LostintheCycle
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In 2013, Dad brought home a bunch of Hyper magazines from 2008-09, which I would occasionally flip through. If you don't know, Hyper was a general gaming magazine, not console specific, and I think was full of interesting takes, reviews that were fun to read, and some really interesting features. One that was titillating for me once I reached puberty was the 'Sex in Games' feature. Another I like now was about games that touted moral dilemmas (think inFamous, Bioshock) but more or less just gave you a choice to be the Hero or Villain; all delivered with a great snark and humor. One part I loved were the articles written by this character whose a wealthy, 19th-century gentlemanly gamer. I also collected the PlayStation AU magazine from 2015-17. It was mostly a PS4 shill magazine, full of a lot more reviews and less features/articles than Hyper was, but it had some personality and a similar humor style. In retrospect, I found even the same writer or two between the two magazines.
Most gamers I know who are into games don't like game journalists thanks to shit like Kotaku, the Cuphead Tutorial Incident, and so on... but that's all digital stuff. Are printed gaming magazines in a decent state or have they been flogged? Also lets just talk in general about gaming magazines --- old and new --- in this thread.
Most gamers I know who are into games don't like game journalists thanks to shit like Kotaku, the Cuphead Tutorial Incident, and so on... but that's all digital stuff. Are printed gaming magazines in a decent state or have they been flogged? Also lets just talk in general about gaming magazines --- old and new --- in this thread.
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