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YESSSS!!!!!!! GameFan's Nick Rox returns!!!!!!
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Tyrone Slothrop
Banned
im still pissed about not getting the half the gamefans my paid subscription was supposed to cover. im suprised halverson is still employed
JackFrost2012
Banned
StriderKyo said:
I'll make a few calls.
bumpkin
Member
I didn't know anyone even visited The Next Level anymore. That new guy who took over -- Nick, I think -- fucking tanked the sumbitch. I hear most of their team went over to Got Next.
Anyway, it's cool to see Nick Rox back in the picture. It definitely gives Play an air of nostalgia... Now, if only they could get Ryan Lockhart too (or have they already?).
Anyway, it's cool to see Nick Rox back in the picture. It definitely gives Play an air of nostalgia... Now, if only they could get Ryan Lockhart too (or have they already?).
bumpkin said:
Oh man you said it. Ryan is really cool. But who I REALLY wanna see is Casey Loe(aka Takuhi). That guy is really a talented writer as well.
Wait a minute...are you saying this "Got Next" place is where most of the members from TNL are now posting? Including MZO? Link please?
HyperZone<3
Member
Anthony Chau (Arcade Weekend Warrior) is still at Visual Concepts, right?
Kleegamefan
K. LEE GAIDEN
Who was the guy that used to run the quasi-VOOT blog way back in the days of Gamefan.com? I want to say it was Nick Rox, but I can't remember. Though I could never appreciate the game on the same level as that staffer, I always did really enjoy his commentary.
Unrelated to this thread, I actually bought my first issue of PLAY in well over a year today. Noticed the mammoth DQ8 cover story, and decided to plunk down the cash for the staff interviews and review text.
Despite editor criticisms, I do really love the layout of the magazine, very cohesive and organized spreads with a mastery at delivering gorgeous screen captures on that thick expensive gloss paper. In fact, I took a look through the most recent EDGE issue sitting nextdoor on the shelf and the layout similarities are pretty staggering. (Also I find it totally admirable how EDGE purposefully veers attention away from score values in it's review section. The number is practically hidden on the page!)
Halverson's "critique" of DQ8 nearly reaches levels of ridiculousness though; I'm pumped for the game too, but if an when I build a shrine to Level-5, it won't go public...
Despite editor criticisms, I do really love the layout of the magazine, very cohesive and organized spreads with a mastery at delivering gorgeous screen captures on that thick expensive gloss paper. In fact, I took a look through the most recent EDGE issue sitting nextdoor on the shelf and the layout similarities are pretty staggering. (Also I find it totally admirable how EDGE purposefully veers attention away from score values in it's review section. The number is practically hidden on the page!)
Halverson's "critique" of DQ8 nearly reaches levels of ridiculousness though; I'm pumped for the game too, but if an when I build a shrine to Level-5, it won't go public...
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
Thanks for the tip! I'll have to head out and pick up that issue then and check out the "shrine" story.Brandon F said:
Non-GN-knowledged: Greetings from GN's admin.bumpkin said:
Our board population is low, but loyal. Feel free to join the GN Community. </plug>Back OT: This is curious timing, given magazine lead times. Nick Rox's "official" return took place a few months ago on TNL, in a big Gamefan memorial thread. Said thread is also the one that spread the word about the impending Hardcore Gamer Magazine.
This isn't intended as a knock on HGM, but I'll play the devil's advocate: Why did Nick go back to working with Halverson, versus teaming with the HGM crowd?
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
Completely OT but I wanted to say that I like HGM. Whoever decided to send me a free subscription to the magazine: thanks!
I've been buying HGM on the newsstand and it's a good magazine. I think it needs a little better editing in some places, but the enthusiasm is there and it's definitely worth reading.
Between, HGM, Edge, Play and Computer Games Magazine (which I write for), I hardly have time to get through them all before the next month arrives.
Between, HGM, Edge, Play and Computer Games Magazine (which I write for), I hardly have time to get through them all before the next month arrives.
I'm still on TNL. It's home.
I'm also one of the first people who registered at Got Next, I still remember when bahn asked me to. I think that might've been back when we were still playing Crimson Skies on a daily basis, lol. Hi Lhaddat!
I'm here, too, mostly because I kept getting linked so I decided to register. I like how busy it is and the up-to-the-minute information you get here but there are too many crazy Nintendo fans and people with horrible taste in general.
Also, I hate isamu. Keep your Nick Rox ball licking away from TNL kthnx.
I'm also one of the first people who registered at Got Next, I still remember when bahn asked me to. I think that might've been back when we were still playing Crimson Skies on a daily basis, lol. Hi Lhaddat!
I'm here, too, mostly because I kept getting linked so I decided to register. I like how busy it is and the up-to-the-minute information you get here but there are too many crazy Nintendo fans and people with horrible taste in general.
Also, I hate isamu. Keep your Nick Rox ball licking away from TNL kthnx.
I wonder how Nik's acting career (IMDB) is going... http://www.happilyevenafter.com/trailer.html
Mzo said:
Tell us something we DON'T know, prick!
Anyway, I just want to say that Nick's review of Ridge Racer for the Playstation back in the day, is almost completely responsible to for turning me into an RR fan(well, that and my former best friend Dan Granett{R.I.P.} ). When Nick described how he could just sit there and play RR with just that one track over and over again all day long, I knew there was something magical about Ridge Racer. Now, nearly ten years later, we are getting what will probably be the greatest RR game in the history of the franchise, and I wil...*fingers crossed*......hopefully be able to race against my idol Nick Rox online in Ridge Racer 6 WOOOHOOOOO!!!!!
Hi Mzzo!Mzo said:
I've always thought of TNL as something similar to a trashed frat house, or the house from ATHF. Always something burning, or exploding, or rotting in the kitchen...Mzo said:
And you still post, too. Hail to teh faithful!
http://www.ga-forum.com/member.php?userid=158
isamu said:
Disappointment shields up, Mr. Sulu. :lol
I specifically remember Nick Rox because his reviews were always mind-numbingly ridiculous. To this day, internet game/console fanboys remind me of Nick Rox, and I partially blame him for the rise of that mentality.
Drinky Crow
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Yeah, he and Casey Loe -- with a totally derivative assist from Dave Halverson and Eric Mylonas -- defined the "language" of over-the-top loser fandom that pervades videogame messageboards everywhere. Congrats to him!
Casey Lowe needs to get respect for his work at Versus Books, the FF7, MGS, RE2, and OoT guides are amazing.
Not because of the content exactly, but how his personality comes through in the writing.
Casey Lowe and ECM are the only two editors I'd act like a queer about online. But never as bad as the isamu/Rox thing.
Not because of the content exactly, but how his personality comes through in the writing.
Casey Lowe and ECM are the only two editors I'd act like a queer about online. But never as bad as the isamu/Rox thing.
Ah Nick Rox and Die Hard Gamefan... when I worked at the video game store I used to rip that mag and stick it in a binder to get people to preorder all of the cool games coming out like Street Fighter Alpha (blue shadows), Ridge Racer, Lunar and *smirk* Battle Arena Toshinden. Heh.
What type of circulation does Hardcore Gamer Magazine have? I've never seen it at EB, GS, grocery stores, bookstores, etc...
What type of circulation does Hardcore Gamer Magazine have? I've never seen it at EB, GS, grocery stores, bookstores, etc...
I used to LOVE reading the back of Gamefan. They had a section for Die Hard Online store that had all kinds cool and quirky import Japanese RPGs for sale. I used to sit there and dream about one day being able to play Dragon Quest 6 and Tengai Maikyo Zero for the ZSNES. Gamefan was the magazine that blew open the import awareness scene and turned on a whole lot of gamers to all the cool Jap games we missed out on. It's Nick and Casey's passion for those games that I respect the most
KLee or Mr. Jevons...please call Nick and bring him over to this thread!
KLee or Mr. Jevons...please call Nick and bring him over to this thread!
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
Nick has co-owned TNL from the beginning. He didn't take over anything, he was always the man. TNL as a games site died because Nick didn't care about games anymore, had serious real-life shit going on, and a few people he had hired to run things had turned the editorial side of the site into an internment camp so writers stopped bothering.bumpkin said:
It should be noted that right before TNL died, it was enjoying its highest site hits ever thanks to guys like James who was always professional and on-time with his stuff, and Derek who was never on-time but always extremely readable and entertaining (his parody Ikaruga racism editorial was linked all over the Internet and was pretty huge... it even had a couple of threads started here from guys who fell for it).
I'll also add that Nick is also one of the wittiest and coolest people I've ever known, and Got-Next sucks.
Do you register for the front page now, or is this just you being typically over-defensive over nothing?Lhadatt said:
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Nick Rox!!
The salad days are back!!!
The salad days are back!!!
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
I've only ever seen it at GameStop. Not even in any bookstores which usually carry a wide range of magazines.SS4Rob said:
I started receiving it one day out of the blue, it's a fun mag and I love their retro reviews. I was really surprised because (A) I've never heard of it and (B) It was actually well thought out. Hell I even tried out that recipé they put in there, ha ha.