@Flashback2012
I appreciate the feedback and thank you
Regarding the Top 5 Video Games Magazines video, or really any of the videos, my lists are going to be a mix of my own subjective opinions combined with some objectivity as to why they're on the list. I don't believe there's such thing as being 100% objective when evaluating what game, magazine, pinball machine, or whatever is better than than another, although you can certainly use certain aspects about the thing in question to make a good argument as to why it's better then the others. With that said, I'd say I try and be about 50% Objective and 50% subjective with my picks. At the end of the day they are my picks, and they're going to look different than someone else's picks based off personal experiences, biases, and preferences towards certain things that may or may not align with someone else's.
With that said, yeah, people are going to have different opinions as to which gaming magazines are the best out there. Concerning Game Informer I felt it fair to evaluate this Magazine as it was during its prime since that's how I was evaluating all the other video game magazines on my list. Sure, it's the only one still around, but its quality has certainly dipped especially over the last decade. The same could be said for Nintendo Power as well in its last few years of publication, but the dip in quality didn't seem as pronounced. And despite what I said about Gamestop I don't actually hate them and I'm certainly not one of those people that goes to bed at night fantasizing about them going out of business. My jabs at them in that video are a mix of sarcasm and seriousness. Sure, I'm upset that their buyout of their competition in the early 2000s really homogenized the video game retail landscape, and some of their store policies are shit, but overall it's a place I would miss terribly if they ever went under. But yeah, don't read too much into my Gamestop bashing in that video, it's only meant to be taken half serious.
As for Gamepro, I had a hard time placing any other magazine higher, even when stacked up against NP. There was just so much content in each issue, the reviews and previews were excellent, and it just everything anyone could ever want from a gaming magazine back then. Funny enough most of all my friends back in the late 90s subbed to Gamepro, and me and one other kid I hung out with also the only Nintendo Power subs at the time. It was the gaming magazine back in the day for my inner circle of friends, and even looking back on all the old gaming magazines I still have issues for its the one i get the most satisfaction out of reading, and still find the most insight into how many retro games were perceived when they were brand new. Again, there is absolutely subjectivity in this choice, but also from an objective point of view I feel like it would be hard to argue that any of the other magazines on my list is better.
Pinball Vid: I feel like Adam's Family would probably be around 6 or 7 yeah. There are a few machines that give it a run for its money like Indiana Jones and Tales of Arabian Nights, but yeah it would sit somewhere near the border on this list. That's why I had to inject the Caddyshack meme mentioning it because I'm sure there are going to be people wondering the same thing you were lol.
SHMUP Vid: I've actually never heard of Turbo Force, no. I found most of the games on the list and the 4 or 5 other games that didn't make it from digging on the shmups.system11 boards as well as just looking at games some of the big SHMUP devs have made and finding out which ones have never received some sort of console/PC port. I must have missed that one, which I was certain I would some, but I figured if people aren't talking about it and I can't find a mention of the game, it's likely one that faded deep into obscurity for a reason. Still, I'd love to play it eventually and make up my own mind on it.
