Chris Baker

Wasn’t until I revisited this old favorite shortly after playing Dynasty Warriors 2 that I realized I had already beaten a Three Kingdoms game.

Ha! There’s one too many zeroes in the first sentence of that ad. 😀

Wasn’t until I revisited this old favorite shortly after playing Dynasty Warriors 2 that I realized I had already beaten a Three Kingdoms game.

Fun to see this great podcast about old gaming magazines finally cover an issue I worked on, pretty much smack dab in the middle of my OPM tenure. I can't listen to it all right now, but I'll offer some commentary along the way as I get through it. 🧵

And how different would gaming vernacular be if THQ had actually used its license for this Marvel series about 9/11 heroes?

Fun to see this great podcast about old gaming magazines finally cover an issue I worked on, pretty much smack dab in the middle of my OPM tenure. I can't listen to it all right now, but I'll offer some commentary along the way as I get through it. 🧵

Now they’re pointing out the calendar’s not just games and acting perplexed about that. I get that, but the direction of the mag once it changed formats in 2000 was to be a lifestyle mag anchored by games. (Maxim and FHM were HUGE at the time.) And otherwise, there’s only action on Tuesdays. 😀

Fun to see this great podcast about old gaming magazines finally cover an issue I worked on, pretty much smack dab in the middle of my OPM tenure. I can't listen to it all right now, but I'll offer some commentary along the way as I get through it. 🧵

My favorite trivia bit from that era regarding GTA3: Rockstar specifically asked journalists not to abbreviate it like that. The reason? Brand confusion with its contemporary game with a bigger hype train -- Gran Turismo 3.

Fun to see this great podcast about old gaming magazines finally cover an issue I worked on, pretty much smack dab in the middle of my OPM tenure. I can't listen to it all right now, but I'll offer some commentary along the way as I get through it. 🧵

Just to clarify that last DMC statement a bit, I still think it would have made an amazing cover -- it's one of the very few games I awarded a 5 out of 5. But what's close to objectively the most revolutionary game of this millennium was ultimately the better cover choice. I can't dispute that.

Fun to see this great podcast about old gaming magazines finally cover an issue I worked on, pretty much smack dab in the middle of my OPM tenure. I can't listen to it all right now, but I'll offer some commentary along the way as I get through it. 🧵

I'm a little disappointed they didn't recognize that among the "TV shows" referred to in Zoe's bio was The Electric Playground. She was probably best known publicly (at least in my eyes) for her field work there.

Fun to see this great podcast about old gaming magazines finally cover an issue I worked on, pretty much smack dab in the middle of my OPM tenure. I can't listen to it all right now, but I'll offer some commentary along the way as I get through it. 🧵

One early note to get things started: The guys recognize that Clish McLaver, our rumor columnist, wasn't a real person. They also speculate the name comes from clishmaclaver, a Scottish term for gossip. Yep! I still remember @jwhdavison.bsky.social discovering the word in a thesaurus.

It’s not the headline, it’s the content. This 2003 Onion story named its characters after PlayStation Magazine editors—and “Chrissy Baker” was the girlfriend. Her boyfriend Troy Zuniga (named for fellow editor @adriantoddzuniga.bsky.social) even calls her C-Bake.

Rescue me! #StarWarsZeroCompany

I grew up rooting for—and wanting to go to—the University of Texas. Instead, I went to the University of Tennessee. And I've been a proud Vol ever since. Today, my two UTs face off for the first time in my life. Not a bad way to spend the last day of my 40s. GO VOLS!!!