I mentioned last week that Future Gamer's only disadvantage over normal print magazines is that you can't leave us lying around on the coffee table for others to thumb through, but it seems I was wrong.

One industrious reader went to great pains to design us a front cover which he suggested we use when we've printed out the issue, punched holes in the printouts and tied the sheets together with string. Thanks for that.

We'll be back again next week with some cracking previews including Civ II on the PlayStation and reviews of all the big games including Mario Party on the N64. Our main feature is an excellent round-up of some big name games that you might just have missed.

All the usuals will be there too: Feedback, Game Kid, A Quick Word With… Future Gamer 18 will be delivered to your mailbox on Thursday March 11. Until then…