I loved Toy Commander. It felt like a more polished (for the time) and fun version of what the Army Men 3D games were trying to accomplish, though the controls could have used some work. And I still get weepy when I think about how good NFL2K1 was. It was genuinely ahead of it's time.
QOTW: REPORTER: Madam Vice President, what's your favorite Dreamcast game? HARRIS: What kind of question is that? [WALZ GRABS THE PODIUM] WALZ: NFL2K1!
REPORTER: Madam Vice President, what's your favorite Dreamcast game? HARRIS: What kind of question is that? [WALZ GRABS THE PODIUM] WALZ: NFL2K1!
Man, what the fuck happened to that paper? It's like a switch got flipped.
Vance be like "Gangs of New York was a fine movie but its politics were a bit iffy. wouldve been way better if at the end Amsterdam Vallon turned to the camera & said "i am nativist now" & then specified hes the exact kind of nativist i am"
Anyways, looking back at that issue of EGM in particular, it is funny seeing Eternal Champions being touted as a Mortal Kombat competitor when it was anything but.
Per last weeks answer, my degree in history led to an archivist job, that led to a personal project where I have 75% of EGM's 1989-2009 run shelved and preserved. One of my favorite things to do on a rainy day is to grab a random issue and read through it all over again.
The first game magazine I vividly remember reading was EGM's December 1993 issue. I must have read through that issue dozens of times. Considering how massive game magazines were around the holidays (thanks in no part to ads), those massive Nov and Dec issues could entertain a kid like me for ages.