The last little while I have been quite upset with Electronic Gaming Monthly. Being a follower of this magazine for many years now, I followed EGM before Ziff Davis shut it down all the way through the magazine's glorious resurrection back in 2010. After just starting a new subscription with EGM, I went a good few months without issues. I tried contacting EGM's customer service and looking at forums online to find an answer, but nothing. I along with hundreds of other loyal subscribers were left in the dark for a good few months as the EGM staff worked on their website EGMNow. This incredibly dumb move along with the switch to EGM releasing on a bi-monthly schedule really ticked off this loyal fan, who had stuck with this magazine through the thick and thin, to the point that I considered cancelling my subscription and moving onto another magazine. Cooler heads prevailed as this fan gave EGM to the end of this subscription one more chance to turn things around and win back my trust.
Waiting for Issue 254 to come in the mail felt like forever. I was starting to worry that EGM decided to not to tell subscribers about a possible delay like they did last year, but those thoughts dispersed when I got the magazine in my hands. The EGM team spent the last two months really revamping the magazine and it really shows. This issue is a much better magazine than the last few issues I have read. The returns of the classic EGM three-man reviews and awards system along with a new focused previews that opt to ask the harder questions about the games covered rather than rehashing the same old-info you see in every gaming magazine out there. Being an apocalypse-themed issue, EGM Issue 254 features great apocalypse-themed stories such as a look at Wasteland 2 Kickstarter, THQ's troubles, a roundtable on the next wave of consoles and a list of the Top 20 Apocalyptic Games. The Borderlands 2 cover story is pretty good as well featuring new information on this highly anticipated post-apocalyptic shooter and a great interview with the co-founders of Vigil Games, the developer behind the Darksiders series, David Adams and Joe Madureira. It all amounts to possibly the best issue of EGM I have read since it's rebirth back in 2010.
I was pleasantly surprised by Issue 254 of EGM. It really turned around my whole attitude towards EGM and made me forget about the mishap from last year. This is the EGM I remember and I hope to see more great things from this magazine in the future. If you have 7 dollars to spare, EGM Issue 254 is an excellent read that should make any self-respecting smile from cheek-to-cheek.
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