R.I.P. Electronic Gaming Monthly
Written by Sev1512 
R.I.P. Old Friend
When a friend or family member passes on, we pay our respects.
Electronic Gaming Monthly has been a part of my life now since 1989, so the news of EGM closing its doors for good has me feeling a deep loss.
I have been an on-and-off subscriber since 1989 (when I was just 7 years old). Even when I wasn’t subscribed, I would purchase every issue at the newsstand. I was such a fan, I even had a subscription to EGM2. Years of reading Shane, Sushi-X, Quartermann, etc., all gone.
EGM started the Video Game April Fool’s joke, with its Sheng Long hoax. Another memorable April Fools joke was unlocking Nimbus in the original Mortal Kombat for Sega Genesis, which I literally spent days trying to unlock before my next issue came, and I realized I’d been had. The April Fool’s joke is just one of the many ways EGM has entertained me over the years.
Nimbus Terrafaux
EGM magazine has helped me choose the games I would purchase for most of my gaming lifetime. Quartermann’s rumors is what inspired me to get into “insider info” and leaks. Basically what I am saying, is aside from actual games and consoles, nothing else that has to do with gaming has affected me as much as Electronic Gaming Monthly.
So here I am, paying my respects to an old friend.
Goodbye EGM, thanks for all you have given me over the years. I will miss you.
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Nice tribute – didn’t know it was such an inspiration. Where are the authors going? *nudge, nudge* haha
I still have my EGM that announced the Playstation.
Thanks for doing this. I was going to do this yesterday when I heard. It’s a big loss for the community. Great Podcasts are gone and good folks are out of work. At least Shane’s found work already. Naughty Dog perhaps..
Here’s the list if anyone’s interested.
Adrian Frieg
Amy Mishra
Amy Moran
Andrea Garcia
Andrew Fitch
Andrew “Skip” Pfister
Anthony Gallegos
Cesar Quintero
Christina Rosa
CoyLou Steel
Derek Chinn
Doug Parsons
Eric Ellis
Giancarlo Varanini
Greg Ford
James “Milkman” Mielke
Jason Bertrand
Jason Wilson
Jervilyn Jaramillo
Justin Frechette
Leslie Gelfand
Marci Yamaguchi
Matt Chandronait
May Tong
Meredith Stowe
Michael Donahoe
Monique Convertito
Ndubuisi Madu
Nick Suttner
Norris Boothe
Philip Kollar
Rey Serrano
Robert Bowen
Rosemary Pinkham
Ryan O’Donnell
Ryan Scott
Shane Bettenhausen
Simon Cox
Tammy Ross
Tipler Ubbelohde
I’ll miss you EGM.
Aww! Wow, that’s a big loss for gaming information. Jeez, I’ll miss you, EGM.
I loved EGM, its rather sad to see it go. I liked rather enjoyed everything they did at 1Up, and now nearly everybody is gone. They really killed a great community.
I loved EGM as well. Sucks to see it go. *sigh*
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Does anyone know when the last issue will be published?