''Amusement'' is the quarterly high-range French magazine dedicated to video games and digital entertainment. Its first issue was published in May 2008. This magazine of approximately 200 pages is distributed in France and in many English-speaking countries.The magazine has been mainly lauded for the very new and artistic way to represent digital entertainment and videogames. It has been founded by

Abdel Bounane Abdel Bounane is a French entrepreneur, publisher and editorialist. He is the founder of Amusement, a lifestyle magazine on digital cultures, and the founder of Bright, producing 3D, immersive, playful experiences. Ranked by the media Les Inrocks ...

and

Jean-Baptiste Soufron Jean-Baptiste Soufron (born 6 April 1978) is a lawyer and writer in Bordeaux, France. He has been an advisor to the French government and the former general secretary of the French National Digital Council (2012–2015). Career Soufron graduat ...

People interviewed

Since its launch, Amusement has interviewed renowned personalities such as the science fiction writers William Gibson and Michael Moorcock, Sony Computer CEO Kaz Hirai, game designers Will Wright, Tetsuya Mizuguchi,

David Cage David De Gruttola (born June 9, 1969), known by his pseudonym David Cage, is a French video game designer, writer and musician. He is the founder of the game development studio Quantic Dream. Cage both wrote and directed the video games ''Heavy ...

, Masachika Kawata,

Kenji Eno was a Japanese musician and video game designer. He gained a reputation as a maverick during the mid-1990s for creating unorthodox games like '' Real Sound'' and is perhaps best remembered today for his rebellious marketing techniques. Outside o ...

Keita Takahashi is a Japanese game designer and artist, his most notable titles being ''Katamari Damacy'' and its sequel, ''We Love Katamari''. The original ''Katamari'' game was a surprise hit and was praised for its quirkiness, originality, and charm. Takahas ...

Jun Takeuchi is a Japanese people, Japanese video game Game director, director and Game producer, producer. He graduated from the Division of Graphics at the Sozosha College of Design and joined the game development company Capcom in 1991. He served as the p ...

Jordan Mechner Jordan Mechner (born June 4, 1964) is an American video game designer, author, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is best known for designing and programming the Broderbund Apple II games ''Karateka'' and '' Prince of Persia'' in the 1980s, the la ...

Guillaume de Fondaumiere Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname) Other uses * Guillaume (crater) See also * '' Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem * Guillaume affair, a Cold War ...

, the inventor Jacque Fresco, artists Enki Bilal, Ito Morabito,

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Jean-Charles, marquis de Castelbajac (born 28 November 1949), also known as JC/DC, is a Moroccan/French fashion designer. He has enjoyed international success with some of his creations, including a coat of teddy bears worn by pop star Madonna a ...

Miltos Manetas Miltos Manetas ( el, Μίλτος Μανέτας; born October 6, 1964 in Athens) is a Greek painter and multimedia artist. He currently lives and works in Bogotá. Manetas has created internet art as well as paintings of cables, computers, video ...

Jodi Jodi is a feminine given name which may refer to: People * Jodi Albert (born 1983), English actress * Jodi Anasta (born 1985), Australian actress and model * Jodi Anderson (born 1957), American heptathlete * Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer (born 1956), ...

Blast Theory Blast Theory is a Portslade-based artists' group, whose work mixes interactive media, digital broadcasting and live performance. Biography The group was founded in 1991 by Matt Adams, Niki Jewett, Will Kittow and Ju Row Farr. The group is curr ...

, Michel Gondry, Peter Molyneux, Uwe Boll, musicians Alizée, Cœur de pirate, Santigold, Yelle, Midnight Juggernauts, Phoenix,

Turzi Turzi is a French electronic group formed by Romain Turzi in Versailles. Their track "Afghanistan" appeared on the 2nd Amorphous Androgynous compilation, alongside other acts such as Oasis and Faust. Their 2nd album ''B'' featured guest vocals fro ...

Oxmo Puccino Abdoulaye Diarra (; born 3 August 1974), better known by his stage name Oxmo Puccino (, ), is a French-Malian rapper. Career A longtime hip hop fan, at age 21 Diarra began his collaboration with the fledgling rap collective Time Bomb, honing ...

and actresses

Sara Forestier Sara Forestier (born 4 October 1986) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Life and career Forestier began her film career in 2001. She received a César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in '' Games of Love and ...

, Alysson Paradis, Helena Noguerra and French Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet.

Issues

First issue : "The new player takes over"
Second issue : "

Castelbajac Castelbajac (; oc, Castèthbajac) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. Notable people * Jean-Charles de Castelbajac * See also *Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department An intentional community ...

, digital creator in

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"
Third issue : "Jap/On&Off"
Fourth issue : "Magic! The internet makes your magazine alive"
Fifth issue : "

, an actress in The Sims 3"
Sixth issue : "The bugged issue !"
Seventh issue : " Helena Noguerra, Virtual in Heavy Rain"
Eight issue : Politechnology : Politics x Digital

Media coverage

''Amusement'' gained worldwide reputation in April 2009 when its 4th issue was the first magazine containing an

RFID Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electromag ...

tag, connecting to the Internet and giving access to digital art and

videogames Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This feedback ...

exclusively for the owner of the magazine. The publication also made big internet buzz when it released th
"PIXXXEL" editorial
in January 2009. Since this editorial, Amusement regularly releases editorial cited by numerous blogs or websites :
"Made of Myth"
o
"Overheating"
were cited the same day by

Gizmodo ''Gizmodo'' ( ) is a design, technology, science and science fiction website. It was originally launched as part of the Gawker Media network run by Nick Denton, and runs on the Kinja platform. ''Gizmodo'' also includes the subsite ''io9'', whic ...

, Engadget,

Kotaku ''Kotaku'' is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network. Notable former contributors to the site include Luke Smith, Cecilia D'Anastasio, Tim Rogers, and Jason Schreier. History ...

, Destructoid and many other sites. In Europe, ''Amusement'' has been lauded as "a revolutionizing videogame magazine", by national daily, weekly or monthly newspapers French most important newspaper Le Monde said Amusement had "An attractive result", other well established daily newspaper

Libération ''Libération'' (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far-left of France's ...

said "The magazine, first published a year ago, succeeded in finding its marks, and managed to balance leading articles, surprising photo shoots, and unconventional subjects".

Technikart Technikart is a French cultural magazine launched in 1991. History The magazine was launched in 1991 by Fabrice de Rohan Chabot, Guillaume de Roquemaurel and Raphaël Turcat. Focused on contemporary art, it was distributed free in art galleries ...

"Vanity Fair, now on icy paper and for gamers", Challenge(s) : "An upscale magazine for adult players. ..AMUSEMENT revolutionizes the video game press", Micro Hebdo : "Original and unseen" ; Le Figaro "Speaking differently of video game", Le Nouvel Observateur : "The first lifestyle magazine dedicated to numerical life" ;

L'expansion ''L'Expansion'' was a French former monthly business magazine based in Paris, France, which existed between 1967 and 2017. History and profile ''L'Expansion'' was founded by Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber and Jean Boissonnat in 1967. In 1994 the m ...

: A true magazine-object" ; Stratégie : "Not for small players" ; 20 Minutes : "Vogue, dipped into a soup of nerd" ; Les Inrockuptibles "An upscale and erudite quarterly ..An ambitious quarterly" ; The Daily Telegraph : "The future of the press ?" Amusement is also part of LEBOOK, the worldwide Who's who for the creative industry Amusement In the Who's who for the creative industry

References

External links

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