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Paid maker of words, goes by many names: Meiksy… Macklespammer… Big Hungry Joe. Obsessive fan of Metal Gear Solid, Nathan Drake's digital pecks and Dino Crisis 2. Loves Jurassic Park so much, may burst at any moment.

Latest articles by Dave Meikleham

Find your purr-fect gaming partner with PlayStation's greatest cats

By Dave Meikleham published 15 March 17

Feature

The best PlayStation games you never got to play

By Dave Meikleham published 6 March 17

Feature

Breaking out the party hats and cake for Rise Of The Tomb Raider’s undead birthday celebration

By Dave Meikleham published 2 March 17

Opinion

Why Resident Evil 3’s Nemesis is the deadliest villain in the history of survival horror

By Dave Meikleham published 17 February 17

Opinion

As someone who’s blown obscene money on PC parts, Sony’s entry price for 4K gaming is a damn steal

By Dave Meikleham published 15 February 17

Opinion

Portal 2: How Valve used paint and personality to rip reality apart

By Dave Meikleham published 26 January 17

Retrospective

Doff your caps to the best hats in PlayStation history

By Dave Meikleham published 24 January 17

Feature

The best caves and coolest caverns in the history of PlayStation

By Dave Meikleham published 10 January 17

Feature

The Last Guardian’s Trico is gaming's perfect pet and a truly smart piece of design

By Dave Meikleham published 4 January 17

Opinion

Grand Theft Auto 4 was magnificent in 2008, and it's still fantastic now

By Dave Meikleham published 28 December 16

Retrospective

Grab a pincer the action with PlayStation's greatest crabs

By Dave Meikleham published 20 December 16

Feature

Gaming's most overly elaborate evil schemes

By Dave Meikleham published 9 December 16

Cat-strokingly good plans for wickedness

Action

Why Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum is still the seminal superhero game we all deserve

By Dave Meikleham published 8 December 16

Opinion

Doubling down on toil and trouble with PlayStation’s most wicked witches

By Dave Meikleham published 17 November 16

Feature

Go the whole hog with the best pigs in PlayStation history

By Dave Meikleham published 21 October 16

Feature

Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer breakdown - what's hidden in that reveal?

By Dave Meikleham published 20 October 16

Analysis

Forget the Old West, partner - Red Dead Redemption 2 should be set in the modern day

By Dave Meikleham published 16 October 16

Opinion

Ditch your tour guide, hop the barrier and explore the greatest museums in PlayStation history

By Dave Meikleham published 6 October 16

Feature

How Dead Rising 2 embraced the ridiculous to make zombie slaying fun again

By Dave Meikleham published 30 September 16

Feature

Get your tickets ready, as we go loco for the best trains in PlayStation history

By Dave Meikleham published 28 September 16

Feature

Forget Rafe and Nadine, Sam Drake would have made Uncharted 4's ultimate baddie

By Dave Meikleham published 14 September 16

Opinion

The weirdest dreams and worst nightmares in PlayStation gaming

By Dave Meikleham published 13 September 16

Feature

Why knee-sliding shooter Vanquish is due a PS4 HD remaster

By Dave Meikleham published 7 September 16

Opinion

How Demon's Souls became one of PlayStation's toughest yet most rewarding challenges

By Dave Meikleham published 1 September 16

Opinion

Among the Sleep review

By Dave Meikleham published 8 December 15

Review

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