Game Informer is closing, and we’re personally devastated. We’ve never been a consistent reader of the magazine, but it was crucial toward developing our interest in games, and the people who wrote about them. Founded in 1991, it’s exactly as old as we are. We distinctly remember the Oblivion issue passed around during lunch in grade school, marveling over something as minor as the stone textures in the opening prison. “This is what the future looks like.”
Even when we grew older, we found ourselves returning to Game Informer’s website again and again, whether it was for Dan Ryckert’s LPs (look up the one for OverBlood II, it is something) or coverage we weren’t seeing elsewhere. As recently as yesterday, we were using their annual game release chart to plan out what we wanted to cover on our own website!
The magazine always felt like it had a pulse on the future. It’ll be upsetting to watch it get left behind in the past.
