Game dis-Informer, Part 1 of 2

I am going to be painfully clear from the outset of this post, so that those who may become angry with what I have to say will have facts to back up their back-bashing of me should they feel the need to do so, rather than bashing me for inaccurate or unfounded assumptions. First of all, I love the Wii. Call me sick in the head if you wish, but it's true. Even if I had the money to do so, I would not buy an X-Box or a Playstation. In fact, at the writing of this post, I could fork over the money for one of these systems if I wanted to, even without the use of a credit card. But I don't want to. Some would respond that I do not know what I am missing. Since this post is in no way intended as a console war discussion, or a bashing of the other consoles, I am not going there. Everyone likes different systems for different reasons, so let's just leave it at that.

As the title of this two part series indicates, this is nothing more than a Wii lovers Game Informer Magazine bashing party. So let the games begin.

I decided to tackle this topic after perusing month's worth of the Game Informer Magazine (referred to going forward simply as GI). I have been a subscriber for a few years, solely for the benefit of the discounts it gets me at Game Stop. It seems to me that GI does not like the Wii, or even Nintendo, very much. I thought to myself, "This could just be me, or not." So I decided to look through the issues I had on hand to see what I could see. After doing so, it seems even more obvious to me. You can decide for yourself at the end of this post.

I looked at nine back issues dated from December 2007-February 2010. Nine months of issues spanning three years. Read on.

First of all, with very few exceptions, GI devotes 80%-90% of its game related articles to X-Box, PS, and/or PC games. Very seldom does a Wii game get a large spread in the magazine. Admittedly, my estimate could be off, as I did not do the actual cold hard math, but if the estimate is off, I don't think it's off by much. Two notable exceptions are the August 2009 issue, as well as the latest issue (May 2010) where GI devoted an eight-page spread to Conduit 2 and a three-page spread devoted to Monster Hunter Tri.

To be continued…..