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Title: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: shaggy on September 10, 2006, 08:12:02 AM How many different video game magazines do you subscribe to?
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: Pop Culture Portal on September 10, 2006, 09:45:11 AM I've got 3 and that's enough for me...Nintendo Power, Game Informer, and one other I can't seem to remember :/
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: UNFORGIVINGPAIN on September 10, 2006, 10:53:49 AM I said none. I have a free EGM subscription, but I would never pay for it. I do buy video game magazines. Retro Gamer, Retro Gaming Anthology, and Video Game Collector.
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: Tynstar on September 10, 2006, 11:24:50 AM I was getting GI and EGM but GJ just ran out. Not sure if my EGM is still good.
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: James on September 10, 2006, 05:30:43 PM I only buy magazines every now and then on an impulse. They're too expensive here. OPS2M and OXM are both £6 each. Nintendo Official Magazine is cheaper but it's a lot crappier by a long way. Retro Gamer is also £6, I think. And it doesn't even come with a cover disc any more.
OPS2M is my favourite magazine because they seem to admit the PS2 isn't the best current gen console. They just focus on the games and how fun they are. It's also got some humour in it. Official Xbox Magazine is quite good. They focus on games as well, and they aren't overly arrogant. Nintendo Official Magazine is a load of tosh written by the biggest Nintendo fanboys in Britain. If it isn't first party Nintendo, it's not worth even glancing at in a shop. The majority of their reviews are 5 or 6 out of 10. That could be because Nintendo games are crap, the reviewers are biased against anything non-Nintendo, or their idea of average is a 5. It can't be an average because their reviews always state that the games are awful. Nintendo consoles generally have fairly good games. So it must be that the reviewers don't know a good game when they play it. There was one Mega Drive game, I can't remember which, that was ported to the GBA. They had a few paragraphs saying how good it was, then they mentioned Sega and it all went downhill from there. [/NOM rant] Edge is a very good magazine. It covers all consoles and isn't biased towards anything. It's also something like £4. I often buy it if it has an interesting cover story. Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: Barracuda on September 10, 2006, 06:39:52 PM None
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: phoenix1967 on September 11, 2006, 10:11:18 AM Got 12 free rentals and 1 year of PSM when I bought my GameCrazy membership at Hollywood Video. Bought 1 year of GI at Gamestop for $14.95.
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: captain_nintendo on September 11, 2006, 10:15:55 AM 1.
Game Informer Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: wrldstrman on September 11, 2006, 01:10:35 PM none for me my boy gets game informer
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: Atarian75 on September 11, 2006, 04:33:10 PM None. I used to subscribe to EGM but I don't really like it anymore.
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: NES_Rules on September 11, 2006, 06:40:22 PM I got 3 free issues of Nintendo Power and EGM, but didn't feel like paying for a subscription.
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: atari_wizard on September 11, 2006, 08:04:11 PM Nintendo Power & Game Informer for me.
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: TraderJake on September 11, 2006, 08:19:23 PM 12 Free Issues of EGM
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: tholly on September 11, 2006, 09:49:39 PM 2
1 is Nintendo Power (I pay for it) 2 is EGM (free somehow) Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: Tondog on September 11, 2006, 11:00:10 PM Game Informer (came with the gamestop discount card)
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: Rejinx on September 12, 2006, 01:06:37 AM Three
1. EGM 2. CGM 3. PSM The best thing is that I get them all for free!!! Thanks who ever posted the free Mag link a few months ago. Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: shaggy on September 12, 2006, 08:19:51 AM I have 4.
1. Nintendo Power 2. PSM 3. OXM 4. Game Pro The sad thing is I pay for all the subscriptions. :( Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: Speedy_NES on September 13, 2006, 01:37:46 AM I used to subscribe to GI and DCM when I lived in the US, but ever since I moved back to Europe I haven't subscribed to a single one. Then again, I basically stopped gaming ever since I moved back, so I never felt the need to get any subscriptions to begin with.
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: Cobra on September 13, 2006, 02:26:33 AM None, only mag I even browse through these days is Retro Gamer, but haven't even brought one of those for a good few month, so good thing I'm not subscribed.
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: This Dude Abides on September 14, 2006, 03:05:28 AM I currently have subs to EGM and OPM. I used to have subs to Hardcore Gamer Magazine and Nintendo Power, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: chrisbid on September 14, 2006, 08:36:11 AM i got a few months of hardcore gamer for free and enjoyed it for the most part, but not quite enough to get a subscription. i also have to say the nintendo powers current format is most excellent. the magazine grew up overnight, and the results are great
Title: Re: Weekly Poll 9/10/06 Post by: RetroYoungen on September 14, 2006, 08:58:24 PM I think three, though I might be forgetting one. Game Informer (the only one I pay for), EGM and Official US Playstation Magazine (complete with the demo disc, both OUSPSM and EGM I get for free).
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