Game Informer Magazine

Pros: Top-notch presentation, lots of screenshots and photos, nice layout
Cons: Missing or incorrect information, disappointing features and reviews.

As video games have become more popular, the video game magazine market has become more and more competitive. A decade ago, there were only a few titles and they virtually all covered the gamut of platforms and games. Today, while there are still ...

Pros: Lots of great photos and good information.
Cons: A little bulky in some sections, small print, a lot of ads.

The Gameinformer (GI) magazine has been in print for years covering all gaming platforms. There are a lot of gaming magazines on the shelves today and some that just focus on a certain platform of the game world. Gameinformer has never changed their true ...

Pros: glossy picatures!
Cons: the writing is not good.

With the internet and whatnot, why would anyone pay money for a magazine like Game Informer? Beats me. I got two trial issues from GameStop when I signed up for a GameStop card and I'm not entirely sure what the particulars were, but in any ...

Pros: Quite simply the best multi-platform gaming mag available today.
Cons: Small font, too much information sometimes.

Quick Facts: Game Informer, gaming magazine. Monthly, covers all major platforms. $20 a yea ...

Pros: Too many to say
Cons: Way too many ads

Although I am not an avid gamer like I used to be, I still subscribe to a lot of gaming magazines (Gamepro, Electric Gaming Monthly, PSM, Computer Games, and GI) because I love reading the articles. I think in my reviews on EGM and Gamepro I said that...

Pros: Game Reviews, Great Articles, Pictures, Technology
Cons: Not many sports games, small print

There's just something so fun about a great video game, and some of my most cherished childhood memories, involve my old NES. My friends and I used to compete against each other in Mario Brothers, Mike Tyson's Punchout, and the ...

Pros: Reliable reviews and previews, entertaining to read, free subscription.
Cons: Way too many ads, scores are meaningless, stupid letter section, too much pointless content.

Now that a GameStop has been built near my house I've become a regular customer. The first time I bo ...

Pros: Good size, presentation is sleek and modern, good content, score system
Cons: Basically covers what you'd expect like the competition

Game Informer is at basically the ruling king of video game magazines. Or so their presentation would seem. Not only does this magazine have oversized pages but it has the glossy neat and shiny look to it too. It's a real big shot when it comes to the ...

Pros: The reviews are right-on target and the mag has spunk, humor, and character.
Cons: Informal sometimes

Background- Game Informer is a monthly video gaming magazine put out by Sunrise Publications, Inc. Andrew McNamara is the editor-in-chief, and is also a head reviewer. Game Informer began very humbly in 1991, as a free small pamphlet at Funco...

Pros: Surprisingly decent content! Great classic gaming sections and quizes.
Cons: Sortof would like the classic section to be bigger.

I know what you're thinking. Well, maybe I don't. You might be thinking about olives. I never would've guessed you were thinking about olives. Congratulations on your originality of thought! But, if I do know what you're thinking,...

Pros: uh...
Cons: ugly artwork, poor writing, horrible layout, cheap paper,

My History with Game Informer:
I work for a tech publishing company, my gaming/computing magazine subscriptions are tax-deductible, so I subscribe to almost all of them. Out of the 6 multi-platform gaming magazines which I subscribe to: Game...

Pros: It's in color...
Cons: ...cheap paper, meaningless review scores, nothing more than an advertisement for Funcoland in disguise

Diehard GameFan, GamePro, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Nintendo Power and Game Informer. Out of these five gaming magazines that are often made fun of, which do you think is most susceptible to game company hype? Most...

Pros: Covers EVERY system, very good covers, great reviews, previews, and interviews, in-depth and helpful walthroughs, great WWF knowledge, Classic GI, very, very funny.
Cons: A tad expensive, short magazine, stupid title, hard to find, covers little on arcade.

This is the best video game magazine ever! Forget Electronic Gaming Monthly, forget Gamepro, get this instead. This is Game Informer, but the title doesn't fit. It should be "Godly Gaming Magazine", or "The Ultimate Gaming...

Pros: Great writing and reviews, minimal ads
Cons: None.

It's magazines like Game Informer that make me happy to go to the mailbox. While I have subscriptions to many magazines (especially gaming ones), I have to confess that GI is one of my favorites. Easy to read, non-distracting layout, and lots of great...

Pros: Look...just read the review, okay?
Cons: At A Glance Reviews

This is my favorite and the best all around magazine for video games that I have read yet. I am giving you a page by page (or close to that) tour of this magazine, my favorite Game Informer

THE TOUR OF THE MAG

First,...