<+SubaruZX> I prefer to use / The esteemed art of Haik-fu / Take that, SirCmpwn!
<+SirCmpwn> Your Haik-fu skills remain \ inadequately failing \ Kiss my ass, ZX
<+SubaruZX> SirCmpwn fails / Haiku is five-seven-five / Not six-seven-five
<+SirCmpwn> fuck

Although, it's debatable if fails is 1 or two syllables. Phonetically (because of my accent), I consider it two syllables but technically it's 1. Phonetic Haiku is still perfectly acceptable in my book and words that differ greatly due to accent should be exempt from scrutiny

Awesome, {AP}! Reminds me of my journey into dynamic user bars. I should try making some more

Omnimaga needs userbars/badges :O

@Will_W I love the Axe Parser font

@DJ I might try to get this posted on TICalc however as you say if they require an HTML version then we're pretty much screwed because there is no way I'm stripping everything for an HTML plain-text edition because it's graphics that, y'know, makes the whole thing appealing and worth reading!

Also, if somebody wants to interview Spencer, be my guest. I'm currently busy waiting for KermM and Tifreak8x to be available on IRC so I can interview them (I interviewed tifreak once before but I'd like to re-interview him again in a more... "professional" atmosphere )

A'ight, that's settled then. The big reviews can have some tips and tricks if there are any.

However, just to give a counterpoint, while Omni does have walkthroughs, it is pretty much the only site to and they are only accessible to logged in users. That means people who can't/won't/don't sign up to Omni won't ever have access to those guides. That is why maybe at least on the occasion a really hot game (or perhaps for a really good Oldie but Goody) should have a walkthrough in the mag. However, for now, that idea can just sit in the "I'm too stubborn to truly throw it away but at least it's out of sight for now" box.

Hey, I'm just trying to limit the collateral damage here ^^;
I am neither liable nor responsible for any damages received by my cheese-grater personality. Work with me at your own risk, and the risk of going insane.

Anywho, for things such as articles and interviews, they should be as in-depth as possible; however, for reviews of the quarter's top games and whatnot, they don't need to be super in-depth because they should only go as far as to interest or dis-interest the reader to either get them to download the game and see for themselves or not bother with it if it might be a slight waste of their time.

Alternatively, we can have "major reviews" and "minor reviews". Basically, a major review would be an in-depth review of a very very popular recent game and can be all that in depth (maybe even a walkthrough if applicable?). The minor reviews would be the little blurb ones to cover the not-as-hot games.

Thoughts?

Anywho, I'm gonna try my hand at some design ideas and post 'em and then we can collaborate to make one super ultra awesome issue design

Finally, as for your newer cover. The footer text should be white in my opinion and I still think "Axe Parser" needs more flair and maybe nudged up and right a little. Other than that, it's still epic win beyond epic win!

Not to be rude or anything but I'm not liking the totally grey and uniform design. It's too dull and dark for a magazine. The pages should mostly be white except for maybe a few that wouldn't be. The pages would just be adorned with graphics and fancy borders and whatnot and each section should be somewhat unique. Basically,  even if Section A has the same design each issue, it'd be visual distinct from Section B and C.

Furthermore, I propose changing "Letter From the Editor" to simply "From the Editor". Furthermore, I think the "editors" bit should be changed to simply "staff' and be located at the bottom of the page and done in a much more subdued manner (smaller avatars and text).

In addition, I think "Letters to the Editor" should be renamed "The Community Speaks" and done in a very Nintendo Power Pulse-esque manner (Question, then answer below it in italics. Everything is in a slightly small font).

Table of contents should be right after the cover and before anything else.

Finally, I would also like to go with an NP-esque approach for Reviews, where a review would be something like this:

Program Name
Rating: #/10

By: User McSomebody
For: TI-##

This is a summary of the program along with the writer's thoughts on everything.

Pros: blah

Cons: blah

To be tactlessly honest, I would very much like to make the page designs myself. The other graphics people, SirCmpwn included, would be responsible for the cover and for creating any graphics I feel a particular page/article needs as my abilities to create diminish greatly outside basic text logos.

M'kay, then one editor it is (myself), but I still want a "committee" of people to determine what articles should and shouldn't be put in and what articles could use extra info or less info or whatnot.

As for the English deal, I just have multi-regional flavor in my written dialogue, mixing in a little southern and a little British but I'm true blue American