Mafia Righthand_Man Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 So, EGM is dead. The magazine that I've subscribed to ever since I've been a gamer is dead. I remember getting excited as a kid when the new issue would arrive and I would sit down and read all the latest gaming news off that crisp, fresh smelling paper. Call me old fashioned, but there's just something exciting about getting that new issue in the mail and having it in front of you compared to over the internet. Anyone else feel the same as myself? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
outcest Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 that sucks. man. i've been reading that stuff since...well, i learned to read. i still subscribe, but of course now it's mostly a novelty to see what's going on in the gaming world...but yknow when you're a kid, and your whole life is videogaming because you dont really care about girls yet, having a magazine delivered monthly to you all about the latest games...i dunno. it's just an indescribable excitement. the fresh pages (which did indeed smell great), the letters with that forbidden PG-13 humor, the news, the Q-Man, the feature-of-the-issue...of course, the reviews. all the staff...Dan "Shoe" Hsu, Milkman, Jen (bringing truth to the fable of female gamers), Sushi-X...and of course, my number one favorite, to date one of the funniest people i've ever heard of, Seanbaby. ALWAYS laugh at The Rest of the Crap. even now. well i guess it's not truly dead, seeing as 1up has been the main focus for a while now. i mean, it was hard enough selling gaming magazines when there were magazines for everything...now with the 'net taking over it must be nigh impossible. but still. f*ck mang. you got me all nostalgia'd up. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058854646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigNekkidSnake Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I remember the day when I was a kid and would get a new unoffical PSM every month. but I eventually got a 360 so it was kinda useless after that for game info but the comics and the reviews in that magazine were great. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058855061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gouveia Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I'm subscribed to Brazil's OXM and damn, it's better than looking up the reviews and facts on the internet. It's so better to have it on a paper... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058855307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-King Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I've had a subscription to Gameinformer for over a year now, and I love it. It's great because of all the exclusive looks it gets for up-coming games, and the review section is always well-done as-well. I have a couple of old EGMs and I liked them, but I could never really get into them, I've read Gameinformer and Gamepro ever since I started gaming though, I also had a subscription to Nintendo Power from the time the Gamecube came out until I got my Xbox, which was a period of about five or six years. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058856858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooperuk2008 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) So, EGM is dead. The magazine that I've subscribed to ever since I've been a gamer is dead. I remember getting excited as a kid when the new issue would arrive and I would sit down and read all the latest gaming news off that crisp, fresh smelling paper. Call me old fashioned, but there's just something exciting about getting that new issue in the mail and having it in front of you compared to over the internet. Anyone else feel the same as myself? yep the trouble with the internet is people post information right away when they get it. They cant wait till the end of a month or a few weeks without posting it. Things like that ruin suprises. Just because EGM is dead doesnt mean that a fan site cant be made and still be run years after its demise hint hint and theres nothing to stop someone from making a forum for all the egm regulars who wrote into the mag to post over there and keep in contact for years. Edited January 8, 2009 by Hooperuk2008 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058860625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthYENIK Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I've had a subscription to Gameinformer for over a year now, and I love it. It's great because of all the exclusive looks it gets for up-coming games, and the review section is always well-done as-well. I have a couple of old EGMs and I liked them, but I could never really get into them, I've read Gameinformer and Gamepro ever since I started gaming though, I also had a subscription to Nintendo Power from the time the Gamecube came out until I got my Xbox, which was a period of about five or six years. I used to be a EGM reader, until I got a free subscription to Gameinformer. EGM always had more opinion than facts. Gameinformer seems to have that flipped. Gamepro is cool as well, but they (and EGM) sometimes don't cover the big stories and go for smaller stories. I still have about two years worth of EGM in my bathroom for reading material. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058860936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) Sean baby was pretty funny. ...Sean baby. I sell on average at least one Game Informer Subscription at Gamestop everyday. I've been working there for about three years, and can you even think about how many people are now reading Game Informer. And that's just me, one person working at one store. I can tell you that they're obviously paid on their ratings, but sometimes have good interviews. They lack on the humor side though, which is what I enjoyed about EGM. BUT SERIOUSLY. GAME INFORMER IS TAKING OVER. Edited January 9, 2009 by Mar Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058861332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainland Marauder Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Seanbaby was awesome, as well as a lot of names I've seen in EGM over the years... How sad. It's a sign of the times, really, but it's also a lost part of gaming history. What I'd give to have all my old EGM, GamePro etc. mags from way back when....I'd like to go back and have a laugh at what they thought was "the future of gaming" 15 years ago. RIP EGM Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058861408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I used to get nintendo power. Had like 5 years of those piled in my room. Gamepro was awesome. Especially their prank issue lamepro they had every once and a while. Well there goes the internet and the economy ruining things again. EGM RIP Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058861448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
outcest Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Gamepro was awesome. Especially their prank issue lamepro they had every once and a while. oh f*ck YES. that was the balls. so was Nintendo Power as a matter of fact. but it got a little too kiddy and fanboy for me...i stopped subscribing years ago... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058861486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainland Marauder Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 LamePro ran in every April edition of GamePro. Some of them were funnier than others. Had spoof reviews, letters to the editor (probably the funniest sh*t in there), ads and more. Also took a lot of thinly-veiled (if veiled at all) shots at other game mags - this became more common later on. That was funny the first year or so but got old after awhile. I used to pick up EGM in the store maybe three or four times a year and subscribed to GamePro for several years. I had a box that had a bunch of EGMs, every GamePro from 1993-98 (roughly) and some Nintendo Power, mostly from the late 80s and early 90s. Too bad I got separated from it and have no idea where it is now. There was a special issue of EGM from sometime in 1994 or 1995 that had a big rundown of all the consoles, current, old and forthcoming, rating where they stood and where they were going. They were pretty convinced the Sega Saturn was going to be the one to beat from '95 onward, and were a bit skeptical of Sony entering the hardware business. Well, hindsight's 20/20. Too bad Sega had to botch the Saturn rollout and mismanage the whole thing into the ground. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/390765-the-death-of-egm/#findComment-1058861684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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