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Billkwando
05/31/09

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Who knew God was Michael McDonald??
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Knoxximus ver. 5.66
05/29/09

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Wise fwom yo gwave....
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Paladin58
05/29/09

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I'll actually resubscribe to it again if it's awesome, tbh.
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NoBullet
05/29/09

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Hell yes. EGM was the best when Harris led the magazine.
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Acorn Pop
05/29/09

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Am I the only one who couldn't care less about this? Sure it had its place in the day, but now, the net is all I need, the rest is just old news with boring screenshots. I personally see no value in print mags anymore.
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Jimbotron
05/29/09

@GPman: So you enjoy being thethered to a computer all the time? You like haivng your life revolve around one? I don't. That's why magazines are of great value to me. I can read about games without having to sit at a desk looking at some stupid website.

Not to mention that info printed in a magazine is always there, regardless of what happens. Your issue will always have that info. Web pages are not that permanent. They disappear and change all the time, often taking the information they contained with them, never to return.
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Kobun
05/30/09

@Jimbotron: That's certainly true. It's a big part of why I loathe sourcing the Internet. You not only have to deal with a lack of editing and fact checking, but the source itself can vanish and sometimes slips through the sole attempt to archive everything.
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Acorn Pop
05/30/09

@Jimbotron: I don't live my life around video games. I come on, see news, watch some vids and move on. I feel no need to bring it with me.

And they are video games, who cares if reviews and stories on them get lost forever? I can honestly say that I have NEVER read ANYTHING about video games that I would want to save for all of time.
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shouryuuken
05/29/09

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glad to hear its comin back.. by far my favorite publication. the only thing ive liked as much/better than egm is kotaku (not just sayin that.. i just really like this site).

man i remember the glory years when i had subscriptions to egm, next gen, gamefan, nintendo power, and egm 2. i also had a subscription to the dreamcast mag later on...

i can empathize with you guys that had a subscription to egm when it went under and didnt get your full subscription. that same thing happened with me with gamefan..

ahh the good ole days.
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excaliburps
05/29/09

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Nice news! I remember reading EGM way back when I was a kid. Steve Harris was one of the original "Review Crew"...

So does this mean Sushi-X will return as well? What about Shane er Quartermann??

I think I might buy one when the new one hits just to see what it's all about.
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jayntampa
05/29/09

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They need to partner with a major retailer like Best Buy, Wal-Mart, or Amazon to survive ... much like Game Informer. Game Informer was created by Funco to help drive the business and inform their customers ... and, it worked.

If EGM created an alliance like that, they'd do fantastic.
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Jimbotron
05/29/09

@jayntampa: And then everyone would bitch about EGM selling out, and rip on the magazine like they do with Game Informer because they are tied to EB Games/GameStop.
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jayntampa
05/30/09

@Jimbotron: That's irrelevant - the fact is, magazines survive on advertising - they've never been independent. Actually pairing with a retailer would help provide them more independence rather than less, because they would be less dependent on advertising revenue.
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Jimbotron
05/30/09

@jayntampa: It is relevant. If they did that, almost everyone on here who is praising EGMs return would be bitching and whining. They can still get ads without aligning with certain retailers. Hopefully the industry will be supportive of EGM and advertise robustly in the magazine.
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jayntampa
05/30/09

@Jimbotron: Retailers don't care what the reviews are, they care about adding value to their particular "clubs" or purchases. Advertisers DO care what the reviews are ...

Look at the number of periodicals folding - advertising isn't enough to sustain them. Without an alliance of some sort, it'll fail just like EGM volume 1.
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Kobun
05/29/09

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Steve Harris' To Do List:

[X] Aquire EGM.

[ ] Make SFIV cover issue.

[ ] Copy paste 24 times.

[ ] Hire advertising staff. Maybe get a guy to write reviews and articles here and there.

[ ] Readers love rumors! Even ones I pull out my butt!

[ ] Pick a console. Praise it; bash the rest.
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kylenalepa
05/29/09

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*dances*
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ph15h
05/29/09

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So what about us people who had like 4 months left on their subscription when EGM died? Do we get 4 months free or did those 4 disappear.
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Coltage
05/29/09

@ph15h: Pre-E3 Filler... -_- Yay: If you actually paid for your subscription, you should be able to call and get a refund. That's what I did several months ago anyway.
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ph15h
05/29/09

@Coltage: Gah. I wish I knew. I also got a bunch of magazines that had pages missing.
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hansamurai
05/29/09

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So does that mean that my subscription that was supposed to run through the end of the year will continue?
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ReconToaster misses garnett :(
05/29/09

@hansamurai:

Fuck you man. Get over it. $24 dollars...
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relic1980
05/29/09

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Elmer Fudd voice: "Wize from your GWAVE!!!"
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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
05/29/09

@relic1980:
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SNAK3ATER
05/29/09

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Instead of everyone being bitter that they lost a little something, how about being elated that it's coming back?
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SocraticMethod
05/29/09

@SNAK3ATER: Why? So I can subscribe to a magazine that has 3-4 week late news that I get on Kotaku, or from GI's exclusive coverage?
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Paladin58
05/29/09

@SocraticMethod: I guess you keep every game on your hard drive, because downloadable games are the future? Some people do like to have a solid copy of information in their hands, to be able to look at where the internet doesn't go, or shouldn't (the 'throne').
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The Cap'n
05/30/09

@SNAK3ATER: let's all just forget that they got cheated out of their subscription money....

If you're gonna be EGM for the name cachet (and, golly gosh, I'm gonna assume that you're going to do it for that reason and not just to pay Harris's electric bills), then you gotta pay EGM's debts. If they don't, I hope everybody involved is reduced to eating dog food within the year.

Because I missed the paragraph where EGM (the new OR the old) was listed as a Not For Profit Enterprise, and its proceeds would be shared with its customers.
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The Cap'n
05/30/09

@The Cap'n: er, sub Ziff Davis for Harris. I don't know where that got confused in the brain.
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gamesk8er
05/29/09

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WOO! EGM was a huge part of my childhood and I'm glad to hear it's coming back!
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wild_world_girl
05/29/09

@gamesk8er:

Remember VG&CE? When I was little, it was always an argument at school over which of the two was best.
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Grooveraider
05/29/09

@wild_world_girl:

Aw man, VG&CE - I used to buy them along with EGM and GamePlayers. It was definitely the pre-internet days so I had to have all my doses of gaming news :P
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The Cap'n
05/30/09

@Grooveraider: vg/ce was my favorite. Chuck Eddy, the final real Village Voice Music Editor (though he sucked ASS at that job, trying to pass off b-s populism as real thought) , used to write for it back when i was a pup. And he actually did a good job. I remember really liking his walkthrough of Adventure Island.
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