The future of video gaming.
Iconic Issues is a new series we’re running which takes a look back at classic magazines from the past. We’re kicking things off with the first issue of a publication which is still in print today…
It’s difficult to communicate the impact that the first issue of EDGE magazine had on the world of UK game journalism back in 1993. While it certainly wasn’t the first magazine to take aim at more mature readers – ACE had arguably done that a few years previously, and many of the early ’80s home computer magazines had been written with adults in mind, rather than children – but, coming off the back of a period of time where most publications were gunning squarely for the ‘teen-and-below’ crowd, EDGE felt astonishingly grown-up.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
The future of video gaming.
Iconic Issues is a new series we’re running which takes a look back at classic magazines from the past. We’re kicking things off with the first issue of a publication which is still in print today…
It’s difficult to communicate the impact that the first issue of EDGE magazine had on the world of UK game journalism back in 1993. While it certainly wasn’t the first magazine to take aim at more mature readers – ACE had arguably done that a few years previously, and many of the early ’80s home computer magazines had been written with adults in mind, rather than children – but, coming off the back of a period of time where most publications were gunning squarely for the ‘teen-and-below’ crowd, EDGE felt astonishingly grown-up.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
