I subscribed to EGM for years. When the thing finally went under, I was surprised by how much I didn't miss it. The problem is the internet makes magazines old news by the time you get them (as a subscriber, that's about 2 weeks after they're on newsstands). That, and Milky. It will be interesting to see how it the magazine will reinvent itself, but I'm not holding out much hope.
We got this at our household, this came in the mail instead of our sons EGM subscription, both me and my wife looked at it and gave it the total WTF is this response?
It was laughably stupid and annoying that they would substitute Maxim for a gaming magazine.
Gee, if Mad Magazine goes out of business, are they going to send "High Times" instead?
I dunno, I was reading Maxim when I was 12 and I'm fine. Believe it or not, I really did enjoy the articles and the pictorials were more of an afterthought. Yeah some of that stuff was beyond me (I remember reading a whole article on cunnilingus and not knowing what the hell they were talking about. Useful knowledge for years later though, I'll admit).
But that said, I'm still offended that they would replace EGM with Maxim. Not because I hate Maxim, but I hate how that's the perceived substitute. Just like when G4 started showing Cops and the Man Show. I love the Man Show, but what the fuck does that have to do with video games? Not a goddamn thing. The execs just think that all of us gamers are stupid jockish males and are all into that kind of stuff.
I guess it's it's no worse than the days when we were all thought to be geeks and nerds, but maybe I'm just still mad that "frat culture" has co-opted our pasttime.
My subscription was up a couple of months before EGM folded but I would've been pissed too because I'm a girl and all (My mom might have just laughed at me though.)
@KnivesMcBride: LOL, this is pretty much exactly what I was going to post. Right down to the age.
I was away from home, and I came back to 2 Maxims with the news that EGM was cancelled. My mom handed me the second and told me- straight quote, "This is the magazine you get now because your old one isn't printed anymore... and this one is half-porno."
She gave me the the most skeptical look ever, as if I knew this was coming.
I got her to read an article in it though, haha!
STORY: I'm flipping through it, and I got to a feature on Lauren Storm-- my mom worked with her dad while we were growing up. Needless to say, there were some risqué shots of the little girl my mom knew 10 years ago. I showed it to her, and she said, "What... why am I looking at thi-- Oh my GOODNESS! I'm calling Dr. Storm."
I started getting Maxim for the remainder of my EGM subscription. I used their refund option instead of receiving more magazines. They sent me a refund check for $3.00 US along with another issue.
When I tried to cash the check it bounced and I got hit with a $5.00 fee. Screw you Maxim.
I'm 29 years old and the Maxim switch offended me probably worse than any mother. Seriously... Maxim is the worst, trashiest magazine ever made, and their appeal is the same appeal as cinemax soft-porn... made for 9 year olds left alone at home... and the editorial content seems written for the same crowd.
Not a hit with moms? My mother was fine with it (I'd have worried if she wasn't; I was 18 at the time). *I* was the one who got pissed.
Give me a subscription to another game magazine or give me (at least some of) my fucking money back. There is no reason why Maxim suddenly showed up on my doorstep. I didn't want a subscription to that magazine, so I didn't buy one. Gaming magazines and Maxim are not interchangeable.
Not to mention that my subscription was supposed to last from Christmas 2008 until Christmas 2009, yet EGM ended in January. This makes me angry because not only do I not WANT Maxim, but I didn't receive anything between February and May, when my first Maxim arrived. On top of THAT, I haven't gotten any issues of Maxim SINCE May.
So yeah. I feel pretty fucking robbed right now. I won't be buying anything from Ziff Davis Inc. for quite a while.
EDIT: Er, there was a notice for refunds on the issue of Maxim? not on mine.
@Owen Good: I have to be suspicious as well. I feel that they may be referring to cosmo-girl which I believe is obviously directed at a younger audience. That may not be quite as bad. Then again. I've barely ever read two words from cosmo... let alone their tween/teen version...
@bwwardiii: I used to read Cosmo Girl. Nothing wrong with that magazine... very highschool, very fashion... very boring and girly.
Cosmopolitan on the other hand... Every single issue I see at the stands has something like "325 new positions to PLEASE HIM" .... Again?! Really? Last month you had 60 new ways...
@titobudd: My wife's been laughing at me every time one of those shows up... my EGM subscription was long over before they folded AND I immediately contacted them and demanded they stop sending me this junk, and the issues still kept coming. It's been a while now... maybe they finally stopped.
Just about the worst way I can imagine for all of this to get handled. It says a lot for what they assume about gamers, but gamers who want smut know where to find far better smut that doesn't smell like Axe Body Spray scratch-n-sniff advertisements.
08/26/09
Give me Co-Op and Kotaku any day.
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08/26/09
"A wise from da Goowave!"
08/26/09
I even used to say 'Rise from your grave' on a lark, just to needle friends.
But, it was more horrible than I could ever imagine.
08/26/09
This.. is... SEWIOUS!
08/26/09
08/12/09
It was laughably stupid and annoying that they would substitute Maxim for a gaming magazine.
Gee, if Mad Magazine goes out of business, are they going to send "High Times" instead?
08/12/09
But that said, I'm still offended that they would replace EGM with Maxim. Not because I hate Maxim, but I hate how that's the perceived substitute. Just like when G4 started showing Cops and the Man Show. I love the Man Show, but what the fuck does that have to do with video games? Not a goddamn thing. The execs just think that all of us gamers are stupid jockish males and are all into that kind of stuff.
I guess it's it's no worse than the days when we were all thought to be geeks and nerds, but maybe I'm just still mad that "frat culture" has co-opted our pasttime.
08/12/09
08/12/09
I'm 22.
08/12/09
I was away from home, and I came back to 2 Maxims with the news that EGM was cancelled. My mom handed me the second and told me- straight quote, "This is the magazine you get now because your old one isn't printed anymore... and this one is half-porno."
She gave me the the most skeptical look ever, as if I knew this was coming.
I got her to read an article in it though, haha!
STORY: I'm flipping through it, and I got to a feature on Lauren Storm-- my mom worked with her dad while we were growing up. Needless to say, there were some risqué shots of the little girl my mom knew 10 years ago. I showed it to her, and she said, "What... why am I looking at thi-- Oh my GOODNESS! I'm calling Dr. Storm."
08/12/09
When I tried to cash the check it bounced and I got hit with a $5.00 fee. Screw you Maxim.
08/11/09
08/11/09
Give me a subscription to another game magazine or give me (at least some of) my fucking money back. There is no reason why Maxim suddenly showed up on my doorstep. I didn't want a subscription to that magazine, so I didn't buy one. Gaming magazines and Maxim are not interchangeable.
Not to mention that my subscription was supposed to last from Christmas 2008 until Christmas 2009, yet EGM ended in January. This makes me angry because not only do I not WANT Maxim, but I didn't receive anything between February and May, when my first Maxim arrived. On top of THAT, I haven't gotten any issues of Maxim SINCE May.
So yeah. I feel pretty fucking robbed right now. I won't be buying anything from Ziff Davis Inc. for quite a while.
EDIT: Er, there was a notice for refunds on the issue of Maxim? not on mine.
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08/11/09
Not condoning either, just pointing out the double standard.
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Cosmopolitan on the other hand... Every single issue I see at the stands has something like "325 new positions to PLEASE HIM" .... Again?! Really? Last month you had 60 new ways...
08/11/09
Or wives.
08/12/09
Just about the worst way I can imagine for all of this to get handled. It says a lot for what they assume about gamers, but gamers who want smut know where to find far better smut that doesn't smell like Axe Body Spray scratch-n-sniff advertisements.