(rumor) 1UP Sold to Hearst, EGM shutters

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d21lewis said:
Like many, I agree that EGM is not the bottom line in video games that it once was. I really mourn their passing. I know the names and writers have changed over the years, but EGM was as much a part of my childhood as Nintendo Power. Actually, EGM mattered more to me than Nintendo Power. My first issue of the mag was issue number 3. I missed a couple that first year, but after a year or two, I was a die hard fan. I think I may have missed two issues in 1995 when I was in boot camp, but I assure you that as soon as I got "base liberation", I was buying Electronic Gaming Monthly again.

There was a time when I bought almost all video game magazines. Incite, Game Players, Die Hard Game Fan, etc. I'd even buy the PC magazine from time to time, despite not even owning a PC. I was devoted to the genre. In my personal opinion, EGM was the big one. EGM was the magazine by which all others were measured. I still have a subscription. I have a closet full of their magazine dating back to the late 80's. Some of them are in tatters. Some of them lost their staples (back when EGM had staples). But I couldn't imagine throwing an issue away.

I'm sad. Very sad to see the legacy come to an end. Ed Semrad, Steve Harris, Sushi-X, Shawn Smith, Crispin Bowyer, Al Manuel, Major Mike Wiegland, Dan Hsu, Shawn Baby, Quarterman, and dozens and dozens of others who've contributed to my favorite magazine over the years, thank you. You guys made memories.

It was a hell of a run.

Good post.  I can't agree on all the people you list, but back in the late '80s/early '90s EGM was really a great magazine.  It was huge, had great covers, was full of pictures and information and not that many ads.  Of course, that was the golden age of gaming and so maybe that had something to do with it.  But it was a nice mag with a great reviewing system (four reviewers with differing opinions).  Later it turned to crap, but we can still remember the good old days.

It's a real pity that none of today's magazines have even attempted real journalism.  I know most newspapers aren't doing so well lately, but at least the mags should have tried something different to attempt to dodge being killed a la EGM.  RIP.