Guest Barcelona Report post Posted December 12, 2003 https://www.zdmcirc.com/zdmcirc/promo/eb/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2003 Thanks. I usually don't find the mag worth buying, and they were pestering me to subscribe the other day, but a free subscription I'll take. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anya 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2003 I subscribe, but have been mad at them ever since they turned on Tekken so that they could hardsell VF4 more. Seeing them complain about King's multi-throws being "too powerful".... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Barcelona Report post Posted December 12, 2003 I subscribed for about 5 years up until they changed the magazine's layout about a year ago and I didn't renew. Sakura - I think if you sign up for the offer I linked to they'll credit that 12 months to your current subscription as long as you use the same name and address. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hhheld_down Report post Posted December 12, 2003 sweet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuna_Firerose 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2003 https://www.zdmcirc.com/zdmcirc/promo/eb/index.html Let's see... a free subscription to Gamepro, and now, a free subscription to EGM. With a paid subscription to OPM...hell, I'm all set Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2003 Let's see how long it takes me to get pissed that this link doesn't apply to Canadians... 3 seconds! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy no nose 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2003 What exactly is the deal with this? It doesnt say much on the page, why are they giving away free subscriptions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Flyboy Report post Posted December 12, 2003 Well, geez. This will now be the 40,000th free magazine I would be receiving. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nevermortal 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2003 https://www.zdmcirc.com/zdmcirc/promo/eb/index.html Let's see... a free subscription to Gamepro, and now, a free subscription to EGM. With a paid subscription to OPM...hell, I'm all set All you need is "The Advocate", and you'll be all set. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeFayeJettEdBebop 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2003 hmmm....They still giving out free Gamepro subs. or was that something special???I'll take all the free shit I can get! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeFayeJettEdBebop 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2003 hmmm....They still giving out free Gamepro subs. or was that something special???I'll take all the free shit I can get! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2003 I've already got this, but thanks anyway. I have now subscribed to around twenty or so free magazines...woohoo! Not to mention that almost all of them are good for years and years, I'll never have to buy another magazine again, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2003 Just for the hell of it, you people need to head on over to... http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messagevie...threadid=196487 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2003 Just for the hell of it, you people need to head on over to... http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messagevie...threadid=196487 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2003 Just for the hell of it, you people need to head on over to... http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messagevie...threadid=196487 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2003 hmmm....They still giving out free Gamepro subs. or was that something special???I'll take all the free shit I can get! Where can I get a free Gamepro subscription? It's always good to keep well-stocked with toilet paper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuna_Firerose 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2003 (edited) https://www.zdmcirc.com/zdmcirc/promo/eb/index.html Let's see... a free subscription to Gamepro, and now, a free subscription to EGM. With a paid subscription to OPM...hell, I'm all set All you need is "The Advocate", and you'll be all set. Ja, totally. Know any linkage to such a free subscription? Where can I get a free Gamepro subscription? It's always good to keep well-stocked with toilet paper. Oh, c'mon, it's not that bad... Edited December 13, 2003 by Yuna_Firerose Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Askewniverse Report post Posted December 13, 2003 Where can I get a free Gamepro subscription? It's always good to keep well-stocked with toilet paper. Oh, c'mon, it's not that bad... You're right...it's worse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuna_Firerose 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2003 Where can I get a free Gamepro subscription? It's always good to keep well-stocked with toilet paper. Oh, c'mon, it's not that bad... You're right...it's worse. I haven't been reading it as much as anyone else so...why the hate on Gamepro? I'm seriously curious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
{''({o..o})''} 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2003 Somehow I've been getting a free subcription to Gamepro for the last year and a half. Even if someone order it for me, it still says Oct '03 as when the subscription shoould have ended. I just bring it into work to let my employees read it if they want. I just think for a company that's been around as long as they have, that they should have learned how to review a game on its merits as oppossed to how popular it's supposed to be, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2003 I saw this and signed up when it was first posted. I thought I replied, but I guess I didn't. I hope that this deal actually works. I have been meaning to subscribe to EGM for a while. It'd save me a shitload of money, seeing as how I've bought every issue for the past 6 years (since #100). Have these deals actually worked for anyone, though? I signed up for the free GamePro subscription months ago and haven't received anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted December 19, 2003 I get GamePRO, Electronics Gaming Monthly, Stuff & Maxim all for free because of various links provided by message forums. That's funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2003 Where can I get a free Gamepro subscription? It's always good to keep well-stocked with toilet paper. Oh, c'mon, it's not that bad... You're right...it's worse. I haven't been reading it as much as anyone else so...why the hate on Gamepro? I'm seriously curious. Well, frozenblock said one part of it. Many magazines are easily swayed by advertising dollars. Gamepro is one of the worst of 'em. Gamepro used to be a decent mag, and had top-notch fighting game coverage. The magazines were fairly well put together and laid out well. However, they got really cheap, lazy, and poor-quality around the late 90's. They reverted to cheaper paper, reviews got to be more poorly written, their "strategy guides" were reduced to printing fighting game move lists--even if the lists were included with the game or in the game itself. The cover art became terrible, usually ending up a BUTT-ugly rendering or being drawn by a shitty artist. Worst of all, I think they know their magazine sucks because they back them at newstands now. I think if your mag is decent enough, if people flip through them and like what they'll see they'll buy them. Funny thing, I still have issues of Diehard Gamefan (R.I.P.) from nearly 9 years ago. Almost all of them are still intact and are in terrific condition. I often re-read them to get advice on what older games to check out or I'll use their rare strat guides. Often they'd have codes you wouldn't see other places. The Gamepro stuff...uh, I think it disintegrated or something. I know my Sega Visions magazines rotted away to nothingness (although they were in an old suitcase, which may have something to do with it). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Doomsault Report post Posted December 19, 2003 Holy shit, fatwallet rules. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
{''({o..o})''} 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2003 I also cherish my Diehard GameFans... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DerangedHermit 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2003 Where can I get a free Gamepro subscription? It's always good to keep well-stocked with toilet paper. Oh, c'mon, it's not that bad... You're right...it's worse. I haven't been reading it as much as anyone else so...why the hate on Gamepro? I'm seriously curious. Well, frozenblock said one part of it. Many magazines are easily swayed by advertising dollars. Gamepro is one of the worst of 'em. Gamepro used to be a decent mag, and had top-notch fighting game coverage. The magazines were fairly well put together and laid out well. However, they got really cheap, lazy, and poor-quality around the late 90's. They reverted to cheaper paper, reviews got to be more poorly written, their "strategy guides" were reduced to printing fighting game move lists--even if the lists were included with the game or in the game itself. The cover art became terrible, usually ending up a BUTT-ugly rendering or being drawn by a shitty artist. Worst of all, I think they know their magazine sucks because they back them at newstands now. I think if your mag is decent enough, if people flip through them and like what they'll see they'll buy them. Funny thing, I still have issues of Diehard Gamefan (R.I.P.) from nearly 9 years ago. Almost all of them are still intact and are in terrific condition. I often re-read them to get advice on what older games to check out or I'll use their rare strat guides. Often they'd have codes you wouldn't see other places. The Gamepro stuff...uh, I think it disintegrated or something. I know my Sega Visions magazines rotted away to nothingness (although they were in an old suitcase, which may have something to do with it). Everybody knows that Game Players/Ultra Game Players ruled before it died. I used to have a subscription to GamePro from 1994 up until 1998. I was losing interest in gaming and GamePro started deteriorating then. I paid for a subscription to Nintendo Power a few weeks ago(for the Zelda disc) and got free EGM and Gamepro subscriptions. Now if I could find a free OPM sub (with the demo discs).... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anya 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2003 I stopped caring about Gamepro when their fighting game coverage died. Gamepro had the best MK coverage back in the day. They must have been close with Boon and Tobias or something, because they got the coolest behind the scenes pics and interviews. Gamepro had a MK II cabinet in their office, they get cool points for that. I like to look at old magazines. I have a bunch of old EGMs with like the debuts of MK II, UMK3, Tekken 3, SF III, and more. It's funny seeing their impressions and what not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2003 Everybody knows that Game Players/Ultra Game Players ruled before it died. No they don't. I thought it sucked before it died, hence why I stopped reading it. Although I remember at one time they were an excellent mag. The strategy sections were usually very in-depth and helpful. Also, readers could request help with certain problems/questions in games. I don't know they picked which ones to respond to, but usually it was for questions that were for confusing parts in games that most mags hadn't covered. It was the only magazine I saw that covered how to get Umaro and Gogo in Final Fantasy III. Thankfully, they'd often reply to questions about games that weren't exactly brand new. Unfortunately, their screenshots usually seemed washed out. They started to decline, in my opinion, when they were more concerned about stupid humor than writing good reviews. As it was, most game reviews were one page, most of it taking up by unnecessary blocks for the ratings numbers and the reviewer's picture, plus the text was unnecessarily large so not a whole lot was ever written about a game. They weren't good, not bad, just kinda "eh" before they declined and went away. My opinions on the current mags out there: Game Informer- I hate them. Their reviews usually seem terribly biased and unfocused on the important aspects. They have HUGE ASS PREVIEWS that go on for 10 pages, and then often they devote 1/6 of a page for a game review. I'll never forgive them for giving Shantae a bad review. I don't think the reviewer even played the game before writing that review. I could live with a less-than-stellar review if their was a complaint about the enemies respawning too close to you. However--that wasn't mentioned. Play mechanics, the innovations it made, the cool characters and gameplay--none of it was mentioned at all. It was just a generic review probably tapped up to devote more time to the newest overhyped piece of crap in their feature review. GMR - This mag seems to be having some growing pains. Some of the reviews manage to be well-written, funny, and informative. Gaming Geezer is a neat feature, but I find it pointless without a retro-section that they certainly have room for. Like GI, they spend too much time on previews and often stick 4 reviews on a single page. They seem a bit biased and cynical towards old-school style games, so there's room for improvement. Tips and Tricks - Very good magazine--except for the obvious complaint about the lack of/absence of reviews. However, I like the fact that the previews are limited to little sections with screen shots and the most interesting game tidbits. No huge, expansive layouts saying nothing. No excessive bull. The name says what they're about: they have a focus and they stick with it. The layouts on the newer games, and the occasional retro-strategies, are very well laid-out in my opinion. The archives of codes also prove to be very useful. Unfortunately, since it is still priced at 5 bucks a pop and issues are smaller than most of the other mags, it seems a bit light on content, especially since you may not be using too much of the content in the mag. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2003 Oh, this is hilarious... From the latest Game Infarcer... Often referred to as Final Fantasy in space, Xenosaga has earned its spot among the role-playing elite. There are very few games, or movies for that matter, which develop characters so richly. By the time the screen fades to black and the credits roll, the realization sinks in that you know the individuals in your party about as well as you do your closest relatives. This is the kind of story that will stick with you forever. The ingenious gameplay and depth of customization only heightens the experience. BWAHAHAHHA!!! I'd rip that apart bit by bit, but the fact that this magazine still considers Final Fantasy to be some lofty standard of quality speaks for itself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
