Remember childhood? It was a time of innocence and happiness, when everything was always sunshine and roses and if it wasn't your mommy would take care of it. It was a time when the printed medium ruled and every month you'd get a new edition of EGM and literally scour every page again and again. Then you grew up, and the internet came along and you stopped looking at EGM despite the fact that it had given you so much. Then one day EGM was gone and you were sad. It was kind of like that book The Giving Tree, except in book the tree can't come back.
Wait, come back? That's right snitches, EGM will rise from the grave like the carcass of your girlfriend after you've chopped her head off with a shovel and she becomes possessed by a deadite. The magazine is being reborn under the guidance of its original founder, Steve Harris. Harris entered into an agreement with Ziff Davis Media to require the rights to Electronic Gaming Monthly (old school font in tact) and is hoping to "continue delivering quality content to gaming enthusiasts." He believes that the magazine can be successful, and we're guessing he's right if he budgets everything right and doesn't let it turn into the bloated mammoth that sunk it originally. The press release says that more will be announced at E3.
Ziff Davis couldn't be happier either, saying, "“We are pleased that EGM is now in the hands of its original creator, Steve Harris, and wish him and the publication the best of success in the future.” How about you? Will you be shutting the computer down and picking up printed page once again when EGM starts shipping? You know these blog things are pretty crappy; they'll hire anyone.
(Via Kotaku)
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I command you to rise from your grave and save printed media!
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I don't see why that would change now either.
been getting sick of reading my 2008 issues. :P
Really happy to see this coming back. I don't read EGM much, but I know it was a staple of a lot of people's diets around here. Rejoice!
<.<
EGM sucked. It's resurrection is necessarily a good thing.
Bashing someone for liking a band is like thinking you're cool for using the word 'pwn.' Grow up.
Nintendo Power is taken from Future and given back to Nintendo. The return of huge maps detailing the locations of every secret in the latest games! The return of Howard Phillips and the Nester comics! Free DVDs mailed to subscribers every so often with behind-the-scenes looks at upcoming games just like they did for Donkey Kong Country and Star Fox 64!
Now now, you know he REALLY sucks because he likes American Idiot.
The worst album in Green Day's CAREER.
Your name is Terry, HA HA!
Based on this, I'm going to assume that you suck as a person, because only losers have the name Terry.
(hint: that's just as valid an argument as yours)
Seriously, Esques, OBrien, shut the fuck up.
And as long as Hsu stays FAR away from it, I guess it could work, the mag went to absolute shit when he came back. Hopefully this new one will be like the olders, more organized, more review space, etc.
@Kyousuke
Normally I look at your comments and I'm like "what a shitty stupid opinion from a douchebag" and while saying I should shut up is one of those times I've gotta agree that Hsu should stay the fuck away.
Fortunately he's got other things going so he'll probably not be available. Unfortunately neither is anybody who made that magazine great.
To be back on topic (sorry), if EGM was such a great magazine, it wouldn't have folded like it did. Hopefully the new EGM will be a little different. It's boring only having one good, somewhat honest gaming publication in this country.
Now it starts to make sense.
Especially since this is Destructoid... home of Also, Cocks!
Nanbu, you cease to amaze me. I'm just sad this wasn't a Valve post. You seem to shine on those.
Please stop shitting on this news for no real reason other than your own misguided views. No need for it. Take the high road and stop.
Grow the fuck up
speaking of irrelevant: you lads wagging your cocks around at each other? knock it off, you're not helping anything. at any rate greenday has always been a pop band.
also fuck X51
It is not the right time for them to be bringing back EGM. They should have waited at least a year.