Whose fault was it that the magazine wasn't widely publicized? Reasons for why it has it's place in other places than forums have been explained in other posts. Opinions are different. I, for one, find the Email format to be the best. No need to hunt for what you're looking for. I find forums confusing, while Email is straightforward.
(Sent from my iPhone) > On Oct 29, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Darren Harris <darren_g_har...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > a podcast would be better because then you could for example demo certain > games on the podcast and let the demo's speak for themselves. > > as dark pointed out and as i have said several times over the years audyssey > faled to bring in more readers because of it's lack of exposure to the wider > world. > > as for people who are off list, well forums are the way to go i really think > this. mailing lists are so clunky in comparison to forums. most people these > days don't want to be bombarded with emails. so you can pretty much guarantee > that whilst the mag did offer quite a bit of content the list content that > ended up on the mag would be of little interest. > > to be honest with you audiogames.net is doing a far better job than audyssey > ever did. because audio games are a little more recognised than lets say > games for the blind as a tag name, it's worked in our favour. we have some > blind and some sighted people on there for example. it's slowly and surely > increasing awareness i think, which the mag in it's old/currant format faled > to do. because for the most part it was only list subscribers and a few mag > only subs that actually got it. whereas audiogames.net appears on google and > other places as well. it's reasonably well represented. > > > > if the mag did come back then some serious work would need to be done in > order to give it exposure. it isn't acceptible to simply chuck it out there > and hope someone happens to read it. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 29 Oct 2013, at 13:06, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: >> >> There are people who did not subscribe to the Audyssey list or who did not >> have the time to look through a forum who could use the quarterly magazine >> as a way to keep abreast of what is going on in the gaming community. Also, >> there were features in the mag that couldn't be found elsewhere. I think >> there is interest in the magazine, but we haven't gotten any issues due to >> the lack of an editor. To avoid such problems in the future, I think there >> should be an editor and an assistant editor who can jump in and take over if >> the editor, for one reason or another, cannot get the next issue published. >> Also, I think that they should be willing to actually edit, rather than just >> pasting someone's work into a publication, as sloppiness of writing such as >> spelling and grammar are a reflection on the publication. >> >> Some thought has been given to change the format into an audio format, such >> as a podcast, so to be up with current technology. I wouldn't mind this if >> an HTML format also still exists. Magazines should be read, not heard. >> Thanks. >> >> (Sent from my iPhone) >> >>> On Oct 29, 2013, at 3:51 AM, "Darren Harris" >>> <darren_g_har...@btinternet.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'm not even sure it's worth having the mag now. I mean, the blind friendly >>> games only get exposure for example if people find their way to the list or >>> the site. Considering that a magazeen is meant to increase exposure of a >>> given topic it fell down there in a massive way because no outlets were ever >>> used to put the mag out to anybody and everybody regardless of format. >>> >>> It's all well and good to post the mag to the list and then have it archived >>> somewhere but apart from that the mag didn't really do that much. 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