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s and

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History and profile

The magazine was bi-monthly and lasted for seven issues. The headquarters was in

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and the publisher was

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. It was presented as an edgier alternative to magazines such as '' EGM'' and '' GamePro''. Notable recurring departments included "Don't Ever Do This," which offered explicit instructions for pranks and antisocial behavior, and "Babewatch," which was merely photos of attractive women from TV shows, movies, and comic books. Starting with issue #4, the publisher began releasing two different editions of the magazine, one for the newsstand and the other for the direct market / comic bookshops. The covers of the newsstand issues would often focus more on popular video games at the time such as

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, while the direct market editions would focus more on popular comic books at the time like

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. The interior content would be identical, however the direct market issues were numbered starting from 1, so issue #4 was #1 in direct market, etc. Amongst its editors was

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, who would go on to write for GamePro for several years under the moniker of Dan Elektro. Comics reviews were written by Christopher Golden, who would later write comics himself, as well as horror and fantasy novels. The original magazine folded in 1995, but in 1997, it relaunched again starting with issue #1 and also available digitally on their website. The new version is incorporated in the UK.

References

Bimonthly magazines published in the United States Music magazines published in the United States Video game magazines published in the United States Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1994 Magazines disestablished in 1995 Magazines published in New York City

External Links

Archived Flux magazines
on the

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