Gameinformer has always had a little place in my heart, mostly just because as a child I was subscribed to the magazine via Gamestop but ultimately lost much of the magazines I had. I remember having 30-40 at one point that seem to have just been lost or thrown away which makes me really sad. Recently I have been playing games more and just to take advantage of a few of gamestop's sales I figured I would resub to the magazine and many of the nostalgic feelings I felt for it, came flowing back.
The magazine itself now is mostly crap, ill be honest, its filled with advertisements and the articles are far and few inbetween, but the point of the magazine isnt exactly to read it at this point in time. There are 100 other channels or websites I would rather get my gaming news from, but the magazine is a time capsule that I plan on looking back at in 10 years.
I only have about 10 editions at the moment, but I plan on buying many more in the coming months through ebay and other online stores so I can build up the collection. Many of the magazines that showed off fantastic titles in the past now are valuable to the person who wants to look back and see what things were like at the time. It is interesting to read reviews of what people thought about games that would end up either changing the industry or not going anywhere at all.
The 300th issue of the magazine is coming out and its definitely going to be tough to go back and pick up many of the earlier ones. I have already done some preliminary searches and I have to say its going to be harder than I thought. I was also thinking about getting a few protectors for the magazines as well because they are very easy to damage and tear. I want to hopefully get the full collection someday.
Like I said, the magazine isnt the greatest, but it is a time capsule for people like me who want to live through the nostalgia of their childhood. The magazine holds an important place for me and also for gamers who have been collecting it for some time as well. I will update you on the magazines that I end up picking up and hopefully I will be able to get many of them for cheaper than I thought. In the long run maybe ill be able to even collect them all.
-Calaber24p