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Canyon Capers Review – MOUSE n JOYPAD

Canyon Capers Review   During the past few years, with the surge of the Indie game, we have seen a great many platform games come onto the market. Some take us back to our beloved retro gaming years, and some leaving us crying out loud that someone has just ripped off a game we spent much too much of our child hood (some more than others) playing in front of the TV on a SNES or Sega Megadrive....[Read More]

TICKLES TOP 10 GAME CHANGERS

With the upcoming releases of games like The Crew, Destiny and The Division there is a lot of talk about titles that will change the landscape of gaming. So I thought to myself, “Tickles, you’ve seen a lot over the years. What are the biggest game changers that you’ve seen?” Well here it is. My top ten game changers. No. 10 Mass Effect trilogy – Continuity. Never before had we seen a game not only...[Read More]

The Zone Diaries Episode 1 | MOUSE n JOYPAD

 Episode 1 Customer Support As you will surely notice when you start reading this text, it differs from what I described in the intro last week. After a couple of rewrites I decided to ditch the original idea because it didn’t work as expected. Describing firefights gets really stale really fast, however unbeliveable that might sound. Besides, this will ...[Read More]

Trevor Holland’s ‘This is Your Game’ Niko Bellic

In this, the second instalment of This is Your Game, I’ll be discussing the gaming career of one Mr Niko Bellic, star of Grand Theft Auto IV. Any fan of the work of Rockstar Games will know the extent of their talents, particularly in the fields of character development, story-telling and satirical humour. However, these all reached a new peak with the release of GTA IV. For the first time, player...[Read More]

Wargame Red Dragon Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD

Wargame Red Dragon Review  In recent years, there has been a serious lack of good strategy games for us to sink our teeth into. It seems as if the genre is being overlooked in spite of its rich history and pedigree, giving place to mindless shooters that simply sell more. That’s not to say that there aren’t any good strategies, of course. There’s Total War, Company of Heroes, Warhammer and ...[Read More]