VGHF-MAG. Magazine Library

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Interactive Quarterly was a seasonal magazine that covered adult CD-ROMs and multimedia.

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CDi Magazine (also referred to as CDi) was a bimonthly magazine covering the CD-i format, which included coverage of movies, music, hardware, and particularly games.

CDi Magazine began in 1993 as a British publication, and it is believed to have run for 20 issues. A short-lived American edition, which had separate but overlapping content, was launched in 1994 and seems to have only run for five issues.

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CyberSurfer was a "magazine of entertainment technology," covering computer-related entertainment topics like games, multimedia software, screensavers, and the emerging World Wide Web. Images online suggest that at least eight issues of CyberSurfer were published through January 1997.

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Multimedia World is a spinoff of PC World focusing on multimedia hardware and software. The magazine paid special attention to multimedia games and CD-ROMs, as well as operating systems, music software, and anything adjacent to home computer media production.

Like its parent magazine, Multimedia World was owned by IDG Communications.

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Through the 1990s and early 2000s, some publishers produced short-lived magazines covering multimedia software and internet culture. Rather than borrowing their style from computer magazines, these publications were often presented like lifestyle or culture magazines.

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Wired is a long-running technology magazine that focuses on the intersection of tech and culture. Besides broadly covering topics like computers, multimedia, and the internet, the magazine regularly features coverage of video games, which includes in-depth interviews with game developers and other industry figures.

Abstract Electronic Games (later known as Fusion, Intelligent Gamer's Fusion, and Intelligent Gamer) was the second run of Electronic Games, a video game magazine which originally ran from 1981–1985. The staff for the second run of Electronic Games initially included many of the editors from the original magazine, such as Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel, and Joyce Worley. The magazine went through a number of...

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...

Abstract Internet Underground was an internet culture magazine by Sendai Publishing, the publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Like other internet magazines published in the mid-1990s, Internet Underground covered current topics in internet culture. The magazine also included featured articles and reviews of popular websites at a time when the web was small enough to cover within the scope of a magazine. Internet Underground ran for about a year and a half. According to ...

Abstract MultMedia Merchandising (stylized as M³) was a magazine for retailers that covered the electronic entertainment market. The magazine focused on retail trends and lists of best-selling titles across the interactive entertainment space, including console games, educational computer software, and interactive music CDs. Issues also included spotlights on specific stores that sold multimedia. With exceptions, the magazine was published monthly and is known to have run...