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sukiwah · 1 year

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FFVII MAGAZINES // 1997 ‧₊˚✩彡

Dengeki PlayStation magazines 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

GamePro magazine

Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine

PSM

Game Informer magazine 1 - 2

Unfortunately the Dengeki PSMs only have the covers archived :(

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cafalla · 3 months

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Game Informer Magazine (November 2019, Issue 319) Scans

I try to focus on mainly scanning older items, but I found this Game Informer magazine and couldn't pass it up.

I mean gosh, anything pre-Covid may as well be a relic, right? (jkjk)

Unfortunately the front cover is a bit damaged, but I still really love this art collage of Pikachu and the Sword and Shield starters!

Here's some scans from this issue that I like!

Starting off, here's the fanart page.

These fanart/personal creation corners are my favorite pages in hobby magazines. It makes me so nostalgic for being a preteen and wanting to make and submit my own art in hopes of it being featured!

When I was about 13, I was obsessed with DeviantArt. My dad showed me how to use the scanner so I could scan my own art and post it (on the family computer, of course). My sister came to me one day and asked me to scan her comic that she wanted to submit to the in-game Club Penguin newspaper/magazine.

I didn't play Club Penguin much (I was a Neopets girl), but I fondly remember her being so proud of that comic. I helped her scan and submit it, and asked her every day if it got put into the paper. I don't think it ever did, but it was a fun time waiting to see if it would.

Speaking of Neopets, I also really loved the Neopets paper. I'd spend hours browsing backlogs of the paper to look at the fanart and read the fanfiction that was posted there.

Good times!

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I thought this League of Legends art was super neat, but the whole premise of this article is hilarious to me.

Like...ok, Riot/League. iykyk.

I'm a fairly new League of Legends player - I started playing after watching Arcane. My bf has been an on-again off-again League player, but I was always too intimidated to get into it. I actually got into it first from Team Fight Tactics, and then started playing ARAM, and only recently started dipping my toes into Summoner's Rift.

Anyways, as much as I love the game, people can be SO mean. So just seeing the article title and thinking of all the rudeness I've seen in-game is pretty funny. I know a lot of good people play and work on this game though, so I appreciate the optimism and work to make the community better.

Granted, this article isn't only about League of Legends. But I think having them as the front cover for the article is kind of hilarious.

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As a Pokémon fan, I thought this top ten page was a fun look at past gym leaders, especially considering the cover story for this issue is about the new (at the time) Pokémon mainline games.

The judging criteria is not clear at all. That's ok, there doesn't need to be a reason to do a top ten list - I'm assuming these are just this guy's favorite gym leaders. It is refreshing to see some leaders who don't normally wind up on these kinds of lists though, like Wulfric, Maylene, and Korrina.

This is really wanting to make me go back and play Let's Go! Pikachu lol.

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Ok, so admittedly I knew nothing about Baldur's Gate 3 until the day it came out and I was like 'What the heck is this game everyone on my friend's list is playing?"

My bf ended up buying it for me and we played it co-op. Definitely deserved all the hype and praise it got.

So color me surprised when I was flipping through this magazine from 2019 and saw mention of Baldur's Gate 3.

There's a whole interview in here with the founder of the BG3 game studio. I knew this game was in development for many years, but I just completely missed the hype leading up to it.

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Now some scans from the main cover story about Pokémon Sword and Shield.

These aren't all the scans from the spread, but I just wanted to show some of them off! I love multi-page stories about things where they feel almost like scrapbooks with how the graphics are arranged.

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Here's a preview about the Final Fantasy VII Remake.

I've never played a Final Fantasy game, and though I'd love to someday, I'd have no clue where to start. I do love the character designs and I thought this game looked beautiful when it was announced.

And some more previews for various games.

Little Town Hero was actually on my radar at the time, as it gave big Fantasy Life vibes (and I LOVED Fantasy Life). Also, I just learned from this article that Toby Fox was brought in to compose? Amazing.

I looked it up and it's available on Steam, but disappointingly the reviews seem pretty mixed. I'm gonna add it to my wishlist and grab it when it goes on sale.

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Here's a couple of reviews from the review section.

And an ending fluff page about creepy Pokémon pokedex entries.

And that's it for this one!

The full magazine is available to read over on my Internet Archive account.

Thanks for reading!

#txt #my scans #scans #game informer #game informer magazine #magazine #video games #video game magazine #pokemon #pokemon sword #pokemon shield #league of legends #baldur's gate 3 #final fantasy

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mugenfinder · 9 months

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(Game Informer #103, Nov. 2001) TERRORISM'S EFFECT ON FUTURE GAMES GAMECUBE vs XBOX

#Game Informer #videogame #video game magazine #nintendo #dead or alive #doa #luigi #retro

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never-obsolete · 1 year

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April 2003 gaming magazine covers

#magazine #electronic gaming monthly #official playstation magazine #nintendo power #game informer #video games #2000s #2003

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plinchy · 5 months

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Curious are you able to show the Tobi notes from the book? I do not think I have ever seen them and any Tobi content is blessing for me!

Sure thing !!! I don't have a scanner so I hope these pictures from my phone are good enough.

First image (left) is character art and description

The second picture (right) is artists notes on designing tobi. The book is amaziiing. There are so many notes from the art director and how they approached designing characters, and how they changed too

My favorite is the canine warriors. Apparently they were originally designed as humans !

Here's the cover if youre lookin to get one yourself

#twptwp #ask #okami #i remember thinking this game was so fucking cool from the trailer and screen shots in my game informer magazine #but when i met rao and ammy stared at her badonkers #thats when i knew this was my favorite game

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hwd405 · 2 years

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Game Informer issues 63 (July 1998) and 64 (August 1998) - Spyro the Dragon previews

Among the long list of publications that wrote up preview articles displaying early builds of Spyro the Dragon was Game Informer, a magazine prominent enough have access to versions of the game and press materials that were likely only shown to a very small handful of publications overall. These exclusive materials can be seen in issues 63 (images 1 - 2) and 64 (images 3 - 6), which I obtained copies of several months ago.

There aren’t any good scans of these magazines online, but I’d like to rectify that at some point - for now, I’ve got these photos of the Spyro articles. Not only do they include press screenshots that have never been seen elsewhere, but we also see how Beast Makers looked in a version of the game earlier than the released June 15th build, something that no other prerelease media source to date has achieved.

In issue 63, we see a collection of internal press screenshots - some of these have been seen before and are well known (depicting a version of the game from around April 1998, informally known as the “Gold Dragon Build”, due to the crystal dragons featuring an unfinished design. Additionally, there are screenshots showing a build with a red gem in the HUD, rather than the green gem seen in the Gold Dragon Build or the chest seen in later builds. This is aptly referred to as the “Red Gem Build”, and has previously only been seen on PlayStation Merchandising VHS tapes. It seems to be from some time around late April to early May, and is a little bit earlier than the build used at E3 1998.

Issue 64 contains interviews with Insomniac Games and Stewart Copeland, concept art and photos of internally used tools, and a very funny picture of Ted Price with an absolutely gigantic television.

If you look carefully at the screenshots used here, Misty Bog’s portal appears to be totally absent, as is the Balloonist. Attempts to replicate these images in the June 15th build have revealed that Misty Bog’s portal definitely isn’t supposed to look like that from a distance, and the Balloonist should be visible from where the player is standing, so these aren’t just visual artefacts from the portal or the fog.

We also get to see an earlier version of what appears to be Twilight Harbor, but with a very differently structured ending section. The moby placement at the end of the level in the June build seems to align with this version of the level’s geometry!

#spyro 1 #spyro the dragon #prerelease #prerelease materials #prototype #prototypes #game informer #magazine scans #retro magazines #gaming magazine #playstation #sony ps1

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devileaterjaek · 2 years

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#la noire #noire #film noir #game informer #gaming magazine

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mechaking789 · 2 years

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All game informer parody ( Found these Image on Google)

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acstation206 · 8 months

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last drawing of my summer 🫡

and yea I sorta borrowed some of the color scheme of one of those GameInformer magazines of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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shinigami-striker · 10 months

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A Bandicoot Bash | Thursday, 06.21.2023

Here's a video game review of what Game Informer has to say about Crash Team Rumble:

"Crash Team Rumble could be viewed as the natural progression of difficulty in the Crash Bandicoot franchise. It takes an entirely different type of preparation and offers a different reward, though. Crash Team Rumble's take on multiplayer platforming madness is unique, with enough depth to keep you on your toes after hours of gameplay. Those searching for a fresh take on the long-running series should give it a try." - 8/10 (reviewed the PS5 version)

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bootyandgeekeries · 2 years

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Makes one almost regret not having Nintendo's systems (cannot buy just for 1 or 2 games).

I liked the 1st on PS3 even though it was the worst version of the game.

#bayonetta #bayonetta 3 #illustration #gaming #gaming illustration #melons #witch #magazine covers #2022 #2020s #game informer

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yakozy · 1 year

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it is with an amount of regret maybe that i must inform u that actually the thing kiryu was hiding under his bed was tiddy magazines. it was the tiddy magazine quest u see.

Ah yes 😔 the tiddy magazine quest….yakuza 0 is game of the year, every year to me 😔

#thank you for informing me 🙏🏼#nothing wrong with sneakily handing over a tiddy magazine from an alleyway to a kid you just met. truly the most game #inbox

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comfortfoodcontent · 2 years

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NEW SCAN: Game Informer #80 from December 1999

https://archive.org/details/game-informer-80-december-1999

#my scans #Comfort Food Video Games #shinji mikami #resident evil #resident evil 3 #gameinformer #game informer #video games #video game magazines #video game scans #video game magazine scans #90s #1990s #1999 #y2k

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mugenfinder · 4 months

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Game Informer #212 (December 2010) For this issue, Game Informer published 3 different covers and picked 30 characters they believed defined 10 years of video games.

Full List of characters:

Cover Story: The 30 Characters Who Defined A Decade (GI’s picks for the top 30 characters from the past ten years) 1. GLaDOS (Portal) 2. John Marston (Red Dead Redemption) 3. Nathan Drake (Unchared series) 4. Master Chief (Halo series) 5. Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto IV) 6. Alyx Vance (Half-Life 2) 7. Kratos (God of War series) 8. Andrew Ryan (BioShock) 9. Loghain Mac Tir (Dragon Age: Origins) 10. Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin’s Creed series) 11. Ethan Mars (Heavy Rain) 12. Commander Shepard (Mass Effect series) 13. Jimmy Hopkins (Bully) 14. Captain John Price (Call of Duty series) 15. HK-47 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series) 16. Elena Fisher (Uncharted series) 17. The Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2) 18. Tommy Vercetti (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City) 19. The Boss (Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater) 20. Tim (Braid) 21. Auron (Final Fantasy X) 22. Razputin “Raz” Aquato (Psychonauts) 23. Kaim Argonar (Lost Odyssey) 24. Jade (Beyond Good & Evil) 25. KOS-MOS (Xenosaga series) 26. Professor Layton (Professor Layton series) 27. Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney series) 28. Wander (Shadow of the Colossus) 29. Ronnie MacFarlane (Red Dead Redemption) 30. King of All Cosmos (Katamari series)

#Game Informer #2000s #videogames #Grand Theft Auto #Master Chief #Auron FFX #KOS-MOS #John Marston #Glados #Captain Price #beyond good and evil #game magazines

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the-elven-nymph · 2 years

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My Game Informer magazine finally came in, it has The Callisto Protocol on the cover so that’s pretty neat! Another game I’m really looking forward to since it’s basically a love letter to Dead Space 🖤

#personal #gamer #gaming #video games #game informer #does anyone still read gaming magazines?

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vanteguccir · 2 months

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Can you sing for me? | Chris Sturniolo

Chris Sturniolo x reader

Summary: Where Y/N is a worldwide famous singer, but her favorite thing in the world is hearing Chris singing just for her.

Warning: None.

Requested?: No.

Author's note: That is my work, I DON'T authorize any plagiarism! | English isn't my first language, so I'm sorry if there's any grammar error.

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When you are a world-famous singer who performs at least once a month, tours every year, models, acts, does interviews, is looked at everywhere by papparazzi and scouts, has articles published about you - often with false information -, it was safe to say that Y/N needed a place to rest, and hers was next to Chris.

Her resting with him was many things: spending hours marathoning mindless movies on the couch wrapped in a fluffy blanket and her boyfriend's arms, or when she could lay on Chris's lap and sink into a new book; sometimes it was when her house shared with the triplets smelled like her favorite cake, or when she spent the day making a new DIY that she found on tiktok...

Y/N was a girl with simple tastes, she didn't need much to be impressed, just a few minutes next to Chris were enough for her to feel like the luckiest girl in the world and finally be able to relax her body completely, getting rid of the adrenaline of having a life as an artist.

Don't get me wrong, Y/N loved her profession, since she was little her biggest dream was to be able to perform in front of a crowd and show her talent, and her fans provided that for her; seeing a sea of people in front of her singing along to a song she composed made her see stars, the adrenaline that coursed through her veins when she picked up her pink microphone and could walk, dance, run and jump around the stage freely while singing the lyrics that referred to important moments in her life was incredible.

But nothing compared to waking up next to Chris in the morning and finding the sleepy face she loved so much along with his husky morning voice, or cooking homemade food for them and receiving a hug from behind that was always accompanied by "I love you so much". No moment in front of interviewers with overpriced magazines compared to when Chris won a round of one of his video games and got up from his chair with an excited scream, running over to where Y/N was and showering her with kisses.

Don't even remind me of the thousands of butterflies that flew together in Y/N's stomach when Chris wrote one of his love letters to her, delivering it along with several sweets and chocolates that she was addicted to - a weekly event in their lives.

Y/N's professional life was hectic and tiring, when she wasn't on a plane going from one country to another, she was in a studio recording a new song, or on a famous program answering very controversial questions.

So, when her busy day's were over and she could simply be Y/N, she would go straight into Chris's arms, where she knew she would receive comfort and security.

And that's exactly what she did today. After a turbulent day in the studio recording her new songs, making wrong high notes and having to redo them, crossing out written verses and rewriting them, the girl just wanted to get home and dive into her boyfriend's arms.

Y/N slowly closed the door to her shared room with Chris, her eyes wandering to the low lights and the almost imperceptible sound coming from the television, which was turned on in a random series.

Chris was already in bed dressed in his pajamas, the fluffy gray blanket covering his body up to his shoulders. He had his eyes almost closed from the intense tiredness, but he seemed to fight against it.

That was another thing that Y/N loved about Chris, regardless of what time she came home, he would always be waiting for her awake - more or less.

The girl walked with light steps to the nightstand on her side of the bed, taking the remote control and turning off the television, complete silence settling in the room.

"Hey, I didn't hear you coming." The brunette's sleepy voice caught Y/N's attention, who turned her face towards him, seeing him still lying in the same position, but with his blue eyes now very much open and looking at her. Probably having "woken up" due to the lack of the background sound.

"Hi my love, I just arrived. I'm just going to take a shower and come to bed with you." Y/N responded in a whisper.

"Okay." He said softly, looking at her from below with doe eyes.

Y/N leaned over the bed momentarily, sealing her lips over Chris' soft ones for a few seconds before getting up again and walking to the bathroom.

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Y/N opened the bathroom door, the steam from the hot shower escaping momentarily as she crossed to the bedroom, already in her pajamas, before closing it again.

She walked slowly to the bed, seeing Chris lying on his side and holding his phone with one of his hands, looking more awake than before - or trying to -, the screen brightness turned to a minimum as his thumb scrolled through his Instagram feed.

Chris lifted his head slightly when he heard her approaching, a lazy smile stretching across his face as he stretched slowly, locking the screen of his phone and briefly placing it on top of his bedside table. He opened his arms, waiting for his girlfriend to lay there.

Y/N returned the smile, lifting the gray blanket and laying down on her side of the bed, snuggling in before burying herself in Chris's arms. She ran her nose down his neck, breathing in the fresh scent of soap on his skin, caressing the sensitive spot with her lips.

His hands circled her shoulders, a sigh of pleasure escaping his lips at the comfort that the warmth post-bath of Y/N's body provided. The girl lifted her left hand, running it through Chris' hair, brushing his bangs out of his eyes.

"How was your day?" Chris asked softly a few seconds later, his blue eyes taking in his girl's tired features.

The deep sigh that escaped her mouth was answer enough for him: tiring.

"Did you eat anything? Are you hungry?" He continued, lifting his right hand - which was previously on Y/N's waist - and taking her left hand from his own hair, bringing it to his lips and sealing the soft skin for a few seconds, keeping his attention on her face.

"I had lunch, honey, I'm not hungry." She replied, a tired smile appearing on her lips at his affectionate gesture.

"Don't you want me to get you a snack? Lunch was many hours ago, kitten." Chris intertwined their fingers, only receiving a shake of her head.

"Can you sing f'me?" Y/N asked in a low, weak tone, her words barely noticeable.

A goofy smile grew on Chris's face, his eyes shining with excitement and love. He adored it when his singer girlfriend asked him to sing for her, it seemed too ironic to be true, but that was exactly what Y/N adored most.

"What do you want today? Rap, pop or rock?" He teased, a soft chuckle escaping Y/N's lips as she rolled her eyes, intertwining their legs together and scooting closer to him, laying her head on his shoulder, placing a little kiss on the region.

"Anything is fine, I just want to hear you sing." She asked, eager to listen her boy's soft voice against her ear.

"Y/N baby, I dedicate this one for you." He joked, a smile on his voice before he started to sing a song that he knew that was one of his girl's favorite. "Stay bugging out, days on end..." Chris began slowly, resting his chin on his girlfriend's head, his voice now sounding hoarse and low, intensifying Y/N's drowsiness. "Days on end."

Her eyes began to flutter closed, her heartbeat calming down as the weight of her shoulders seemed to drain down her body, her limbs relaxing completely.

"Play this often, don't take this shit too seriously." He continued gently, stroking Y/N's back in circles with his left hand, feeling the area lose its previous tension. "Know you get insecure, wish I had more wisdom for you..."

Y/N took a deep breath lightly, allowing her mind to drift off into the world of dreams, Chris's voice becoming muffled and almost null against her ears, but her brain seemed to still register it, using it as a personal tranquilizer.

"Sleep, babe." Chris whispered after singing some more lines, noticing her closed eyes and slightly open mouth.

He pressed his lips to the top of his girlfriend's head, before snuggling closer against her body, allowing himself to sleep, Y/N's slow breathing serving as his favorite lullaby.

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My asks are always open. Feel free to send requests or anything at all 🩷💋

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