It worked out ok in the end.

I first bought Edge in Feb 1999, the one win Gran Turismo 2 on the cover. I had picked it up in the newsagents a few times before but it didn't appeal to me for some reason, maybe a bit too highbrow. But I liked the look of that issue and once I read it I became hooked and have bought it ever since. I have also acquired many of the issues before that one, and now am about 20 issues short of a full collection. 

It has changed a lot over the years, and not always for the better, but I believe it still has articles and points of view which are a cut above what you find on websites and blogs. For me it has become more serious than it used to be, with more material oriented to those who work in the industry, and less of the fun side, which I miss. I wonder if it is because the industry hasn't offered that much genuinely new in recent years, less of the mind blowing, gob-smacking new tech that was experienced when the original playstation came out, and therefore maybe there is just less to write / get excited about?

I have to say, whenever I see an article or front page piece which is controversial, I don't believe they are trying to be one-sided or biased, as nearly all brands/consoles have had their fair share of love and abuse from the magazine, so seeing the new cover made me smile (and I do expect to buy both the new consoles af some point).

Ian wrote:

Yep. I didn't originally apply to work there.

Ian: "I'm here about the toilet cleaning job."
Interviewer: "Were you playing Snake on your phone just now?"
Ian: "Yes?"
Interviewer: "Do you know how to use Microsoft Word?"
Ian: "... yes?"
Interviewer: "You're hired."

TRU FAX.

Mourn the superfluity of yoot-angled bush porn.

Today's lot'd chuck it back.

Porno trawlermen from the '90s.

Readers' Wives was the deadliest catch.

Escape wrote:

Porno trawlermen from the '90s. Readers' Wives was the deadliest catch.

Kids these days, eh? They don't know how lucky they are. I remember when someone at school found a porno in a bush near the train lines. It was like finding the holy grail. Covered in gold. With huge tits.

So I picked up the issue in WHSmiths today. Seemed a bit lighter than usual, maybe it's the games drought and lack of previews, reviews etc. No. Do you know what it was? The mag is now printed on cheap and light paper. Oh Edge. What have you become?

The earliest one I recall buying was the half life one. Just a logo on the front.

Freethinker had bought it for years beforehand. It was like 10% of his giro. Proper luxury item to have in a damp  basement flat in Toxteth.

Future should incinerate then implode. Maybe something decent will then explode fourth from the ashes.

I read some mags in a posh waiting room once. Paper you wouldn't believe.

Expensive watches, skiing holidays and gents' supercars. Bag o' shite.

I was quite shocked to see the Edge website run a story a few months ago covering the rumoured specs for the new machines, without really focusing on the 'rumour' part, and citing 'sources'. Perhaps I've just missed this stuff in the past, and perhaps their information was bang on, but I don't remember conjecture and gossip being part of their remit. I'll stick to the Bleacherreport for speculation online.

Access to their bank account?

20 years. FFS.

The ink comes off onto hands. Didn't before. Feels really cheap now.

Get a new ipad screen then.