WHO WANTS A GBATEMP EBOOK GAMING MAGZINE!?!

[tagzard]

Okay so I thought that it would be a good idea if Gbatemp has Virtual magazine! Like the way game informer is formatted. This is how I see it. A few members are elected to be the magazine editors. The edit it and stuff. Them some other members are the reviewers. They make a review of the game and rate it from a rating system (stars, numbers, ect...) They add pictures and stuff of the game. Then it is made into a ebook and published on a ebook publishing website. The reviews should somewhat look like this: [attachment=680:IMG_08831.JPG]

And there can be adds in the ebooks to. Like websites homebrew and stuff (self stuff).

IT HAS TO BE VIEWABLE ON A IPOD TOUCH/IPAD/IPHONE/PC/EREADERS/ect...


Good idea? You can post some of your idea to make it awesome.


EDIT: It will come out once a month. And it has to be free.

Want!

Just one stipulation: there has to be a Temper of the Month column.
And it has to be viewable on the DS AND PC, so maybe an eBook format and a PDF?

Hehe, lied about the 1 stipulation.

EDIT: Guild, that might be because no one knows what you're talking about, there's no attachment in any post.

How the review SHOULD look

 

[Sicklyboy]

An interesting idea, yeah... but given all that we have in the forum (especially now after the upgrade), between the pod casts and gbatemp mobile, having yet another mobile form is kinda redundant. Front page news adds maybe one or two things a week now, where two months ago it was a few things every single day. Half of the user submitted news is old, a repost, or not pertinent to anything. The only thing I could see it being useful for is a collaboration of new homebrew releases and updates, once a month. Those usually get posted on front page, but come to mention it, I think that would actually be a good thing to have just in the site to begin with, some part on front page that is blocked out by month, maybe in tree format (to encompass homebrew that is released and updated in the same month), and will keep track of all homebrew that is (reportedly) updated or created.

 

[haflore]

Sure, it seems like a decent idea. I certainly can't see a reason not to, if anything it'll just die after a while.

 

[Youkai]

Well it wouldn't be something bad but its not really needed ...

if someone is really interested in doing this I would never say "don't do it" , BUT if this is started it has to be done frequently and not one in the first month than 2 month later next one than 1 week later another and such ...

Doing something like this might sound easy for some ppl "just writing some stuff about games and the scene" but its really HARD work, especially cuz you can't just write what you want.
If you write "game xy sucks bad don't buy it" its possible some companys sue you for talking down their product, in some sort of "magazine" its different than just some random forum comment, and you are not supposed to give out your own opinion which is extremely hard for most ppl (i cannot rate a game without giving my own opinion like i don't like shooter and would never really rate one as good)

 

[ProtoKun7]

This kinda reminds me of the idea JPH tried to implement before he was banned.

Then there was Llama Riot's Weekly Wave...before he was banned.

I think there's a pattern.

 

[iFish]

This kinda reminds me of the idea JPH tried to implement before he was banned.

Then there was Llama Riot's Weekly Wave...before he was banned.

I think there's a pattern.

If the pattern is true. I think tagzard should definitely do this.

 

[Another World]

i helped jph on his round-up magazine feature and it took him most of the week and all of his free time. people were always backing out at the last minute and he would end up doing most (if not all) of the work by himself.

these things are nice in theory but much harder to pull off with a volunteer staff spread out across the internet.

the easy part is collecting submissions and editing. what takes all the time is the layout. something 20 pages long could easily take a week to format correctly, unless you can spend 8hrs a day working on it.

-another world

 

[BORTZ]

This kinda reminds me of the idea JPH tried to implement before he was banned.

Then there was Llama Riot's Weekly Wave...before he was banned.

I think there's a pattern.

If the pattern is true. I think tagzard should definitely do this.

you mean get banned right?

 

[Costello]

tagzard - if you want this, do it yourself.

you sound like all those kids who start threads like this "NINTENDO 64 EMULATER FOR GBA!!! but I need someone to code it for me. And I also need someone for the graphics, a few beta testers... and me, well... I'll supervise the project"

 

[RikuCrafter]

I am very willing to get involved in this project, I was even thinking of starting my own weekly mini thing. PM me if you're interested.

 

[BORTZ]

dont get me wrong, think this might be a cool idea, but i dont see you being the one to do it. thats all.

 

[wasim]

I don't see a reason for a no....

and hope this will be good !

you could also make CBDS format too.....

 

[Psyfira]

Magazines are dying out. Blogs feed information at a rate you can actually read it without the info in them going out of date,
All of the devices capable of reading it are capable of reading the website anyway.
Why would I bother to go download a file when I can just look at the website?
You're unlikely to re-read them, so there's no point keeping a hard copy.

Sorry, but it's a terrible idea. eBooks might be useful for static information like tutorials where someone might be away from a computer while trying to use them, but news and reviews do't fit into that category.

 

[AlanJohn]

No.
I don't want a magazine.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Then there was Llama Riot's Weekly Wave...before he was banned.

I actually liked the Weekly Wave. It wasn't a Magazine but it was a nice round up of all the news in a week. I kinda felt it was like a summary thread (see the 3DS conference summary thread for a recent example) but for all the news in a week.

 

[Deleted_171835]

The only problem with a weekly magazine is that most people don't have the time to create and edit an entire issue each week. A monthly one would be much more feasible. I would totally be on board for something like that.

 

[tagzard]

Hmm.... Well... This seems like a good idea, for anyone that wants to help make a beta magazine pm me.

 

[Deleted_278676]

I think that this is not a good idea because that, it takes more money to have something that is sent all over the world, than to make a website.

it will never work right so I think that people should stop writing on this page.

if you want a magazine pm, make it your self.

 

[retKHAAAN]

Hmm.... Well... This seems like a good idea, for anyone that wants to help make a beta magazine pm me.

why don't you use an old weekly wave as a template and write up a sample for us all to see so we know that whoever volunteers to help you will not be doing all of the work?

 

[prowler]

I think that this is not a good idea because that, it takes more money to have something that is sent all over the world, than to make a website.

He isn't taking about a real magazine, just an online only one.