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Print Is Dead? Good gaming magazines.
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What are the best gaming magazines out there right now?
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The only semi decent ones are those coming out of the UK, Play and (to a much lesser extent) Edge.
I'll put up a decent OP when people chime in with some suggestions.
How is PC Gamer these days?
I read Game Informer. I know alot of people hate it but it's always got previews of upcoming games, reviews, calenders, and all that good stuff. Also, it covers all systems so I don't have to subscribe to 3 or 4 different magazines.
Sometimes they even have good articles about things that are relevant to my interests.
Also, alot of companies seem to enjoy giving exclusive announcement rights to GI so you can hear about new stuff in the future before anyone else (except other people reading GI, obviously).
If it wasn't so cheap, and didn't come with my EXTREME Edge Card from Gamestop, I probably wouldn't subscribe but for the price, it's great.
It is what it is, you know.
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I know people who import stupider magazines on stupider subject matter. *cough*doctorwho*cough*
Are you being sarcastic or is it actually good now?
My brother had subscription about 5 or 6 years ago, it was pretty horrible.
It got a bit better when Future took over, but it's still nowhere as good as it was back in the day.
But you just don't understand! You won't find this lying around in a filthy grocery store stand! This is a magazine for the elites of our society!
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Depends on how much content is in the magazine and how often it comes out. If something like PC Gamer was $20 every month, fuck that. But if it was a big magazine, with lots of content and a relatively small amount of advertising that came out quarterly, $20 wouldn't be bad at all.
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I'm not being sarcastic, it is fair in reviews and actually gives decent previews to stuff you won't see on the web, obviously Nintendo consoles only.
I forget which of their own high profile games ended up doing poorly, but they really have no qualms about giving big stuff a 7 or less if it's deserving.
I read it in the bathroom.
Where it belongs.
edit: Though there's a backlog of Zelda and Mario games for when I have a job and can afford games again.
Haze and Super Paper Mario payed for last year's worth
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I'd be down with something like this. Something like a Playboy for games kinda deal, with a few spreads (of games, of course! :winky: ) and then articles that are gaming/internet related. Interviews with developers, that kind of deal.
It's just gotta be classy and well-written.
Although I'm in the fortunate position of having a coworker who buys the magazines and then gives them to me when he's done with them. The only thing better than an awesome gaming magazine is a free awesome gaming magazine!
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Edit: Is Edge by the guys who did that short lived magazine Next Generation? Because I remember that being pretty good.
Edit 2: Edge is $70 bucks for a US subscription. Ouch.
Er... what does that mean? No more than one Dragonball Z cover per year now?
Also, I don't care if the magazine has fantastic games reporting the likes of which humanity has never seen, $20 per issue is just plain stupid.
Basically Davison wants to take GamePro and turn it into another 1up.
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Also, Nintendo Power is pretty good as of late. The retro sections are neat, and they had a nice interview with George Kamitani(Vanillaware, 2d artist extraordinaire) in the last issue.
I think B&N is usually better stocked. Especially with the UK mags
Good. For a long time, Nintendo Power was terrible. Even last year it was awful. Maybe I'll check it out again now.
As for Play, yea, the design is nice, but honestly, Game Informer's new design is beautiful. The outside cover of the re-designed issues? A wrap around cover? This month's, with a close-up 8-bit Samus Aran shooting a red door, with a single metroid on the back cover? Gorgeous. The rest of the magazine reads really well, too... it's good stuff, and I really like the magazine content far better than Play.
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First, I really fail to see how the fuck GamePro of all shit out there has managed to keep floating in the bowl. It has the worst layout, writing, and design I've seen in any magazine, and this thing has lasted over a bloody decade.
I did enjoy Play, no idea what edge is, but I can barely justify $20 for an art or photography magazine, or a snowboard mag like Frequency.
I used to read that back in the 90s.
Hell yes I loved it.
Are you talking about Issue 200 of Game Informer? Mine was white with a Pink Demon on the front and Doom Guy in the back.
Both Play and Hardcore Gamer Magazine are related to it.
Also, you all know what magazine should be revived instead of EGM? GMR. That was always my favorite of the EGM spin-offs. EBstop cancelling it in favor of Game Informer was criminal.
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HGM is headed up by Tom Lindquist, who was one of the original writers, and some of the other alums from GF. Amusingly enough, this thread on GameFan, where a bunch of said GameFan alums ended up all talking about the old days, is what spawned the magazine. It's a fun read.
The website is still going, though it seems like the magazine might have been put on hiatus. They actually lasted a good while, though.
It's an imported periodical, of course it's expensive. It's not like it costs that much over there.
You know, some people pay hundreds of dollars a year for Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, and those are boring as fuck and only a few pages each issue.
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