Talk:Game Informer

message: I don't have time right now to write this up, but...
I was thinking that perhaps something about the famous "Paper Mario" controversy and the "Gaming public" (which was later taken back) scandal should be posted here.  It was a monumental event and many people took it very seriously.  What do you think?
Amphax 01:10, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paper Mario 

message: Someone please put up the monthly cover issue of gaminformer in a pic. EGM does, so does gamepro
I used the March 2006 cover from their website.-Egore- 20:30, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  pictures 

message: Okay, it seems like a writeup would be good.  I'll try to remember to get around to it sometime.  Like I mentioned earlier, Google is a good resource, and that Jive Magazine link is a rather analytical source, we just have to be careful to have a netural POV. 
It should also be noted that many other outlets gave Paper Mario a very high score, so for GI to give it a low score and then make the claims that it did was unusual.
Amphax 23:26, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paper Mario Controversy 

message: You don't understand, every time you get rid of my comment "Unfortunately a lot of the moderators take the job way to seriously and end up ruining an otherwise great forum." I will simply just put it back, so dont bother.
:I think the problem with this is that it is your opinion, not a fact. Greg Birdsall 14:53, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Giving that one of the key tenets at WP is remaining on topic, I suggest that you lump your criticism in with some legitimate comments to avoid a ban or removal of commments. The Game Informer article is hardly the place to campaign for site change :).67.177.49.13 (talk) 08:35, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  stop getting rid of my comment 

message: I need a bit of a favor. Does anyone have access to back issues of Game Informer? Specifically, the January 2006 issue? I'm trying to whip Radiata Stories  into shape (I know, a long way to go yet) but I threw away my old issues and want a proper citation in the Reception/Criticism section. Any help would be much appreciated. Chevinki 00:21, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nm. Found where to go. Chevinki 06:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game Informer back issues 

message: this sentance does't make sense (a least to my just-woken-up brain) "Due to this, it is promoted in large part in-store, which has contributed heavily to its large subscription base." 218.186.9.1 23:44, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done ∆ Algonquin 06:08, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  make sense does not 

message: How come no one has ever heard of the news of death of GI-Paul? It should be created. Professional Gamer 00:18, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Death of Paul Anderson 

message: Does anyone know if the reviews published on Game Informer Online are the same as those in the magazine?  --Hydrokinetics12 (talk) 15:38, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game Informer Online  

message: WTF happened to Photiphile:Big pictures with miny previws. It was there one month and then it just disappeared.75.121.36.237 (talk) 03:21, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photiphile 

message: The cover issue should be changed every month. That just would seem to make the article much better.Gears Of War 20:59, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Can someone please update the magazine image. King Rock (Gears of War) 18:08, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image change for each month 

message: Here is the main source for the site and knows why:  70.45.182.188 (talk) 16:25, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  GI's Review for [[MotorStorm: Pacific Rift]] changes by TPD 

message: I noticed while reading the reviewing section that nothing is mentioned about the Second Opinion section of the review, for Example, in the February 2009 Issue, they listed the top 50 games of 2008, and GTA IV got Game of the Year Award, because it got 20/20 (Perfect 10 from the main review, Perfect 10 from the Second Opinion) Whereas Metal Gear Solid 4 got 19.75/20 (10 From Main, 9/75 from the Second Opinion) So I think we should mention the Second Opinion, and then change the list of "Games that received Perfect Tens" so that it only lists games that received 20/20 and then maybe a list of Games that almost got 20/20. There is something similar to this on the Gamespot page. It's just an idea. Alec92 (talk) 16:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree we should mention the second opinions, but the twenty-point scale theory is original research because GI never said anything about ranking games based on the sum of the two scores. -sesuPRIME 04:09, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

text: My mistake; I had forgotten about their response to that letter. -sesuPRIME 05:28, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No Problem. Alec92 (talk) 20:17, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reviewing System 

message: The lead of this article currently has a list of benefits that subscribers of the magazine receive, and reads as if it was copy/pasted from a press release. The benefits should be briefly summarized in the lead, and possibly explained in more depth in its own section. — RockMFR 23:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advert 

message: For those who don't know, two Game Informer editors have released books (Kill Screen by Ben Reeves, and Air Force Gator by Dan Ryckert), albeit exclusively on Amazon. I was wondering if we should add them to other media, or do something else with them. 50.11.77.226 (talk) 23:49, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The books aren't connected to Game Informer; their authors happen to work for the magazine, that's all. If we someday see a Game Informer Guide to the Xbox 720, or books from Game Informer Press, that'd be different. Ylee (talk) 08:22, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should we add books? 

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message: I'm going to make the tables a fixed width and make the awards consistent in order between each table. Also, I'm going to manually buy each February (and January when necessary) edition to fill them all, but it's going to take some time. If anyone knows a way to find all the awards with a link, that would be great. I've tried looking and can't find anything. Psychotic Spartan   14:18, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tables/Games of the Year Awards 

message: Moved from my talk page:
I agree the tables aren't really necessary (and I never got around to finishing them), but I'm not sure what you mean by "missing RS talking about these awards in the third person, so it's WP:WEIGHTy to include them". My question: what does RS mean? SpartaN (talk) 20:51, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Reliable sources. Basically, if some content doesn't have reliable, independent sources talking about it, it probably shouldn't be written about on Wikipedia. --Izno (talk) 21:12, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. Citing Game Informer about Game Informer is poor sourcing. I feel stupid not being able to deduce "RS" as "reliable sources". Cheers! SpartaN (talk) 21:47, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  No worries. I've had other, unfortunate, conversations recently. --Izno (talk) 23:44, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game Informer tables 

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