Adam Jordens@littlesquare:~/

The following may not be of interest to you unless you were an avid computer gamer in the early 1990’s.

For those that don’t know CGW is short for Computer Gaming World, a popular gaming mag from an era where games meant something to the consumer aka. me.

Ok ok, don’t get me wrong, games still mean something nowadays, but in my opinion you just can’t relate the Red Barons, Wing Commanders or even Battle of Britians to today’s current generation of games. They weren’t necessarily the greatest games but they did define my childhood and because of that the early 90’s will always be remembered fondly. Likewise, I was an avid CGW reader and for many years I relgiously bought (or more correctly, my dad bought) and read the magazine. Infact, I bet there’s still shoeboxes upon shoeboxes full of copies sitting in closet somewhere.

It’s those childhood memories that make the announcement that the entire CGW archive from 1981 thru 2006 is being made available online in PDf format pretty damn sweet! Infact I’ve just spent the past short while skimming through covers looking for ones I recognize.

Alright, excitement has died down. Time for some shut eye, have plenty of coding to do in the morning.