I've adopted a similar tradition and I think I have that same issue of PC Magazine in my old room at my parent's house. The majority of old magazines I have ar

I've adopted a similar tradition and I think I have that same issue of PC Magazine in my old room at my parent's house. The majority of old magazines I have are old video game magazines, specifically CGW. This practice has prompted me to go back to issues of CGW that pre-dated me (the earliest CGW I have is from 93) in the archives (http://www.cgwmuseum.org/ http://www.cgwmuseum.org/). It's cool to see the juxtaposition of classic, influential hits with games that had good ideas or themes (often themes that have yet to be revisited) but poor implementations along with forgotten clones that don't really stand out. The game developer magazine archives (http://www.gdcvault.com/gdmag http://www.gdcvault.com/gdmag) are equally good for getting an overview of this history of game development. Early issues are hardcore technical issues about low level things we now take for granted. Later issues focus largely on diversity, political and community issues in the game industry with the occasional high level technical article.