GameFan Issue 05 (December 2010)

The first 5 issues came out on-time on a bi-monthly schedule, but the next one, Issue #6 took eight months. 

Highlights From this Issue: There is a great interview with the man that nearly single-handedly created Retro City Rampage. There are a lot of screenshots and all 4 pages are filled with text, which is always nice to see. Little Big Planet 2 has 12-pages of coverage, and the layouts look great, but at least 6 of those pages have less than a half-column of text. If I played an early version of that game, I could probably fill 5 pages with text alone. I know it's hard deciding how much text goes on a page and how much do you let the layout designs speak for themselves, but I never liked having so many pages with barely any words on them. Maybe it's just me. The reviews look fantastic once again, the Epic Micky review has 6 pages with some great color and backgrounds. Majin & The Forsaken Kingdom has a beautiful backdrop, and the new Splatterhouse has some gorgeous looking carnage on the page. The Fable III review seems to use some original art concepts that I never saw before. Art Director Rob Duenas has really outdone himself -- its a shame we see him leave after Issue #7. I can totally recommend looking up some of his work outside the magazine. There's also a special, The Top 25 Games of 2010, an 11-page list that is a mix of triple-A titles and smaller indie games. I still love the new GameFan logo, and it often changes colors and design slightly for each issue.