December 2012, a date the Mayans have forseen. The impending destruction of the world? No, the end of Nintendo Power. The end of an era. Nintendo Power has been loyally sending out their monthly subscriptions since July 1988, and though the quality of the magazine has diminished in recent years (not to mention the thickness of it), it will still leave such a stinging pain in my chest to know that one of my favorite gaming publications will soon end forever.
The end of Nintendo Power makes me think however. What else does this mean? Of course it doesn't effect video games in any way itself, it's just a gaming magazine. But in my eyes, and I'll assume many others, this represents the end of a golden era of gaming, a magical era. No longer will easter eggs and secrets be
what their name implies, something incredibly difficult to find, perhaps even taking you years to find. No longer will you have to research and dig through issues and issues to find what you need to know for that next playthrough, perhaps a powerful item, maybe a new area you were totally unaware of. The very traits that gaming used to be known for are symbolically dying with the death of this magazine.
The very things that we grew to love about the video game industry and shared with our friends, that is no more. No longer will there be spreading of rumors and cheat codes among friends, spending days upon days trying them out, either resulting in your success, or your falling to the hands of a practical joke. No, this is all gone, thanks to the very medium this blog post is being posted on-the internet. Everything can be uploaded today. Cheats, secrets, easter eggs, all get uploaded to youtube, to various gaming websites, even to our very own forums before we get a chance to find them out for ourselves.
I'll miss all the memories Nintendo Power. I'll miss coming home from school as a kid and seeing you lying on my bed, my excitement taking control of me as I tear open the pages and begin reading. I'll miss re-reading you constantly for fun. I'll miss the editorials and the letters submitted, the short reviews and the easter eggs and the small game walkthroughs you used to supply us. But most of all, I'll miss the magic that you used to represent.
It's been a wonderful 24 years, so please everyone, pick up the final issue when December 2012 rolls around, it's been said they're doing something special for the last one.
Time may heal all wounds, but it will never replace a broken heart.
Ahmed from eXputer: "2015's Fallout 4 received harsh criticism upon launching, but I think it was unwarranted and the game deserves more praise than it got."
It was totally that bad. I couldn't finish the campaign it was so bland and boring as I recall. Got so sick of it. 1000 stimpaks on hard. It is very rare that I play half a game and then just quit. I usually always finish it. But i was so bored with this game I just stopped and never went back and never regretted it. Just thinking about that game makes me shudder
That's exactly what happened to me too lmao
Fallout 4 is not a fallout game period it's a bethesda game
The comparison with Skyrim is mind-boggling. Yes, Skyrim has streamlined many of the systems that Morrowind introduced. However, it did not tamper with the core of the Elder Scrolls franchise; it did not diminish the freedom and sense of exploration that made Bethesda RPGs famous. Fallout 4, on the other hand, did exactly that to the Fallout series. It eliminated what made Fallout such a beloved series to play. There are no consequences for your choices, no reason to explore, and barely any interesting set pieces in the game.
It's not terrible, but it's a painfully mediocre game in a franchise that typically doesn't produce such mediocrity. So that is why people see it as bad, the bar is just much higher.
Jack writes: "Nvidia's RTX 5090 specs have been leaked, so we take a look at how they compare to the current flagship RTX 4090."
Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Your childhood memories of it practically mirror my own. Whether anticipating new ones in the mail or perusing older issues the library kept, I had a blast reading them.
May ye rest in peace, Nintendo Power. :'(
Couldn't agree more. It was a great mag and now it is mostly nostalgic filler. It was obvious that Nintendo had all but abandoned the Wii once the 3Ds came out, because there were so few Wii reviews. It is quite sad. Love the mag when I was younger and then subscribed to it for my son.
The only maganize i trully cared about was the original PlayStation magazine it had great content and came with demo discs.
The final issue had an unforgettable cover...the end of a golden age.
It's sad that Nintendo Power is going the way of a lot of the great game magazines have gone, but I think the era you speak of was effectively ushered out a really long time ago (at least 15 years), with the advent of the internet. Symbolically and otherwise.
While my early childhood holds similar memories involving Nintendo Power, EGM was my magazine of choice by the 5th grade or so (I played Genesis as well), so I went through this mild sadness when they were first canned. Then I realized that there is not much of a place for a printed publication on gaming in the world anymore, and I was mainly continuing to read just for Seanbaby anyway.