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From:Samuel Byford
Date:5 Jun 2001 at 21:26:42
Subject:Re: amiga survivor (vaporware? maybe it SHOULD be!)

Hello Gerry,

>> Well, something I honestly never expected to see dropped on my mate
>> today :- Amiga Survivor (issue 10 continuing where its predesesor
>> left off)
>
> Dropped on your mate? I bet he was pleased ;)

Ah, well u see we have a lovely female postperson and he fancies her
so he was waiting under my mailbox to get a glimpse of her as she
pushed the post through.....only he forgot to move so the post landed
on my mate

Only kidding ;-) I admit it - t'was a typo ;-0

>> First impression - LOVELY front cover. And i mean a Real gem. Very
>> nice bit of artwork there whoever did that! ;-)
>
> Yeah that is quite nice. The work of Mr DJNick?

It is

>
>> A bit thin maybe but then its a new venture.
>
> New in the sense that it's been around since AF was still afloat? ;)

No, new in the sense that it's been taken over by CS&E and so is under
totally new management. (and that we havnt seen hide nor hair of it
in 2 years....

>> WebWatch - why on earth is a Corrs website in an Amiga Mag?
>
> Eh? Was my first thought.

>> Basically, although this is a Games mag, whereas AA is an
>> all-rounder it has a long way to go yet.
>
> Is it a games mag? I know they used to market themselves that way,
> but with Art Effect and Pagestream reviews I'm not so sure anymore.

It is, as he states in the Editorial. but they will run hardware
news/reviews as well. just a predominance of games.

>
>> I think (personal opinion)
>> the cover is the only thing that AS has done better than AA.
>
> I concur :)

hurra! so: AA - get some nice covers like that one on AS10 -
otherwise aa is still 90% perfect! :-)

TTFN
Biff



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