Electronic Gaming Monthly

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Electronic Gaming Monthly (often abbreviated to EGM) is a U.S.-based video game magazine published by Ziff-Davis that releases 12 issues a year (and an occasional extra "13th" issue for the Holiday season, also known as the "Smarch" issue, a reference to an episode of The Simpsons). It concentrates on news regarding current video game consoles (including, at the moment, the Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation 2 as well as portable systems such as the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Sony PSP), in addition to reviews and previews for the games released on these consoles. Computer games are occasionally mentioned, although they are the territory of EGM's sister mag, Computer Gaming World, and cell phone games have recently seen coverage as well. Notable writers for the magazine, past and present, include Seanbaby, Norm Scott, Quarterman, and Sushi-X, a pseudonym which may or may not have been used by several people through the years; the current editor-in-chief (since 2001) is Dan "Shoe" Hsu. From October 2004 to January 2005 (and including 2004's "Smarch" issue), the magazine included DVD's with newsstand issues, the magazine included DVDs, which gained both positive and negative feedback, positive mostly for having plenty of features and interesting Bonus Material, like a Seanbaby video diary of E3, and exclusive or rare episodes of Red vs. Blue, but negative for increasing the price for newsstand buyers and not being available with subscriber issues. As journalism credentials go, EGM is one of the more respected video game news magazines. They are also the original host of the Hsu and Chan series of comics. EGM also is published in México and Brazil.

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Video game magazine - Ziff-Davis - The Simpsons - Video game console - Nintendo GameCube - Microsoft Xbox - Sony PlayStation 2 - Game Boy Advance - Nintendo DS - Sony PSP - Computer games - Computer Gaming World - Cell phone games - Seanbaby - Norm Scott - 2001 - Dan "Shoe" Hsu - E3 - Red vs. Blue - Hsu and Chan - México - Brazil

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EGM is also notorious for its April Fool's pranks; its most popular jokes are the 1992 Sheng Long code for Street Fighter II, 1997's "All Bonds" cheat in GoldenEye 007, and the 2002 Super Smash Bros. Melee 'Unlock Sonic and Tails' code, where players had to defeat 20 opponents in 'Cruel Melee' mode. This prank went widely believed for months, to a point where rival magazine Nintendo Power had to create a blurb to try and explain the origin of the rumor. Though some pranks ended in disaster and anger from the readers (on one occasion, after claiming a 'nude cheat' for Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball many readers threatened to cancel their subcriptions) and bragging rights for other magazines, the 'Sonic and Tails' cheat ended in retribution for those who wanted their favorite Sega characters duking it out with Nintendo's characters, which would seem like a play on their rivalry back in the 1990s. After the revealing of the prank, EGM held a contest where those who sent in videos of their 'Cruel Melee' battles with over 20 KOs would win a copy of '. Their most recent prank involved a preorder for a more realistic remake of the cartoon-style '.

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April Fool's - 1992 - Sheng Long - Street Fighter II - 1997's - GoldenEye 007 - 2002 - Super Smash Bros. Melee - Sonic - Tails - Nintendo Power - Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball - Sega - Nintendo's - 1990s

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The first issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly came out in the summer of 1989, and was predated by a magazine called Electronic Games.

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1989 - Electronic Games

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