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Forum: Games Topic: Game magazines started by: GORDON Posted by GORDON on Jun. 17 2006,16:40
And when talking to friends about them it's important to enunciate "GAME magazines" very carefully...I'm currently getting PC Gamer, and it's good. PCXL was good but it died. "PC Games" mag and "Computer Gaming World...." I remember one of the two really sucked. Which was it? Posted by Leisher on Jun. 17 2006,18:09
It depends what you want. PC Games is really dry, but very, very in depth in terms of the business. They do a LOT of features about the developers themselves and the issues behind the business side of PC Games. It's the one I don't subscribe to, but I do pick it up from time to time. Computer Gaming World is more like PC Gamer but not as colorful. They are also a lot stricter in their reviews. They refuse to review betas and just recently did away with their "star" rankings for games. They do have the most entertaining column in "Tom vs. Bruce". Posted by TPRJones on Jun. 18 2006,10:42
Bah, magazines are SO last century.
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 18 2006,11:43
I don't have a laptop in the shitter, yet. Posted by TPRJones on Jun. 18 2006,11:53
Ah, well that's a valid exception, I will give you that.
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 18 2006,13:57
I was at Vince's once and he was in the shitter and he sent me an IM from in there.It was a little disturbing. Posted by Leisher on Jun. 18 2006,17:22
Even if I had the internet in the bathroom I'd still want a magazine. Magazines are just more organized and credible than internet sites covering gaming.
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 21 2006,16:18
Did you know you could do magazine subscriptions on amazon.com?I just subscribed to Computer Gaming World on amazon. Didn't see PC Games Magazine on there... am I misremembering that one? Posted by Leisher on Jun. 21 2006,19:02
There are three:PC Gamer Computer Gaming World (CGW) and I thought PC Games... Maybe they renamed it? Posted by TheCatt on Jun. 22 2006,18:08
What about Electronic Gaming Monthly?I get that one, but only cuz it was free. Posted by GORDON on Jun. 22 2006,18:09
Doesn't that include console games and stuff?
Posted by Leisher on Jun. 23 2006,06:18
Electronic Gaming Monthly barely covers PC gaming at all. It's core focus is consoles and console players. I like EGM as they cover a ton of console games, but there writing is awful. The magazine just has no style at all and is disorganized at best in its layout. Everytime I pick one up, I see that their letters page is filled with letters from children, a lot of their articles are written in a language for children, yet other articles and reviews contain cursing and sexual references. They're trying to appeal to kids and young adults (20-somethings) and it comes off really poorly. By the way Gordo, we were wrong. It's not PC Games, it's < Computer Games. > That's the magazine that is very in-depth, but very dry. Posted by GORDON on Jun. 23 2006,09:55
Ahhhh yes.
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 10 2009,05:30
Have you noticed the PC Gamer, 6 months ago, had an entire box-out to warn you about DRM in games, and describe the type of DRM it was? You notice that for the last few months, they aren't mentioning DRM at all?They got pressured by advertisers. And that sucks. There was a decent anti-DRM movement going there, for a while. |
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