On: The era of American computer magazines has drawn to a close

[jvm___]

PC gamer with a demo CD glued to the front was the best. RIP.

[organsnyder → jvm___]

And floppies before that. I remember getting the Transport Tycoon demo that way.

[Doctor_Fegg → organsnyder]

And cassettes before that. (I worked for the magazine that started the whole “cover-mounted games” trend, Amstrad Action.)

[bombcar → organsnyder]

Ah, the era of scrounging free floppies from AOL disks.

[CalRobert → jvm___]

The other day I was wondering whatever happened to coconut monkey

[ianpenney → CalRobert]

Ctrl-F, “coconut”… was not disappointed. PC Gamer was an astounding resource in my childhood.