Like madly spawning alien invaders, computer game magazines are taking over newsstands everywhere. Only you can save the planet, perhaps by buying Edge.
Unlike most of its garish, hormone-besotted competition, this attractively designed and well-written new publication aims at adults. It treats its subject with an unusually heads-up cultural perspective. Published in Britain, it is nevertheless on top of all the latest developments in California and Japan. The second issue included a detailed comparison of the ten competing CD-based platforms storming the market, and an explanation of why, for players, the results are likely to continue to disappoint.
Though it assumes its readers value "game play" above all else, someone with only a passing interest in the subject could read it to keep abreast of a fast-growing field. Now, if only the games themselves could be as intelligent...
Edge: UKpounds38, (six issues) UKpounds63 (Europe), UKpounds92. Future Publishing: +44 458 74011, fax +44 458 744378. Freepost, Somerton TA11 7BR.
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