GameStop dudes claiming that game informer is only available as a digital subscription - apparently full of shit

West St. Paul location. I don't mean to make this a pain in the ass for you or anything.

Also I am glad you bumped this because I am a slacker and still haven't called to change back to print, so this will remind me to get on that tomorrow.

Nah I'm glad to do it, that shouldnt be happening

called in today and dude on the phone was helpful but obv didnt care at all about me complaining about the misinformation (which duh hes obv at a crappy phone mill and i dont hold it against him), but if i hadnt passed this info on via here i would def still have a bad taste in my mouth abt the whole thing. anybody know if the sept issue has already shipped? because if so im going to roll out to the local gamestop and bitch until i get a copy.

on the plus side, the reason i am being such a geek abt this is that i really like the magazine a ton and got super bummed out abt it going all digital because i like to paw through it when i am stuck with some moron here at work wasting my time. i actually started looking for an alternate print option when i thought it was unavailable, and oh man, the rest of them seem pretty awfully written.

yeah listen we don't want this shit to happen, believe me...but we only have so much control

glad you enjoy it jjj, thx

we do the best we can

i talked to our associate publisher, he's been registering these complaints w/corporate

but yeah i'm p gonna peace out of ILG again so happy gaming etc!

what would be the motivation for GS dudes to shine you on like this? idgi

ok i lied!

jjj just heard back, it's being at dealt with

goole: an affectionate no comment :)

lol ok

was trying to get others to spitball, i didn't think i'd get a real answer!

Lol this reminds me, I have a digital GI subscription I never read because it's digital

i have to assume that its the same thing i am running into with guitar companies - glossy 100 page mags/catalogs cost a shitload to print! and i get the idea that content delivery via digital means is good in an enviro sense and also opens up a lot of other possibilities for video/vlogs/demos/etc. the problem is that a tangible object that you can hold in your hands just straight up sells stuff more effectively - im willing to guess that we would convert about 25% more people to sales on the lines without catalogs if they had something in print because it becomes a more pressing reminder than a bookmarked product page will ever be.

i actually started looking for an alternate print option when i thought it was unavailable, and oh man, the rest of them seem pretty awfully written.

― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, August 22, 2012 11:54 AM (32 minutes ago)

Have you tried Edge? It's generally considered the best magazine available on video games...

http://www.edge-online.com/magazine

I used to buy Edge

one day I noticed the "developer top trumps" section

that was the day I stopped buying Edge

what is that?

it's basically trading cards with blurbs and RANKINGS patterned after some proto-Pokemon British pastime

was very interested in edge until $76

xpost oh ewwww

oh its a uk mag, that makes a lot more sense. still $76 for 13 issues hurts me in my money heart.

it is a good mag and I used to enjoy reading it during church sermons, I just couldn't support the top trumps column

don't you have a collection of doctor who novels? don't diss top trumps

even I have my limits!

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Shame about his length

I think Trumps was the card game that James May was playing in one of his toy shows

So I guess I need to mail my pack of Doctor Who Top Trumps to Dan, don't I?

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in your face motherfucker

and...just got an email saying that my october digital subscription is available, so i guess this didnt actually work.

jjj - webmail me your address & info i will personally see that this gets taken care of downstairs in our customer service dept

no man, it's cool, the paper issues just suddenly started showing up. thx for the check in tho!

m@tt i would appreciate it if you'd talk to the folks downstairs in customer service about the fact that nintendo is like totally lame

we are ilg we are full of gags

forks - nintendo don't give a fuck

you'll hear from my lawyer.

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big layoffs today :(

I don't talk GI on ILX generally. But I'm so incredibly sad right now. These people are really wonderful and talented people and one is one of my best friends.

I know people don't ever believe it, but GI really was independent and everyone there worked hard to do good work. I couldn't have asked to work with better people. Started getting texts this morning, just sick to my stomach. With some of the people I know are gone (more than is even out on Twitter) I don't know how they will function.

Everyone hates GameStop but believe me you have no idea how shortsighted and idiotic those dumbfucks are. I've met VPs there that were fucking lobotomized.

Some of these layoffs were conducted in the most disgusting ways, including 2 ppl who got phone calls on vacation after 10+ years. Fucking abysmal.

Sorry this happened to your friends. I've gotten pretty attached to a lot of podcast regulars and writers over the last few years... a lighthouse of good vibes in dark times.

Thanks....also really sucks because they'd made efforts to diversify the staff and these layoffs from corporate ruins that given who was let go

Given that I only buy a handful of games a year, despite owning the Xbox series and a PS2, GI is my primary reason for renewing the GameStop member card. I did/do believe in the writers and their willingness to call a game out for its flaws, but also appreciated their optimism in highlighting the promise of a game in development. Really enjoy the letters and people's monofocus on their own favorite genre/game/platform and their accusations of favoritism. Darth Clark continuing to fool people every year, fun also.

m@ any thought of dusting off your editor hat and starting a scrappy new website?

what a bummer. glad you ejected earlier. and yeah, i would subscribe to a grown up gamer site/mag