Game Informer

Entertains and informs game players of all ages, with emphasis on the coverage of video games. Areas covered include new product and game reviews, industry news updates and an open forum for readers.

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I subscribed to Game Informer about..... uh, 4 or 5 months ago, because I was thinking about dropping another gaming subscription. The first issue I got, I noticed in the small print on the Staff page that the magazine was funded or backed or put out or whatever by Gamestop. You know, the video game sales chain? Oh great, I thought, this is gonna be a cheery, all-positive buy-more-games propaganda mag. The wierd thing is...... it has a buttload of personality, and the captions and some of the writing bits are the funniest I've ever read in a magazine!! Then I got to the reviews section. They have 2 people review every game (with one of them getting a little sidebar thing at the end), which is nice, but with virtually every friggin' review, the 2 reviewers give the game THE SAME SCORE. That makes me wonder what's going on. Are they agreeing beforehand to give some games positive spin? I dunno, cuz the actual reviews seem really well-balanced and fair, not like Nintendo Power, where they gloss over the bad. Also? The rating scale is from 1 to 10, with 7 being "Average". I like it. That is all. I recommend this mag, especially if you're a younger kid, like preteen or below. Clean, pretty well-balanced reviews, and funny as hell!