A series of business miscues… and the last vestiges of a rational gaming press have finally succumbed to the forces of stupidification.

Computer Games Magazine, my favourite magazine in the industry (and quite possibly, ever) has fallen. It takes with it another promising venture, Massive Magazine.

Tom Chick, Henry Jenkins, Cindy Yans, and a host of other fantabulous writers and illustrators will now presumably move to other places to share their insights (or hilarity, depending on which you’re looking for).

It’s hard to describe what a stunning loss this is for me. I even shipped a select boxload of back-issues to Australia. And up until this month, a nice treat would arrive monthly in my email - the digital edition.

It was a magazine that reinforced the notion that games are not just for teenagers and nut-jobs, but “normal” adults like you and I (yeah right!).

Many people have had their say, so I’ll just post a couple comments from CGOnline’s forums.

CG, ye will be missed. Massive, we barely knew ye.

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dand3
Re:It’s official: this site is dead - 2007/03/14 04:16

I am so very sorry. I hope a “White Knight” picks up the magazines. Both are unique; CGM is not written for the socially challenged 13 year old market, and the MMO genre is ripe for a dedicated magazine.

I enjoyed Steve B.’s editorials, editorial direction, and editorial skills. I also enjoyed seeing Cindy’s considerable growth as a writer over the years.

Jimivern
Re:It’s official: this site is dead - 2007/03/15 18:09
This is dissapointing. Computer Games was one of the few (possibly only?) magazines that didn’t cater to the assinine spike TV demographic that the gaming community is stereotyped into. Heavy on text and ideas, low on screenshots and gratuitous swearing this mag will be missed.

I’ll be looking for where the writers go though, Cindy Yans, Steve Bauman and Tom Chick are some of the best gaming writers out there.