New Releases - 07/25

[Kiwi]

Family members staying for the funeral service have headed back to the UK and Oz so things will be back to a sort of normal in the next couple of days or so. Thanks for your patience, everyone!!

Cheers ... Kiwi

[theassassin]

Thanks Kiwi and hope happy memories can bring you and your family some comfort during this difficult time

[SlamMaster]

No stress Kiwi! Take all the time you need mate.

[matrixman1013]

Okay, getting a little tired of "my version is better than your version" talk so what I will say is, to quote from Disney's Aladdin movie, "You know the Golden Rule? He who has the Gold makes the rules!!"

In this case I own this website so what is hosted on the site is entirely of my own choosing.

I'd leave it at that but in this particular case slider1983 has said, and I quote, "I'm pretty certain there was no blurriness so not sure what you're smoking" so I would kindly direct anyone to view the differences between his flatbed scanned version and my one put through the ix1600 document scanner in the Gallery I added to the site. Take page 03 for example ....

I'm not pooh-poohing scans made on a flatbed. When nothing else exists they are better than nothing for sure BUT a flatbed scan will, all things being equal, never compete compared to a scan from a document scanner where the magazine has been taken apart to get the best possible scan. I know my scan is not the best it could be either as it was slightly over A4 in size but I am happy with it and ultimately that's what counts.

These both look great to me.  Maybe the 2nd the text is clearer, but nothing world changing. 

On some scans, I do notice black levels are sometimes left as is on some scans and that makes game screenshots black crushed where all the detail is hidden.  Granted processing, adjusting and reviewing every page is cumbersome unless you have an photoshop action to apply in batch.  On these one you posted, the levels are perfect and one can see details even in the small game screenshots.

I wish I could contribute more than donating to Gregorick the UK mags I bought and then shipped, but having UK stuff shipped to US makes it cost prohibitive for me to help and scan these.  Just help where I can.  Thanks Gregorick for the mass of scans you have been putting out for UK mags!

[gater]

I'm not sure Station2 is related to the original Station. It's from Pole Star Publishing and I can't see a definitive link besides the name.

Following up on this, I think there is a link after all. I noticed that Playstation Solutions by Rapide (same publisher as Station) eventually moved over to Pole Star Publishing, and they are both in Exeter. So probably a shuffle to avoid bankruptcy or the like.

[Gregorick]

Following up on this, I think there is a link after all. I noticed that Playstation Solutions by Rapide (same publisher as Station) eventually moved over to Pole Star Publishing, and they are both in Exeter. So probably a shuffle to avoid bankruptcy or the like.

This is actually very interesting, I think they might be the same publisher based on the companies house records. Funnily enough I saw the registered address and I used to live a couple of roads off their premises 

Ironically, the newsagents I used to buy gaming magazines from never stocked Rapide or Polestar publications despite being the closest possible retailer to the publishing house.

Thanks Gregorick for the mass of scans you have been putting out for UK mags!

You are very welcome, just wish I had more time and knowledge (and patience) to edit them to a higher standard but glad they are being received fairly well. I have put up a load of my new scans over at my site https://www.ukgamesmags.com/ but will make sure to send Kiwi over a huge bunch once he's back proper and they can all be added here too!

[kitsunebi]

On some scans, I do notice black levels are sometimes left as is on some scans and that makes game screenshots black crushed where all the detail is hidden.  Granted processing, adjusting and reviewing every page is cumbersome unless you have an photoshop action to apply in batch.  On these one you posted, the levels are perfect and one can see details even in the small game screenshots.

Overly-dark scans are usually the fault of a bad/cheap scanner (the equipment, not the person).  It's unfortunate, since when details become lost in blackness, Photoshop can't save them.  In digital terms, black is the lack of all data.  You can't brighten black or adjust its hue - black is black, just as white is white. 

It's possible someone could ruin a decent scan during the editing process by applying a Photoshop action which isn't suited for every page, but one would hope that no one is so lazy as to batch process an entire mag without bothering to even look at the results.  (I've never batch processed a mag ever.)

Of course, I've also noticed on some magazines where some screenshots are already overly dark/light to begin with (particularly older mags where the screenshots are literally photographs taken of monitor screens).

[Kiwi]

Warplane issues 56 - 60 are now available ...

   
 

[Kiwi]

Images of War issues 32 and 33 are now available ...

 

[Kiwi]

Gregorick and JabbaTheGamer team up to bring us Xbox World #19 ...

[kitsunebi]

Scanned by Jason, edited by me.  Star Trek 14.

[Kiwi]

DanielPrimed brings us Play (UK) #65. Brilliant!!

[Kiwi]

Warplane issues 61 - 80 have been added to the download area ...

[gobbins]

"PARASITE EVE 2 - The horniest game in survival horror finally hits the UK!

Her character is not 'horny' in the slightest. Ah, good old fashioned sexism. 

[kitsunebi]

"PARASITE EVE 2 - The horniest game in survival horror finally hits the UK!

Her character is not 'horny' in the slightest. Ah, good old fashioned sexism. 

LOL, I thought you were quoting KIWI.  I was like, wait, when did he say THAT??!

That is some seriously juvenile ad copy.  It practically screams "HEY LADS!  Are you serious about games?  Then, move along!  Nothing to see here!!"