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    How interesting, I didn't know that there was a MKT version of this guide (or, at least, that it was by the same people). That's pretty cool. I loved this book but found it so odd that they included a "glossary" of alleged MK slang terms that no one ever used in any situation at any time ever, anywhere. Seemingly random stuff like (I'm paraphrasing here) "Low Checkin. As in 'dang dude, you keep on countering my gnarly moves! You're a LOW CHECKIN' sensei man!"
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    I should have known once I downloaded one of these mags just to read the articles and happened to unavoidably notice that all the nudie bits were censored with a sweaty troll emoji. XD
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    Yes it was! I'm not insane, you are!
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    Wait, this was just up a few weeks ago wasn't it? I'm confused. Did something about it change?
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    I love video games!
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    Man, back in the 80s you couldn't get AWAY from cigarettes. I remember that my family's favorite restaurant used to have a cigarette vending machine right next to the door. She'd often hand me change and ask if I'd go grab her favorites. A six or seven year old kid getting cigarettes out of a vending machine. Which my mom would proceed to smoke. In a restaurant. Then we'd go home and they'd watch the local news on their 20-inch 13-channel rotary dial UHF television. Times have changed.
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    VideoGame Advisor Issue 11 (November 1996)
    Talent? None of the Resident Evil actors will be in there then, never mind.
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    VideoGame Advisor Issue 11 (November 1996)
    This is the 1996 video game yellow pages? I'm not seeing Inezh's phone number anywhere...
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    I would go so far as to say that the only reason why this happened is because Secret of Evermore was a festering bowl of dog shit. "Final Fantasy (VI) was just a warm-up". Oh boy.
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    A "Protip spectacular" about a wrestling game that contained no special maneuvers thus rendering each of its characters functionally identical.
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    Funco (December, 1995)
    Nah, screw those people! The true pizza party was the copy of Chrono Trigger that I got from that store.
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    The Ottowa 67's is my favorite video game magazine!
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    The pure experience is always the best one but I LOVE the idea of a game having more or less infinite replay value due to the rearranging of various features. Every time there's a new release of FFIV I play through it so these randomizers really have my interest.
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    Funco (December, 1995)
    Well I got my then-girlfriend a copy of Monopoly (she actually wanted it) so I guess that was one point in my favor but if there was a pizza party I never got to enjoy it because I quit the job over anxiety of the upsell pressure, lol.
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    Every now and then I also learn something new about the game, which I still go back and mess with every couple of years. I recently learned that there are some free randomizers out there that completely shuffle all kinds of things about the game, from character skills to gear and item stats to even dungeon layouts (to an extent), all individually selectable by the player. I've been wanting to dive into such a thing but to be honest I almost think that I'm intimidated, lol.
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    That is one gangly-ass version of Squall. PSM covers were often great, and their color scheme is on point here like always, but that artwork...man, when they get it wrong, they really get it wrong.
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    I wasn't really a fan of Tekken anymore by the time this game (arguably one of the best games ever, apparently) was released so I didn't think much of the cover story, but I always thought that the art was really nice. I really loved the pastel colors they used for the logo and spine, this one was a really pleasant electric blue that always stood out on my shelf.
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    Was living in a crappy place and dealing with girlfriend BS when I happened to spot this issue at a mall. My subscription hadn't started yet so I was glad to get it, it was one of the few positive memories I have of that particular time. Though someone else at the place I was staying thought that the magazine was called "PMS".
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    This was my first issue, I happened to see it on the newsstand and it was the SOTN cover that grabbed my attention. I'm glad they loved that game as much as I did, it started me on a really good ride with their great magazine.
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    This was such a great magazine right out of the gate. Clean layout, fun content, charismatic staff, good taste in games. They were the only ones who had the balls to give game of the year honors to SOTN instead of Final Fantasy VII. I had two subscriptions and loved the mag dearly but sort of dropped away by about 2001. Great 3 year run though.
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    Kind of a neat memory of this one. I used to draw quite a bit. I had this issue in one of my 8th grade classes and out of boredom decided to draw a copy of the cover. By the end of class several students passed by and expressed amazement at how good the drawing supposedly was. The popular girl Candi Norris overheard, stopped to look at the cover, and defiantly said "you traced that". I was like "I did not, look" and placed my drawing on top of the cover so that the lines of the original artwork would show through the piece of paper, demonstrating the differences. In one of the strangest quandaries I've ever found myself in, the original artwork lined up well enough that it looked for all to see like I did, in fact, trace the picture. Candi said "SEE!?" and walked off in triumph. I was flabbergasted and couldn't help but laugh in embarrassment as the others just kind of walked away. It sucked that I looked like an asshole who had just traced a drawing and passed it off as his own, but inwardly I at least had the satisfaction of thinking "hey, you're pretty good".
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    Funco (December, 1995)
    This is pretty awesome. I worked at Funco in November of 1995 so I'm remembering some of these games and their prices. Special commission for every copy of Genesis Monopoly that you sell, Mike! Gotta get those numbers, Mike! DON'T YOU WANT A FUCKING PIZZA PARTY AT THE END OF THE MONTH MIIIIIKEEE!!?!?!
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    Oh wow, I haven't seen this in AGES. I still have my first issue of NP but not this. Thanks!
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    No "All Bonds" code, -57 / 10
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    Was that the guide? I NEED CLOSURE!!!
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