Category Archives: games

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The oldest complete deck of playing cards in the world – the Cloisters set – made in the South Netherlands between 1470 and 1480.

The hand-painted suits (possibly an unused gift and so still in near perfect condition) have a hunting theme with hunting horns, dog collars, hound tethers, and game noose instead of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.

In 1983, the deck was sold for over $140,000 to the the New York Metropolitan Museum Of Modern Art where it remains on rotating display.

The World’s Oldest Full Deck Of Playing Cards as Almost Lost To History (Business Insider)

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Seagulls.

They got game.

Emma from Troll Inc writes:

We’re an indie game development team in Derry, NI. We released a game at the start of the week and based on the high rate of seagull posts on your Twitter feed I thought you might want a look at it. Grand Theft Seagull sees a rogue seagull take to the skies and poo on the townsfolk as he steals their food! Available FREE on Android, iOS and Windows Phone [links below], it’s an endless flyer that’s full of shit! Feedback welcome….

Download: iOS/Android/Windows Phone

Troll Inc

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They certainly are.

JP Vaughan writes to tell us:

Some good news for Irish Indie games. Two Irish game devs [Galway based Rocket Rainbow and Dublin based Gambrinous] have had their games [Hey Ewe and Guild of Dungeoneering] selected as finalists for the Indie Prize at Casual Connect in Amsterdam next month.

You guys were a great help to us when we launched Hay Ewe and really helped to get the name out there so we feel you contributed to its success too.

Anyway, a nice bit of news for small business at the least.

Hey Ewe is a cute little puzzle game and is available now on the Apple App Store for 99 cents.

Guild of Dungeoneering is expected to be released in May on Steam for both Windows and Mac. We simply cannot wait to get our hands on this after playing a demo of it last year.

Two Irish Games Selected For Casual Connect Indie Prize