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Derek Rumpler
04/22/09

In reply to GameSpite Quarterly Gives Game Print Media 1-UP
I'm going to miss magazines. I still buy Nintendo Power. But I didn't get one this last month because apparently, my local supermarket pulled it. :( Apparently, I'm the only one buying Nintendo Power there.

I should subscribe to it. And this, if its worth it. I'd like a more serious game-centric magazine to even out my reading.
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NeVeRMoRe666
04/22/09

@Derek Rumpler: I've had a Nintendo Power subscription for the last 9 or so years, but after "FUTURE" took over, it really irks me to read it. It seems everything was corporatized and the heart of the magazine was more or less gone. Now its full of ads and junk articles. I'm not even sure if you still get free gifts with subscriptions anymore. :( But still, I can't give it up after all of those years.
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Pombar
04/22/09

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Consider this endeavour saluted.
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ortega602086
01/08/09

In reply to The Final Copy Of EGM That (Almost) Never Was
What is Ryu looking at?
It looks as if Ken is saying "Dont look over there! kiss me, you big fool!"
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ReconToaster misses garnett :(
01/08/09

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This is just like OPM. The last issue is probably just gonna have a nice little last minute page explaining what's going on and saying goodbye.

I'm gonna miss EGM.
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henhowc
01/07/09

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How many people in here actually paid for their subscriptions to EGM? ;)
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Thorax
01/07/09

@henhowc: Me, and quite a few others from the looks of it.
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ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
01/07/09

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I haven't honestly read EGM with any regularity since it's golden era, but at least I knew it was there if I ever wanted a copy. Now I wish I had stuck with it.

It feels silly to be saddened by the passing of a magazine, but EGM was a cornerstone of the industry.

At least PC Gamer is still around. Oh, the fond memories of Coconut Monkey.
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excaliburps
01/07/09

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Oh someone should make a petition so that this issue could be released!

This is something worthwhile. I've seen videogame fans get worked on to do petitions for a lot less...
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excaliburps
01/07/09

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That's one nice cover. A shame it won't get to reach newsstands. I was planning on buying their last ish. As a gesture of respect if you will.

I admit I haven't read EGM in a long time but my memories of videogames and EGM go hand in hand.

As a commenter already said, it's apt that their supposed final issue had SF on the cover. This was the game that cemented me buying each issue when I was a kid. Heck I still remember that Sheng Long joke. Yes the original one! And the other ones that they tried to pull of year after year.

Oh and somebody correct me if I'm wrong but isn't EGM also the mag where they teased and eventually let on how to play as the boss characters on the SFII cartridge using a Game Genie??! I seem to remember it was them...I actually bought a Game Genie just for that! Good times!

What I'll miss most are their exclusives and Quartermann's (Shane) tidbits that are spot on sometimes. Oh and Sushi-X! Anyone here really know who he really was?

Way to go UGO. You pissed off a lot of people without even restructuring the 1UP yet...

Come to think of it, I didn't know of UGO before this...
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PuFF-Studios
01/07/09

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Well considering I have every issue from about 3 years ago (had to throw out the ones from 3 years before that) I wonder how much I can make on eBay?
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Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
01/07/09

@PuFF-Studios: Better question:

"How much would every issue of EGM from Issue 1 (Sendai Publications) to last months could/would be fetched on eBay?"
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Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
01/07/09

@PuFF-Studios: Revised:

My advice: Save them for at least 10 years and keep them in very good condition.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
01/07/09

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at this rate EVERYTHING related to gaming will have been completely eradicated by the end of 2010, followed by the rest of the world in 2012!!! these companies need to stop dying and start killing apps on other companies!

s wt dd thr?
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TheIrishNinja
01/08/09

@lllusionx: well played, cleks.
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TheIrishNinja
01/08/09

@TheIrishNinja: ..clerks even. joke = dead.
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Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
01/07/09

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I will say that this (to me) is a missed opportunity for not only a proper "swan song"/"roman burial", but rather a cash-in op, as well.

Apparently, the powers that be don't know the smell of money with a commemorative last issue when it's around.

I refer to FHM (United States) for a classic example. Alot of Vida worshippers that I knew bought that issue.
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Eric Lega-c Smith
01/07/09

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"Won't fill that void of "what can I read on the can?"

Bullcrap. That's what laptops are for.
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d_r_e
01/07/09

@Eric Lega-c Smith:

You bring your laptop into the bathroom with you? Disgusting.
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sanyo
01/08/09

@Eric Lega-c Smith: No, that's what printers are for. I'm getting me some glossy printing paper and a nice binder. :)
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zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ
01/08/09

@sanyo: i like the way you think :)
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suya123
01/07/09

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The remaining members of 1up should just all quit then rally all the people who were fired and start anew.
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d_r_e
01/07/09

@suya123:

They'll probably pull together, like some of the guys did for Giant Bomb.
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KaneRobot
01/07/09

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...I will say it is VERY appropriate that the last thing they are ever putting out is something with Street Fighter on the cover, since it certainly has to be the franchise that landed the most covers during the magazine's run...right? It seemed like every third issue during the early-mid 90's was a SF-related cover.
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EnigmaNemesis
01/07/09

@KaneRobot:

I was just about to post what you just said.

I remember drooling over the SNES coverage in their magazine for SF2. Was one of the most hyped games on a console ever in my life. Since I sank many of quarters into that thing.
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KaneRobot
01/07/09

@EnigmaNemesis: Seems like EGM and the SF franchise sort of "grew up" together. They were both around at the end of the 80's but then they really hit their stride around the same time. SF2 would make people buy the mag to learn all the moves and drive them nuts with screenshots of the upcoming console version, which then drove people back to the arcades to play it more and drove anticipation of the latest Champion Edition/Turbo/Super/Alpha/whatever.

I just noticed they're doing an EGM/SF retrospective in this final issue. That's a pretty cool coincidence, it seems like something they would run in a "final issue" of EGM.
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excaliburps
01/07/09

@KaneRobot: Yep. You're correct. Every magazine then had SF fever...=D

@EnigmaNemesis: I remember that as well. I kept on buying magazines because of the SF strategy guides and whatnot. This was way back when there were no internets. Strat guides had to be written down and passed amongst yourselves.

Good times! =D
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EnigmaNemesis
01/07/09

@KaneRobot:

Right on.

I cant wait to read it.
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zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ
01/08/09

@KaneRobot: indeed.

i would pay twice to cover cost to have this in print form. GODDAMIT why did 09 have to start this way. i feel bad about throwing away all my egms over the years. i been a reader since issue 1, if i had the room i would have kept them all as like a encyclopedia of gaming.

i might even get some glossy paper to print the last issue out. hopefully there's a pdf format available.

I hope the core group from EGM James,SHane,Etc, move on to do some big project... ill be on board day 1 :)
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ph15h
01/07/09

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Thank god that final issue is available to all. My final issue was the December one. =/

Do people that still have subscriptions get reimbursed somehow?
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ReconToaster misses garnett :(
01/08/09

@what the ph15h?:

I don't even care if they give me my money back. They can have it :(
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