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| IkariDC
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|  "Re(1):stupid question: spanish"
, posted Thu 24 Jun 13:13
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what's the biggest spanish language print magazine out there (about games)? I knew this last week, but now I forget. ugh.
any help?
Sadly, I think it's "Hobby Consolas". They make up lots and lots of stuff in their previews just by looking at screenshots and telling what they think is happening in them. They had a small section about films, and they once had a little preview about Matrix Reloaded. Just by looking at the images of Neo, the Smith clones and the ravens, they said Smith could morph into ravens to attack him!!
And all the magazine is full of that kind of crap. They always judge the games in favor of the PS2, etc. Well, you can always pick an issue and laugh your ass up, but in no way I'm going to give money to those bastards.
I'm very happy that they were sued by Capcom because of those exclusive RE4 screenshots (from a magazine whose name I don't remember right now) they showed in one issue. They always say that are friends with big japanese companys and that they give them the latest info and screenshots, and what they are always doing is scanning the screenshots from foreign magazines and stealing reviews word by word. That's low and unfair, man.
I think we could tell you some of their biggest mistakes so you can have a laugh too!
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| IkariDC
162th Post
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| "Re(3):stupid question: spanish" , posted Thu 24 Jun 13:35
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oh man.
uh, well in that case, which is the best? And if they all suck, just tell me which sucks the least ^_^
The magazine I used to buy was "Loading". It was a magazine by fans, for fans. They only wrote about japanese games with a few exceptions. In each issue, there was a nice dossier about some game series or company, with a bunch of useful and interesting info and pics.
Some time later, the magazine closed because of the publisher. Then, almost the same staff started doing "GameType", it was similar to "Loading", but it lacked something I couldn't guess. The magazine closed again because of the publisher, or so they say.
Those where the best magazines for me, now I don't buy any. There is also a free magazine wich is nice, it's called "MegaConsolas". They sometimes make some mistakes but it has an unbeatable price :P
If you want, I can scan some pages of these magazines for you.
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| Omar 358th Post
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| "Re(9):stupid question: spanish" , posted Thu 24 Jun 23:29
STAY AWAY FROM HOBBY CONSOLAS!
I haven't read one in years, to be honest. They don't arrive as often here in Mexico, but...really, what I have read from them tends to suck.
They once mentioned that they visited Yu Suzuki and he showed them Shenmue for PS2. And I thnk they actualy used that as a cover blurb.
I still have in the closet an old issue, where they preview Final Fight 2 for the SNES and say that maybe chun-li was a playable character, along with a screenshot of Final Fight 1 with the Chun-Li sprite from SF2 superimposed.
If you can do PC games stuff, there's GameLive PC. It's very well done, both in terms of content and design and every month they include a full game on the cover disc.
You know, it's a great idea to try to freelance for european magazines, but have you ever tought about mexican mags? I'm pretty sure the pay is low, but it might help you with your goal.
There's...ugh...Atomix (http://www.atomix.com.mx) , EGM (has some content done here) and Master Player, wich used to be made in Argentina but they moved here. Is a good game mag, but their reviews tend to be a bit too positive some times. Their design is crap, though.
I think you might have a better chance with Atomix and Master Player, though.
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