Interlude From Africa
July 6th, 2009As you might have surmised, I’m on vacation (in Africa for several weeks). My internet access is slow, periodic, and unreliable, but I did have a quick thought on the rebirth of EGM. I guess I just don’t get how an online magazine solves the central problem that EGM had, which is that magazines are periodic by nature, whereas many sites (like Joystiq, which reported this) update continuously with new content as soon as it’s available. I don’t see how any kind of periodical can compete unless it takes a dramatically different approach with its content - more editorial, less reporting-focused.
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July 7th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Yeah, this seems like a product in search of an audience. People are way too accustomed to continuous news flow now to want to go back to a periodical model.