Edge Magazine - C/D

Goldeneye?

at least, the one mag i read

whya re there no bylines? is that a UK thing?

slocki I think the lack of byline is less a britishes thing than an edge thing! it might be the only mag I've ever regularly read that's done that, come to think of it.

Super Mario 64, Nintendo 64
Gran Turismo, Sony PlayStation
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Nintendo 64
Halo: Combat Evolved, Microsoft Xbox
Half-Life 2, Windows PC

it does go through dull patches and has way too much japanese rpg information for my liking but i like the design, reminds me of English WiReD back when that was good. i am a sucker for glossy ink on matt covers as well (pattern recognition, stray toasters...)

i flicked through it but the only thing that caught my eye was a review of something called Battlemorph for the atari jaguar. gotta love those flat shaded polygons.

oh dear, the KZ2 review has got the internet in a right tizzy

http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/killzone-2-the-edge-verdict

seems like quite a fair review to me

is the ste on ILG ste curran?

Properly failing to see how 7/10 could ever be considered a controversial score.

I mean, is it really just hundreds of people who haven't played the game yet going "ZOMG, the bastards didn't give it 10/10!"?

Particularly since it's Edge, which has been giving 5/6/7s to otherwise 10-rated games forever!

[sorry if my q is nosy, we have a mutual friend]

is the ste on ILG ste curran?

if you mean me, nope.

ah, no worries...

http://www.edge-online.com/features/edge-200-full-cover-gallery

http://medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_212306.jpg

http://medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_212296.jpg

^^^ this one actually made me a little emotional

http://medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_212233.jpg

http://medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_212137.jpg

I don't know what a third of these games are. What's this one?
http://medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_212221.jpg

this was my desktop for awhile:
http://medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_212257.jpg

also good:
http://medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_212243.jpg
http://medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_212152.jpg

This was kind of a good concept, but so many of those were lazy cut-and-pastes of old promo art. Also seems aimed at crazy magazine collectors who will try to buy all 200.

yeh, how much is that Earthbound one gonna sell for on ebay next month?

Pff, they used the BBC Model B version of Chuckie Egg! Pathetic! </edgereader>

hint: edge 200 comes in a sealed bag so you don't think you can see which cover you're getting. except, it's printed on the back at the bottom left. i only realised this after buying it and am now wondering whether i could've done better.

mine: #189 Tony Vercetti

i like the lords of midnight cover, defender, asteroids. i am very 8 bit.

I got Star Wars Arcade.

had a look today in hammersmith whsmiths and they were all the same as the one i bought from there.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/09/28/edge-print-top-100-games-of-all-time-magazine/

...and it's ridiculous.

100 – WarioWare Inc – GBA
99 – Spec Ops: The Line
98 – Papers, Please
97 – DriveClub
96 – Braid
95 – Super Hexagon
94 – Her Story
93 – Super Monkey Ball
92 – Final Fantasy XII
91 – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
90 – Katamari Damacy
89 – Animal Crossing: New Leaf
88 – Resogun
87 – Puzzle Bobble
86 – F-Zero GX
85 – The Sims 3
84 – R-Type Final
83 – Elite: Dangerous
82 – Bomberman
81 – Starcraft II
80 – Pac-Man Championship Edition
79 – BioShock
78 – CoD 4: Modern Warfare
77 – Puzzle & Dragons
76 – Tearaway
75 – League of Legends
74 – Super Meat Boy
73 – Xenoblade Chronicles
72 – Titanfall
71 – Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
70 – Left 4 Dead 2
69 – Counter-Strike Global Offensive
68 – Civilization IV
67 – Rez
66 – Battlefield 4
65 – Metroid Prime
64 – Hearthstone
63 – Castlevania SotN
62 – Limbo
61 – Towerfall: Ascension
60 – Earthbound
59 – Batman: Arkham Knight
58 – Transistor
57 – Puyo Puyo
56 – FTL Advanced Edition
55 – Persona 4 Golden
54 – Mass Effect 2
53 – Okami
52 – The Stanley Parable
51 – XCOM: Enemy Unknown
50 – Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
49 – The Witcher III
48 – Far Cry 4
47 – LittleBigPlanet 3
46 – Trials Fusion
45 – Nidhogg
44 – Fez
43 – Super Mario 3D World
42 – Journey
41 – Fire Emblem: Awakening
40 – Dead Space
39 – Dota 2
38 – Vanquish
37 – Super Mario Maker
36 – Shadow of the Colossus
35 – Halo 3
34 – Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
33 – Spelunky HD
32 – Destiny
31 – Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
30 – Kerbal Space Program
29 – Dishonored
28 – Splatoon
27 – Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
26 – Rock Band 3
25 – Skyrim
24 – Drop7
23 – Uncharted 2
22 – Ico
21 – Super Metroid
20 – Demon’s Souls
19 – Advance Wars
18 – Mario Kart 8
17 – Ultra Street Fighter IV
16 – MGS V: The Phantom Pain
15 – Super Mario World
14 – Red Dead Redemption
13 – Super Mario 64
12 – Portal
11 – Bayonetta 2
10 – Minecraft
9 – Resident Evil 4
8 – Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
7 – Super Mario Galaxy 2
6 – Tetris
5 – Half-Life 2
4 – Bloodborne
3 – The Last of Us
2 – GTA V
1 – Dark Souls

that's a fucking weird list

probably agree w/ #1 tbh

there's a podcast where the insert credit guys argue for threeish hours about the top 25 or 50 genesis games, which is kinda great--like, the arguing process is more interesting than the list itself, or anything they might have written about it

anyway the arguments were probably more interesting than an £11.99 prestige format magazine with full-page art would be

although if you have four current-gen titles and fucking half life 2 in your top five then you're a bunch of muppets frankly

lol at myself for thinking of dark souls as current gen

edge otm

new games > old games

I thought they'd gone bust when I saw this revive

only allowed to choose one game from a series, and they chose the wrong GTA.

http://cs4.gtaall.com/attachments/4dc09/2014-09/original/46a23cb75776fe7865d135b0fa47d2cc98b44d8f/2154-gta-1-gameplay.jpg

interesting (to me, poss nobody else) that even as a UK mag their few 80s and 90s picks are nearly all Nintendo and no 8-bit home micros, Amiga, ST, etc

(quick nod to Tetris's pre-Nintendo history but it's probably not the DVK-2 version which has won it a place, right)

it's cuz they're a bunch of noobs

idk yeah i don't think of edge as coming out of any british gaming culture, they have always seemed like omg miyamoto is god types?

i bet they gave shenmue a really good review

24 – Drop7

come on now

is the point that its "video games" rather than "computer games" on this? if not, where the Fuuuuuck are doom / quake

wrong Elder Scrolls game too, this list is godawful

xxxp to thomp, I guess so - think the first issue I bought was in '96 and had Mario 64 on the cover (the next issue also had the N64 on the cover), so yeah

suppose they were always about "evolving" gaming past its old image, being more shiny and modern and designer than the competition, a deliberate move away from the other '90s Future mags with writers who'd been there since Amiga Power and the 8-bit mags, etc

still would've expected at least one person on the staff to throw in one or two titles but eh, I'm prob just old. maybe including the new Elite is a token nod to the "prob just old" demographic

The Last of Us is a token nod to not-games