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All those game mags in the 90's were riddled with ads. Plus I remember renting NES games from Blockbuster and other video game rental stores. 12:1 shit ratio
by RiverCrochet 2y ago
All those game mags in the 90's were riddled with ads. Plus I remember renting NES games from Blockbuster and other video game rental stores. 12:1 shit ratio was true then.
Still, I think Game Informer was one of the better magazines, along with Video Games and Computer Entertainment.
But the demise of print-based anything for games was rather obvious once broadband Internet became ubiquitous and online gaming became a real thing. I haven't touched a magazine let alone a video game magazine in over a decade. Doesn't mean they're not cool to have, or don't perform a valuable function, but I'm surprised it lasted this long.
- codebolt 2y agoJust to confirm, I have strongly nostalgic memories of gaming magazines from the 90s, and recently decided to bring my 8 year old son to the biggest international magazine shop in my northern European city in hopes of giving him a taste of the joy they brought me. But the selection these days is simply garbage. Only a couple of gaming magazines remain and they were very gimmicky with little journalism or substance.
- Aeolun 2y agoI was subscribed to a (physical) game magazine until a few months ago though. And I stopped more because I didn’t actually have time to read them. The reviews there were actually trustworthy, so if they gave the game a decent score I’d know that it’d be an objectively good game (even if that particular game would be a bad match for me)
- acchow 2y agoDecent review score actually meant something back then. Nowadays, a generic game with an empty story and hollow characters can get a 9/10. There is yet to be an A24 equivalent for gaming. And I’m not sure there ever could be.