Why Care About Old Magazines?

[Areala]

My blog post tonight is an attempt (warning: a long attempt) to answer a question I have been asked time and again to my own satisfaction. I'd be interested in your opinions on my answer: do they match with yours, do you have other views that I may have missed, do you think I'm off my rocker? I'd like to get some more input on this.

http://www.retromags.com/forums/blog/6/entry-71-if-i-could-turn-back-time-why-care-about-old-magazines-at-all/

Thank you, those who take the time to read.

*huggles*

Areala

[atik]

Just read your "Why care about old magazine's" blog Areala and really enjoyed it, probably your best work yet in my humble opinion. I'd definitely recommend all Retromags member's to check it out.

I'm not sure if you know that 1up.com are currently looking for freelance writer's or if you would be interested in this but just thought I would let you know. Your knowledge and passion for video game's always come's through in your writing and I'm sure you would have a great chance of being selected if you were interested.

Anyway keep up the great work.

[Mister Zero]

I agree with atik, I really enjoyed this installation of your blog and it raises a good point. Most of what I do, read, listen to and play are things from my past. I don't enjoy as many things today as I did back then, it's just such a drastically changed landscape. I'm lucky to have a close-knit group of friends around me who share my interests in these things both online and in my everyday life. Others usually don't understand my view.

My main reason for reading these mags is the memories they bring back- things I was doing at the time, games I played or wanted to try out- all good memories for me. I remember bugging my mom to rent a game for me then playing through many of them with my best friend or sister. I thoroughly enjoyed receiving the magazines in the mail and the anticipation of reading them when I reached home after school. It was interesting to hear how the games were coming along in their development. Back when magazines were the main news source for games, it was always awesome to see screens of an upcoming title, sometimes in the beta phase.

Today, the internet does an okay job of giving me this information when I think to check of it. More often than not I fall behind, though, because I don't care enough about the new titles to keep track of them online. This leads me to one more good thing about the magazines- they came to me.