tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post1472455217408263154..comments2024-03-28T10:20:02.929+03:00Comments on Gnome's Lair: Gaming magazines of the pre-Internet era living happy online livesgnomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-1352691118310429832021-12-04T09:27:35.214+03:002021-12-04T09:27:35.214+03:00Thank you because you have been willing to share i...Thank you because you have been willing to share information with us. we will always appreciate all you have done here because I know you are very concerned with our. <a href="https://www.asiawin33.com/" rel="nofollow">918kiss</a>JACKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00977743002140224540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-18956211017682214562019-04-18T10:18:21.244+03:002019-04-18T10:18:21.244+03:00It does not matter where you stay or what you do, ...It does not matter where you stay or what you do, you will be able to play different games online, provided you have a computer and a decently good internet connection. <a href="https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Gnation/reviews?fcountry=US&floc=San+Diego%2C+CA" rel="nofollow">https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Gnation/reviews?fcountry=US&floc=San+Diego%2C+CA</a><br />Burhan Khatrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358976020410808072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-47444959963415219802010-06-09T15:08:26.759+03:002010-06-09T15:08:26.759+03:00Yes I am aware of Rock Paper Scissors. But there i...Yes I am aware of Rock Paper Scissors. But there is more and more console infiltration into that site, especially via the forums.<br /><br />The question is, other than becoming one more site that concentrates on the smaller indie/casual titles market, without PC titles what do sites like RPS write about? It is already a retro PC gaming site to puff it out.<br /><br />I have a 1997 Xmas issue of PC Zone. It had 47 reviews and 28 previews within it's pages. In 2009 Gamespot only reviewed 72 PC games FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, and the average review score was 68%, so both quantity and quality of PC games have been declining so long, and recently so fast, I find myself quite cynical..... :(Humorguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563517125406408697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-26892617655619140082010-06-09T15:02:50.224+03:002010-06-09T15:02:50.224+03:00Right, I see. BTW, I do believe you're aware o...Right, I see. BTW, I do believe you're aware of the excellent "Rock, Paper, Shotgun", right?gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-15073003271820726832010-06-09T14:59:48.839+03:002010-06-09T14:59:48.839+03:00Wrong choice of words - didn't mean action-ori...Wrong choice of words - didn't mean action-orientated in terms of a genre, I meant specific PC gaming news that relates to PC gaming and gives coverage to that format in meaningful way. Not the fake coverage and support some big 'multiformat' sites give it.Humorguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563517125406408697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-38304841838095140392010-06-09T14:44:08.229+03:002010-06-09T14:44:08.229+03:00Well, I can't say it'll be an action-orien...Well, I can't say it'll be an action-oriented thing, but it will (almost 100%) be PC and computer gaming focused. Hope you'll like it. Oh, and thanks!gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-57695475071485637842010-06-09T14:20:16.408+03:002010-06-09T14:20:16.408+03:00Good luck Gnome. 3 years ago I contacted the Softw...Good luck Gnome. 3 years ago I contacted the Software Publishers Association in Washington D.C. They said what you said, more or less. Obviously they haven't done any thing in the last 3 years (that we've heard of!), so I hope you have better luck. <br /><br />There has been a console gaming tsunami since the arrive of the 360, PS3 and Wii 3-5 years ago, and PC gaming is getting drowned, with, in my experience, very little PC orientated action coming to the surface.Humorguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563517125406408697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-72101659913631316812010-06-09T10:46:01.012+03:002010-06-09T10:46:01.012+03:00I think you make a fair point. I also think we sho...I think you make a fair point. I also think we should try and remedy things and am already working (secretly) on a partly solution. Yes!gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-20333433940594545302010-06-08T13:55:26.103+03:002010-06-08T13:55:26.103+03:00It's funny that the one magazine that got boug...It's funny that the one magazine that got bought by a big publishing organisation has already had the on line history deleted. Hence Computer gaming Worlds Museum is no more. Must have been costing the billion dollar company running it $100,s a year!<br /><br />When you have small fan sites they stay. When big companies get involved things always go downhill quickly.<br /><br />But it brings up another point. PC gaming history is being lost at enormous rates! Go to Metacritic and find a 5+ year old PC title, now click on each review link for it.... Notice how the majority are now dead links? Some have changed their web address and can be found, but many have just gone, and they have taken their 1999-2007 articles, reviews and interviews with them. How many historic articles have been lost? 5 years from now will there be any original reviews of, say Planescape Torment or the original Command and Conquer? Let's not even talk about all the coverage of early 90's PC gaming!<br /><br />If you talk about 'The history of gaming' you will be shocked at how many people (not even just gamers) who now think that means console gaming history.<br /><br />Go to You Tube and on average a console gaming Top 10 is just called 'Top 10 games', PC gamers already feel an endangered species by virtue of the fact that a Top 10 PC games list will always be called just that 'Top 10 PC games'<br /><br />PC gaming is being written out of history, and I find it terribly scary for my favourite gaming format.Humorguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563517125406408697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-86597917036011208172009-05-05T12:20:00.000+03:002009-05-05T12:20:00.000+03:00Glad you enjoyed them oh Retro Brothers. And let m...Glad you enjoyed them oh Retro Brothers. And let me admit I'm also very fond of the classic Newsfield mags, though the early PC Zone is my all time favourite closely followed by Retro Gamer.gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-72375471498421851072009-05-05T12:10:00.000+03:002009-05-05T12:10:00.000+03:00ZZap64 and Crash magazine, now that brings a tear ...ZZap64 and Crash magazine, now that brings a tear to our eyes. Newsfield created some quality reads. In later years The One was a steady read to! Some great links in there!The Retro Brothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14651403945932259915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-82662924107559886902008-04-12T09:33:00.000+03:002008-04-12T09:33:00.000+03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953725119270428074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-31482191360248863892008-01-24T12:32:00.000+02:002008-01-24T12:32:00.000+02:00A soul brother then dear Faz. Lovely :) Care to ro...A soul brother then dear Faz. Lovely :) Care to rob a bank or something?<BR/><BR/>Xpodx if you could be so kind and scan them... Please?gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-75476651579919146242008-01-24T04:22:00.000+02:002008-01-24T04:22:00.000+02:00Anyone remember Compute's Gazette? A definite C64 ...Anyone remember Compute's Gazette? A definite C64 mag. I think I have every issue. Damn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-74773304569069812862008-01-24T02:54:00.000+02:002008-01-24T02:54:00.000+02:00Thanks for the collection. It brings back memories...Thanks for the collection. It brings back memories from when I was a kid and couldn't afford the games. Wait a sec....things havn't changed much in adulthood either :/Fazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12344479997090610220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-24324816201630706572007-11-08T19:15:00.000+02:002007-11-08T19:15:00.000+02:00Didn't know witch hunters were that popular around...Didn't know witch hunters were that popular around your parts Elderly...<BR/><BR/>(tsk, tsk, what a weird person)gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-30810690921770609212007-11-08T00:06:00.000+02:002007-11-08T00:06:00.000+02:00a witch-hunter... wait I'll get my autograph book....a witch-hunter... wait I'll get my autograph book... (ederly runs out of the room and returns....)<BR/><BR/>which one? is he gone..?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02671427733702967644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-21896716067467689532007-11-07T12:47:00.000+02:002007-11-07T12:47:00.000+02:00Thank you very much JohnH! I never knew such a lov...Thank you very much JohnH! I never knew such a lovely thing existed... Brilliant! Oh, and that's an impressive number of blogs you're writing for mate :)gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-54472527553045342792007-11-06T19:55:00.000+02:002007-11-06T19:55:00.000+02:00Hey now, don't forget about Joystik, one of the ea...Hey now, don't forget about Joystik, one of the earliest, and best, magazines devoted to arcade games from the classic era. Its art design is pretty amazing (even though it often makes the text hard to read with luminous, day-glo artwork), and throughout its short life it consistently maintained its focus on actual game strategy in a way that not even Nintendo Power, in its early days, could match.<BR/><BR/>http://arcarc.xmission.com/Magazines%20and%20Books/Joystik/<BR/>http://www.highscoresarcade.com/joystik.htmRodneyliveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476187929555342435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-47943418566496785862007-11-06T12:13:00.000+02:002007-11-06T12:13:00.000+02:00Oh, and eric, don't be amazed.. be shocked :)Oh, and eric, don't be amazed.. be shocked :)gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-45743168492084760312007-11-06T12:12:00.000+02:002007-11-06T12:12:00.000+02:00My wand? Oh, that Mr. Elderly.... But it's no wand...My wand? Oh, <I>that</I> Mr. Elderly.... But it's no wand and this nice gentleman over here is a witch-hunter you know...<BR/><BR/>Sorry dear anonymous, haven't run into a Tandy mag, though if listings are what you're after you'll find tons of them.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and anonymous 2 (?) you might just be right on the CGW thing...<BR/><BR/>Ahhh, yes, Strip Poker II Petesk. The days, the days... Admittedly though I always preferred the French cartoon style of Teenage Queen. X-Factor? Almost saw it once, but was cunning enough to avoid it. Tehe.gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-86890202400827110042007-11-06T11:50:00.000+02:002007-11-06T11:50:00.000+02:00Need to be convinced this was a pre-internet era? ...Need to be convinced this was a pre-internet era? I remember the shock this caused...<BR/><BR/>http://www.old-computer-mags.com/Magazine/TGM%20N.7/TheGamesMachine0700069.jpg<BR/><BR/>...although lookin at the state of viewing on TV on a typical night maybe the doom sayers where correct to warn us that our collective moral standards where being inexorably degraded.<BR/><BR/>I mean x factor... I would of gladly sacrificed all the internet porn to never ever have to of seen a single episode of that.Pete Hobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058250537542358874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-83366934792465675152007-11-06T07:19:00.000+02:002007-11-06T07:19:00.000+02:00I don't think Ziff Davis/CGW has anything to do wi...I don't think Ziff Davis/CGW has anything to do with that web site - it's fan-based.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-85962714567212361902007-11-06T05:41:00.000+02:002007-11-06T05:41:00.000+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erik Wilgenhof Plantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559815629558995543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-41738171801367772272007-11-06T05:40:00.000+02:002007-11-06T05:40:00.000+02:00I'm still amazed at the power of internet. I menti...I'm still amazed at the power of internet. I mentioned retromags.com, someone took digged/dug this blog posting and now Phil, the retromags site owner was wondering why his traffic went up 50 fold!Erik Wilgenhof Plantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559815629558995543noreply@blogger.com