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I've just returned from the Nintendo forum, and the current talk in there - Magazines.
Not your monthly top shelf material but more the middle section, a place where grown ups and children alike can reach. Gaming Magazines.
After seeing there was talk of not only Nintendo Magazines but also Xbox ones and PS2 I thought I'd bring the chat right over here and express my opinion on them. Hey, it's better to talk in large crowd rather then four or five people. More opinions, more natter (if that is a word), more chatter.
So do I buy Games Magazines?
When the N64 was strong and I was a weak little 13 year old I did. I bought Nintendo Official Magazine for around two years, every month, without fail. It gave me the information I needed all packed into one magazine. I looked forward to going to the shop and buying the magazine, just to see what new games were announced and all that.
Then suddenly I stopped buying them, my Dad wasn't giving me enough pocket money and no way was I getting a job, GCSE's were approaching.
*I promote studying in every single way possible ;-)
It was no problem though. The N64 had basically died at that time and I myself was confused about what console to go for next.
Around this time I was using my PC and the Internet alot, so you can imagine how many gaming sites I had added to my favourites. To this day I still use those very sites for all my gaming needs, which the magazine used to cover.
So I can now go online, read a number of reviews, view as many screenshots as I like and even watch videos.
And the best thing about this...it's free.
This leads me to ask a simple question.
Why do people who use these forums buy games magazines when they have the Internet?
If I went out and bought a magazine now I could flip through the pages and like I use to do in the playground to football stickers say "Got, got, got" but this case say "Heard it all before, heard it all before, heard it all before". Because I would have.
Let's take the latest bit of news in - Nintendo are selling GameCubes in Europe with a free game come Febuary 3rd. Now games magazines won't pick up on that until tomorrow, or maybe even later. Then they have to give it to their staff to write about and do layout etc and it's on the shelf in about a months time.
If I knew all this one month ago why do I would I want to know it again?
Old news is no news I say.
So, magazines? Great if you haven't got the Internet but if you have a waste of money.
Or are they not? You tell me why.
Not your monthly top shelf material but more the middle section, a place where grown ups and children alike can reach. Gaming Magazines.
After seeing there was talk of not only Nintendo Magazines but also Xbox ones and PS2 I thought I'd bring the chat right over here and express my opinion on them. Hey, it's better to talk in large crowd rather then four or five people. More opinions, more natter (if that is a word), more chatter.
So do I buy Games Magazines?
When the N64 was strong and I was a weak little 13 year old I did. I bought Nintendo Official Magazine for around two years, every month, without fail. It gave me the information I needed all packed into one magazine. I looked forward to going to the shop and buying the magazine, just to see what new games were announced and all that.
Then suddenly I stopped buying them, my Dad wasn't giving me enough pocket money and no way was I getting a job, GCSE's were approaching.
*I promote studying in every single way possible ;-)
It was no problem though. The N64 had basically died at that time and I myself was confused about what console to go for next.
Around this time I was using my PC and the Internet alot, so you can imagine how many gaming sites I had added to my favourites. To this day I still use those very sites for all my gaming needs, which the magazine used to cover.
So I can now go online, read a number of reviews, view as many screenshots as I like and even watch videos.
And the best thing about this...it's free.
This leads me to ask a simple question.
Why do people who use these forums buy games magazines when they have the Internet?
If I went out and bought a magazine now I could flip through the pages and like I use to do in the playground to football stickers say "Got, got, got" but this case say "Heard it all before, heard it all before, heard it all before". Because I would have.
Let's take the latest bit of news in - Nintendo are selling GameCubes in Europe with a free game come Febuary 3rd. Now games magazines won't pick up on that until tomorrow, or maybe even later. Then they have to give it to their staff to write about and do layout etc and it's on the shelf in about a months time.
If I knew all this one month ago why do I would I want to know it again?
Old news is no news I say.
So, magazines? Great if you haven't got the Internet but if you have a waste of money.
Or are they not? You tell me why.
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I've just returned from the Nintendo forum, and the current talk in there - Magazines.
Not your monthly top shelf material but more the middle section, a place where grown ups and children alike can reach. Gaming Magazines.
After seeing there was talk of not only Nintendo Magazines but also Xbox ones and PS2 I thought I'd bring the chat right over here and express my opinion on them. Hey, it's better to talk in large crowd rather then four or five people. More opinions, more natter (if that is a word), more chatter.
So do I buy Games Magazines?
When the N64 was strong and I was a weak little 13 year old I did. I bought Nintendo Official Magazine for around two years, every month, without fail. It gave me the information I needed all packed into one magazine. I looked forward to going to the shop and buying the magazine, just to see what new games were announced and all that.
Then suddenly I stopped buying them, my Dad wasn't giving me enough pocket money and no way was I getting a job, GCSE's were approaching.
*I promote studying in every single way possible ;-)
It was no problem though. The N64 had basically died at that time and I myself was confused about what console to go for next.
Around this time I was using my PC and the Internet alot, so you can imagine how many gaming sites I had added to my favourites. To this day I still use those very sites for all my gaming needs, which the magazine used to cover.
So I can now go online, read a number of reviews, view as many screenshots as I like and even watch videos.
And the best thing about this...it's free.
This leads me to ask a simple question.
Why do people who use these forums buy games magazines when they have the Internet?
If I went out and bought a magazine now I could flip through the pages and like I use to do in the playground to football stickers say "Got, got, got" but this case say "Heard it all before, heard it all before, heard it all before". Because I would have.
Let's take the latest bit of news in - Nintendo are selling GameCubes in Europe with a free game come Febuary 3rd. Now games magazines won't pick up on that until tomorrow, or maybe even later. Then they have to give it to their staff to write about and do layout etc and it's on the shelf in about a months time.
If I knew all this one month ago why do I would I want to know it again?
Old news is no news I say.
So, magazines? Great if you haven't got the Internet but if you have a waste of money.
Or are they not? You tell me why.
Not your monthly top shelf material but more the middle section, a place where grown ups and children alike can reach. Gaming Magazines.
After seeing there was talk of not only Nintendo Magazines but also Xbox ones and PS2 I thought I'd bring the chat right over here and express my opinion on them. Hey, it's better to talk in large crowd rather then four or five people. More opinions, more natter (if that is a word), more chatter.
So do I buy Games Magazines?
When the N64 was strong and I was a weak little 13 year old I did. I bought Nintendo Official Magazine for around two years, every month, without fail. It gave me the information I needed all packed into one magazine. I looked forward to going to the shop and buying the magazine, just to see what new games were announced and all that.
Then suddenly I stopped buying them, my Dad wasn't giving me enough pocket money and no way was I getting a job, GCSE's were approaching.
*I promote studying in every single way possible ;-)
It was no problem though. The N64 had basically died at that time and I myself was confused about what console to go for next.
Around this time I was using my PC and the Internet alot, so you can imagine how many gaming sites I had added to my favourites. To this day I still use those very sites for all my gaming needs, which the magazine used to cover.
So I can now go online, read a number of reviews, view as many screenshots as I like and even watch videos.
And the best thing about this...it's free.
This leads me to ask a simple question.
Why do people who use these forums buy games magazines when they have the Internet?
If I went out and bought a magazine now I could flip through the pages and like I use to do in the playground to football stickers say "Got, got, got" but this case say "Heard it all before, heard it all before, heard it all before". Because I would have.
Let's take the latest bit of news in - Nintendo are selling GameCubes in Europe with a free game come Febuary 3rd. Now games magazines won't pick up on that until tomorrow, or maybe even later. Then they have to give it to their staff to write about and do layout etc and it's on the shelf in about a months time.
If I knew all this one month ago why do I would I want to know it again?
Old news is no news I say.
So, magazines? Great if you haven't got the Internet but if you have a waste of money.
Or are they not? You tell me why.
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