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GameStop Shuts Down Game Informer, The Longest-Running Gaming Magazine In The US

https://kotaku.com/game-informer-gamestop-meme-stock-gme-last-issue-1851611973
squirrel - 1.4yr

By now we probably need a concept like "grief in late stage capitalism" or some such thing: The constant mourning for lost achievements/(art) works/creative teams/... because of capitalist greed.

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Blue_Morpho @lemmy.world - 1.4yr

It's our fault. When's the last time you bought a magazine? The last Game Informer I bought was at an airport over 20 years ago.

Although I think they could have at least tried to salvage it by letting everyone know months earlier to give nostalgia fans a chance to save it. Make it Game Informer Quarterly or even Game Informer 2024.

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riquisimo - 1.4yr

I was an avid Nintendo power reader back in the day, does anyone have nostalgia for game informer? Iirc it was a bit more advertisement heavy.

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Che Banana - 1.4yr

Ah, good toilet reading before mobile phones filled that niche. Used to get a subscription as part of their rewards or something program...it was pretty good but you had to take all the reviews with a grain off salt...

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ProIsh @lemmy.world - 1.4yr

Oh dangit. The only magazine I subscribed to. Only like 30 bucks a year. Thanks for the good content over the many years

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Varyk @sh.itjust.works - 1.4yr

That's a bummer, I was pretty happy to see it when I signed up for whatever the power pro club is or whatever and I got it for free, it was put together just as well as it had been 20 years ago, there was a lot of effort and talent put into its pages.

But around every corner there's a blog with more research into any topic within that magazine and the magazine could ever keep up with...all content...so...ot's been real, GI.

Hats off

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