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#20: Straight From the Pros: Nintendo Power and Game Magazines
Games journalism has by its nature always been bound up with games marketing, but in the NES/Game Boy/SNES era of Nintendo’s uncontested industry dominance, the biggest Nintendo-focused magazine was not only endorsed by Nintendo but actually produced in-house. Zack, Angela, and Robert discuss that strange and charming cultural artifact, Nintendo Power, and drift into talking about other game magazines past and present too.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introductions and what we’ve been playing
9:31 - The history of Nintendo Power.
31:19 - Features and oddities of Nintendo Power.
44:04 - Other game magazines of Nintendo Power’s era.
52:55 - The game magazine landscape today.
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By Podbert PodskerGames journalism has by its nature always been bound up with games marketing, but in the NES/Game Boy/SNES era of Nintendo’s uncontested industry dominance, the biggest Nintendo-focused magazine was not only endorsed by Nintendo but actually produced in-house. Zack, Angela, and Robert discuss that strange and charming cultural artifact, Nintendo Power, and drift into talking about other game magazines past and present too.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introductions and what we’ve been playing
9:31 - The history of Nintendo Power.
31:19 - Features and oddities of Nintendo Power.
44:04 - Other game magazines of Nintendo Power’s era.
52:55 - The game magazine landscape today.