What Magazines Do Your Read (and WHY)?

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Terramax

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They say magazines don't just reflect our personality and interests but also the lifestyle we aspire to live.

So which magazines does everyone else here read and why?

Do you think they accurately describe your lifestyles, thoughts and feelings?

I read 'Used Bike Guide' and, when I come across a vendor that sells it, 'The Big Issue'.

The former is a magazine that gives advice about buying and maintaining used motorcycles as well as stories about peoples bike travels across the entire world. I buy it for it's no-nonsense approach to bikes and I plan to travel around the world on my motorbike soon so the stories are inspiring.

The Big Issue is a magazine in the UK sold on the streets by homeless people to help them earn money. They buy it for 0.75p and sell it for £1.50. It gives news pieces that you don't usually see in (fascist *cough cough*) newspapers, interesting and thought provoking features about making the world a better place (there was one last week about finding new ways of expressing wealth other than material possession, which is how the West fell into the recession in the first place) and interviews with celebrities (musicians, actors, etc).

What your's guys?
 

Kollega

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I do not read any,actually. But you have to know that typo is rather embarrasing.
 

pelopelopelo

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Most often Empire (film mag) and National Geographic, both of which I have on subscription. Less often, I read New Scientist, Autosport (motor racing) and occasionally Terrorizer, a metal mag.

All of these mirror my interests, and a job working on one of those magazines would be a rather agreeable outcome.
 

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Occasionally I pick up New Scientist, some articles are very interesting, I'm not a huge fan of paper based information, I don't really see a need for me to get it as I have all the information in world from hundreds of different peoples view at my fingertips online.
 

Pingieking

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New Scientist.

Keeps me in touch with some of the developments of all scientific fields, and lets me have a better look at the "big picture" of how science is affecting the world. Also has some homour and possible career pointers hidden there.

Occasionally I read Time or McLeans for political news and commentary. Never buy them though.
 

Plinglebob

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I read Edge (games) and Empire (films) for the reviews and the articles as they are normally interesting.
 

Zykon TheLich

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Private eye...the roundup of government and business incompetence and corruption.
 

Kif

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I read a lot of things on and off various newspapers, Custom PC, New Scientist etc... however, I actively subscribe to Edge and GamesTM both UK made, both games related.
 

GoldenRaz

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None (and BECAUSE).

But I would like to subscribe to Official Playstation Magazine or something of it's ilk.
Unfortunatly, that would require me to import it, so that's not going to happen anytime soon.
 

BonsaiK

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I used to read PC Powerplay but I gave it up because I got sick of them giving crap games good scores. I don't read any mags now although I will read a random one if I'm in a waiting room or at the hairdressers or something.
 

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I used to subscribe to a couple of magazines, others I just pick up if I have a train journey and need a read.

Bizarre I read fairly frequently because I like it's style and content.
The Week because it's an easy to digest news round up.
Kerrang! Because it has gig listings in the back, the rest is pretty crap nowadays.
Edge if I want a decent games related read.
 

Wadders

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I used to read PC Gamer UK, 'cos it was a reliable source of info, they had some pretty cool exclusives and they were good at reviewing, but I simply cant afford it any more. £5.99 for a magazine is pretty steep :(