We somehow missed this one last week, but there’s now a fully functional version of the grandaddy of all FPS games Wolfenstein 3D available to play in your browser.

We’re refusing to acknowledge though that it was released to celebrate the game’s 20th anniversary.

1992. If you want us, we’ll be locked in our room, hating everyone.

Play Wolfenstein 3D

(Thanks Cian)

Remember how, just the other day, Apple’s Siri iPhone PA was suggesting that the Nokia Lumia 900 was the world’s best smartphone?

Alas, the joke is over. If you ask the same question now, you’ll be met with a response like “You’re kidding, right?” or “The one you’re holding.” The Gearburn editor tried it out — Siri refused to name a phone or brand, preferring instead to mock our question, even when we varied the words slightly. The change in Siri’s tune has made Nokia quite upset — they’ve accused Apple of tampering with the results to cover up the fact that their own phone ‘preferred’ a Lumia.

Siri changes its mind on ‘the best smartphone ever’, Nokia isn’t impressed (memeburn)

(Hat tip: John Gallen)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQxgxwpUHgg

A plus ça change pub discussion about the Irish fourth estate from the documentary The Rocky Road to Dublin 45 years ago.

Where are they (and that magnificent Aran jumper) now?

Damn fast-talking hipsters.

Thanks Ciaran Le Cool

They’re our EU neighbours.

Sinking into poverty and destitution.

But…

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has insisted that Ireland is unlikely to be affected by the Greek crisis because the two countries have no economic connections. Speaking at a Bloomberg event in Dublin, the Minister said Ireland is not on the frontline for contagion from Greece.
“Apart from holidaying in the Greek islands, I think most Irish people don’t have a lot (of connections with Greece),” he said.
“If you go into the shops here, apart from feta cheese, how many Greek items do you put in your basket?”

That’s alright then.

Noonan: Greek Crisis Will Not Directly Affect Ireland (Irish Examiner)

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZ5MOB3nww

They literally had no idea this would be offensive.

None.

The TV ad, screened in February ahead of the annual racing event [Cheltenham], stated “…we’re going to make Ladies’ Day even more exciting by sending in some beautiful transgendered ladies. Spot the stallions from the mares”.

The bookmaker said it was never the intention to cause harm or offence and it was “saddened” to learn that some viewers were offended by the ad.

 

Paddy Power Advert ‘Offensive’ (Eoin Burke Kennedy, Irish Times)

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