KickStarter - The Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium

[Phillyman]

This is fantastic news, please support this project. Any members who back this project at the $50 level or higher, send me a PM of the reciept and I will promote you to Lifetime Member over here at Retromags

 

Over its 25-year print run, Electronic Gaming Monthly captivated tens of millions of readers around the globe with its opinionated, fearless, and often irreverent coverage of the world of video games. The Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium is an ambitious new book that honors that legacy, combining meticulously curated excerpts from the magazine with new insights and never-before-told stories to explore gaming's evolution, from its earliest frontiers to today's modern landscape.

 

 

The EGM Compendium is more than just a book; it's a journey through time, spanning over 320 pages of rich video game history, from the well known to the largely forgotten to the downright bizarre. The Compendium charts the development of the most noteworthy games, franchises, cultural shifts, and industry trends from throughout EGM’s quarter-century of publication. New insights from the editors who worked on the magazine offer a behind-the-scenes look at the magazine’s creation, while contributions from gaming industry veterans and modern influencers add richer context.

 

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/egmbook/egmcompendium/description

[TOLUST]

What happens if you are already a Lifetime Member at Retromags  AND support the project over the $50 Also Phillyman are you part of this project ?

[Guava]

An absolutely brilliant magazine; got a stack of the issues from 2003 - 2006 from a cousin back in the day and became obsessed. Would be amazing for them all to be digitally archived and searchable!

[mvangord]

God I miss EGM's "fuck you" attitude, it'd be great to have in this era of corporate monstrosities.

[dablais]

Backed the Collector’s Edition!

[Joseph4587]

For those interested, from what I was told, purchasing access to the digital archive allows you a DRM free way to get a PDF copy of EVERY numbered issue, including issue 237 to finally complete the digital collection. I doubt that issue will be made available here (which makes sense since they are "selling" it), so this may be your only chance for a long time to be able to get a digital copy of it. 

[Rando1975]

They've already gone over the $255,000 mark. Holy shit. I'll be contributing for the digital edition.

[kitsunebi]

So unless they struck some sort of deal with Retromags and are using our scans for their PDF collection, I assume all EGM scans at RM will be needing to be taken down since every issue will now be being "sold" by the publisher?  Let's hope they're high quality PDFs, at least.

[JHD]

9 hours ago, kitsunebi said:

So unless they struck some sort of deal with Retromags and are using our scans for their PDF collection, I assume all EGM scans at RM will be needing to be taken down since every issue will now be being "sold" by the publisher? 

 

This is a good reminder for everyone to keep local copies of whatever they find interesting. There is nothing permanent about something hosted on a third-party website. 

[tcaud]

They are doing this to cash in on 90s nostalgia. They'll have them available for a few years and then they'll take them down again. EGM itself will not return... there is no place remaining for it (PC Gamer is only barely alive).

 

Oh look at this. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/forgottenworlds4/forgotten-worlds-magazine-4?ref=recommendation-projectpage-footer-1&category_id=Q2F0ZWdvcnktMzI5

 

People seem to be figuring out they can monetize Retromags.

Edited 6 hours ago by tcaud