Arcade – the “semi-lifestyle” games magazine

I have very fond memories of Arcade magazine, but looking over the 24 issues now, it was a curious beast. As launch editor Matt Bielby put it in his first editorial: “there are two ways of looking at this magazine.” Those were “the culmination of years of videogame mags,” or “the first games magazine to …

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DC-UK: part of Future’s unofficial past

It’s time for another of our regular look backs at a video game magazine of old. This time our incessant rummaging around the attic has unearthed Future Publishing’s unofficial Dreamcast magazine, DC-UK. Word – by which I mean Wikipedia – has it that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe stopped Future Publishing from pitching for the official …

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Future Publishing perfect

You should be familiar with our regular Street Viewtiful feature by now. We pick a possibly topical company, and use our secret spy camera (Google Street View) to have a peak at their offices. This month we’ve picked the Bath-based Future plc, who lately made the decision to end the rather spiffing Nintendo Gamer magazine. …

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