Jeff "Dad" Green has a few blog posts that summarize the 1UP/UGO situation.
January 6
January 7
January 11
The second one in particular really captured my feelings quite well.
It's not fair that EGM couldn't have published their final issue with Street Fighter IV on the cover. Instead we get a cover with an uninspired closeup of a CG Wolverine face... So sad. It would have been very appropriate to have a Street Fighter cover story be the last issue. EGM is often linked to Street Fighter because of the infamous April Fool's joke telling gamers how to play as Shen Long in Street Fighter II. And guess what? Shen Long (now called Gouken) is in Street Fighter IV! You can find a draft of the cover story online on 1UP along with an open letter from the producer of the game. The producer's letter even calls out EGM as partly responsible for bringing Street Fighter back. So in a sense, playing the game will be like giving tribute to EGM.
Dan "Shoe" Hsu and Crispin Boyer also wrote a farewell to EGM article on their Sore Thumbs blog that's worth reading. As for myself, I think the "Japan Issue" (September 2008) was one high point for the magazine. Someone had that balls to say in print that Japan was losing touch and the crew of EGM investigated the whys with several fantastic interviews with some big names in both Eastern and Western games. The cover may have been terrible (some slut from Soul Calibur IV), but the content was superb.
I'm still not stable after the whole situation. I feel like I've lost my home. The Rebel FM podcast debuted last week with the cast of the "kid's table" (as Shane Bettenhausen would say) and Talking Orange may soon be the new 1UP Show. So there's hope. Things can only get better, right?
January 6
January 7
January 11
The second one in particular really captured my feelings quite well.
It's not fair that EGM couldn't have published their final issue with Street Fighter IV on the cover. Instead we get a cover with an uninspired closeup of a CG Wolverine face... So sad. It would have been very appropriate to have a Street Fighter cover story be the last issue. EGM is often linked to Street Fighter because of the infamous April Fool's joke telling gamers how to play as Shen Long in Street Fighter II. And guess what? Shen Long (now called Gouken) is in Street Fighter IV! You can find a draft of the cover story online on 1UP along with an open letter from the producer of the game. The producer's letter even calls out EGM as partly responsible for bringing Street Fighter back. So in a sense, playing the game will be like giving tribute to EGM.
Dan "Shoe" Hsu and Crispin Boyer also wrote a farewell to EGM article on their Sore Thumbs blog that's worth reading. As for myself, I think the "Japan Issue" (September 2008) was one high point for the magazine. Someone had that balls to say in print that Japan was losing touch and the crew of EGM investigated the whys with several fantastic interviews with some big names in both Eastern and Western games. The cover may have been terrible (some slut from Soul Calibur IV), but the content was superb.
I'm still not stable after the whole situation. I feel like I've lost my home. The Rebel FM podcast debuted last week with the cast of the "kid's table" (as Shane Bettenhausen would say) and Talking Orange may soon be the new 1UP Show. So there's hope. Things can only get better, right?
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I still can't believe EGM in print is gone. It's been THE Standard for years, I haven't read it for a long time but I always viewed them as the leader in the genre. Guess I'll have to stick to Game Informer.
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