No.992 Games Mags…
Games mags? Yes, magazines about gaming. Printed on paper.
Didn’t they go the way of dial-up internet at the end of the 90s? Thxzzzzzxxxxt-crzt. Txchsschssz, pa- ding pa-ding pa-ding! Don’t use the phone Mum, I’m playing Neopets.
Are you OK? Sorry, senior moment. What were we talking about?
Games mags being past their prime. True, the days when WHSmith would threaten to delist a title if it dropped below 20,000 sales are long gone. Most games mag publishers would kill for that level of readership now. But they still have their place – minus covermounts – as evidenced by the fact that you’re holding this one right now.
Actually it’s the Digital Edition. Well, they don’t hand MCV out to just anyone, being free and all. You could apply for the Print Edition, assuming you’re important enough. Worth a try.
58 | MCV/DEVELOP September 2023
Or you could get with the 21st Century and update the website a bit more. Touche! Yes, but think of your mince pies bathing in all that toxic blue light from dawn ‘til dusk. With a magazine you can lean back in your favourite wing-back chair, kick off your slippers, and get your manservant to mix you a Pink Squirrel while reading about what was going on in the game industry a month ago - all without your seeing- balls leaking precious bodily fluid.
That was a long sentence. You might want to go back and add some punctuation. Too late now. The joys of print.
Digital Edition, remember. I’m not important enough. Don’t worry, you’ll be a Final Boss in no time.
Are there any other printed games mags I can read without having to risk my mortal soul by climbing the career ladder? Plenty. Edge is still going after 30 years. PC Gamer, Play, Crash, Amiga Addict. Zzap! You have to pay for them
all though, which is a revolutionary concept in media consumption these days...
Hang on! Amiga? Didn’t that go the way of dial-up internet? At the beginning of the 90s, yes, but now it’s back. More issues of Amiga Addict have been published than Amiga Force magazine managed back in the day. Mags are the new vinyl, haven’t you heard?
Vinyl?
That black disc expensively mounted on the wall behind you has a full 38 minutes of audio entertainment inscribed within, if you cared to drag a needle across it.
But it cost more than my annual Spotify subscription! The defence rests.
I’ve had quite enough of thi… Thxzzzzzxxxxt-crzt Sorry, we seem to have a crossed line. Txchsschssz, pa-ding pa-ding pa-ding! Must be the new RuneScape update. (Meridian 59 would’ve worked better, but, whatever - Ed.)
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