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geezer posted 29-04-2002 08:57 PM GMT
I've got every edition of Zzap!64 that I edited, including the one with the slug on the cover (Steg, was it? Ah, whatever, it was THE worst magazine cover in computer gaming history, and for that I am truly proud. Even though I didn't paint it personally, of course. I think we all know who was really responsible for that particular travesty... sorry Oli!).
Anyway, you all seem inexplicably, er... into the whole Zzap! thing still, so go ahead and make me an offer for my mags - and I'm talking about Zzap! here, okay - NOT the ones I've been editing recently!).
I did have loads of Markie's original pieces of artwork, too, but sadly I got a life some time ago and torched the lot. Hey ho.
geezer
Gordon posted 30-04-2002 09:50 PM GMT
Steve, what are you up to these days?
You're right about that cover. It's shit.
Gordon
CapTVK posted 30-04-2002 09:51 PM GMT
I don't know what to make of this offer. Is this for real?
(link with more information and pictures please) :)
geezer posted 01-05-2002 09:28 PM GMT
Gordon. Gordon, gordon gordon. Gorgo? Gordo? No, no... Gordon! Yes! I think I remember you. Well, sort of. I've been editing Mayfair magazine fot the past 5 years (so you'll forgive me if my memory of Ludlow is a little hazy), and am now working on a top-secret mega-bucks project that I can't talk about (NDAs and all that, y'understand) - oh yes, I have also been receiving sporadic threats from James Price over the past coule of years. He keeps threatening to visit (he's welcome) but is probably still scared that my wife will try to smash his head through a plaster-board wall. Again. It's a long story... ...maybe James would like to recount it for your delectation and, dare I say, delight? It sounds better coming from him.
BIGGEST JIM posted 02-05-2002 08:08 AM GMT
Slug on the worst cover, from Oli!? Which issue was that?
(btw, I have to admit, I dunno what a 'slug' is :) being Dutch and all that y' know.)
So, gimme the issue number please, so I can check if it's realllly that bad.
Wotta bunch of geezers you lot :?)
geezer posted 03-05-2002 10:00 PM GMT

Yossarian posted 17-05-2002 02:17 PM GMT
I'd love to regale everyone with the story of how your dear lady wife smashed my head in, but my memory's a little hazy about the event. In fact, since that night, /everything/ has been a little hazy.
Nice one, Bev: permanent brain damage. Like I didn't have enough shortcomings, you quick-fisted, foul-tempered harpy. ;-)
But anyway.
Steve, didn't you say at the time that the Steg cover '...looks like a big shit?' At least you didn't have to suffer the indignity of the Commodore Force 'Mayhem In Monsterland' cover. It is, without question, the /worst/ videogame magazine cover in the entire history of ever. Oli was really late with the artwork for it and, as I remember, we had a delivery guy waiting to take the cover film to the printers. Markie and Claire [CF designers], in the nick of time, produced a fine replacement. But Oli's 'art' turned up at the last minute, and that was that. If I'd known that the company was on the brink of going tits-up, I'd have used the decent cover, and to hell with it (and my job, probably - remember what happened to MD Johnathan? Precisely.)
James
CraigG posted 17-05-2002 03:31 PM GMT
So, after all this time Yossarian finally admits to being James... Gordo was right after all! :)
BIGGEST JIM posted 17-05-2002 04:34 PM GMT
So, now I got it! A slug is a 'slak'!
Right!
Indeed a disgustingly bad cover. Yuk!
Well, I have to say that the last couple of zzaps were so badly put together it almost hurts your eyes reading them! (especially comparing them to the utter-superb first 30/40 issues!
Oh boy, what a major dissapointments were those last issues.
Commodore Force was luckily a little bit better.
But in fact, shouldn't we admit that the real zzap-spirit died when JR left & that Gordon did a nice job trying to maintain it?
After that...
...only issue 107 was interesting :)
Rob
BIGGEST JIM posted 21-05-2002 10:21 PM GMT
Hellooooo!! (echo echo)
Is this forum alive or what!? NOT!
Come on ya lazy dimwits, replyz!
ROb

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Author	Topic: Come on then, who wants some?
geezer	posted 29-04-2002 08:57 PM GMT I've got every edition of Zzap!64 that I edited, including the one with the slug on the cover (Steg, was it? Ah, whatever, it was THE worst magazine cover in computer gaming history, and for that I am truly proud. Even though I didn't paint it personally, of course. I think we all know who was really responsible for that particular travesty... sorry Oli!). Anyway, you all seem inexplicably, er... into the whole Zzap! thing still, so go ahead and make me an offer for my mags - and I'm talking about Zzap! here, okay - NOT the ones I've been editing recently!). I did have loads of Markie's original pieces of artwork, too, but sadly I got a life some time ago and torched the lot. Hey ho. geezer
Gordon	posted 30-04-2002 09:50 PM GMT Steve, what are you up to these days? You're right about that cover. It's shit. Gordon
CapTVK	posted 30-04-2002 09:51 PM GMT I don't know what to make of this offer. Is this for real? (link with more information and pictures please) :)
geezer	posted 01-05-2002 09:28 PM GMT Gordon. Gordon, gordon gordon. Gorgo? Gordo? No, no... Gordon! Yes! I think I remember you. Well, sort of. I've been editing Mayfair magazine fot the past 5 years (so you'll forgive me if my memory of Ludlow is a little hazy), and am now working on a top-secret mega-bucks project that I can't talk about (NDAs and all that, y'understand) - oh yes, I have also been receiving sporadic threats from James Price over the past coule of years. He keeps threatening to visit (he's welcome) but is probably still scared that my wife will try to smash his head through a plaster-board wall. Again. It's a long story... ...maybe James would like to recount it for your delectation and, dare I say, delight? It sounds better coming from him.
BIGGEST JIM	posted 02-05-2002 08:08 AM GMT Slug on the worst cover, from Oli!? Which issue was that? (btw, I have to admit, I dunno what a 'slug' is :) being Dutch and all that y' know.) So, gimme the issue number please, so I can check if it's realllly that bad. Wotta bunch of geezers you lot :?)
geezer	posted 03-05-2002 10:00 PM GMT
Yossarian	posted 17-05-2002 02:17 PM GMT I'd love to regale everyone with the story of how your dear lady wife smashed my head in, but my memory's a little hazy about the event. In fact, since that night, /everything/ has been a little hazy. Nice one, Bev: permanent brain damage. Like I didn't have enough shortcomings, you quick-fisted, foul-tempered harpy. ;-) But anyway. Steve, didn't you say at the time that the Steg cover '...looks like a big shit?' At least you didn't have to suffer the indignity of the Commodore Force 'Mayhem In Monsterland' cover. It is, without question, the /worst/ videogame magazine cover in the entire history of ever. Oli was really late with the artwork for it and, as I remember, we had a delivery guy waiting to take the cover film to the printers. Markie and Claire [CF designers], in the nick of time, produced a fine replacement. But Oli's 'art' turned up at the last minute, and that was that. If I'd known that the company was on the brink of going tits-up, I'd have used the decent cover, and to hell with it (and my job, probably - remember what happened to MD Johnathan? Precisely.) James
CraigG	posted 17-05-2002 03:31 PM GMT So, after all this time Yossarian finally admits to being James... Gordo was right after all! :)
BIGGEST JIM	posted 17-05-2002 04:34 PM GMT So, now I got it! A slug is a 'slak'! Right! Indeed a disgustingly bad cover. Yuk! Well, I have to say that the last couple of zzaps were so badly put together it almost hurts your eyes reading them! (especially comparing them to the utter-superb first 30/40 issues! Oh boy, what a major dissapointments were those last issues. Commodore Force was luckily a little bit better. But in fact, shouldn't we admit that the real zzap-spirit died when JR left & that Gordon did a nice job trying to maintain it? After that... ...only issue 107 was interesting :) Rob
BIGGEST JIM	posted 21-05-2002 10:21 PM GMT Hellooooo!! (echo echo) Is this forum alive or what!? NOT! Come on ya lazy dimwits, replyz! ROb