The Current State of Gaming Magazines
For now.
After growing tired of social media discourse, I decided to fork out some cash for physical games magazines. And I was pleasantly surprised! So, how are gaming magazines doing these days?
Sources:
1. https://www.teamdebug.com/downloads/d... [Internet]. [cited 2025 Apr 14]. Available from: https://www.teamdebug.com/downloads/d...
2. G/O Media Cuts Kotaku To The Bone As More Writers Are Laid Off - Aftermath [Internet]. 2024 [cited 2025 Apr 14]. Available from: https://aftermath.site/kotaku-layoffs...
3. IGN Entertainment buys GamesIndustry, RockPaperShotgun, other Gamer Network outlets [Internet]. [cited 2025 Apr 14]. Available from: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/busines...
4. Guitar.com | All Things Guitar [Internet]. [cited 2025 Apr 14]. Fender CEO Andy Mooney on why Fender Songs will change the way we learn guitar. Available from: https://guitar.com/features/interview...
Music list:
Bunk Bed Interlude - No Straight Roads
They're Back - Streets of Rage 4
Chun-li - Street Fighter EX-3
Skyscraper Scamper (Night) - Sonic Unleashed
First Reaping - Grimm's Hollow
Refracting Feelings - Penny's Big Breakaway
A Guitar's Rhythm - Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream
Smarty - Virtua Cop
Mellow Groove - ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (SEGA TUNES)
Aqua Tunnel 1 - Freedom Planet
Ancestral Forge - Freedom Planet 2
0:00 - Gaming magazines
1:03 - PC Gamer
6:58 - Retro Gamer
14:04 - EDGE
20:14 - Reading on an app
21:25 - Debug
27:20 - Patch
30:53 - Amiga Addict
34:55 - PC Pilot
37:07 - PLAY
40:38 - The state of gaming magazines