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NeckSpike @neckspike6/18/2024, 10:10 PM

Renkon @renkotsuban

Willy Elektix @willyelektrix6/18/2024, 9:51 PM

I read a lot of gaming zines.

I like Indie Tsushin (https://cohost.org/renkotsuban) which is all about Japanese doujin games.

Indiepocalypse (https://cohost.org/PIZZAPRANKS) is a zine that is really a collection of games. It contains an original game every issue and the game developers actually get paid. Wow!

The Weird Fucking Games zine (https://wfgames.net/games/untitled-zine-game/) is a joy to read with its bite-sized summaries of an immense variety of unusual games.

I edit ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine (https://choicebeat.wordpress.com/)

Having laid that out, I have two questions: 1) Are there any other gaming zines of interest? 2) How can we, as a community of gaming zine creators, help each other out?

I'm compiling a list of game zines to go in a future issue of ChoiceBeat. I'm also going to start a links page on the ChoiceBeat homepage. But I wonder if there is something BIGGER we could do collectively?

#Zines #game zine #gaming zine #indie games

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Renkon @renkotsuban6/18/2024, 10:04 PM

That's a really good question, actually! I'd love for a space for folks to share resources and advice that isn't Discord haha, so I appreciate places like cohost where people post about their zine-making processes. I would love to help out in whatever capacity I can!

Willy Elektix @willyelektrix6/19/2024, 2:06 AM

As zine creators, maybe our greatest resource to get the word out is our zines themselves...? Maybe as a group we could create a graphic that everyone agrees to put in the back of their zine that includes a list of other zines to check out. That would be simple, communal, and might help tie us into a community of our own making without depending on other platforms (like social media or Discord).

Weasel Hills Golf & C.C. (hole 19)@wildweasel6/18/2024, 11:03 PM

I really like TangoPunk, which covers a variety of unusual genres and topics from primarily retro games, like adult dating sims, Pachinko simulators, and that weird hidden cipher in the Bubble Bobble games. They mail out new issues monthly, which is pretty good for what is effectively a one-person production.

Willy Elektix @willyelektrix6/19/2024, 2:02 AM

Oh, yeah! Thanks for this. I've seen this zine before and thought it was really cool, but I lost track of it somewhere along the way. How fortuitous of you to bring it my attention again.

cecile @haraiva6/19/2024, 2:51 AM

i know of What's New In IF? which seems to be a weekly chronicle zine for interactive fiction specifically. found out about them from being featured on there

cecile @haraiva6/19/2024, 2:51 AM

also keen to start my own zine maybe...

Willy Elektix @willyelektrix6/19/2024, 3:38 AM

Yes! YES!

Willy Elektix @willyelektrix6/19/2024, 3:38 AM

Interesting! This is sort of like a community bulletin board of sorts. I like that half of the issue is just about jams and events. =)

@fish6/19/2024, 3:48 AM

the rosebush is a small interactive fiction magazine that launched last year

Willy Elektix @willyelektrix6/19/2024, 3:50 AM

I just added that one to my link list. I already knew about it, but I momentarily forgot it. In fact, the newest issue of ChoiceBeat (https://choicebeat.wordpress.com/2024/06/18/choicebeat-11/) even has a blurb about The Rosebush in our news section.

@fish6/19/2024, 3:51 AM

oh, nice :yeah: glad to see it in there!

(:@kdx6/19/2024, 5:26 PM

reading this made me think about stuffed wombat's blogroll 22.07.23 entry, Magazine Dreams

as a reader, i would love having a mailing list/rss feed/cohost account to follow that posts about new game zine issues (and for cohost specifically, an additional, unique # per zine so i can hide the ones i don't like)

i love game zines so damn much, always wanted to start one myself but never did. eh

Willy Elektix @willyelektrix6/20/2024, 12:21 AM

Your idea of mailing list/rss feed is great. I'm not knowledgeable enough to automate something this, and doing it manually would be... good lord. It would be a heckuva job.

Plume @smallcreature6/19/2024, 10:00 PM

Adult Analysis Anthology by @BPGames has only had one issue so far (a second one is on the way), but I've really enjoyed that one issue!

Willy Elektix @willyelektrix6/20/2024, 12:19 AM

This is interesting! Thanks! The line-up of articles in issue 2 looks promising. I'm surprised they are Kickstarting every issue. Running Kickstarter campaigns is so much work! Kudos to them for making it happen.

Plume @smallcreature6/20/2024, 7:19 AM

I believe the first issue was funded out of pocket by the editor. Since it was successful, they decided to crowdfund a second one!

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