Sonic in mad magazine again

Mouthfullofjoy · Post by **Mouthfullofjoy** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:16 am

i was at target and saw this and just had to get it

Dunjohn · Post by **Dunjohn** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:46 am

Is that the regular Mad? All the topics seem to be aimed at kids. Is there a kids version of Mad?

Mouthfullofjoy · Post by **Mouthfullofjoy** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:24 am

Um...the topics arent aimed at "kids" most of the stuff they talk about isnt ment for kids i would say ages 15 through 25 maybe

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:21 am

That magazine looks depressing, it seems to be rather pessimistic

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:38 am

I caught that in Wawa yesterday and told my sis to get it on her way to work today, if not to end my curiosity. Plus, anything with Crash in the cover is guaranteed to end up in my room, even if he's insulted.
~Neo

Post by **G.Silver** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:56 am

Whyisn't that Alfred Neuman guy on the cover? Do they not use him anymore or something?

Post by **Delphine** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:19 am

Wow, MAD's really gone downhill since I was a kid.

Dunjohn · Post by **Dunjohn** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:14 pm

Mouthfullofjoy wrote:Um...the topics arent aimed at "kids" most of the stuff they talk about isnt ment for kids i would say ages 15 through 25 maybe

I don't mean really YOUNG kids, but this one has a competition for a DS in a brightly-coloured star-shaped box, and articles about parent's divorces, joining street gangs and computer games. The covers I see (and I have only ever seen covers) tend to be aimed slightly older. Y'know, with politics an' stuff.

I think that Pac Man's meant to be Alfred.

Post by **G.Silver** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:45 pm

That's a relief, I didn't see him up there. I was just about to feel very, very old.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:48 pm

Dunjohn wrote:Is that the regular Mad? All the topics seem to be aimed at kids. Is there a kids version of Mad?

http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthr ... adid=40229

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:59 pm

Mad KIDS...?

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:40 pm

So, can you give us a brief resumÃƒÂ© of the content?

Post by **Squirrelknight** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:56 pm

Wow, MAD Magazine... That stopped being funny awhile ago. Oh wait, it was never funny in the first place.

Kishi · Post by **Kishi** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:26 pm

I guess they needed to pad out the cover, because Crash Bandicoot and Lara Croft really shouldn't be on anyone's radar anymore.

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:57 pm

I guess they needed to pad out the cover, because Crash Bandicoot and Lara Croft really shouldn't be on anyone's radar anymore.

Haven't stopped me from still playing his games.
~Neo

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:26 pm

Is Sam Fisher that well known?

Dunjohn · Post by **Dunjohn** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:02 pm

Yeah, I think he is. His goggles are, anyway.

And haventcha heard? Lara's BACK an' stuff.

Mad Kids. Hmm.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:46 pm

Mad, more like bad.

Post by **G.Silver** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:46 pm

I think it's a little weird how they really captured the look of Halo, Tomb Raider, Splinter Cell, and whatever fighting game that Chun Li is from (looks like SNK-style?), making them all look fairly authentic, while Sonic, Mario, and Crash are all drawn in the same "cartoon" style with no regard to the art styles developed around them.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:16 pm

Probably because they were drawn by different artists, cockwit.

So what's the article like? Is it funny? I remember an article in an old Next Generation (rest its soul) called "You Are Not a Hardcore Gamer -- Unless..." Then it goes on to a checklist of, like, 130 or something different pecularities of people who play alot of games, which were all funny but quite a few were woefully accurate. Stuff like, "You have played mental Tetris with real-world objects", "You have paused Street Fighter to look at Chun-li's underwear", "You can play a serious (non button-mashing) game with any of the Virtua Fighter characters", etc, etc.

Man, remember when you could call yourself a "hardcore" gamer or even a "gamer" and not be ashamed of it? These days I don't openly acknowledge that I play games at all, and generally have very little to say to the halfwits who do. It's a different scene, and not a better one.

Post by **G.Silver** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:36 am

The Mad Magazine artists are usually pretty talented on the covers though, parody is their thing. I don't see why they got four characters spot on and missed the three who should have been the easiest.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:45 am

It bothers you, doesn't it?

Chun-li doesn't really look that realistic in any of the games. Also, Pac-man never looked like Alfred E. Neuman as far as I can recall.

firemario1001 · Post by **firemario1001** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:58 am

I think they were going for those character's old designs.

Ritz · Post by **Ritz** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:58 am

Is it just me, or does Sam Fisher look like Naked Snake? Perhaps it was meant to be a parody of both?

Ancient · Post by **Ancient** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:31 am

So when are we going to found out what got no.1?