The slow death of print magazines became ever more apparent to me the other day when I took a look at my dwindling monthly subscriptions. I wasn’t cancelling any, but my tabletop pile of unread issues wasn’t growing by much either. Transitioning more to digital news consumption, whether it’s through my RSS reader or iPad apps, has become more of the norm for me — and for millions of other Americans.
Perhaps that’s why some of my favorite gaming magazines are facing challenging issues. We’ve recently lost Gamepro’s storied print magazine, and Future’s “Official” magazines are a weird state of flux.
I couldn’t help but throw a fist pump, then, when I saw that some of my favorite writers and Editors were banding together to create a new digital magazine for tablets. The team behind PXL is setting its sights on delivering a fresh approach to delivery of information about the industry, focusing more on fun and enjoyment rather than deep industry sales figures analysis, and they’re using technology to their advantage. The magazine will be released monthly at only 99 cents per issue, but the news within each ish will be delivered weekly to remain up-to-date and relevant. That way you’ll not only be reading the mag for its great features, but also coming back to it far more often than once a month.
The magazine is being planned and developed for iPads and Android tablets, but as with any new endeavor the team needs our help. They’ve created a Kickstarter campaign to get the funding needed for this first issue, which they hope to have ready and available by the first week of February. In case you haven’t checked your calendar yet today, that’s about 8 weeks away. In other words, get on over to the Kickstarter page and help fund this great project. The group is offering Founders Club acknowledgement, t-shirts, artwork, and more for different levels of donation, starting at just $1.
Click here to go to the Kickstarter page, and help spread the word!
Want to follow the team? Just go to twitter.com/pxlmag or facebook.com/pxlmag and keep up to date.
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