Before IGN and Vgchartz where did you get your gaming news?

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BenVTrigger on 13 July 2011

I still read Kotaku on a daily basis and get GameInformer in the mail. Besides those two however the only really gameing related site I go to is Vgchartz.

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oldschoolfool on 13 July 2011

Goddbless said:

darkknightkryta said:

d21lewis said:
One thing I dislike about the internet age: I used to be a lot happier with video games before I had access to all of this info. I used to be the best gamer in the world before I saw these youtube gamers and record breaking clans. I could have fun with a shitty game before people (video game magazines included) told me how shitty they were. I bet I would be absolutely floored with current gen graphics if it wasn't for online graphic whores telling me that the Unreal Engine looked like shit or that this game has flat textures. Sometimes, I think ignorance is bliss.

I whole heartidly agree with you. Hell I saw more games in a monthly magazine than I do with websites now adays. Seems like only certain games get exposure now when before every game got atleast a quater of a page with a screen shot and a blurb of text.

I agree with both of you. I remember playing the game for Street Fighter the movie and my friends loved it. If you look on any internet gaming site that is one of the worst games ever. I remember I never knew anyone better than me in Perfect Dark on N64 until I saw some videos on YouTube. I miss EGM and the excitement of reading through the whole magazine. I would read about games I was never going to play and I was still excited.

man,I forgot about EGM.

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italo244 on 13 July 2011

Magazines.

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d21lewis on 13 July 2011

^^^EGM from issue 100 (1997) up until about 2006 was the greatest thing, ever. It all went to shit, this generation. I was so happy to see EGM back on store shelves with the Super Street Fighter 4 issue. But then I found out that the new EGM was just some serial killer (actually one of EGM's founding fathers but still, it didn't feel right) wearing EGM's skin and trying to pass itself off as the original. It almost killed me when EGM went out of business. It hurt twice as bad when the new EGM came out because it wasn't the EGM I knew and love.

Now if that doesn't win me the award for mentioning EGM the most times in a single thread, I don't know what will! EGM.

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RCTjunkie on 13 July 2011

Friends and stores.

I never had full internet access until middle school, and before then I had no idea where to get gaming news, so I relied only on what I knew from going with my mom to Target and TV commercials.

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Raider84 on 13 July 2011

Who uses IGN anymore? I thought that was a joke in your heading, but then I saw that you were serious. Anyways, most of my gaming news recently has come from vgchartz and my monthly edition of GameInformer.

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NiKKoM on 13 July 2011

Like all dutch members on this site:

Power Unlimited magazine.. damn funny to read.. it's like d21lewis or badgenome writing reviews..

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!)

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Nintendo Power, a site called CFG2, and Kotaku

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