Imagine if you will that you are an avid video game player and for years your mother or Santa annually renewed your subscription to Electronics Gaming Monthly (EGM). The magazine was known as the most circulated game magazine until Game Informer came free with every GameStop Edge card purchase.
EGM went the way of the dinosaur this past February due in no small part to the medium it was shipped in and the economy. The beauty of the Internet is that gamers can hear and see industry leaks as they occur. Unfortunately, subscribers and readers of their online site, 1up.com were completely caught off guard – some opting to renew their subscriptions in February.
Now, subscribers have an alternative to seeking their money back – Maxim Magazine. That’s right, Kids who once read EGM to discover the latest Pokemon release or find out codes for the latest Tony Hawk title now have something else to “thumb through.”
Subscribers will receive a note with the latest issue of Maxim that will allow to them continue the subscription or get a refund. My advice: ditch the frat softcore porn and prepare to renew now that the founder Steve Harris now has the rights to print and online distribution.
Source: EGM Subscribers Getting Maxim as Replacement
I went to the 22nd Annual Reynolds High School sports banquet Monday evening in lieu of my father. My dad is presently full of mucus from trimming the English Ivy adorning the front of our abode. This is my sister’s senior year in high school and she was a member of the regional champion varsity field hockey team. Not bad for a mere goalie. The food wasn’t bad; I just wish I got a second slice of the lemon cake. It was touching to see the tribute ceremony for Matthew Gfeller who died after a brain injury at the start of the season.
I was studying abroad when my sister told me of Matthew’s death and I could sense how it affected her through Skype conversations and e-mails. Senior year is often made out to be the best year of your pre-adult life and the loss of Matthew as well as our close family friend, Cathy Skoog did little to diminish the bittersweetness of 2008. I only wish I had been around to comfort my family during the four months of my absence.
I am happy to say that I finished working on a short story I started before exams. I had the skeleton nearly completed but I couldn’t muster up a satisfactory ending. I fleshed out the story and will upload it as soon as I pick it apart and edit it. In the meantime I am making some great progress with my headlines for VCU. Whether they pick them apart or accept me I feel like I have made progress from where I was a year ago.
I have an interview for a summer internship at Wild Fire Ideas, a Winston-Salem ad agency on Thursday. If I manage to impress this will be my third internship. I have already stated that making $0 is fine by me if I am happy (I can sell crack or something).
I have completed Stay Close and I will be uploading the review shortly. My next book is the high school favorite Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I never read the book but it apparently shares many themes of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
I am planning to sell my Nintendo Wii this summer. I could use some cash and if anyone is in the market for a used system feel free to contact me. Otherwise I will post some eBay links.
Memorial weekend is upon us and I hope everyone manages to watch Christian Bale kick some Terminator ass. Part of me hopes that the success of this movie could save Fox’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The rational old man inside of me knows that this is impossible. We are dealing with Fox.
Cheers all! Jump through a sprinkler on your front lawn or wear a sundress. Just make sure that whatever you do avoid wearing your Buddhist swastika t-shirt at all airports and bus stations this weekend.
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