PSM Issue #4 - December 1997 | CGQ

For anyone who sees this, I just wanted to say thank you for sticking with the show. As I said in this video, after 10 years of doing Classic Gaming Quarterly videos, I just needed to step away for a while. Whether it’s launch videos or magazine read-throughs, there is no content on this channel that isn’t a ton of work to make. Focussing on my other channel with its more casual style ha helped me to reset myself a bit, and I’m looking forward to getting back to work on this show. In the mean time, here’s a link to the “Weekend Rental” playlist on the CGQ+ channel: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPuTVpFUJr6QGvf3qHxaNbt…

I had subscriptions to PSM and GamePro when I was a kid, and I read through those magazines cover to cover and took them with me to school every day. 100% responsible for me having a higher reading level and vocabulary. Will never forget those times.

I graduated high school in the spring of ‘97, got my first full-time job, and bought a PlayStation that summer. Tomb Raider II was the second game I bought, after Final Fantasy VII, so this time period is super nostalgic for me! Thanks! Loved watching this!

That commercial is gold. I have Volume 2-1 of Playstation Underground and it contains the bloopers from that commercial. The actors kept messing up their lines, and the old lady started cussing. It's hilarious.

I love these live streams. They're like a time capsule. Plus, you've got a very smooth relaxing voice which makes it even better.

My favorite series to put on at night to relax or go to sleep after I’ve watched them at least once. I love these let’s reads to just listened to and veg out to

lol, I actually thought about the lid sticker buildup, too. But instead of wondering how thick it was, I wondered if it got so heavy the lid wouldn't pop open.

This channel, Game Sack and AVGN are some of my favorite gaming channels, especially when it comes to that nostalgic effect that it/they have on me. Only thing missing is a CRT tv to watch these on late at night as I fall asleep.

Merry Christmas Chris! Glad to see you're doing well! Hitting my nostalgia vibes right now!

Oh god I used to subscribe to this, nothing beats getting home from school in the summer and a new issues shows up. I would just lay on the couch and read thru every page. Each issues had unique artworks that they have a little section on how its made.

Oh man. I've missed these episodes. Glad to have it back!

I love this. I used to re-read videogame magazines over and over again back when internet wasn't as readily available for everyone and talk about it with my gaming friend. This is such a nostalgia trip for me

PSM was easily the first good console-specific magazine. I mainly loved it because it continued the perspective and humor of Game Players.

Back in 1997/1998 my brother and I played a ton of Courier Crisis on the Saturn, this game is so 90's in every sense, the soundtrack, the visuals and the humor. We also played a lot of NHL '97 on the PS1 and the game is just as fun, against one another or cooperatively, good times and very fun games.

Had a subscription to PSM during these days. Feels like I had it for 2-3yrs. Loved that magazine. For a one platform magazine, it was really well done.

I remember pulling this out my mailbox. PSM was my most looked forward to mag. Always looked forward to what crazy art was on the cover. The JOEMAD covers always went crazy

These magazines bring a lot of nostalgia back when growing up. I had stacks of PSM magazines that i would read thru and was always excited to read about upcoming new games and sorts. Thanks for bringing this one back, full of memories.

I love your "Let's Read" episodes. Considering I had most of the mags you present, these really take me back. Thank you!

PSM was a huge part of my childhood, along with many other gaming mags, like GamePro, Tips & Tricks, O.P.M, EGM, and a few others. Great times. This concept for a video is pretty dope. PSM was pretty great until the latter half of the 2000s when all the old staff were gone and replaced by a new crew, and overall the personality that arguably made the mag what it really was, was gone, and what was left was a hollow shell really. Around 2002 they started including DVDs with the mags that had bunch of pre-release trailers, unedited alpha/beta/debug/etc gameplays, mini-docs, featurettes, they even had hidden video skits in a lot of the earlier discs that were genuinely hilarious.

Please continue this series! psm was my favorite magazine around this era and it brings me way back.