in the early stages, Next Gen Ireland has recently launched and is publishing content (including press releases).

Meanwhile, the blogspot-based Irish Gamers Ressurected!, which we previous reported grew out IrishGamers.ie’s forums, is now looking for staff, but so-far the site only contains internal announcements.

In other Irish games website news (or at least news to us), gamingireland.net have started staff blogs – unfortunately login is needed to view, and registration was not working when we tried.

Irish Gamers Ressurected is located at http://igressurected.blogspot.com/, while Next Gen Ireland is at http://www.nextgenireland.citymax.com/. There are more links to Irish computer games websites here.

Irishgamer.ie “site dead?” asks users

Irishgamer.ie which named it self “the only Irish games website which is updated regularly" is no-longer doing so.

The site’s news section was last updated almost two months ago on Thursday, September 28.

Games Toaster was previously told by site editor Noel Brady the site was “glad to be filling a niche as the only Irish games website which is updated regularly".

Before the stop in updates the site had included regular retail price checks, reviews, general games news, interviews, other features, and a reasonably busy discussion forum for a new site. 

Replying to site users over a week ago Brady wrote on site’s forums that “The site isn't dead. We're going to try and get some content up and running soon. I'm still writing games content for Campus. Just been too busy with work to concentrate on IG.

However, the last games reviews published on campus.ie's games section were 24: The Game, Fight Night Round 3, and BLACK – all released some time ago.

Furthermore, between September 20-21, admin Andy “There has been no new games out recently.... IrishGamer will be hitting peak, along with MS and Ninty.... Loads of early reviews and a new design will be coming along shortly....” and Brady wrote after him “Nothing major is being released lads. We'll be back in the next few weeks with some improvements!”. That was around eight weeks ago.

The ‘General Chat’ section of Irishgamer.ie‘s forums contains a number of threads asking about the site’s health, including threads titled “erm....... site dead?” and “wakey wakey”.

One forum user even set up and suggested using a blogspot.com blog named “Irish Gamers Ressurected!” (igressurected.blogspot.com) to replace the site.

Separately, the website Xbox Ireland, which previously was accessible vie the address XboxIreland.com, has now closed with an advertisements website taking its place. Site owner Jason Powell had told us that “xboxireland.com is coming back bigger and better then ever before”.

Irishgamer.ie “only Irish games website” “updated regularly" says editor

Talking to Games Toaster, Noel Brady editor of Irishgamer.ie stated that his site is “doing better than we ever could have imagined. We've had great feedback and are getting plenty of regular visitors”.

“Features like our exclusive interviews, our DS Lite launch report, and our weekly price check have gone down a treat”, said Brady. Each week the site monitors prices at Irish retail outlets. Gamestop, Game, and Smyths send the site the information, leaving them to retrieve it from other stores.

Brady told us that they are “glad to be filling a niche as the only Irish games website which is updated regularly". The site’s news section largely reports on general games news.

Irishgamer.ie launched with a large offering of competitions, they have followed this up with a Nintendo DS as a prize for entering their weekly newsletter, and random giveaways on their forums.   

Irishgamer.ie reviewer removed

A reviewer at a new Irish games website, Irishgamer.ie, has been removed from his position, as well as his reviews removed, following revelation that some of this writings were ‘lifted’ from the UK games magazine ‘Games TM’.

The actions of the reviewer are thought to have been carried out with out the knowledge of the editor.