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1054462 posted 22-08-2001 02:47 PM GMT
What do think of game magazines today? I don't think any of them even come close to capturing the feeling of crash, amtix or zzap. I saw a pc games magazine recently, utter crap! It was thick as a phone book and 90% of it was ads. Absolute rubbish. There was a definite buzz, community, atmosphere in the 8 bit magazines which no one else has captured since. :o(
Thoughts?
raz
CraigG posted 22-08-2001 06:19 PM GMT
Arcade was quite good, but that's about it. Having said that, I don't really play games anymore, let alone read the mags...
Steve Barrett posted 29-09-2001 08:12 AM GMT
one of the annoying things about the PC and PS2 games mags is the use of the four letter words and sexual references.
Zzap, Crash et al never stooped to that.
i know that most of 'us' that read Zzap etc are the ones now reading PSM2 and PC zone and the rest of them, and we are old enough to not be bothered by it (it doesnt bother me), but my kids arent. they want to read the reviews of the latest games, but they cant because a lot of the magazine is made up of swearing.
its a lazy way of writing if you ask me.
Mort posted 29-09-2001 11:53 AM GMT
The Edge is the only one I read on an irregular basis at the moment. I used to read Arcade aswell but it got shelved, apart from that I get all my info off the web now :-)
Gazunta posted 29-09-2001 12:15 PM GMT
Pocket Games magazine is really quite good..cough ahem buy lots of copies so it'll go monthly and I can quit my day job ahem cough...
Edge is the best these days...dream job :)
The new issue of Zzap is looking good :)

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Author	Topic: magazines
1054462	posted 22-08-2001 02:47 PM GMT What do think of game magazines today? I don't think any of them even come close to capturing the feeling of crash, amtix or zzap. I saw a pc games magazine recently, utter crap! It was thick as a phone book and 90% of it was ads. Absolute rubbish. There was a definite buzz, community, atmosphere in the 8 bit magazines which no one else has captured since. :o( Thoughts? raz
CraigG	posted 22-08-2001 06:19 PM GMT Arcade was quite good, but that's about it. Having said that, I don't really play games anymore, let alone read the mags...
Steve Barrett	posted 29-09-2001 08:12 AM GMT one of the annoying things about the PC and PS2 games mags is the use of the four letter words and sexual references. Zzap, Crash et al never stooped to that. i know that most of 'us' that read Zzap etc are the ones now reading PSM2 and PC zone and the rest of them, and we are old enough to not be bothered by it (it doesnt bother me), but my kids arent. they want to read the reviews of the latest games, but they cant because a lot of the magazine is made up of swearing. its a lazy way of writing if you ask me.
Mort	posted 29-09-2001 11:53 AM GMT The Edge is the only one I read on an irregular basis at the moment. I used to read Arcade aswell but it got shelved, apart from that I get all my info off the web now :-)
Gazunta	posted 29-09-2001 12:15 PM GMT Pocket Games magazine is really quite good..cough ahem buy lots of copies so it'll go monthly and I can quit my day job ahem cough... Edge is the best these days...dream job :) The new issue of Zzap is looking good :)