Loved Mondo 2000 as a teen but some of it has aged terribly... really terribly. To see an example do a search for: mondo 2000 R.U. a Cyberpunk? Even with that,

Loved Mondo 2000 as a teen but some of it has aged terribly... really terribly. To see an example do a search for: mondo 2000 R.U. a Cyberpunk? Even with that, the art design was absolutely amazing and is still a joy to view. Early issues of Wired had some pretty edgy (and often nearly unreadable) design too. Not Mondo 2000 level but certainly reflective of the tech culture of the time. I suspect that some of the advertisements in early issues of Wired weren't for real companies but were fakes to make the magazine appear more popular with advertisers than it was starting out. Anyone remember ads for a company named Origin (not the makers of Ultima and Wing Commander) that didn't seem to have a product? IMHO, Wired peaked with the Neal Stephenson Hacker Tourist issue. Perhaps what they've become is simply a reflection of the world now and tech's place in it.