Games for Windows
Since I started working for Westlake back in 1999, I've subscribed to the magazine "Computer Gaming World", or CGW for short. It's been a good magazine, lots of useful articles and big pretty pictures of upcoming titles. I've preferred it to the web for my PC game news simply because I don't care and can't be bothered to bumble my way through a half-dozen PC websites that generally contain lots of news about 3rd party add-ons for existing games mixed in with the "real" game news.
Today, I received in the mail the first issue of the awkwardly-named "Games for Windows". Apparently CGW is no more and they've become an "official Microsoft" magazine, albeit with claims of independence from Microsoft.
From a pragmatic standpoint, it's clear that CGW was, essentially, all about Windows games and had been for years. From a gut standpoint though, this rubs me the wrong way. Whenever I see an "official" game magazine for any platform, I just think corporate mouthpiece. It's amplified in this case simply because I detest Microsoft as a company. It's also a clear signal that even though CGW had little to no Mac or Linux coverage before, now they are *definitely* not going to have any.
So, goodbye CGW. Good riddance, "Games for Windows". Hello, PC Gamer. ;-)
Comments
They even got rid of "Tom vs. Bruce," my favorite section from CGW. I definitely won't be renewing my subscription after it expires.
Posted by: Dave | November 24, 2006 09:37 AM
Here I thought "Games for Windows" was going to be a brand new magazine and not just re-branding an old one. But then again I haven't been keeping up with them for a while now. For PC Gaming I always mostly went with PC Gamer... and then lately mostly getting my games news\etc. online rather than from magazines.
Posted by: Smoke Tetsu | December 1, 2006 08:22 PM