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    Unhappy WTF? EGM folded!

    I just found out today via email newsletter that Electronic Gaming Monthly has folded due to massive layoffs. I am truly saddened. EGM was the only gaming magazine that I liked and really one of the only magazines that I read cover to cover.

    Here's the official statement: http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=...UserId=4561231

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    That kind of sucks, but there are like 5 others to pick from. I personally like getting magazines that are exclusive to your system like PSN, the Official Playstation magazine,XBOX gaming or something and I think that's it. Unless you have more than one system of course.

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    I don't like "official" magazines because I feel as though their articles and reviews are biased. Also, I like reading articles about the gaming world in general, not just what's new with Playstation or whatever. Also again, who doesn't have more than one system?

    As far as a general console gaming magazine, EGM was the best.

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    I heard about this a couple of weeks ago. My free subs added up to about 7 years left and they're going to refund me for all of them. Hello $100.
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    yeah it doesnt help that I have been getting this for years and never paid for an issue

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    Well I kind of like biast magazines because well, I'm biast. I'm a bit of a PS3 fanboy, but that doesn't mean I dislike Xbox360, in fact I think that the 360 is a better system and I would love to have one.

    Back to topic, I guess biast opinions do suck though because then you can't interpret the info yourself.

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    THIS IS A FUCKING OUTRAGE

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheOriginalGrumpySpy View Post
    THIS IS A FUCKING OUTRAGE
    I KNOW

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    I used to be subscribed to this back in the day. I'm enrolled in Game Informer right now. I like it. Covers all the systems, usually has good cover stories, and the reviews aren't biased like magazines such as "Official" ones would be.

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    But EGM had Sean Baby! I'll miss him the most.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SneeBeezums View Post
    I used to be subscribed to this back in the day. I'm enrolled in Game Informer right now. I like it. Covers all the systems, usually has good cover stories, and the reviews aren't biased like magazines such as "Official" ones would be.
    I am in this same camp. Game Informer is the only magazine I've ever subscribed to where I actually sit down and read the whole thing when I get it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pepsi View Post
    I heard about this a couple of weeks ago. My free subs added up to about 7 years left and they're going to refund me for all of them. Hello $100.
    Might I ask where you went to find how much time you had left on your subscription? I scoured 1up.com and I don't know where to find said totals.

    And yes, GI is the shit. The only mag I currently pay for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheOriginalGrumpySpy View Post
    THIS IS A FUCKING OUTRAGE
    This is literally the only magazine I subscribe to.
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    The problem with GI is that they tend to whore out for their exclusivity. They did a 10 page spread on Dark Sector 2 years back that made me reserve the game because of all the features they talked about, then none of them made it into the game. But GI didn't once mention in any subsequent preview the removal of the features, and it was only after I played the game that I realized most of the stuff didn't make it into the game. I'm not saying it was a bad game, and they ended up giving it a very fair score - a 7.5, I think, which I do agree with - but they'll put negatives in previews for games that aren't their cover stories. It's a small thing to bitch about, and I really do like the magazine.

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    I also like GameInformer cause it's cheap as fuck. $10 for the subscription plus that 10% card on used games and accessories at GameStop.

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    lol I see they got you at Gamestop. jk

    This sucks. EGM is the also the only magazine I'm subscribed to. I don't play games but it was fun reading a free mag.

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    Well, I actually paid for it. I do get a car magazine every few months that I didn't subscribe to... goes right in the trash. I don't consider it a subscription because I didn't subscribe to it.

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    EGM sucks


    GI is much better
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    But Game Informer doesn't have Sean Baby.


    SEAN BABY

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    Quote Originally Posted by KT. View Post
    But Game Informer doesn't have Sean Baby.


    SEAN BABY
    sean baby


    more like clown baby
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    I think my free year subscription just ended .

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    Everyone's subscription just ended.

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    I think the world has just ended .

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    shit, there goes my free subscription ive had for almost 2 years.

    not so happy in the pants..

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    I remember reading EGM.

    14 years ago.

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    I've been on the GI kick for awhile myself. Back when I used to play games more, EGM and PSM were the only two I'd really pick up, though. Still have the first few issues of PSM and a bunch of 10-15 year old EGMs somewhere. It's interesting reading through stuff like that from time to time, seeing games that never were or ended up sucking.

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    I have a copy of the first issue of Nintendo Power. Do you think it would be worth anything?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MalReynolds View Post
    I have a copy of the first issue of Nintendo Power. Do you think it would be worth anything?
    Depends on the condition.
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    Near mint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MalReynolds View Post
    Near mint.
    It's on eBay for 6 bucks at the most.
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    Nuuuts. I'll probably get an extra copy, then. Since it was the first issue, you can tell they made up some of the "Write to us!" letters, including one from a hardcore gamer kid named Ace Ebb.

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    It was the 1 game magazine I subscribed to. Wtf?
    It was free anyway, and they did get rid of Hsu and Chan...

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    There are several people in this thread alone that were getting free subscriptions. This was probably part of the problem.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrTroy View Post
    There are several people in this thread alone that were getting free subscriptions. This was probably part of the problem.
    To say the least, advertisements only pay so much. With a few people on this small site alone getting the magazine for free it makes you wonder how many others increased the circulation while sucking up the profit margin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fm2176 View Post
    To say the least, advertisements only pay so much. With a few people on this small site alone getting the magazine for free it makes you wonder how many others increased the circulation while sucking up the profit margin.
    Yea, I was thinking about that today, if on this small group of people and so many got it for free, nationwide I would bet hundreds upon hundreds, if not thousands and thousands got it for free. I can see giving a way a free year or two to a small sample of people to get it out there, but good god.
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    I think MrTroy is onto something here.

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