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When you could have just have easily looked up the information you needed from a website?
Most magazines have the same layout, they always start with an editorial where the editor says things like "The office has been quiet, except for the sound of button bashing from the monkeys because we've got HUNDREDS of EXLUSIVE games sent to us for review this issue!!!!!!"
We don't really need to know that, do we?
Then there's the gossip section, the US/JAP news section, the previews, the reviews, the charts, and then a bunch of rubbish at the back, all of which you could just as easily find on the World Wide Web. Except on the WWW it wouldn't all be a month out of date.
I think the only reason, in truth, that we buy the gamer magazines is for the DVD stuck to the front of it, with all those nice demos on it. I mean £3.49-£3.99 for the DVD alone may be considered pretty good value considering what you get with most of them.
I think in future that the publishers should just release the DVD stuck to a piece of cardboard, rather than stuck to a glossy magazine with pretty pictures, the purpose of which seems to ram the writers' opinions down your throat because 'they know best'.
Most magazines have the same layout, they always start with an editorial where the editor says things like "The office has been quiet, except for the sound of button bashing from the monkeys because we've got HUNDREDS of EXLUSIVE games sent to us for review this issue!!!!!!"
We don't really need to know that, do we?
Then there's the gossip section, the US/JAP news section, the previews, the reviews, the charts, and then a bunch of rubbish at the back, all of which you could just as easily find on the World Wide Web. Except on the WWW it wouldn't all be a month out of date.
I think the only reason, in truth, that we buy the gamer magazines is for the DVD stuck to the front of it, with all those nice demos on it. I mean £3.49-£3.99 for the DVD alone may be considered pretty good value considering what you get with most of them.
I think in future that the publishers should just release the DVD stuck to a piece of cardboard, rather than stuck to a glossy magazine with pretty pictures, the purpose of which seems to ram the writers' opinions down your throat because 'they know best'.
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uksgamer2002 wrote:
> Well, I don't think I could sleep with my PC whirring in the background, but if
> it's not in your room, yeah.
lol... how loud is your PC?
> Well, I don't think I could sleep with my PC whirring in the background, but if
> it's not in your room, yeah.
lol... how loud is your PC?
Nuts to all of you. Can you access the internet on the toilet? Or on a train? Or anywhere where you aren't connected to a PC? No, you can't. I buy magazines because I read them, I like the writing, it doesn't matter if I've already read it on the web. You can pick up a mag and read something in about 5 seconds, where it can take minutes to connect ot the web, wait for the page to load, blah blah. Magazines rule.
Mr.Snuggly wrote:
> Nuts to all of you. Can you access the internet on the toilet? Or on a train?
> Or anywhere where you aren't connected to a PC? No, you can't. I buy magazines
> because I read them, I like the writing, it doesn't matter if I've already read
> it on the web. You can pick up a mag and read something in about 5 seconds,
> where it can take minutes to connect ot the web, wait for the page to load, blah
> blah. Magazines rule.
Are you mental?
> Nuts to all of you. Can you access the internet on the toilet? Or on a train?
> Or anywhere where you aren't connected to a PC? No, you can't. I buy magazines
> because I read them, I like the writing, it doesn't matter if I've already read
> it on the web. You can pick up a mag and read something in about 5 seconds,
> where it can take minutes to connect ot the web, wait for the page to load, blah
> blah. Magazines rule.
Are you mental?
I bought my last gaming mag because I wanted the demo disk. I only had GT3 for my PS2 at that time.
I get most of my magazines sent over to me because I don't want to buy any american games magazines because they tend to be too expensive. I like to know what games are being released back home. Its also difficult to find reliable sites where as magazines cannot withdraw a story after delivery and so have to try to maintain their credibility by not filling their pages with rumour and speculation.
I bought my last gaming magazine (Cube) for the video.
Unfortunately, the video was absolutely crap and the voice over man could have done with a right good errr....nunchakuing. :-D
The magazine itself was pretty poor too and nothing on NGC. I'm back to that next month.
Hopefully, it'll say something about that Panasonic GameCube compo as well. I entered that with a Hybrid Heaven poster/trailer/cast list.
*crosses fingers*
If I win that, all my problems with PS2 and GameCube and which one to buy will go away. And I can get myself a PS2. Then I'll have both. Ahhhhh...
Unfortunately, the video was absolutely crap and the voice over man could have done with a right good errr....nunchakuing. :-D
The magazine itself was pretty poor too and nothing on NGC. I'm back to that next month.
Hopefully, it'll say something about that Panasonic GameCube compo as well. I entered that with a Hybrid Heaven poster/trailer/cast list.
*crosses fingers*
If I win that, all my problems with PS2 and GameCube and which one to buy will go away. And I can get myself a PS2. Then I'll have both. Ahhhhh...
uksgamer2002 wrote:
> Hey Venom byte, i buy NOM, but it's on subscription and I get it out of
> tradition. It's changed. I remember issue 1. It was new and different. Then a
> year of 5 ago I got it on subscrip. I also get PCZ and the occasional Edge.
On the basis that you've bought Egde, and you've read NOM since issue 1, I'll forgive you on this occasion. NOM started off pretty well (anyone's free GB keyring still work?)
I subscribed to NOM a couple years ago. After about three months I realised I'd spent my money on the most feeble excuse for gaming journalism ever known to man. I spend the next nine months disecting exaclty what it was I hated about the mag... but I'm not going to start on that now.
NOM is for kids, and 'tards.
I have respect for the following mags:
Edge, Arcade, CVG, and most PC mags.
> Hey Venom byte, i buy NOM, but it's on subscription and I get it out of
> tradition. It's changed. I remember issue 1. It was new and different. Then a
> year of 5 ago I got it on subscrip. I also get PCZ and the occasional Edge.
On the basis that you've bought Egde, and you've read NOM since issue 1, I'll forgive you on this occasion. NOM started off pretty well (anyone's free GB keyring still work?)
I subscribed to NOM a couple years ago. After about three months I realised I'd spent my money on the most feeble excuse for gaming journalism ever known to man. I spend the next nine months disecting exaclty what it was I hated about the mag... but I'm not going to start on that now.
NOM is for kids, and 'tards.
I have respect for the following mags:
Edge, Arcade, CVG, and most PC mags.
The last mag I bought was OPSM2, the main reason being it had detailed reviews of SmackDown 3 and GTA3, as well as a demo DVD which looked very interesting (Time Crisis 2, NBA Street etc.)
I don't usually buy magazines though, it was just a one off.
I don't usually buy magazines though, it was just a one off.
The last I bought was PCGAMER, the chrimbo edition one, with Return to Castle Wolfenstein on it (video), and a copy of Cossacks:Art of War, AND it didn't need the original Cossacks game...which is good because my Cossacks game is broken...for some reason.
But I did read most of the magazine...plus there seemed to be a 50 odd page Special Reserve Advert in there to!!
But I did read most of the magazine...plus there seemed to be a 50 odd page Special Reserve Advert in there to!!
i normaly get the opm.
because its got some good topics, some slightly insane editors.
and every mag has one hell of an amazing demo disk with 7 long playable demos and snip its from movies and games to come.
(plus i have a paper round and get them free from the owner of the corner shop)
but thats beside the point
because its got some good topics, some slightly insane editors.
and every mag has one hell of an amazing demo disk with 7 long playable demos and snip its from movies and games to come.
(plus i have a paper round and get them free from the owner of the corner shop)
but thats beside the point
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