- Future Gamer
"Future Gamer" was an
online computer and video games e-zine created byFuture Publishing .History
"Future Gamer" was launched in
1998 withAndy Smith as editor. "FG" as it became known to fans, was the world's firste-mail deliverable gaming magazine. ( [http://www.futureplc.com/future/aboutus/history.jsp?all=1 Brief History] . Retrieved Feb. 9th 2006.)This business model was unsuccessful. "FG" ran for about 18 months before finally being reshaped into the UK version of
Daily Radar , later [http://www.gamesradar.com gamesradar.com] . (Campbell, Stuart (April, 2000). "CTW: The Entertainment Computer Trade Weekly".)Staff
Amongst others:
*Andy Smith (Editor)
*Steve Bradley (Deputy Editor)
*Andy Ashwin
*Mark Eveleigh
*Alan Jarvie
*Amazing BryanCommunity
FG spawned a close online community through its
newsgroup . This included a "Half Life" clan (" [FGC] _") that was featured in a subsequent advertising campaign.Despite community pressure, on May 23rd 2001 at 00:00 Future Publishing shut down their
News Server in favour ofInternet forums . This, along with the demise of the original magazine, led to the "FG" community seeking out a new home. It has endured to this day through a variety of newsgroups, and is currently situated at "vgj.forum" on [nntp://nntp.cheeseorsausage.com nntp.cheeseorsausage.com] and at [http://www.cheeseorsausage.com cheese or sausage] .External links
* [http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/world/ctw/futuregamer.htm Interview with Andy Smith]
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