About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: The Register, PC Gamer, Micro Mart, PC Zone, Official Nintendo Magazine, Custom PC, PC Format, The One, .net, Macworld, Overload, Computer Weekly, Linux Format, Windows: The Official Magazine, MicroScope, Computing, Electronics Weekly, PC Pro, Computeractive, ComputerWeekly.com, Wired UK, MacUser, Play, 3D World, MacFormat, Computer Shopper, PC Advisor magazine, Webuser, Tap!, PC Utilities, CS4FN, PC Tools, PC Plus, Computer Music, TechEye, PC Explorer, ITNOW, IT Week, PC Direct, Cybersoft. Excerpt: PC Gamer is a magazine founded in Britain in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. The magazine has several regional editions, with the UK and US editions becoming the best selling PC games magazines in their respective countries. The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry, previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features relating to hardware, mods, "classic" games and various other topics. PC Gamer reviews are written by the magazine's editors and freelance writers, and rate games on a percent scale. In the US edition, no game has yet received a rating higher than 98% (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Half-Life 2, and Crysis), while the UK edition has never awarded more than 96% (Civilization II, Half-Life, Half-Life 2 and Quake II). In the UK edition, the lowest numerical score was 2%, awarded to Big Brother 1. The sequel, Big Brother 2, was given an even lower score of N/A%, the review explaining that " put as much effort into reviewing it as they did in making the game." In the US edition, the lowest score awarded was 4%, given to Mad Dog McCree, unseating the previously lowest-rated game, Skydive!, given 5%. There are two main editions of PC Gamer, a British version and an American version, both are published by Future ...
