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| Publisher: Ziff Davis Media
Category: Magazine
List Price: $71.00
Buy New: $19.97
You Save: $51.03 (72%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 231
Format: Magazine Subscription, Print
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 12
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 12
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Weeks
ASIN: B00005N7PX
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Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
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Informative December 15, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Many gaming magazines suffer from spam.Each page is littered with junky ads.Although EGM doesn't have the constant spam,or atleast as bad as some magazines.EGM is possibly the most informative gaming magazine available.Very affordable for a 12 month plan.Some issues have cool stickers or posters and little nice additions.The magazine isn't nerdafied where a non-gamer could pick it up and comprehend it for the most part.Whats nice about EGM is the rating done to each game.Some games that are hyped automatically get good ratings EGM doesn't let the hype get to them they treat it like any other game.
The fan art is colorful the screenshots for each game gives you a good idea what to expect from each game.They have little Q&A areas and issues answered about some games and junk.Upcomming titles are previewed and glorified,so you can almost see the future of gaming.The get the hands on for some upcomming title and even give you the heads up.The reviewers seem in their right groove and not lacking a one sided touch.
The price is nice each issue is packed with information,every thing down to the last page is gamer worthy.Buy atleast one issue to help you determin if you like it or not before making a such a commitment.
 Not the Godsend it used to be/I thought it was, but still informative. December 4, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
When I was in 8th Grade, my Honors English teacher kept a stack of magazines in the back of the classroom. Among the "People" and "Star" issues, I found 2 issues of EGM from years gone by. Since I was (and still am) an avid video-gamer, I was instantly hooked, since I knew that this magazine could keep me up to date with everything that was happening in the digital world. The fact that the writing was very witty and EXTREMELY addictive only made this fact better. This was God in magazine form.
Flash forward several years later, and my thoughts about EGM have definitely changed. It's still very informative, but the flaws are much more noticable: I'm not sure whether this is a result of the industry becoming somewhat stale and stagnated, or videogames becoming far more mainstream than they used to be, but several aspects of the magazine seem very MTV-ified, from the "awesome" new format that they began using in June 2003, to the interviews with "celebrity gamers", to the ads for Jamster Ringtones that appear occasionally...what the hell is this?! I want my geeks-only magazine, not some asinine prep fuel!
The reviews aren't quite as fun to read as they used to be, either, although they handle this category FAR better than any of Gay Informer's miserable attempts. Most of the best reviewers (such as Chris Johnston) are long gone, and the highest reviews are given to the most stereotypical games around (oooh! Halo 2 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas got perfect 10's? What a surprise!). I do like the high reviews they give niche games, but that's practically a gimme.
I will say one thing, though: Many of my real-life friends have commented on my writing abilities, and I seriously doubt I would have developed them were it not for constantly flipping through pages of EGM to see what score they gave [insert game here], so I guess I owe them that much.
If I wrote this review 3 years ago, this would've been an obvious 5-star. But the times, they have a change...ed.
 EGM Review November 6, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The previous "essay" reviewing Electronic Gaming Monthly was comical and enjoyable to read. The hilarity of an educated person reviewing such a broad age range magazine was kind of odd though. The previous reviewer hit points on the magazines "retardedness" which is untrue and kind of offensive to the funny writer "Seanbaby." The magazine is NOT a Time or Newsweek so don't expect it to be. As a loyal subscriber for almost 8 years, their appreciated knowledge is respected in the gaming community. The magazine gets the best interviews while trying to have a sense of humor and appeal to their HUGE fan base (Male and Female 8-30). Ouch: "Lastly, there's the worst inhuman piece of garbage in the pretentious jerk-off called "Seanbaby," a developmentally retarded adult who squanders his days by reviewing games the adult-video-gaming-community of geeks considers "dorky." This disgrace struggles at humor while reviewing that his planned quips of "witty" put-downs actually impersonate awkward unintelligibility!!!!" Most people love "Seanbaby" and his hilarious reviews. Subscribe to EGM if you love videogames and love to be well informed on the video game industry. The monthly magazine is a fun read.
 Systemists!!! November 5, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I hope that someone else has noticed the trend that this magazine has. They are what I have dubbed systemists, or those that favor one system over another. They really seem to favor the Playstation franchise. I'll be honest, but I own an Xbox so this review must be a little slated. When ever I read the review section in the magazine they have many, many more Playstation 2 reviews than anything else. Plus they often thank the help they get from the people at the Official Playstation Magazine. Conspiracy! Plus in the one of the more recent issues they had a huge section of the Xbox 360. They have several sections on the Xbox 360 including a lot of things that you shouldn't do with the system. Then in their next issue they launch a huge article looking at the Playstation 3 and all the cool stuff that it will feature. In fact the very end of the coming next issue part they say they will have the first Xbox 360 game reviews. They can not give anything their full attention without saying something about the Playsation to try and grab your attention. The magazine is evil too! I have never recieved an issue on time since I subscribed to it. I think that they are trying to spite me. I always recieve my magazine 2 weeks late at the least. I can't tell if it's the Post man stealing my mail or if that they mail it to me late just because they hate people who own an Xbox. Either way I smell a conspiracy. But any way, other than the entire magazine being slated, It is a good magazine, and I enjoy reading it. I may not own a Playstation but I have a great respect for the system and Sony. Any way I enjoy the magazine, but its many faults just overshadow what it does well.
 how can i review when i have no product to review October 10, 2005
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
i bought this 1 month ago and i still haven't even gotten one single issue yet!!!
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