Electronic Gaming Monthly:1989-2009

Tupin · January 06, 2009, 07:07:54 PM

It had a good run, but after twenty years of shifts in staff and design, EGM's final issue is their January 2009 one. 1UP.com is also being sold.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21759

Really, this magazine USED to be good, then they stopped caring. Plus, no one bought it because they didn't have anything in them. Seriously, their last few issues were more like magazine sized pamphlets.

At least we still have GamePro and *ugh* GameInformer.

Your thoughts on this?

jnfs2014 · January 06, 2009, 07:09:06 PM

lol, didn't they just release a free 1-year subscription?

Tupin · January 06, 2009, 07:10:09 PM

Quote from: JNeedForSpeed2014 on January 06, 2009, 07:09:06 PM
lol, didn't they just release a free 1-year subscription?

Yeah, I've seen a few diehard EGM fans that had subscriptions up to 2015... :D

Tupin · January 06, 2009, 07:23:13 PM

Quote from: SUPERKOOL on January 06, 2009, 07:14:05 PM
Nice ten-year anniversary, hehe.

I used to subscribe.

I liked their magazine.

Twenty year anniversary.

Super · January 06, 2009, 07:34:40 PM

Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on January 06, 2009, 07:23:13 PM
Quote from: SUPERKOOL on January 06, 2009, 07:14:05 PM
Nice ten-year anniversary, hehe.

I used to subscribe.

I liked their magazine.
Twenty year anniversary.

I worded that weird.

I got the magazine for ten years.

They were a really good magazine a long time ago. I think I still have a few of them left.

Level_9_Chao · January 06, 2009, 08:40:05 PM

I started getting mine around issue 147. Gamecube birth era. When our PC-based magazine died and we somehow got an EGM, and I was like YAY.

Rius · January 06, 2009, 10:45:55 PM

...You're kidding me. I just bought a subscription. *starts swearing in Cicero's Latin*

Mystic · January 07, 2009, 10:06:45 AM

I've been getting it for about 2ish years, for free. Magazine sucks ass. But it's free, so oh well. Doesn't bother me.

Nayrman · January 07, 2009, 10:07:45 AM

Too bad Game Informer can't die along with it.
better yet, there is no point to gaming magazines because they don't report anything anymore. we all know this stuff on the internet the month before the issue comes out.

Level_9_Chao · January 07, 2009, 05:26:17 PM

Quote from: Nayrman on January 07, 2009, 10:07:45 AM
Too bad Game Informer can't die along with it.
better yet, there is no point to gaming magazines because they don't report anything anymore. we all know this stuff on the internet the month before the issue comes out.

Not everyone. I don't spend much time online and I get almost all my game info from magazines, and of course forums. I'll miss getting all the stories and stuff like I used to.

X-3 · January 08, 2009, 10:28:42 AM

Never read an issue before, to be honest.

Looks like a bunch of other 1-Up stuff is going down too, I guess.

Silverhawk79 · January 08, 2009, 10:42:14 AM

Took long enough. The only issue I ever read was their 150th issue where they listed the 150 best games ever or whatever. Of course, that was back when the GCN/Xbox/PS2 was just coming out.

PsychoYoshi · January 08, 2009, 03:14:56 PM

EGM was once a good mag...ages ago when Shoe was at the helm. It's sucked for a while, though. Although like others are saying, I would have preferred seeing Game Informer burn instead.

Ares300 · January 08, 2009, 06:14:56 PM

That sucks, I kinda knew it was going down once "Shoe" Hsu left, but I never expected this.

Is the January issue the one with the Wolverine: Origins preview?

Macawmoses · January 08, 2009, 06:21:52 PM

But yeah, it's about time it died. It was long past due.

Sucks for Nin though, as he probably won't get a refund.