http://www.invertmouse.net en-gb invertmouse.net 2010-5-20T00:00:00Z invertmouse.net http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#65768 I say just in time becuase Red Dead Redemption is about to come in to my life and hoover up all my spare time like the Teletubbies Noonoo with the munchies. RDR review is on the cards but I hear its BIG so dont hold your breath.Hope you like the GoW piece. Get in touch if you have any comments. 2010-5-20T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#62431 While browsing the dogs breakfast that is PlayStation Network at the weekend I noticed that Hammerfight has now made its way over to PS3 as one of the Minis range of downloadable flotsam.Its well worth a punt and should work really well on the two stick DualShock pad. Im also pleasantly surprised to say that Sony wont bumrape your wallet either its 1632.50 of course youll have to pay 1635 to your wallet to spend 1632.50 as Sony like some dodgy Big Issue seller doesnt give change.If you do download it let me know what you think. Id be interested if theyve changed it at all. 2010-4-7T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#62425 Im still battling through BFBC2 and will bring you my thoughts shortly. Sadly with a new baby in the house I dont get much solitary PC time so I dont get to play as much as Id like. this probably explains my arse being handed to me every time I login.I am getting more sofa time though looking after the little un while my wife grabs some well earned nap time. Ive returned to Fallout 3. Thinking Id nearly finished it about to turn on the water plant I was surprised to find I still had a fair way to go after the plant switch on went pearshaped. Im still enjoying it but still hating the greyness of the world and the NPC followers who seem intent on getting you and them killed by running after every creature that comes into line of sight.Im also dead pleased to report one of my old colleagues is kindly sending me a copy of God of War 3. Now I know Ill enjoy it but whether an InvertMouse review is necessary Im not so sure. Itll likely read More of the same only prettier. Lets wait and see. 2010-4-7T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#61132 Apologies for the formatting issues on many of the InvertMouse pages. This is due to Mr. Site the site software being an utter arsehole who I would like nothing more to kick in the face until his formatting goes all wonky.This is about the third time Ive had to reformat ALL the pages and Im getting pretty fucked off.I hope you bear with me while I commit cybermurder and tidy up. 2010-3-22T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#61128 Greetings true believersIve been away for a few weeks witnessing the birth of my second daughter which has meant some sleepless nights and a rollercoaster emotional ride. But shes here now and my family and I can beginning discovering what normality means again. Sleep would be the first thing to regain.Naturally my gaming habits have taken a hit but I am still playing stuff and by extension preparing nuggets of nowledge for InvertMouse.Ive been battling through Battlefield Bad Company 2 and that will be my next review so keep your eyes peeled.Now wheres the Red Bull 2010-3-22T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#59746 So my Hammerfight review is live. Great little game drowned in pretentious waffle and poor checkpoint mechanic. Take a look in the Reviews section. As its soooo cheap on Steam 1633 Id love for you guys to buy it and see what you think.Ive also been tweaking the look of InvertMouse the grey was getting to me and fucking Mr.Site the power behind this website has removed most of my formatting Grrrr Ill have to go back through and bold and itlaicise all the bits Ive already done. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck 2010-3-4T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#59204 In a fit of proliferation I have written and published my AvP review over in the Reviews section natch.It was a difficult thing to write because I love the series films games and comics I love the developer the Kingsley Brothers at Rebellion were the first people I interviewed as a games journo and lovely guys both and I love the PR team who have always been great to me whether Im ultimately kind to their products or not. So when the game was a bit of a disappointment it was a struggle to deliver a glass is halffull review.It isnt a bad game by any stretch of the imagination. If you were to receive it as a gift as I did youd happily play through it and feel you had had an enjoyable experience but there are better games to spend your own money on ones I thought AvP would be standing up to compete with Left 4 Dead springs to mind. I was expecting so much more and the negativity of the review stems mostly from my high expectations of both the franchise and the developer.I had to put down... 2010-2-25T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#59093 Yes I know I promised a Dragon Age review a few months back but I got torn away from the RPG equivalent of The Complete Works of Shakespeare to breeze through the pulp fiction that is Uncharted 2. I hope you like the review.I will deliver something on DAO once Ive managed to squeeze its enormous bulk into my head. 2010-2-24T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#58685 Its time to come clean but like Tiger Woods I havent been completely monogamous with you dear reader. I have been... intimate... with someone new.It doesnt mean anything right now but who knows it could grow into something wonderful and that would mean you and I are through.Its not you you understand its me. Or more specifically its Mr. Site the portal management software I use for InvertMouse.net. As good as it is its just not set up for an editorial site like mine so Ive set up a backup blog over on Wordpress httpinvertmouse.wordpress.com.Theres nothing to see there at present that hasnt already been said here. Ill let you know when this site and WP blog start diverging.Sorry again. Please dont slash my shirts. 2010-2-18T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#58684 This may be gaming heresy for an erstwhile commentator such as myself but I couldnt give a rats arse about the imminent release of FFXIII.There. I said it. 2010-2-18T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#58144 Sheesh but Mr. Site makes things hard for a timepoor wouldbe internet mogul. Every time I come back here the fekking software has rewired all my hyperlinks making my thumbnails little more than pot luck Anyway all fixed again I hope they work. If not let me know.So Ive put live a God of War Chains of Olympus review gosh arent I uptotheminute and will try to add a few more from my back catalogue over the coming weeks. Ive also had a rant about games pricing mostly DLC and preowned which was cathartic.Ive been a little game poor recently so review of newish games may be thin on the ground but Im intending to give you some pearls of wisdom on Dragon Age Uncharted 2 the new Aliens versus Predator and if I get around to buying it... Modern Warfare 2.Ive also got some ideas for some fun video content but that may be a way off. Ill keep you posted.Happy trails 2010-2-10T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#58135 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostyleparent msopaddingalt0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt msoparamargin0cm msoparamarginbottom.0001pt msopaginationwidoworphan fontsize10.0pt fontfamilyTimes New Roman msoansilanguage0400 msofareastlanguage0400 msobidilanguage0400 Looking forward to Batman Arkham Asylum Seeker in which the Dark Knight returns from a holiday in France to discover 27 Albanians gaffer taped to the bottom of the Batmobile. 2010-2-10T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#52825 So Im leafing through Mondays Evening Standard and whose gorgeous visog should leap out the page at me than my old colleague Simon Rolando OliverSimons been harping on about games ideas since I met him several years ago when we both worked for a certain global gaming brand. Simon was constantly coming up with ways to make our website look a lot less shit for next to no money and without the need of external overpriced digital agencies.The powers that be simply drooled through their gimp masks ignored his advice and brought in said overpriced undertalented external suppliers and have been picking up the pieces ever since. So it gives me a certain malicious satisfaction to revel vicariously in his continuing success since he left said organisation with a tip of his top hat and swirl of his red lined cape.Rolando a game I havent played as my brick phone only just manages Number Invaders is repeatedly cited as one of the iPhone games and Rolando II Why Are You So Fat Rolando is sure to go ... 2009-11-18T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#52679 A swift update just to forewarn you Im working on a Dragon Age Origins pieceIts funny but its so hard to break those games journalist habits such as reviewing the game fairly and giving a balanced commentary of the games good and bad points. All good and all welcome in a proper games magazine or website but InvertMouse isnt looking to compete with them.Its going to be a long time if ever before IM is receiving early review copies of games from evergrinning publisher PR bods lovely though they are... well the ones Im still in touch with. And I think Satans petunias will be suffering from frostbite before youll see an IM quote on the cover of an upcoming game. So suffice it to say a readbeforeyoubuy destination we are not.But what I want to do is entertain so I must park my studied comments on graphics soound animation et al at the door and commence with comedy moments about how stripping all the Dragon Age characters of armour makes the cutscenes play out like a porn film. 2009-11-16T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#52331 Just added a review I wrote for my Facebook page back in the summer. Its a little dry I feel but gets across the its good but its no BF42 vibe I was after.One thing I will have to be careful of particularly repurposing this older content is length. I was keen that InvertMouse be short and punchy easily and quickly digestible for allcomers. This review and the Psychonauts one were written for different sites initially and while all my own work may sit a little uncomfortably amongst the more succinct reviews.I guess Ill suck it and see. If you have an opinion either way. Let me know. Its your opinions that matter not mine. 2009-11-10T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#52306 Ive been writing professionally for many years but InvertMouse is the first project that isnt for some insidious ubercorporation hellbent on harvesting you for your bank details. As such Ive been precious about it. Ive only actively shared it with friends and family and always with the caveat its not finished yet and Ive got plans to make it better.My grand plan was to get the site populated enough to look meaty get used to the Mr. Site Content Management System so I can make the site look good and navigate well Im no Web Designer and then release it fully formed into the world for the adulation and global fame that was sure to follow.But this best laid plan of threebuttoned mice and men suffered thanks to my own insecurities and real world distractions. It languished unloved for many months. The thought of holding it up to the world like some digital Lion King seemed very far off and if Im honest a terrifying prospect.But yesterday I threw the dustsheet of InvertMouse and was surprise... 2009-11-10T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#52237 Has it really been a year and a half since I did anything on this site Oh dear.In my defence I have completed a challenging role in some Shakespearean AmDram moved house impregnated my wife for a second time started writing three books Tweeted a lot and of course played a shitload of videogames.But thats no real excuse is it You are hopefully hungry for content and a silent protagonist may work in a Buster Keaton movie but in a 21st Century blogcumreviewtypewebthing it just doesnt cut the Colmans.So to make it up to you dear reader and to placate the hungry gods of the interweb I shall be splurging some top writerings over the next few days. As well as some contemporary content Im also going to be plundering my archives for some of my pearls of wisdom from daysgoneby. I hope you like them and Ill do my very best not to abandon you again for so long. 2009-11-9T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#23583 Ive been soooo busy with real life recently thay I havent had a second to devote to InvertMouse sadly. I started work on my Burnout review weeks and weeks gao and its sat unfinished on my laptop since then. I havent even switched it on. The reason for this lack of output is twofold. Firstly Im trying to buy a new house so making my flat saleable and looking for new bigger place is taking a lot of my time. Secondly Im in an amatuer play and learning of lines and rehearsals eat my freetime. That being said Im still planning of getting something entertaining up on Burnout plus some reviews for other games on other systems. I hope you like the GTA IV feature. It was born of frustration with the mainstream media even those that liked the game going on and on about the negative influences of videogames. Ive been playing games for over 30 years and Ive never killed anyone driven like a nutter apart from on my first failed driving test or wanted to first have my way with a hooker then kill... 2008-4-30T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#22203 As promised but a bit later than Id have liked my DMC4 review is up. I rewrote it about fourtimes hence the delay as I wasnt happy with the tone and still Im not sure it conveys what I felt when playing it its a good game but a bit dated and a bit juvenile. Ah well practise makes perfect. Im working on Burnout Paradise next which Im enjoying but struggling to find a hook to get into the review. I think all the best driving analogies are already plumbed sp by yours truly. Im also mulling over some feature ideas including a rundown of InvertMouses best games ever. Is that something youd like to read or does it smack of arrogance I guess as long as its entertaining it doesnt matter 2008-4-1T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#22020 I read an article in The Times on Thursday with the headline Ultraviolent releases will test guidance to the limit . You can pretty much guess the rest... Games are bad Games create killers Games are the antiChrist Master Chief ate my hamster etc. Now while we at InvertMouse support stronger classifications on games if nothing else to get through to halfasleep parents that Blood Gore 7 The Rise of the Anal Spikes isnt a game they should be buying little Timmy for his cute Wii. But inflaming middle Englands sensibilities by suggesting that BullyCanis Canem Edit is going to create an population of Clockwork Orange Droogs wholl rape and murder their way across Europe like the opening credits to Dads army isnt doing anyone any favours. Nor is suggesting Final Fantasy is as satisfying and demanding as chess. Have you played any of them Sure theyre turn based like the eponymous board game but in a Rochambeau you kick me in the nuts then Ill kick you in the nuts until one of us falls ove... 2008-3-28T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#21632 Hooray Content is go As of yesterday you now have two carefully crafted articles to pore over and Im working on a third Devil May Cry 4 review. Since putting up the Hellgate piece Ive also been tinkering with the site design to achieve a more visual navigation rather than the text dropdown bollocks you have to do via the left hand nav. The thumbnail display in the features section is a step in the right direction but Id like to put a bit of text along with the thumb so you can see at a glance what is available. Thisll be very useful as this section gets more and more populated. Games in the pipeline include Burnout Paradise and the latest Guild Wars expansion and we are also beavering away at a couple more features. So InvertMouse is growing into something worth reading slowly I hope youll stick with it. 2008-3-20T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#21291 Hi all Armed with my new laptop and a will to get this website off the ground I am putting the finishing touches to two count em TWO pieces of content for InvertMouse. One is an Easter feature and the other is a review. The review is proving tricky because its hard for me to break the games journo habit of critiquing every aspect of the game so you can make a purchase decision based on my comments. InvertMouse isnt about that. For one the games Im looking at will have been released for a while so chances are youve read the mag reviews and boughtborrowedignored the title accordingly. So IM doesnt need to trudge through every facet of gameplay so you can make an informed decision let the journos with the free access to games and the 95 gameplay do that. The second point off the back of the first point is that I want you to read the site because it entertains you. You may already have the game in question you may not agree with my opinion but will have enjoyed the journey. So at pres... 2008-3-13T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#21130 Sorry for the gap in communication. This has been caused by several things fear games laziness games and fear. The games bit is easy Ive upgrading my Frankensteins Monster PC to try and squeeze a little more oomph out of it before I admit defeat and mortgage my first born to replace it. So while its far from cutting edge more like blunt scabbard Im now rediscovering my games collection with all the settingS turned up to... medium Dawn of War STALKER Team Fortress II and even some older titles have been sucking my time out of me like a Dyson powered prostitute... of time. Im also trying to elbow my way in front of the HD TV CSI is my wifes version of crack cocaine so I can carry on with Mass Effect XB360 and Devil May Cry 4 PS3 but 1080i rationing is hitting me hard. Laziness is exactly what it says on the tin Im a tired father so sue me The fear part goes handinhand with the laziness and the gaming. Everytime I start thinking about InvertMouse I begine to worry that it the writin... 2008-3-10T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#19286 So Im creating a website from scratch The world is my oyster and the possibilities are endless. The problem is Ive had thoughts about doing this that and the other but will it hang together Will there be too many pages for me to manage Will the content management system software turn it into a dogs breakfast Probably. So Ive been thinking today about scope and what ideas to include and what ones to ditch like Ashley Cole. Firstly Im a thirtysomething Dad with a full time job and hourlong commute so my time is kind of limited. With that in mind the content needs to be relatively short for me to have a hope of posting regualrly. Secondly Im no longer a games journo so getting hold of review code andor freebie boxed copies is but a distant memory sniff. This means I have to fund my own habit once the games hit the shops and as Im timepoor find some time to play the buggers. This means uptotheminutes news reviews and previews just isnt going to happen. So Ill need to pick and choose my ... 2008-1-29T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#19250 Yesterday I put in place a couple of holding pages for the as yet embyonic invertmouse.net. I have to be careful not get bogged down in the web designness and concentrate on getting some damn fine content out there for you dear reader. Today I was cruising the web for inspiration and came across some droolsoaked plaudits for the now defunct oldmanmurray.com. This much revered site which passed me by Im afraid to say sounds like the kind of thing Im aiming for funny irreverent independent gaming comment but less cynical. But with the two creators now working for Valve Im terrified that little old me could never hope to get anywhere near such adored status. Thats the trouble with looking at the competition theyre all so much better Bastards 2008-1-28T00:00:00Z http://www.invertmouse.net/page2.htm#19218 Well here we are the first heartbeats of what I hope will be a longlived and successful website. As a labour of love read doing it for free in my spare time I dont know how long this site will take to grow into something... robust but I hope youll stick with it as I get to grips with the technical aspects of web creation and find the time to add some content from time to time At time of writing the aim of the site is to share my thoughts of videogames and the industry at large. Ultimately this may change as the site takes shape but I can see this blog reviews and comment expanding and eventually I might even deliver some multimedia content. You never know. Anyway thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy the site. 2008-1-27T00:00:00Z