I still have some issues of GameFan. I actually worked in Electronics Boutique at the time and would get all the magazines for free. There were three major issues with GameFan. One, it had one of the worst magazine layouts ever. They tried hard, but each page was often so visually packed and the print was often in poor contrast to the background that at times it would be hard to read. Two, it was poorly written, or more specifically, poorly edited. Typos everywhere.
Finally, three, they would often bizarrely praise - literally game of the year type stuff - for at best, marginal games, which made you wonder. I got burned more than a few times because of GameFan's praise of a game. One in particular I remember is Skeleton Warriors, though there were certainly others. Anyway, I'm sure the controversial/racist insert was related to their almost non-existant editing. I *did* like the magazine, but it certainly had its issues.
I still have some issues of GameFan. I actually worked in Electronics Boutique at the time and would get all the magazines for free. There were three major issues with GameFan. One, it had one of the worst magazine layouts ever. They tried hard, but each page was often so visually packed and the print was often in poor contrast to the background that at times it would be hard to read. Two, it was poorly written, or more specifically, poorly edited. Typos everywhere.
Finally, three, they would often bizarrely praise - literally game of the year type stuff - for at best, marginal games, which made you wonder. I got burned more than a few times because of GameFan's praise of a game. One in particular I remember is Skeleton Warriors, though there were certainly others. Anyway, I'm sure the controversial/racist insert was related to their almost non-existant editing. I *did* like the magazine, but it certainly had its issues.
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