Electronic Gaming Monthly RETURNS!

[quote name='XxFuRy2Xx']I'm happy EGM is back. I'll finally have something to read again while on the throne.[/QUOTE]

This. EGM is the only game magazine I've actually enjoyed. I won't actually mind paying for a subscription.
 
[quote name='shoopdewoop1']I for one am happy EGM is back. I might even buy a subscription rather than the free one I signed up for til I died.[/QUOTE]

I'd definitely pay for a subscription to show my support.
 
[quote name='hankmecrankme']Maybe it won't suck so much ass now.

Old EGM was the shit.[/QUOTE]
Agreed 100%. In my opinion, the era where they were under Harris was the best. Very little stupid snarky humor. This is definitely a good thing.

They need to change though. Having a bunch of previews & screenshots is a useless approach thanks to the internet. They need to aim more towards feature-length articles. If they're going to survive this time it'll have to be due to decent journalism - and more importantly, don't put it online...at least until long after the issue is off shelves.
 
Still waiting for the alleged E3 announcement, hopefully a startup date , Im def going to subscribe even though law school has taken every penny I have.
 
[quote name='elwood731']Why the sooner they're gone the better? I could see saying they seem obsolete to you personally and have no value, but actively rooting against a medium? Really? Why?[/QUOTE]

Once the kindle type of technology is perfected, I really do think paper newspapers and paper magazines will be obselete. Right now there are issues to solve, like portability, image quality, available content, content distribution, etc. However the technology promises many benefits, such as being able to store newspaper stories you like as a softcopy on your computer instead of a yellowing pile of clippings, and eliminating the time/money spent producing the paper and distributing it.

I believe it's going to be a rocky few years while that technology is maturing and reporters are developing the skills necessary to work with the new digital medium. I predict it will be like the first time movies incorporated audio, most of the first "talkies" sucked compared to masterpieces made during the silent era. However eventually the technology and filming direction improved to the point that audiences couldn't imagine going back to a world where movies didn't include an audio track.

Note I'm not rooting against a medium (in fact there's many things about paper magazines I love) - I'm just pontificating here :)
 
So will my subscription continue? I had like 2 more years when they died off, and unlike they promised, my subscription never changed over to anything else.
 
[quote name='darthbudge']So will my subscription continue? I had like 2 more years when they died off, and unlike they promised, my subscription never changed over to anything else.[/QUOTE]

You probably need to take that up with Ziff-Davis.
 
[quote name='camoor']Once the kindle type of technology is perfected, I really do think paper newspapers and paper magazines will be obselete. Right now there are issues to solve, like portability, image quality, available content, content distribution, etc. However the technology promises many benefits, such as being able to store newspaper stories you like as a softcopy on your computer instead of a yellowing pile of clippings, and eliminating the time/money spent producing the paper and distributing it.

I believe it's going to be a rocky few years while that technology is maturing and reporters are developing the skills necessary to work with the new digital medium. I predict it will be like the first time movies incorporated audio, most of the first "talkies" sucked compared to masterpieces made during the silent era. However eventually the technology and filming direction improved to the point that audiences couldn't imagine going back to a world where movies didn't include an audio track.

Note I'm not rooting against a medium (in fact there's many things about paper magazines I love) - I'm just pontificating here :)[/QUOTE]


Yeah, the tech for that is a few years away. It will require having something like color e-ink on a large screen that can display magazines and newpapers in a format nearly identical to print versions.

It could be done sooner with LCD screen reader tablets, but those aren't idea for an e-reader device. The screens give eye strain, they'd get warm, and battery lifer wouldn't be very good. Compared to e-ink devices like the Kindle that have no more eye strain than paper, don't generate heat, and only need charged once a week or two depending on how much you read (and have the wireless turned on in the Kindle's case).

Color e-ink is feasible, the but tech is still being worked on and is definitely a few years out from being perfected, and for a large screen device to be out and affordable. Though of course some new type of screen tech besides e-ink that has all the benefits could be invented in the meantime.


Where I disagree is that there will be any adjustment period for reporters etc. The form of stories and articles doesn't have to change at all. Device technology just has to improve to display the content in the same way you get it in print.

I mean you can already get tons of magazines and newspapers on Kindle--the layout is just different with just lists of stories in each section you click on, and then the text reflowed to fit the small screen. With larger devices and color screens you just get an e-version that looks more like the print version.
 
Paper magazines are a great way to catalog gaming history, however for me to pay this magazine would have to cover all console releases. Even giving a few paragraphs for the lesser-known titles would satisfy me. The failed EGM missed a lot of games and filled up a ton of pages with poorly written articles. Game journalists think we read for them rather than the games, which are what really matter.
 
EGM is back. My new issue arrived yesterday with Jennifer Love Hewitt on the cover, only theres alot less gaming coverage and alot more photoshops of scantily clad women in this 'New' EGM.
 
I'm wondering what rate the prorated sub refund is if all our subs were free. Can Maxim even distinguish from paid EGM subscriptions vs free ones? I've got Maxim clear through Aug 2011 now and I think I'd rather have the money.
 
So, I still haven't received any issues of Maxim, or anything else for my EGM subscription. Has anyone else still not received anything?
 
[quote name='darthbudge']So, I still haven't received any issues of Maxim, or anything else for my EGM subscription. Has anyone else still not received anything?[/QUOTE]

Nothing for me, either.
 
[quote name='Puffa469']Every time I shit.[/QUOTE]

What a coincidence, that's when I read EGM. It's also why I'm hyped for it's return. Guitar World is boring as hell if you're not a total metalhead.
 
[quote name='Dr Mario Kart']I'm wondering what rate the prorated sub refund is if all our subs were free. Can Maxim even distinguish from paid EGM subscriptions vs free ones? I've got Maxim clear through Aug 2011 now and I think I'd rather have the money.[/QUOTE]
I agree on having the money instead. :applause:
 
I sent in for the refund. I need a sub to Maxim about as much as I need a dead unicorn in my basement. Neither one would go over well with my wife or my little kids.
 
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