Author Topic: Ziff Davis shuttering EGM? (Read 1098 times)

ferrarimanf355 · « **on:** November 20, 2008, 06:22:44 PM »

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21209

Ya know, if those "extended interviews" were part of the actual mag, this may not be happening. Just a thought.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1 on:** November 20, 2008, 06:25:14 PM »

Is there even anyone left who actually pays money for a subscription to EGM?

drohne · « **Reply #2 on:** November 20, 2008, 06:25:22 PM »

so much for my free subscription running several months past the end of time

Vizzys · « **Reply #3 on:** November 20, 2008, 06:27:16 PM »

the latest egm showed up in my mailbox a few days ago, Im not sure why as I dont remember signing up for it again

i gave it a read and its pretty terrible, short as hell too, maybe 60 pages of content, 30 pages of advertisements

also I noticed the word otaku used at least 4 times

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 20, 2008, 06:28:08 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on November 20, 2008, 06:25:14 PM

Is there even anyone left who actually pays money for a subscription to EGM?

Why bother when most of that stuff is online, anyways?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5 on:** November 20, 2008, 06:39:50 PM »

Quote from: ferrarimanf355 on November 20, 2008, 06:28:08 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on November 20, 2008, 06:25:14 PM
Is there even anyone left who actually pays money for a subscription to EGM?
Why bother when most of that stuff is online, anyways?

It's free!

trippingmartian · « **Reply #6 on:** November 20, 2008, 06:40:36 PM »

I have a paid subscription but in my mind it's only a gesture to support their awesome podcasts. The magazine is alright content-wise, but it's really sad to compare the binding, size and paper quality to that of Edge or even Play. Also: please do away with carded ads that you can't remove without destroying the binding of the mag. Play and Edge seem to get by fine without them.

drew · « **Reply #7 on:** November 20, 2008, 06:49:23 PM »

dont care

pilonv1 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:05:05 PM »

i cant even remember the last time egm was relevant

oh yes i can - never

sad to see people lose their jobs though

littlemathletics · « **Reply #9 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:18:16 PM »

Sucks, but I'm not at all shocked if this is true.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #10 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:27:12 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on November 20, 2008, 07:05:05 PM

i cant even remember the last time egm was relevant

oh yes i can - never

sad to see people lose their jobs though

I can-- when they were 300 pages long and provided game genie boss codes for SF2 for the snes. I loved that shit when I was a kid, read every word.

I flipped through one a few months ago and it was like looking at an anorexic supermodel - pretty in some senses of the word (nice pics and designs), but completely malnourished and thin.

Rman · « **Reply #11 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:34:55 PM »

Play is actually in better shape financially, considerably.

drew · « **Reply #12 on:** November 20, 2008, 07:41:27 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on November 20, 2008, 07:05:05 PM

i cant even remember the last time egm was relevant

oh yes i can - when i was 13 years old

fixed

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13 on:** November 20, 2008, 08:00:45 PM »

Quote from: Rman on November 20, 2008, 07:34:55 PM

Play is actually in better shape financially, considerably.

REALLY? How's that work?

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #14 on:** November 20, 2008, 08:45:32 PM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on November 20, 2008, 08:00:45 PM

Quote from: Rman on November 20, 2008, 07:34:55 PM
Play is actually in better shape financially, considerably.
REALLY? How's that work?

taking bribes from every videogame and anime company on earth.

tiesto · « **Reply #15 on:** November 20, 2008, 08:52:46 PM »

Yeah, the 300-400 page EGM's in the mid 90's were fucking awesome. The newer ones are boring.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #16 on:** November 20, 2008, 09:03:51 PM »

the only way i could see a gaming mag surviving for any length of time is if it were a weekly newspaper-styled mag, and even then it wouldn't have the longest lifespan

print isn't dead, but it's definitely on life support

a few years from now when e-paper readers are dirt cheap and in color, then you can call time of death on print

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17 on:** November 20, 2008, 10:43:31 PM »

EGM is such garbage now. It takes me like 5 minutes to read through because it has so little content.

cool breeze · « **Reply #18 on:** November 20, 2008, 10:44:30 PM »

fuck

hopefully the powerful new parts I got since doing the first one help me out. Do you know if homing rockets lock onto the patches?

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #19 on:** November 20, 2008, 10:45:58 PM »

lol owned

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #20 on:** November 20, 2008, 10:50:35 PM »

I figured it was inevitable.

Bocsius · « **Reply #21 on:** November 20, 2008, 11:13:48 PM »

Conjuring a tear.... wait for it...

Nope. I've got nothing.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #22 on:** November 20, 2008, 11:43:03 PM »

Are they going to reimburse me for all the issues they still owe me?

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 21, 2008, 03:32:52 PM »

Quote from: Rman on November 20, 2008, 07:34:55 PM

Play is actually in better shape financially, considerably.

Those Sega circle jerk sessions are doing their taco-y purpose... $:-\$

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #24 on:** November 21, 2008, 03:35:56 PM »

When's PSM gonna get shut down? I keep getting it in the mail and I haven't renewed in like 2 years.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 21, 2008, 03:40:13 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 21, 2008, 03:35:56 PM

When's PSM gonna get shut down? I keep getting it in the mail and I haven't renewed in like 2 years.

Technically, it did shut down and Future replaced it with their version of the Official Playstation Magazine...

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Author Topic: Ziff Davis shuttering EGM? (Read 1098 times)