Adventure Games Magazines
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07/01/07 05:11 AM
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Upsydaisy
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Are there any magazines in the States which deal only with Adventure Games. Here in the UK, the contents are all about war,shooting,killing etc., A few years ago you could read a couple of articles and get the odd demo on a disc of an up and coming game but no more! Going purely by your fabulous website, there is a huge amount of interest in this area. Someone will make a killing! (excuse the pun) _________________ Deef Reefs and Anacapri is in the post. Currently playing Dream Chronicles (casual game)
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Re: Adventure Games Magazines
[Re: Upsydaisy]
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07/01/07 05:45 AM
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Becky
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Hi Upsydaisy --
No print magazines here dedicated just to adventure gaming. There are print magazines that will occasionally review an adventure game (frequent complaints about adventures in these reviews -- the graphics aren't up to snuff, the pace of the game is too slow, the puzzles are way too obscure).
There does seem to be something in the air, though -- more recognition that women are gamers (even, gasp, that older men and women are gamers) and that this demographic likes puzzling in their adventures or in their casual games. I am expecting this to be beneficial to our favorite genre, but a print magazine dedicated just to adventures is not terribly likely.
Yet.
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Re: Adventure Games Magazines
[Re: Becky]
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07/01/07 02:18 PM
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There does seem to be something in the air, though -- more recognition that women are gamers (even, gasp, that older men and women are gamers) and that this demographic likes puzzling in their adventures or in their casual games. I am expecting this to be beneficial to our favorite genre, but a print magazine dedicated just to adventures is not terribly likely.
Yet. On Monday and Tuesday I was in Germany doing a press tour for So Blonde and one of the magazines we visited was Play Vanilla, a gaming mag aimed squarely at women. When I was given a copy I was pretty impressed that they'd come up with something that was a gaming mag yet had the design style and feel of a quality women's lifestyle mag. I can't read German, but it was refreshing to flick through and be able to tell that there was a different emphasis on the tone of games covered. It's a real shame it's not available in other languages (though it's still very new) as I'm sure that I'd prefer reading it to the over-macho feel of many gaming mags. Play Vanilla link: http://www.playvanilla.de/matrices/1-playvanilla-de-homepage/items
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Re: Adventure Games Magazines
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07/01/07 06:28 PM
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Darleen03
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I agree MaG.. With out Becky & the panel of reviewers..I wouldn't have a clue what was out there.. Good Job Ladies
Luv Dar
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