Dimrill wrote:
I meant to mention that Retro Gamer have already forgotten they wrote this huge Laser Squad piece and have done their usual shite three paragraphs with a huge picture filler in this month's issue. Even proudly stamping it on the cover too. So fed up of their doldrums now. Still, I fully expect them to write "more" about Mario, Zelda or Sonic soon. Been at least six months since they last did that.
I have to say, I do find it odd when they do Retro Revival spreads on games already heavily covered, given the sheer number of games out there. Then again, readers bitch and whine whenever the mag goes further afield, because they're "not covering the Speccy enough", and so they're damned if they do and damned if they don't. Waiting to see if there's forum indifference for the Apple II piece next month that I worked insanely hard to research and write, because, well, it's not about the Spectrum. *cynicalface*
Still, I'd argue Retro Gamer remains a hugely important gaming publication, because it's the one place that actually gives a crap about getting these stories down, before it's too late. There is the odd bit of recycling, but most articles about things already covered do so from new angles, and it's the interviews that are the important bit anyway.