Bitmob Wants You: The game magazine collection

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Hey, guys! It's been a couple weeks -- a little thing called PAX Prime happened -- but you came up with three excellent remembrances of video-game magazines as part of our previous Bitmob Wants You prompt. And they deserve a proper tribute.

So check them out below, and feel free to add your own memories of gaming magazines in the comments. And keep your eyes open for our next Bitmob Wants You challenge -- it'll be coming soon!

In loving memory: How EGM², Expert Gamer, and GameNOW scarred me for life
By Brandon Guerrie

I'm plenty familiar with the old days of Electronic Gaming Monthly -- and so is our boss, Shoe, who used to be its editor-in-chief -- but EGM2 was a different animal, focused more on guides, cheats, and strategies. The mag inspired Brandon to take a stab at writing walkthroughs himself, so it must have done something right.

Who's to blame for Nintendo Power's death?
By Mark Reeth

This whole prompt was inspired by the folding of the venerable Nintendo publication, and Mark knows where to point the finger: At Shoe himself! (Well, not really. Read on for more.)

Magazine memories: A journey from print to digital
By Trevor Hinkle

Trevor charts his path from the glory days of PC Gamer, Games For Windows Magazine (RIP, Brodeo), and the rest of the old Ziff-Davis stable to his current efforts in games writing. "As my favorite gaming journalism outlets crumbled around me," he writes, "I began to take the writing into my own hands." We're glad you did, man.

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josh longest

September 06, 2012

EGM... Just uttering those three magical letters together fills me with tranquility. EGM was the most important thing to gaming outside of the games themselves. In the mid-90s print was the only way I could get game information. Back then I wasn't old enough to buy the magazine so I would ride my bike to the library and read back issues. My local library was awesome enough to have the at least the last 12 issues on hand at all times. I used to scour the back issues and just be amazed by all of these games I had never seen in person before. I lived in a small town that didn't have a Blockbuster, Babbage's, Software Etc... or Funcoland. I was lucky to see in person any games that weren't big time releases. I remember EGM #88 being a giant issue and it just blew my mind. I used to go to the library so often that eventually they offered to sell me the old issues. I paid $.10 an issue and walked out feeling like it was Christmas. I continued to read EGM from that point on until it was cancelled. I swear a piece of me died that day. One of my favorite memories of EGM was when they convinced my 12 year old mind that I could jump Lara Croft into a pool and make her come out naked. I tried and tried and tried to see those polygon boobs. When EGM died I had over 150 issues and the posters. My favorite poster was the covers poster. It had all of the covers on it. Sadly last year my house flooded and I lost all of my EGM collection. I'm not going to lie, throwing away soggy issues of EGM made me cry. It felt like throwing away good memories. The only remnants were the covers poster (ruined) and a poor copy of 9/9/99.

Shoe I miss you at EGM.