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Originally posted by QualityChimp View PostSeven quid for a bloody magazine that was mostly pictures?
I wonder if it would've been better for them to compromise the printing to be more like old CVG, where the quality was trash but, with magazines being a disposable item, this was fine.
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it really dose feel like gaming magazines are a dead medium, i rearely ever see game magazines in the supermarket anymore. last time i got retro gamer it was a really nice ready but was £10 because it had a Nintendo retrospective book with it , they seem to be going in circles a bit too as it had a feature on Gunstar heroes and treasure again, something I'm sure Ive read before lots of times.
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I gave up a long time ago. Whilst I get the corner they're painted into now the reality as a consumer is the cover prices are over inflated for what typically is incredibly dated content. Like how recieving a quill written letter delivered by carrier pigeon is lovingly quant but pointless when an email will do.
It sounds really awful but the only real feature of worth in them is the Features and frankly few are of a unique interesting subject you can't find elsewhere with an internet search. Printed magazines are mostly notable that it's mid-2021 and any are still desperately clinging on to life. The irony that brands focused on advancing tech utterly failed to move with the online times is dripping off them.
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There are kids' mags with tat free gifts and "grown-up" mags printed on luxurious gloss paper, but there's nothing inbetween.
I think Asura is onto something there, with a C&VG style mag that's relatively cheap to print.
Sometimes it's nice to have a magazine to flick through.
I'm subbed to Film Stories and Tabletop Gaming, but nothing videogamey.
I like that new one, Wireframe, but it feels a bit aimed at people in the business, rather than customers.
Bought my son some Switch Player mags, which he enjoyed.
Still, seven quid! I'm still getting me breath back!
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I'd love something videogames related that was humorous. I'd be more than happy for it to be printed on Private Eye quality paper, too.
I find all the boutiquey magazine projects that come out now for gaming to be rather po faced. Stuff like A Profound Waste of Time and [lock-on] have beautiful graphic design, but look a bit, well...boring.
It kind of reminds me of this from a week ago, by Patricia Hernandez who has now taken the helm at Kotaku:
I kind of respect what she's trying to do here, but it's not very, um, fun. Gaming should be all about fun. She's making it sound like reading Kotaku is going to be bloody hard work.
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Originally posted by Cassius_Smoke View PostI ask about subscriptions because, although I read and get all my entertainment news from various websites, all my kids see is me staring at my phone. I'd like to have an actual magazine that they can see me reading. I just can't think of one or justify the price.
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Originally posted by Golgo View PostPlaying through the 4* levels of Super Mario Maker 2, some of which are seriously tough. So, on to the irk: lives and game over screens in Mario games. Utterly pointless. Just put me throwing me more lives.
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