Talk:Games (magazine)

message: The following appeared on GAMES Magazine bankruptcy being considered for deletion as of May 7, 2006 (as it was left 04:16, 7 May 2006 by User:Jimkoke ). I thought it was an interesting story, though posited without reference to the source of information. It might have a home on this page if someone can verify it, or maybe even just as a mention of rumour? - Rainwarrior 04:46, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bankruptcy 

message: The above is almost totally false.  Here's an article with the actual facts, which are far more mundane than the contest-run-amok version.  It's vaguely possible that the "contest" explanation did appear in the magazine though, as I remember GAMES occasionally pulling April Fool's jokes on its readers.  Perhaps this was one of them. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:25, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bankruptcy? Yes. Contest gone awry? No. 

message: Interesting article on why the bankruptcy occurred.  The article mentions that, at the time, it was being published by "PSC Publishing."  The article lacks mention of when Playboy (PEI) sold off the magazine, who bought it, etc.  I'm assuming PSC got it directly after PEI, but don't want to add that information to the article without confirmation. Anyone have back issues that could be consulted? Student Driver 22:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  PSC Publishing 

message: I was a contributor to GAMES starting with its third issue, early 1978. It was not originally owned by Playboy, but was bought by them a couple of years after its founding. During the time that they owned the magazine, they actually ran a few puzzles in Playboy itself, mostly by GAMES contributors or editors. (Including the first one, I'll modestly add, a word search by yours truly.)
It's been awhile, and I have to set the "wayback machine", but, as I recall, John Jacobson was the editor prior to Will Shortz's tenure.
They did indeed declare bankruptcy after Playboy sold them. I never learned all the details. I believe there may have been a second bankruptcy later, before they were picked up by Kappa.
The present incarnation retains most of the "look and feel" of the original. The GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES publication is, for me, a welcome addition. I love the articles in the original, but it's truly fun to have a pure puzzling edition as well.
For any further discussion, you can contact me at ekstra@msn.com.
Edith Rudy —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.164.145.85 (talk) 19:09, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GAMES History 

message: It seems like the magazine has stopped doing contests for quite a while now.  Came to the Wikipedia page looking for the reason, but there's been no edits to the page lately.  I'm hoping someone could add some info on this subject.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by McP (talk • contribs) 05:18, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contests 

message: (Please note that I have copied this text that was added to the article from a user.  It is not my text, and it is not appropriate in its current form to include, so moving here so it can be dealt with. --MASEM (t) 23:57, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Text section from article page