Lots and lots of pictures

The magazine has shifted it's emphasis quite a bit over the past 5 years and I cannot say that it is good. Generally speaking, some of the articles are good. The inside stories regarding the game industry are very interesting. They also have good inside resources in giving the readers a heads-up on coming attractions.

It all goes downhill from there. The game magazine should be renamed TGM, for TEEN Game Magazine. There is nothing wrong with catering to teens, but the editors and writers seem to think that they are writing for adults as well. The reviews and special articles are condescending in nature and are boring. Of all the game magazines out there, Electronic Game Monthly is the least accurate as far as reviews are concerned. I doubt if any of the staff actually plays through any of the games they review.

If anything, EGM has lots and lots of nice pictures. I guess this is to make up for the lack of content. I really liked this magazine before, but it is a big let-down now. I cancelled my subscription.

EGM is a fantastic magazine

Electronic Gaming Monthly is my favorite magazine. It has completely unbiased reviews, it gives good and interesting information, and it's organized, unlike some OTHER gaming magazines (...). EGM is often the first magazine to get exclusive news, they have extensive coverage of games, game shows, news in the gaming world, and in every issue have interviews with gaming bigshots. They aren't afraid to tell you which system to buy, like in their XBOX vs GCN feature, they came right out and said "And the winner is: XBOX!! instead of saying "It's a draw!" or something dumb that other magazines would do. They tell you which games are groundbreakingly superb, and which games (...) that should be avoided at all costs. Overall, EGM is a fair, honest, and funny (Hsu and Chan) magazine that should be purchased by anyone considering themselves a gamer.

About as credible as a Saddam loyalist

EGM has about the average amount of content as any mag or site for videogames but it mixes it with it's sense of humor (that really depends on if you like geek humor) but worst of all it's biased biased opinions. EGM will trash great games or not give them enough credit, especially Gamecube (if you own a gamecube do not even look upon this magazine). It praises games like Madden and Need For Speed (I don't know why) and gives some reviews that seem completely bogus. They are a propaganda machine that will always take PS2 above others and care very little about what the reader is looking for. They are unsympathetic to the different types of gamers that don't care for sports games and like a good RPG. If EGM are the Nazis ( and trust me they are) Nintendo is the Jew and Sony is the aryan race. The only way to say it is they are not credible and are blind to what other people want (since a critic is to help a reader choose and not to force their views upon them) the people calling it the best are either reading an older copy or agree with them because that is how they feel too and not because they are right.