#Games Magazine

[a-book-of-creatures]

Terror Incognitus, by Patricia Wynne. An identify-the-animals monstrosity from Games Magazine, March 1988.

How many can you spot?

[periodically80s]

[1000-skulls]

[saleintothe90s]

481. April fools through the years via the New York Times

This might be my fvorite one, in 1997 Games magazine ran an article about a mystical crystal ball puzzle toy, Orion's Crystal. I can see why people fell for it -- the April issue of this magazine was apparently sent in February?!

I went searching for the actual article, and found the history behind the article on Twitter instead by user @puzzlereric (archive) who worked at Games.

(1987 North Adams College yearbook from archive.org)

Why would you drag that adorable lady in your April fool? Also, Thomas was apparently set to graduate in a few weeks. Just let it go man, you made a stupid mistake.

"Radio DJ April Fools" are probably the best known genre of backfired April fools. Never forget when my local 90s DJs Tommy & the Bull told residents of Hampton Roads that Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach was going to blow up.

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[just-illegal]

STOP MAKING CRYPTIDS

CROSSWORDS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN RIDDLES

YEARS OF CROSSWORDS yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for getting more complicated than STRAIGHTFORWARD CLUES

Wanted to go more complicated anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: it was called "The Spiral"

"Once again, study about king of tragedy, John the Fourth" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged

"Hospital residents make knot in pants"

They have played us for absolute fools

[miscpav]

Games Magazine (Commercial, 1980) 

[catacini]

it's so beethover / we're so bach

[powderofcats15]

WOOOO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! starting the day off right by drawing Neil Josten to celebrate <3

[zman80]

Blade City

[03-princess]

Sul sul!

[a-book-of-creatures]

What do you get when you cross a llama and a gopher? In this game from GAMES Magazine's March 1985 issue, Anna Mulcross and artist Donna Ruff present a variety of whimsical hybrids whose names are all actual words made by combining the names of the animals. So a llama and a gopher, with the clue "is very lazy", is a loafer. Can you identify them all?

[periodically80s]

[1000-skulls]

[uncharted-constellations]

These two have such a funny vibe, had to take Zelda out of half their games because you know she’d just be telepathically negging him the whole time. Theyre besties, theyre potentially related, she’s mentally whispering ‘Sandwich’ in his ear whenever he’s trying to focus.

Edit: Added funny page in celebration of me not having to rework these designs for the new game

[never-obsolete]

Holiday Gifts: Gamer Gear PC Mag - December 2005

[n64retro]