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[mckmas8808]

Well, this particular story (about GI folding) is about the print industry, not about the gaming industry. The print industry (newspapers, magazines, books) has been dying across the board for years, decades. I'm surprised Gi lasted as long as it did. Most other gaming magazines have long-since folded. But that's isn't about the gaming industry. It's about the print industry vs. the internet.

Very good point. You're right!

 

[DaGwaphics]

I don't think they had any discs. At least the couple hundred issues I have never had them.

Maybe I'm thinking of the wrong mag. I know I have a stack of PC disks in really slim clear cases (PC mag maybe?). I'll have to try and hunt them up now out of curiosity, not that I have an optical drive on hand at the moment.

 

[SirKicksalot]

Retromags has the first 260 issues available for download.

Game Informer

www.retromags.com

Wow their collections are awesome. So much nostalgia.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Wow their collections are awesome. So much nostalgia.

Yes. I’ve been reading through magazines for the past few years. Super Play. Nintendo Power. Next Generation. PSM. Many more. Such a fantastic resource. I bought an iPad mainly for this purpose.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Goodbye to Game Informer MinnMaxx has a video on YouTube (filmed in March) where Dan Ryckert, Ben Hanson and Leo Vader go to the new GI office and go through stuff moved there from the old office, including games from the vault, statues, promo items and other stuff given to them from Publishers. Pretty cool.

But wondering......in the video (from back in March) they are questioning what will happen to all of the stuff down the road (maybe they saw the writing on the wall). They say Matt Miller is fighting hard to allow the editors keep the vault and not hand it over to GI for auction, as they say editiors over the years has contributed to the vault and shouldn't automatically go to Gamestop. Geez!!! Can you imagine Gamestop selling all of the stuff on their crappy online store?

But where is this at now? Were they locked out of this office last week? Will they get to keep that stuff? Where is it at now?

 

[Evil Calvin]

Maybe I'm thinking of the wrong mag. I know I have a stack of PC disks in really slim clear cases (PC mag maybe?). I'll have to try and hunt them up now out of curiosity, not that I have an optical drive on hand at the moment.

Official Playstation Magazine, Official Dreamcast Magazine, Official Xbox Magazine, and PC Gamer all had demo discs

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[tr1p1ex]

time marches on.

GI content was enjoyed in the moment and is in people's memories.

I actually tried to read GI not too long ago like in the past few years because I had it coming to my house by default. Magazines just don't deliver the same excitement they did back when magazines were your 'gaming internet.'

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Krathoon]

God, I remember Gamestop employees pushing that damn magazine all the time. Man, they were annoying.

 

[Deerock71]