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LFTE: The GI Community Rules (Mar 12)
When we relaunched gameinformer.com back on October 1, 2009, it felt like I was staring into the abyss. Who or what would be there looking back at me after launch? I had 18-plus years of making magazines under my belt at the time, but this was the first time I had developed a website with real effort behind it (some longtime readers may remember Old Yellow, which was purely a labor of love we did while busting our butts to put out the magazine).
Just under two and a half years later, I could not be happier with the result. The site has been experiencing great growth, but the most impressive part is that even as we have grown our community has continued to be one of the best on the Internet in my humble opinion (yes, in this case I am very biased). I was more than a little scared of the wrath of anonymous Internet users spamming us with hate like I see from online communities around the web, but the Game Informer community is an amazing bunch of people (thanks in no small part to our fantastic moderators).
If you don't already make it a daily destination (or even better - your browser home page), you are missing out on a lot of content that complements the magazine or can be enjoyed on its own.
We have some amazing community bloggers who impress me each day with their interesting and thoughtful takes on the video game industry. We have a weekly podcast (and sometimes Respec Radio), numerous video shows (including Replay, The Quick 15, and The Misadventures of Reiner and Phil), and all the custom content created by our video team. This includes our fantastic videos that give readers a chance to hear about the games straight from game developers behind our exclusive cover stories.
But that's just the tip of the iceberg. We also deliver daily video game news, unique previews, DLC impressions, interviews with gaming's illuminati, the always exciting cover reveals, editor blogs, and quick access to Game Informer's digital edition. You can even interact with the staff in our comments section or by following us on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or YouTube.
This is just the beginning, as we have even more plans for Game Informer online, Game Informer digital, and the magazine in the coming year. So consider this an invitation to come join us and the rest of the GI community on gameinformer.com. We'll do our best to make sure you don't regret it.
Cheers,
Andy
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Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
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