Video gaming magzines

*Prowler* · 04-30-2022, 06:07 PM

I absolutely loved video game magazines when I was a kid. My brother bought them frequently. My favourite was this British magazine called Computer & Video Games. Still have a lot of its issues. I think about reading through them sometimes but never find the time to do so. It really was the magazine I loved to read the most back in the late 90s.

Well "read" as in mostly looking at it. I didn't speak English when I was that young except for a few basic words. My brother was the one actually reading them. He was already a teenager by then and could speak English fluently.

Ofc we also read local magazines, but no Portuguese magazine came close to Computer & Video Games. There was a Nintendo magazine here that lasted a few months only in the GameCube era since Nintendo was pretty irrelevant here during that era. By 2003 or so, you'd be better off finding information about GameCube games on the Internet or foreign magazines.

I loved the posters that came in the magazines. Still have several them on the walls. Also loved looking at the fanart sections and the fan mail questions.

Gaming magazines always included a lot of humour. The journalists didn't come across as robots telling you the news or their opinions. They generally felt human and like fellow friends of yours giving you advice about upcoming games.

I don't want to go back to a time where you needed to buy magazines regularly to know if a game was worth buying or not, but clearly it made things more interesting and magical. Googling online reviews or asking other players online if a game is any good in under 5 minutes just doesn't have the same charm. But obviously it's a lot more convenient since it saves you a lot of money and time.

EDGE and Retrogamer are cool magazines though. Edge tends to have very nice covers, at least. I haven't read an issue of it in years though.

It's not just gaming, magazines in general seem to be dying. After all we live in the Internet era. If even traditional television as we know it is dying off then imagine paper magazines and newspapers.

The world changes, but there's always going to be nostalgia feelings for good things from the past.

04-30-2022, 06:07 PM	#22
Prowler Emperor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,999	I absolutely loved video game magazines when I was a kid. My brother bought them frequently. My favourite was this British magazine called Computer & Video Games. Still have a lot of its issues. I think about reading through them sometimes but never find the time to do so. It really was the magazine I loved to read the most back in the late 90s. Well "read" as in mostly looking at it. I didn't speak English when I was that young except for a few basic words. My brother was the one actually reading them. He was already a teenager by then and could speak English fluently. Ofc we also read local magazines, but no Portuguese magazine came close to Computer & Video Games. There was a Nintendo magazine here that lasted a few months only in the GameCube era since Nintendo was pretty irrelevant here during that era. By 2003 or so, you'd be better off finding information about GameCube games on the Internet or foreign magazines. I loved the posters that came in the magazines. Still have several them on the walls. Also loved looking at the fanart sections and the fan mail questions. Gaming magazines always included a lot of humour. The journalists didn't come across as robots telling you the news or their opinions. They generally felt human and like fellow friends of yours giving you advice about upcoming games. I don't want to go back to a time where you needed to buy magazines regularly to know if a game was worth buying or not, but clearly it made things more interesting and magical. Googling online reviews or asking other players online if a game is any good in under 5 minutes just doesn't have the same charm. But obviously it's a lot more convenient since it saves you a lot of money and time. EDGE and Retrogamer are cool magazines though. Edge tends to have very nice covers, at least. I haven't read an issue of it in years though. It's not just gaming, magazines in general seem to be dying. After all we live in the Internet era. If even traditional television as we know it is dying off then imagine paper magazines and newspapers. The world changes, but there's always going to be nostalgia feelings for good things from the past.