Actually, it's surprising that EGM lasted as long as they did. Despite being staffed by quality writers and editors, the transition to the web was especially poor as the bulk of EGM's online material was fused into the needlessly cumbersome 1up.com website. As a result, inferior competitors such as gamespot.com eventually took the online lead and never looked back. I still have many of the old late 80's and early 90's EGMs; out of loyalty to a good product I'd like to snag the final issue as well.
It's a tough time for career magazine writers and editors. While the evolution of the web is the obvious new outlet, there is no solid model in the way of income to maintain the same framework of print mags. As one who has seen their own magazine drop from the face of the Earth, my heart goes out to the EGM family--it was a good run, guys.
