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09-28-2004, 12:16 PM
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| | | How do you find out about your games?
The last game i bought was Warcraft 3. I have yet to buy the frozen throne and i am basically waiting for WoW. So the question is where can I find information about games reliably and for free. Oh yeah i loved game spot until you had to pay for their services. So where do you find out about your games and how do you actually decide you are gonna buy/play that game. I am also waiting for Rome: Total War.
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09-28-2004, 12:20 PM
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| | | Read a magazine! They have lots of advantages!
1) You can read them on the toilet!
Enjoy!
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09-28-2004, 12:32 PM
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| |  I agree you should read the gaming mags there are many for each console depending on where you live you must find the on that best suits your state of gaming.And if you have many friends who are into gaming (like I do) they can tell you (they are actually the reason I now have an Xbox, and Morrowind) 
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09-28-2004, 12:41 PM
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| | | Check individual developer forums for games that are already available. It isn't too difficult to separate out the trolls from the genuine complaints, and the fanbois from the genuine praise.
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09-28-2004, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by moltovir Read a magazine! They have lots of advantages!
1) You can read them on the toilet!
Enjoy! | A friend of mine has internet on his toilet! 
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09-29-2004, 02:27 AM
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| | | So any recommendations for PC mags? I like RTSs, FPSs and RPGs. Any good mags in English that cover those genres?
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09-29-2004, 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by CM So any recommendations for PC mags? I like RTSs, FPSs and RPGs. Any good mags in English that cover those genres? | I subscribe to PC Gamer, I trust the mag as far as magazines go... 
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09-29-2004, 03:06 AM
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| | I can actually get PC Gamer here, so i will look into it thanks
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"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
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09-29-2004, 06:57 AM
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| | Just remember that those printed magazines derive their revenues from ads, and those ads come from the large companies that produce the best known games. This explains why a little known title will seldom get in PC Gamer (for example) a single page review, and be relegated to half a page; while a new title from a big company will receive an enthusiastic, 1 to 3 page review. The better magazines will not change their opinions to suit the advertiser, but they will be more receptive to those advertisers' hype because of prolonged visits that present features, game demos, etc, obviously presenting games in a way that makes them incredibly appealing.
This explains why an absolute dud like Black-and-White received raves. Origin Systems, which at the time had a publishing arrangement with Bullfrog, made the tours of all the major magaines, showing off the game in pre-alpha and beta stages to staff in great detail. Every magazine tried to rush their review ahead of the competition to press, so they skimped on actually playing the thing--and the results, as they say, is history.
Just consider these things while reading those gaming magazines. 
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09-29-2004, 07:22 AM
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| | | I will give PC Gamer another vote.
....shuffles back to Ruminations....
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09-29-2004, 07:38 AM
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| | | Me, I use practically all the sources mentioned. I like to get multiple perspectives on a game in order to come to a verdict. One article may be centered on one aspect, while another could focus primarily on another aspect.
Primarily, when it comes to what I use within my variety of sources, it's these:
Magazines: GamePro & Computer Games (I was also subscribed to PC Gamer, but not at this point).
Website: GameSpot.com.
I like to look at things through more than one lense before I know what to think of a game myself. |
09-29-2004, 09:37 AM
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| | Since I only play RPGs it's not that hard. I just come to GB and see what's on. I read a lot of stuff like PC Gamer in the early 90s, but stopped when I got a phone books worth of trite console ads while the cover said "Now 300 pages of Gaming Goodies." Anyway, in my top ten list of "what to do with my spare time" computer gaming comes in around 8. That's still about 421 steps above Watching TV, though.
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09-29-2004, 10:17 AM
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| | Basically, what Moonbiter said
I find that reading opinions on games that are expressed in the GB forums is a great way to go, because the forums reflect a diversity of opinion that is not usually compromised by vested interests.
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10-02-2004, 01:34 PM
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| | | i mostly stumble onto stuff when i see it at best buy. lucky for me i seem to have struck up a friendship with a guy who works there and he kind of gives me the lowdown on titles, etc. i tend to trust him because now and then he'll go "dude, you don't want that, it sucks." i guess if he was just trying to make a sale, he'd be talking up every gamethey sell. in any case, he was kind enough to put aside a copy of star wars battlefront for me (they sold out quick) so he's pretty much my new hero now.
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10-02-2004, 01:40 PM
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| | | i too am with Moonbiter and DW. The only time my TV get used is
A) X Box
B) Dreamcast
C) N 64
D) NES
E) Megadrive
F) DVDs
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