VGHF-MAG. Magazine Library
Classification
Identifier: VGHF-MAG
This collection represents the magazines available in the Video Game History Foundation Research Library.
Found in 224 Collections and/or Records:
Digital Diner
Series
Identifier: MAG-DIGITALDINER
Abstract
Digital Diner was a short-lived multimedia magazine from Metropolis, the publishers of GameFan. The magazine covered a wide range of computer, internet, and multimedia topics, with a particular focus on entertainment and games, and was presented in the style of a media magazine like Rolling Stone rather than a computer magazine. Content included interviews with game and software developers, explorations of new topics in multimedia, a cover story celebrity profile with a multimedia angle, and...
Dates:
Publication: est. late 1996 – July 1997
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
The Journal of Computer Game Design
Series
Identifier: MAG-JCGD
Abstract
The Journal of Computer Game Design was an early journal for the electronic games industry, edited and self-published by Chris Crawford, the founder of the Game Developers Conference. Many articles in the journal were written by Crawford's early collaborators in the computer game industry.Over its nine-year run, the journal's content shifted away from technical writing and industry news, focusing heavily more game design theory and editorial articles, often written by Crawford...
Dates:
June 1987 – August 1996
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Official Xbox Magazine
Series
Identifier: MAG-OXM
Abstract
Official Xbox Magazine (abbreviated OXM) was the officially licensed Xbox magazine in the United States.
Towards the end of the magazine's run, starting on August 2019, the American edition of OXM was replaced with the British edition of OXM, effectively merging the two magazines. Both editions of OXM were discontinued in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic; the final issue is dated May 2020.
Dates:
Publication: November 2001 – May 2020
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Next Generation / NextGen
Series
Identifier: MAG-NEXTGEN
Abstract
Next Generation was an American multiplatform video game magazine focusing on industry news and trends, published by Imagine Media. The magazine was relaunched in September 1999 as NextGen.Next Generation was one of the few wide-distribution magazines that covered the game industry itself rather than individual products was targeted towards an adult audience. As a result, the magazine had a cross-over audience that included game professionals and the general public and...
Dates:
Publication: January 1995 – January 2002
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
PlayStation: The Official Magazine
Series
Identifier: MAG-PSTHEOFFICIAL
Abstract
PlayStation: The Official Magazine was the successor to PSM, published between 2007 and 2012. Unlike PSM, PlayStation: The Official Magazine was formally affiliated with Sony Computer Entertainment, rather than being an independent magazine.
Dates:
Publication: Holiday 2007 – Holiday 2012
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Q64
Series
Identifier: MAG-Q64
Abstract
Q64 was a seasonal magazine by Dimension Publishing covering the Nintendo 64 console. The magazine appears to have run for only 10 issues, ending its run at the end of 1999.
Dates:
Publication: Summer 1997 – Winter 2000
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
GameWEEK / ieMAGAZINE
Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEWEEK
Abstract
GameWEEK was a video game trade paper published by CyberActive Media Group, Inc. as a successor to their previous trade magazine, Videogame Advisor. Originally launched a weekly trade publication, the paper had an irregular schedule, sometimes publishing every other week instead.GameWEEK was rebranded as ...
Dates:
Publication: 1998–2001
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
The Logical Gamer
Series
Identifier: MAG-LOGICAL
Abstract
The Logical Gamer was an early independent video game newsletter, edited by Alan R. Bechtold. The newsletter covered recent video games and hardware, interviews with game developers, and industry events like the Consumer Electronics Show.
Dates:
August 1982 – December 1983
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
PC Gamer (US)
Series
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMERUS
Abstract
PC Gamer is the longest-running American computer game magazine, first published in 1994.The magazine was originally spun off from Game Players PC Entertainment, a computer game magazine by GP Publications. When British magazine conglomorate Future acquired GP Publications in 1994, they relaunched PC Entertainment as the US edition of their UK magazine PC Gamer. In recent years, the American and British versions of PC Gamer have starting sharing a substantial amount of...
Dates:
Publication: May 1994 –
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment / VideoGames: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine
Series
Identifier: MAG-VGCE
Abstract
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (VG&CE) was a monthly gaming magazine by Larry Flynt Publications, spun-off from the Video Game Digest column in the Atari computer magazine ANALOG Computing. The magazine's name was changed to VideoGames: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine starting with Issue 80 in September 1995.VG&CE begat several of its own spinoffs, including Tips & Tricks and the TurboGrafx magazines TurboPlay...
Dates:
Publication: December 1988 – September 1996
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library