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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:16 pm    Post subject: HOLD IT!! Issue #8 Now Available! Reply with quote

Without further delay, Issue #8 of our fine magazine is finally available for download as a full-length PDF preview. Check it out by clicking here, and if you like what you read please visit our shop to purchase a hard copy. Hard copies are more book than magazine, and at $5 plus shipping each issue is an incredible value. Within the 77 pages of Issue #8 you'll find 18 articles covering Capcom games, special Tokyo Game Show coverage, The Secret of Mana, Metroid II, Wii Line antics, Rule of Rose, a guest appearance from the writer of Game Time With Mister Raroo, and much, much more! You'll also find tons of original artwork, including a CAPcomic and a very blue cover by Toronto artist Benjamin Rivers! Regardless of what you think of the magazine we'd love to hear about it, so please click the comments button below and let us know. We don't always say it, but thank you everyone for your support.

    On the Grand Master's Stage - Ancil Anthropy
    Strider - ARC
    Goading 'n Gouging - Matthew Williamson
    Ghouls 'n Goblins series
    That Spiky-Haired Lawyer is All Talk - Jeremy Penner
    Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - NDS
    Shinji Mikami and the Lost Art of Game Design - Jonathan Simpson
    Resident Evil - PS1; P.N. 03, Resident Evil 4 - NGC; God Hand - PS2
    Secrets and Save Points - Heather Campbell
    Secret of Mana - SNES
    Giving Up the Ghost by J.R. Freeman
    Metroid II: Return of Samus - NGB
    I Came Wearing a Full Suit of Armour But I Left Wearing Only My Pants - James Harvey
    Comic
    Militia II is Machinima by Steven Schkolne
    Militia II - AVI
    Mega Microcosms by Ancil Anthropy
    Warioware series
    Persona Visits the Wii Line by Jonathan Kim
    An Illustrated Campout for the Wii
    Christmas Morning at the Leukemia Ward by Brendan Lee
    Tokyo Game Show 2006
    A Retrospective Survival Guide to Tokyo Game Show - Rudie Overton
    With Extra-Special Blue Dragon Preview
    You've Won a Prize! - Tim McGowan
    Deplayability
    Knee-Deep in Legend - J.R. Freeman
    Doom - PC
    Killing Dad and Getting it Right - Justin Boley
    Shadow Hearts - PS2
    The Sound of Horns and Motors - M. O'Connor
    Fallout series
    The Punch Line - Ancil Anthropy
    Rule of Rose - PS2
    Untold Tales of the Arcade - Francesco-Alessio Ursini
    Killing Dragons Has Never Been So Much Fun!
    Why Game? - Mister Raroo
    Reason #7: Why Not!?

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dessgeega domination. Can't wait to read it all tomorrow once I'm through with writing all these papers.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it just me or is there nothing by Andrew Toups in this issue?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So Chris Harback contributed artwork for the Strider article but his name isn't listed under the contributors?

[MODERATOR] I think this is getting put in there right now, and the moderator totally blames that Ancil girl for this.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That damn Ancil girl.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SUGOOOOOIIIIIIIII!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oops ;_;

anyway, fixed now.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've just read Maztorre's thing and glanced at all the pictures - great art, art team!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dudes, you've got to tell me. On the page three artwork, there's a big nosed kid with a gun, wearing cargo pants. What game is he from? I dinstinctly remember playing something like it as a seven-year old yet I've never been able to remember it's name?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That Secret of Mana piece is pretty wrenching, especially as I connect to SoM's specific form of co-op nostalgia (though my experience was a great one, with my best friend) and know how affecting that shared imaginary journey can be.

And Dess, nice work with the Rule of Rose piece. I was prepared for something far less reasonable, but you did it quite well, even if I totally disagree with you still.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mr. Mechanical wrote:
So Chris Harback contributed artwork for the Strider article but his name isn't listed under the contributors?


"!!!"

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I think this is getting put in there right now, and the moderator totally blames that Ancil girl for this.


Double "!!!"
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

seryogin wrote:
Dudes, you've got to tell me. On the page three artwork, there's a big nosed kid with a gun, wearing cargo pants. What game is he from? I dinstinctly remember playing something like it as a seven-year old yet I've never been able to remember it's name?

That guy's potentially from Three Wonders.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shapermc wrote:
seryogin wrote:
Dudes, you've got to tell me. On the page three artwork, there's a big nosed kid with a gun, wearing cargo pants. What game is he from? I dinstinctly remember playing something like it as a seven-year old yet I've never been able to remember it's name?

That guy's potentially from Three Wonders.


Yeah, I discovered that recently myself. I also looked up a video of it on youtube and it really doesn't seem as awe-inspiring as it was all those years ago. Age, I guess.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

simplicio wrote:
That Secret of Mana piece is pretty wrenching, especially as I connect to SoM's specific form of co-op nostalgia (though my experience was a great one, with my best friend) and know how affecting that shared imaginary journey can be.


QFT. That piece left me really depressed, and I haven't even played Secret of Mana co-op, or any other co-op games, for that matter (except for Metal Slug).

Pretty good issue overall (if a wee bit shorter than the last one)! The Strider piece succeeded in finally making me want to play that game on MAME, and the machina article gives a really interesting perspective on what I've always considered a fairly boring artform.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for all the great feedback about the article. It was rather difficult to confront that game, and the outpouring of support I've gotten in the wake of the piece has made it worthwhile.

Really, thanks.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry if this is a little late, but I've been a fan of TGQ for a while, but only recently joined the forums. Anyways I skimmed through the issue and read Heather's article, and I must say, you did an amazing job. For you to be able to talk about your obviously incredibly painful memories and be able to articulate your fears about the game coherently... That takes true courage.

I also found the message of the article interesting to think about after the fact; the actual context that we play our games in and the associative memories we form can greatly influence our like and dislike of the actual games in question. It goes beyond simple nostalgia, something I've never really thought about...

Oh, and I just realized something. Heather (I'm not sure what you prefer to be called on the forums, sorry), aren't you also a writer for the magazine Play? I'm a real fan of that mag too, and I've admired your work even before I came across the aforementioned article.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I write for a magazine called Play. Here, I'm Faithless or Heather or whatever. I'm glad you like TGQ, but don't skim the rest of the magazine. My fellow writers are my mentors, my inspiration. If not for this crew of people, and a few others, I wouldn't have written a single word about video games, ever. EVER.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, I won't ignore the rest of the articles either. I usually just skim through the issue at first and read the shorter articles first, then I go back to it and read the longer ones. Don't worry, I love TGQ too much to not read the whole issue Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Has #8 started shipping yet?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

captaincabinets wrote:
Has #8 started shipping yet?


If the e-mails from the printer are correct it should be in the mail on the way to us right now and should going out by the end of next week.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

excellent! right around the same time my glorious government gives me money for nothing. I know I could pre-order but I like to have the shortest time possible between paying and receiving.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

captaincabinets wrote:
excellent! right around the same time my glorious government gives me money for nothing. I know I could pre-order but I like to have the shortest time possible between paying and receiving.


They're here! They're here! Order now if you'd like to get in on the first shipment.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hope matt doesn't forget his promise!
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

huzzah! my aud are now your usd!
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

guys i just wanted you to know that i really love the gamers quarter and am ordering two issues right now!

rock on

edit: i actually ordered three issues
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, wait a minute. Shouldn't there be an issues* 9 and 10 by now? This is a terrifying realisation.


*I did this on purpose, to be cute. I'd actually be really upset if it was proper grammar.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, Issue #9 is heavily underway. It will be out this month. It's been promoted to a half-dollar.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

*still waiting on issue #9*
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ryan - SuperWes' Bane wrote:
*still waiting on issue #9*


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shapermc wrote:
Well, Issue #9 is heavily underway. It will be out this month. It's been promoted to a half-dollar.


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No new issues yet??

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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No new issues yet??


Mostly dead, partly alive.

So... how does that work out?
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