Who else grew up reading magazines like OPM, PSM2, and GamesTM? While print media has receded over the years, there's still a lot of passion for it among enthusiasts. There have been lots of high quality, independent mags cropping up, and RPM looks like another great example.
Spearheaded by Sandeep Rai, who previously penned books about PS Vita and PS3, RPM is a magazine that looks back on PlayStation. It focuses on the platform's history, filled with retro interviews, features, and reviews spanning PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, and PS Vita.
The project sought crowd funding on Kickstarter, and successfully met its target in just eight hours. The first issue is already complete, and work has begun on the second. The plan is to release three 60-page, ad-free issues per year. A stretch goal, which has yet to be reached, will see the production of an accompanying zine focusing on photo modes and digital photography.
Because the first issue is done, backers will see their pledges rewarded relatively quickly, with shipping of the physical mag estimated for late October. You can also get a digital PDF version, but where's the fun in that?
Anyway, it looks like a pretty nice product for PlayStation aficionados. What do you think of RPM? Are you interested in checking it out? Flick through to the comments section below.
[source kickstarter.com]
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Still waiting for ps3 magazine to come from same people. Kind of want to wait until that comes
I have backed digital versions for all books from Sandeep Rai and I enjoyed all of them. I highly recommend them.
Also, the digital editions are very reasonably priced.
Colin was talking about this on a sacred symbols episode, pretty cool stuff
He wrote the PS3 book, right?
Might get a digital copy. Only £3.
Awweeesssoooome!
Absolutely have to support Sandeep.
VITA Means Life was amazing and I can’t wait for It Only Does Everything to arrive in the post.
Top quality products.
As another has said, I too have backed the PS3 book, looking forward to receiving it.
I remember back in the late 90s UK there was a magazine named "PlayStation Plus" which is kind of funny in retrospect.
Anyway, it marketed itself as being the "adult" PlayStation magazine as it occasionally used words like "nob" or it gave Kasumi from DOA a two-page spread. Teenage me was naturally very impressed lol.
Good times. I miss them.
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@Cashews Strange take. In what way is it dumber than funding basically anything else?
Mean Machine which became Mean Machine Sega an Mean Machine Nintendo. They my first gaming magasine i buy. So long ago now, i only child!!
@Ainu20 Funding anything so that others may profit is the most idiotic waste of capital that i can conceive. But in that stupid, stupid world - this one is the most stupid.
I still get Play magazine on occasions. The last remaining single format console magazine on the market in the UK. It is a shame that print media is lacking but you can get why. Hope the guy is successful with this
@Cashews You know you do get something out of it once funded (if not money back). In this case £3 gets you a digital copy of the mag & it’s already funded.
Think that’s a better spend of capital than a Starbucks coffee.
Sure there’s a risk involved. That’s why you make informed purchasing decisions. Guy has a good track record & seemingly puts out quality stuff.
In most cases you get in on the ground floor at a cheaper price as well.
Also if it wasn’t for Kickstarter we wouldn’t have Shovel Knight 🤷♂️
@Fight_Teza_Fight maybe. If I had a nickel for every time funding failed and then we get an article about a developer marching on despite the crowd funding market telling them that they suck - I'd have at least $3.85.
Thanks for the heads up — I'll certainly be checking this out once it's available for the non-backing normies
I remember going to the shop before school for the e3 editions of gamesmaster and cvg ( computer and video games) about a month after the actual e3 Just to read what was announced, crazy how much times have changed and how much information is just a press of a button.
A lot of my old stuff from my student days ended up being stored at my grandmother's house. Over last weekend just gone, she asked me to come and clear it out. I was making good progress until I discovered a cardboard box filled with old GamesTM magazines and got distracted!
I recently managed to download an archive of every issue of the official UK PS2 magazine. Very nostalgic to go back and read the issues I remembered owning, and checking out the ones I didn't own. Just wish I has the physical set.
This looks cool though, I may have to check it out.
I bought the author's "Vita Means Life" and "It Only Did Everything" books. They are both great.
@Ainu20
Yeah, very strange take. Magazines need some capital to get started and then are funded by ads. In this case, the capital to get started is coming from Kickstarter and the magazines are ad-free.
Still use the magazine pdf archives to read old retro mags now and then. There's a few sites knocking about
This looks awesome, I actually wouldn't mind getting one to be honest.
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