Page 4 - OSG Presents Classic Gamer Magazine #7

Volume 2, Issue 2
July 2004

Editor-in-Chief
Chris Cavanaugh
cav@classicgamer.com

Managing Editors
Scott Marriott
T tures a firsthand account of a meeting held at Skyler Miller
scomar@classicgamer.com
here were two times a year a kid could always
an arcade in Ann Arbor, Michigan and the
look forward to: Christmas and the last day of
writer's initial apprehension of attending.
school. If you played video games, these days
skyler@classicgamer.com
held special significance since you could usu-
cles take a slight shift to the right in the gaming
ally count on getting new games for Christmas, Also in this issue you may notice our arti- Writers and Contributors
while the last day of school meant three uninter- timeline. It is our hope that with each issue we Mark Androvich
rupted glorious months of playing them. Sadly, we will be able to provide as much coverage as we Todd Deci
can no longer waste the long and hot days search- possibly can for all of the various systems, but Earl Green
Mark Hoogland
ing for the Golden Chalice and slaying duck- sometimes we are going to shine the sunlight a Chris Larson
dragons, but we can still pause to celebrate this bit brighter on the later systems in order to give Chris Lion
summer ritual long gone. It seems that gaming the old woodgrain workhorse and Intellivision a Scott Marriott
meets and conventions are becoming the norm of well-deserved rest. With that, it's time to break Geoffrey Miller
the summer months. There are no less than ten out the vodka martinis and curl up next to Skyler Miller
shows planned for 2004, not to mention the groups some leggy supermodels while you enjoy our Michael Thomasson

of classic gaming fans that get together to simply latest foray into classic games. Layout and Design
hang out and talk and play games. We'll do our best Skyler Miller
to keep you apprised of the coming shows, while -Cav Chris Cavanaugh
providing reports from past events. This issue fea-
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An avid game enthusiast and collector, Scott Alan Marriott worked as All Game Guide's senior editor LEGAL JUMBO
before switching gears to become a freelance writer. Making his Classic Gamer Magazine debut, Scott's Entire contents © 2004 Classic
other writing credits include reviews and previews at TechTV's X-Play. Gamer Magazine. Reproduction
and distribution for issue #7 and
Skyler Miller’s work has appeared on Salon.com, TechTV’s X-Play, GameSpot, and All Game Guide. Issue #8 (only) in its entirety IS
In 2001, he was interviewed by CBC Radio about the 40th anniversary of the first computer game. PERMITTED. Distribution of single
articles is NOT PERMITTED
Todd Deci makes his debut this month with a personal look at Warioware, Inc. Todd has written liter- without permission. Products, lo-
ally thousands of descriptions and reviews for All Game Guide and enjoys rousing philosophical discus- gos, screenshots, etc. named in
these pages are tradenames or
sions over an ice cold Bell’s Oberon beer. trademarks of their respective
companies. Classic Gamer
Magazine and its staff are not
We are pleased to have Geoffrey Miller on board as an expert on imports. Geoffrey previously wrote for affiliated with the companies or
Manci Games Magazine. products covered in Classic Gamer
Magazine. Please consult the “Fair
Chris Larson is the Fatman of Fatmangames.com (yet oddly enough isn’t fat). Chris climbs aboard this Use Law” before you beef to me.
issue to give us his thoughts on a local video game meet.

Yes, the rumors are true. Chris Lion makes his triumphant return to the pages of this Magazine. Chris
will once again grace the back page and is looking forward to signing scads of autographs at CGExpo.
RTS and FPS fan extraordinaire, Mark Hoogland has written numerous descriptions and reviews for All
Game Guide. And for some reason he wants to be a lawyer.
Cartoonist extraordinaire, Russ Collins joins up to provide us with his ‘tooning talents. Russ has a com-
prehensive website dedicated to videogames (and more comic strips!) at www.bitsmack.com.
Michael Thomasson runs Gooddealgames.com, a website dedicated to classic gaming , publishing,
and selling. His column, “Just for QIX,” shows off his vast knowledge of gaming. Michael also teaches
"The History of Videogames" at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.
Chris Cavanaugh has helped cover E3 for GameSpy Industries and is currently an editor with All Game
Guide. Chris started Classic Gamer Magazine in 1999 and has been flocked by adoring women ever
since .
Mark Androich has written over 13 video game strategy guides, and is a reviews writer and editor for
PSE2 Magazine.
Earl Green is the webmaster of www.theLogBook.com, which covers music, movies, DVDs, classic
video games, books, and toy collecting. He has written for All Game Guide, and has a regular column at
Digital Press. Earl has also been called upon for expert opinions on everything from Star Trek to driving-
games by such newspapers as the Las Vegas Sun and the Baltimore Sun.

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