We’re slowly getting caught back up with Nintendo Power with our next issue of NextGen, for October, 1996
Read moreNextGen #22: October 1996
NextGen #21 – September 1996
We’re slowly getting closer to catching up with the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, as we come to NextGen’s coverage of the N64 launch.
Read moreNextGen #20: August 1996
Continuing to get caught up with Nintendo Power with our next issue of NextGen, which has Chris Crawford’s column back, though the issue is generally lighter overall.
Read moreNextGen #19: July 1996
We’re getting closer with NextGen to where we’ve gotten ahead with this issue of NextGen, which also has Chris Crawford’s column being MIA.
Read moreNextGen Magazine #18: June, 1996
Well, we fell behind on NextGen again – now it’s time to get caught up.
Read moreNextGen #17: May 1996
We’re continuing with NextGen Magazine and are finally getting caught up with where we are in Nintendo Power Magazine.
Read moreNextGen #16: April 1996
We continue ever close to the launch of the N64.
Read moreNextGen #15: March 1996
We’re continuing to get closer to catching up with the Nintendo Power Retrospectives.
Read moreNextGen #14: February 1996
We’re slowly catching up with Nintendo Power (helped by the fact that Next Month’s episode of Nintendo Power Retrospectives is going to be a Also-Ran Episode).
Read moreNextGen #13: January 1996
Once again, I’ve fallen back behind where we are in Nintendo Power Retrospectives, with my recaps in NextGen, so it’s time to play some very slow catchup.
Read moreNext Gen #12: December 1995
At long last, I’ve gotten caught up with NextGen magazine, at this month we are at in Nintendo Power.
Read moreNextGen #10: October 1995
We’re a couple issues behind in NextGen where we are in the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, so it’s time to do a little catch-up.
Read moreNextGen #9 – September 1995
I’m working on catching up in NextGen magazine to where we are in the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, but we’ve got a bit of a ways to go.
Read moreNextGen Magazine #8 – August 1995
The Sega Saturn is out, and this issue is the first full issue in response to that.
Read moreNextGen Magazine #7 – July 1995
At long last we have come to the NextGen Magazine after the first E3, so we get reactions from the developments from that event – and there were some biggies.
Read moreNextGen #5 (May 1995): Where I Read
It’s been a month, so it’s a good time for another recap of NextGen Magazine. This time, as mentioned in my last recap, I’m going to be skipping over the review section, as the reviews in NextGen over the past 4 issues have been very brief and not very informative – and have not had any names attached to them so I can’t get a vibe for individual critics taste in games.
Read moreNextGen #4 (April 1995): Where I Read
It’s been a while since my last recap of NextGen, mainly because these take a long time to transcribe. Also because they’re kind of long. Still, it’s time to return to this chunk of video game history, and with it take a look at some of the platforms that fell by the wayside.
Read more[Where I Read] NextGen Magazine #3 – March 1995
Moving right along with NextGen Magazine #3 for March of 1995.
Read more[Where I Read] NextGen Magazine #2 (Feb, 1995)
I’m continuing with NextGen Magazine with the NextGen #2. With the second issue hitting in February of 1995, it makes keeping track of what year I’m on a lot easier.
Read more[Where I Read] NextGen Magazine #1
It has been a long time since I did Where I Read for a video game magazine, as much of the work I had been putting into my read through of Nintendo Power has been going into the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, and the second magazine I’d been covering – Electronic Gaming Monthly – has made something of a return. However, with my coverage of Nintendo Power for the show having reached 1995, I feel like I’ve lost some perspective on where the game industry was at this point, so I’ve decided to launch a read-through of another magazine, that is contemporaneous for where we are in gaming in the N.P.R.
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