Retro Gaming Magazine Jan. 2014 | Page 3

Here We Go. . . Writing these things is not easy, anyone that thinks they are should try writing one someday. This is usually where you hear about great things coming to the mag, or in this particular issue or some other rambling of random thoughts. Our cover is a professional piece by Bones. For more of his great art, check out his website www.artbybones.com What this magazine represents is something that started over half a decade ago. I was fortunate enough to come into contact with Bill “The Game Doctor” Kunkel through the forums over at J2Games.com, we discussed many things publicly and privately, we Co-Founders: discussed stuff like gaming magazine direction and a lot of “what if” Nick Abrams Carl Williams scenarios. One of those scenarios is now a reality. While it was not called Retro Gaming Magazine at the time, the idea was planted way back in those discussions with the Doctor. Joining up with Nick Abrams, former co-founding/co-host of The Retro League podcast and the man responsible for the name of this magazine, RGM was born. This was around 2011. RGM was originally planned for release in early 2012 but due to various problems internally, it just got pushed to the wayside. Editor in Chief: Carl Williams Creative Direction Michael Crisman Bill Loguidice Christina Loguidice In Memory of Bill “The Game Doctor” Kunkel Nick mentioned giving it one more shot around the middle of 2013, one last shot– do or die. Put up or shut up type thing. A post (“Rise Questions, concerns from your grave”) was posted on the RGM Facebook page and or plain ready to rant various forums and interest swelled immensely from there. contact us at [email protected] m Content was crafted, as much as possible, through comments, votes and suggestions from readers. Essentially, this is truly YOUR magazine. This brings up the fact that our PDF is free, it is the only Turn the page ands way to give back to those that helped create this tome of retro. start enjoying the mag We brought in a new staff, joined forces with Bill Loguidice and the already! Armchair Arcade team and now, we set forth taking the first step into history with Retro Gaming Magazine. For more retro fun check out Joining us on this adventure: Retro Gaming Magazine on the web. Retro Gaming Magazine is published on a six week basis, eight issues per year with the PDF being freely distributed if unaltered. For subscriptions and single issue purchases please visit www.retrogamingmagazine.com/buy-rgm Retro Gaming Magazine is a Hyper Focused Media Group publication, copyright 2011-2014