The Gamer's Quarter

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

The Gamer's Quarter #5 is now available for download here. If this enormous 114 page monster of goodness, with a gorgeous cover from Dave Hellman, has too many pages to read online you can, of course, order a physical copy of Issue #5, which is shiping NOW, by clicking right here. Every pre-ordered issue will include a free sticker (sticker type undecided at this time)! I know you want to know when new issues are released, so please enter your e-mail address into the mailing list section on the left to sign up for infrequent updates. This issue has more articles than ever, covering diverse subjects as Contra, Contra, and Contra! But don't take my word for it, check out this article list:

A Hymn to the Hard Corps

Contra: Hard Corps

I Shoot Therefore I AM

Contra

The Real Next Generation

Seen It All in a Small Town

Animal Crossing: Wild World

She Is Freed

Rez

The Vicissitudes of Hot-Rod Machismo as Applied to Graphics-Card Message Boards

Lucid Dreaming

Final Fantasy XI

Input as Metaphor

Convergence of Times

Outrun 2

Every System an Island

Phoenix Wright and the Turnabout Hair-Burger

The Road to Sorrow is Paved with Happy Points

Chibi-Robo

Futurist Concerto

Journey to Silius

Total Ellipsis of the Heart

My Eyes Are Blue, But I Know Samurai's Spirits

Samurai Showdown

Please Give Tim Schafer Your Money

Psychonauts

Running the Shadows

Shadowrun

Love Love Advance

Advance Guardian Heroes

Untold Tales of the Arcade

This Is a Note and I Strum It

Guitar Hero

Chasing Ghosts

A Defense of Silent Hill 3

Silent Hill 3

Online Phobia

Shadows

Shadow of the Colossus

Not New Games Journalism Manifesto

Why Game?

Available NOW!
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

Woo! Hot off the presses! You've already got a print copy preorder coming your way.

the cover is wonderful.

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:38 am Post subject:

mission complete.
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GSL · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:19 am Post subject:

Huzzah!

Yeah, that cover is pretty hot, but I'm going to track down my print copy of #4 before I preorder this one. I suspect treachery on the part of my eternal nemesis, the USPS.

I really like the new site color scheme too. Is this going to be a tradition with each new issue?

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

I suspected something was up with the colour change...great work.
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Haven't gotten too deep into the issue yet, but the cover is really nice! And I think the layouts are getting better.

Dess I hope if your article generates any hatemail it'll be at least really amusing.

Persona-sama · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject:

This was a fine issue indeed!
I give my respect to all who got together and composed it so beautifully in such a short amount of time.

Also, a typo on Shaper's Editorial. He says "can" when he means "can't," I think.
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject:

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

GilloD · . Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 33

GAF kind of hated it, which means we all did a great job! Nice work, team.

TheRumblefish · . Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Location: Florida

I am at school right now, waiting to go home, so I can dive into this wonderful issue. I need privacy to read the Gamer's Quarter. Looks like I'll be alone tonight!
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dhex · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject:

http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=91426

he he!
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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

Thanks guys.

Especially Wes: May The Road to Sorrow be shouted around the internet so as to drown out those fools. Chibi Robo's felt like a dear and unfairly maligned friend to me and I'm happy there's an accurate, caring reflection on it out there.

Edit: By those fools I mean not the GAF fools, but the Big Game Journalist ones.

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

O'Connor and Anthropy are particularly lucid in this issue, I enjoy it a lot so far.
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SuperWes · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject:

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

It begins!

Toto · 4th Man Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Posts: 122

I registered just to make this joke:
Get off the crack Ajutla! JEEZ!
And now my work here is done...but I want to stay.

Persona-sama · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:27 pm Post subject:

Bai · . Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 24

Congrats with the latest issue. I'd like to provide some design feedback though:

1. Currently, Gamers Quarter articles have text arranged in two vertical columns. When you view a PDF magazine article on a computer monitor that is laid in this way, you begin by reading the first half of the first column. You then have to scroll down one frame to view the last half of the first column, scroll up to view the first half of the second column and then scroll down a third time to view the last half of the second column.

Could Gamers Quarter consider laying text in three half-columns with a picture on the bottom? This way, the articles would be easier to read. The reader could read all three columns without scrolling and then scroll down for the picture.

For variety, you could also use a three-column layout with a full column on the left, followed by two half columns on the bottom of the page. This way, the reader begins by reading the first half of the first column, scrolls down once to read the last half of the first column and then reads straight across for the second and third columns. You could use a long picture or artwork to fill in the empty top halves of the second and third columns.

Sorry, a bit confusing there! But please think about it for future issues.

2. Accompany all screenshots with captions.

Lastly, consider enforcing gender neutrality in articles eg "people, this is Rez" (Williamson) instead of "gentlemen, this is Rez".

Ciao!

showka · . Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 70

showka · . Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 70

Hey guys, did issue 5 ship yet? I still don't have it... Sad

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

jast · . Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 6

I ordered and paid for (credit card) 3 or 4 issues back on 26 April and still have not received them. I live in New Zealand, so any idea when i should expect them to arrive? I went for the cheapest shipping option if i remember correctly. Thanks

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Hello;

I will talk with you over PM, but this shouls have arrived to you by now based on our shipping records.
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

Szczepaniak · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 770

You know what I find DAMNED creepy?

Is how when I visit different forums, I see the same faces... It's almost like... Every forum has been invaded by the same members of some kind of secret Illuminati order, and everywhere I go I find the same old masters, stirring the pot, and influencing the flow of discussion and human thought. Otherwise why would these different, and totally unconnected forums, have the same people on it? Huh?! Try and answer that if you can.

It can only be because of some kind of grand infiltration scheme by such people, they work their way in, maybe even develop some kind of authority, and then BOOM! You're having your genitals beamed into outer space while 12 foot insects dissect your brain!

GSL · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject:

Hey Shaper, are there any copies of Issue 4 left? I think I might try to snag both 4 and 5 in one fell swoop if there are...

dessgeega · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 12:20 pm Post subject:

there are still copies of issue 4! only issue 3 has sold out so far!
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Persona-sama · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject:

sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

Szczepaniak · . Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 770

I mean, I just noticed on that GAF forum (which I've never been to before), I spotted several people who post either on here or IC (or maybe both), but also on the GamesTM forum, and on several other forums I go to (and some of them are moderators on these forums...)

I mean it could just mean we're all part of a very cliquey group of intensely passionate gamers, or that the gaming population who post online is not as large as one might think, etc.... But when I posted that message, for a moment it all seemed like a grand conspiracy. Wink

GSL · Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:11 am Post subject:

It's all about the games, yo! We just go where the games at!

So, I've ordered my print copy of TGQ #5 and re-ordered #4. Everyone with a kind and generous soul, please chant postal hymns and sacrifice small game cartridges to the almighty deity Yuuesspiiess that my books arrive this time.

Persona-sama · Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:45 am Post subject:

I'm pretty sure the population of gamers that actively post online isn't as indicative of the real population of people that actually game.

It's probably a really small boat that we're all sailing on.
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showka · . Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 70

Cool, I got my copy yesterday. Muchos gracias!

Couldn't read it any, because as soon as I settled down to read it, I was called into the heart of San Antonio on an emergency mission to see my girlfriend. But I look forward to traversing its pages this evening.

purplechair · . Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 378 Location: in my pants

Here is a wild idea: Edit the news posts and get rid of the red text that talks about pre-orders, since it lies somewhere between "irrelevant" and "confusing".

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

GSL · Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:33 am Post subject:

So, have all the orders for #5 been shipped yet? It's going on four weeks since I placed my order, and I'm starting to get a little worried, especially with my previous issue #4 still lost in postal limbo. If everything hasn't gone out yet, then that's cool, because at least I know where it is.

SuperWes · Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject:

GSL · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:15 am Post subject:

Oh, no worries, I'm just glad to hear that shipping is just behind and not waylaid by my eternal nemesis, the USPS. There's no hurry to get it shipped; as I said, I was more concerned with WHERE it was specifically.

And, uh, I wouldn't say no to an Extra Issue #4, but I did pay for one in my current order as well, so whether or not you want to throw one in is up to you. I'm fine either way. Thanks a lot for the offer!

Fred · . Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 99 Location: Iowa

I don't know what is the appropriate venue for trading out-of-print issues, but I have one crisp Jackson to barter for a hard-copy of issue #5 appearing at my door.

JasonGawker · . Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 2

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