They were enjoyable in plenty ways. Especially as the culture of the time was about hyping and making everything the greatest thing ever, so they were hit after hit of dopamine.
But they were still owned by Sony and Nintendo, so you weren't getting anything but a marketing pitch disguised as articles and reviews. Something that can be fun still and even somewhat informative, but always doing so to sell it to you.
Can’t argue with that. But I’d take that over what we have now. Now what was really fun were they late 90s/early 00s gaming forums or any nerd forum back then to discuss different games.
Maybe it’s because I was young but I enjoyed PlayStation magazine and Nintendo power.
They were enjoyable in plenty ways. Especially as the culture of the time was about hyping and making everything the greatest thing ever, so they were hit after hit of dopamine.
But they were still owned by Sony and Nintendo, so you weren't getting anything but a marketing pitch disguised as articles and reviews. Something that can be fun still and even somewhat informative, but always doing so to sell it to you.
Can’t argue with that. But I’d take that over what we have now. Now what was really fun were they late 90s/early 00s gaming forums or any nerd forum back then to discuss different games.