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I was just wondering if anyone knows the 1st thing about starting a magazine and would be interested in starting one up.
Obviously it would start as a very amateur thing - probably just on the net but it could progress from there. Xbox mag...obviously
Anyone interested? Feedback please
I might try and set up a site baring in mind your points - original and cheap
But I do need some help... (worker monkey people)
> Heh, going to have to agree with that, just a little
> "something" :p
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Call it female intuition.
Why not approach it from another angle and hook people to the site with something else that's unique?
I don't know.... if you're artistic, maybe a monthly manga strip about an x-box owner? Ummm. Maybe a unique monthly feature with some personality and humour 'My Live exploits this month' - something like that?
I'd forget about the standard news / reviews / previews garbage. People just visit IGN and the such for that because they're professional writers with direct contacts. Don't bother with heavy facts - just do something different - if it's different AND interesting, people will visit in my opinion.
> To get things like News on games I will trawl the net and other
> magazines looking for info which I can then write in my own words.
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Something tells me you just didn't get the jist of what MJ was saying.
> I would ditch the mag idea mate. There is absolutely no point in
> trying to compete with the likes of XBox Mag and the such. However
> one thing you could do is start yourself a reviews, hints,
> walkthroughs and cheats site. Once you get people out there
> interested and have the decent material (Which hasn't just been
> copied and pasted from other sites!) then you could always start a
> subscription thing to it or have a volunatry donation thing where
> people who like the site can donate money to help you run it.
Yeah I agree - the actual mag idea isn't too good but if there was enough people it would be possible to start an on-line mag...reviewing games in your own words.
I'd start off small and make a site on something like freewebs. The problem is getting enough support to start off with
Interested?