Gaming News: Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Revealed

The sequel to the biggest-selling video game of all time is on its way – with the trailer for Call Of Duty: Black Ops II hinting at an intriguing  futuristic setting. Formally revealing the rumoured sequel to Treyarch’s 2010 installment in the colossal franchise, said trailer features an ageing Sgt. Frank Woods (the original Black Ops protagonist) speaking about warfare in the year 2025, teases the game’s plot-line, and features gameplay footage that... Read More

Gig Review: Tricky

Surreal, shambolic yet highly entertaining – Tricky’s live show in Manchester last weekend proved he hasn’t mellowed with age. Liv Walker was there to witness the chaos. There are some albums so intrinsically linked to a time and place that you only need to hear a few bars to be instantly thrown back there. Maxinquaye by Tricky, with its mesh of dreamy off-kilter rhythms, sleazy breathy rap lyrics, guitar riffs and beautiful vocals drags me forcefully back to trashed... Read More