The Ultimate Gamer’s Magazine: A Profound Waste Of Time, Finally Back on Kickstarter

A lot of the time, most people feel as though they only get a hold of the end product when it comes to a game, we hardly see the in-between. Yes, here and there we’ll see the development, but we never truly hear about what it’s like to create a game or participate in the production of one. Whether they are a designer, programmer, artist, writer, engineer…you name it. The point is, this magazine gives us a glimpse of that and from different people. However, they also touch on everyday gamers like you and me, YouTubers and more.

APWOT’s magazine, A profound Waste of Time, received strong demand for a reprint and reached its Kickstarter goal of £40,000 in less than 24 hours, exceeding up to 43,000 as of recent times and counting. Anyone who missed the campaign can get a second chance at buying the magazine WITH the special items that can only be obtained through the Kickstarter Campaign, add-ons such as enamel pins, a game themed tarot card set, digital wallpapers and more.

Issue 1

As described on their Kickstarter page In Issue 1 has two editions, the standard edition and the glow in the dark edition. They have also listed what the magazine includes and who they include, which I’ve listed from their page in the following:

•  “Yacht Club Games – Shovel Knight, Cyber Shadow” 
•  “Jonathan Holmes – Destructoid, Nintendo Force, Sup Holmes”
•  “Toby Fox – Undertale, Deltarune”
•  “Ashly Burch – Life is Strange, Horizon: Zero Dawn”
•  “Ojiro Fumoto – Downwell”
•  “Dennis Wedin – Hotline Miami, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number”
•  “Adrian Bauer – Owlboy, Savant Ascent, D-Pad Studios”
•  “John ‘JJ’ James – 2064:Read Only Memories, Midboss”
•  “Temmie Chang – Undertale, Dweller’s Empty Path”
• ” Adam Heart – Killer Instinct, Iron Galaxy”
•  “Rami Ismail – Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Vlambeer”
•  “Hannah Nicklin – RPS, Twisted Tree Games”
•  “Kat Brewster – The Guardian”
•  “Adam Tierney – WayForward”
•  “Dant Rambo – Bit.Trip Runner, Choice Provisions”
• “Jake Kaufman – Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, Shovel Knight”

Issue 2

A fantastic follow-up to our debut issue, Issue 2 is filled with art and words from an incredible line-up of people, including Keita Takahashi, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Jenny Jiao Hsia and many more. This issue has an interview with Team Cherry, creators of beloved indie metroidvania Hollow Knight, along with a visual essay by internationally renowned photographer Liam Wong, exploring the parts of Tokyo that have inspired videogames.

Issue 2 also has two editions, the standard edition and the iridescence edition, which is a shiny rainbow glimmering type cover, the colours change as the reader moves the magazine around. Once again they have also listed what the magazine includes the people involved, which I’ve listed (originally from the kickstarter) below:

•  “Keita Takahashi – Wattam, Katamari Damacy, Noby Noby Boy”
•  “Laura E Hall – Boss Fight Books, Meridian Adventure Co.”
•  “Tetsuya Mizuguchi – Tetris Effect, Rez, Space Channel 5″
•  “Simon Parkin – New Yorker, Observer”
•  “Jenny Jiao Hsia – Consume Me”
•  “John Ricciardi – 8-4 Play, NeiR: Automata, EGM, NOM UK”
•  “Holly Nielsen – The Guardian, Royal Holloway”
•  “Joakim ‘Konjak’ Sandberg – Iconoclasts”
•  “Kris Piotrowski – Superbrothers Swords and Sworcery EP, Below”
•  “Chella Ramanan – Assemble with Care, PoC in Play”
•  “Ben Bertoli – Memory Card, Polygon, Kotaku”
•  “John ‘JJSignal’ James – 2064: Read Only Memories, Neurodiver”
•  “Liam Wong – TO:KY:OO, After Dark, Ubisoft”
•  “Team Cherry – Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight Silksong”
•  “Joe Sparrow – Amphibia, Homunculus”
•  “Camille Young – Fangamer”
•  “Keith Stuart – A Boy Made of Blocks, The Guardian”

And for both Issue 1 & 2, it doesn’t end there. The magazine is filled with much more to get your teeth stuck into. There’s a lot going and it’s for sure increasing in popularity, so you better get your hands on one while you can, the estimated shipping time is December, so if you miss your chance now, you may not get one until 2022. Why wait for something so amazing?

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Gaming Magazines Are Becoming ‘All The Rage’ With The Voices From Game Creators

I’m serious, Gaming Magazines are increasing in popularity. APWOT’s ‘A Profound Waste Of Time’ has already been sold out on their 1st wave of pre-orders and now have a waiting list for their 2nd wave of pre-orders due to the high demand. We also have ‘Lock On Magazine’ created by Lost In Cult Uk, their first issue is sold out and has also created a waiting list for their 2nd wave of readers to order their first issue. In the meantime, they have released their second issue featuring NieR, Zelda, PlayStation and many Game Journalists. 

The UK has always produced fantastic games mags and I wouldn’t be doing what I do without them. Having two new publications pushing the bar even further is fantastic, so support if you can!@APWOTmag reprints: https://t.co/5WCLJB6S4J@lostincult vol. 2: https://t.co/Ak3T5TGkt2 pic.twitter.com/x5hTbufSE1

— Alun Lower (@AlunLower) September 1, 2021

If you are a gamer, game developer, Youtuber, writer, engineer or anyone interested in the gaming industry, these magazines will be good for extending your knowledge. They feed us words from developers, directors, journalists who are well beyond active in the industry and have come to share their experience, wisdom, words of advice and more. 

Some of the featured writers for ‘Lock On’ Magazine include:

Janet Garcia (IGN, KindaFunny), ThisIsXel (NieR expert), David Carcasole (PlayStation Universe), Jimmy Bowers (Freelance journalist & community manager, nDreams), Hannah Griffin (Zelda Universe), Jason Brown (Mid-Life Gamer Geek), Ewan Wilson (Freelance journalist), iPlayGames 64 (YouTuber) and many others.

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